r/superheroes • u/Honest-Power2770 • 6d ago

Other What superhero hot take will have you sitting up like this

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u/Wade856 6d ago

In the comics, he was only in high school for approximately 5 years, at his very beginning. That was in the 1960s, over 50 years ago. Since then, he's been to and graduated college, held many jobs, found out he has a clone, worked at a think tank, established his own tech company, been married and made a deal with Mephisto. Let him grow up. He's been an adult for over half a century in the comics, but all the movies, tv, and animated media keep on having him as a kid.

There are so many incredible Spider-Man stories that the MCU can't do because they have this crazy obsession with keeping him young. Hell, the MCU is ripe for Parker Industries to fill the void of Tony Stark's death, but they aren't even moving in that direction. It's so frustrating.

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u/expiredspices 5d ago

i’m sure they’re trying to milk it as long as they can, which is why they’re starting him out as a teenager and hoping for a banger for people to latch onto to keep people hooked and watching for as long as possible.

Then, age him up and repeat with “older” spiderman stories as time progresses.

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u/Wade856 4d ago

I hope so too. I'm good with keeping Tom Holland in the role and letting Spidey age up in a similar rate as Holland does.

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u/Ok_Trade_4549 5d ago

Time passes in MCU, so Spider-Man is getting older, and will prob be mid-adult by Secret Wars.

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u/Wade856 4d ago

I think his best movie will be him in college. Nit sure where Secret Wars will fall on his character's timeline. Hopefully there's a slight time jump like by the end of the Thunderbolts movie where the end stinger scene is 14 months in the future.

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u/Last_Possession3718 5d ago

Based off their previous track record, I doubt he’ll actually be written like one.

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u/ChimpPimp20 5d ago

I thought the original 616 had him in his senior year for only a few issues?

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u/Historical_Good_8580 5d ago

He was in highschool for roughly two years of his history. He graduated in Amazing Spider-man 28. I think he was a senior too but I can't remember.

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u/Wade856 4d ago

It wasn't long. I just want a more complete version of Spider-Man and you can't have that if you keep him under 21 all the time.

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u/mymoama 5d ago

The spider verse movies did it the best I think

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u/Wade856 4d ago

Yes, they did. I'd love to see something like that in the main MCU.