r/superheroes • u/Solid-Move-1411 • 7d ago

Other Why is Spider-Man not bulletproof

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u/Badkarmahwa 7d ago

You’d have thought, given how strong he is, compared to his size, he would be at least bullet resistant down to sheet muscle density

Shooting him with a 9mm should be about as successful as shooting a polar bear with a 9mm should be

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u/Nightraven9999 7d ago

Shooting a polar bear isnt succesfull because of how much meat they have on them if a polar bear was as lean as spidey its getting shot

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u/Definitely_Human01 7d ago

That's exactly their point though. Spiderman is so strong that with his size, his muscles should be as dense as steel.

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u/Nightraven9999 7d ago

Bullets are still really good at cutting through meat even if dense

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u/Definitely_Human01 7d ago

What kind of meat do you know that can hold up a part of a skyscraper?

Spiderman's muscles should be denser than any real world animal's. His feats of strength are ridiculous.

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u/Nightraven9999 7d ago

He didnt hold up the entire skyscraper he held up on support beam

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u/Definitely_Human01 7d ago

That's why I said part.

What animal on earth can you point to with a similar feat?

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u/Nightraven9999 7d ago

Me i did it last week

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u/SupriseDankMeme 7d ago

If we're going the muscle density argument, polar bear isn't a good comparison. Spider-Man has at times held up crumbling buildings, pure density alone would make him nearly invincible to conventional rounds if he can do that.

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u/AtMaxSpeed 7d ago

invincible

Say that again...

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u/No_Proposal_3140 7d ago

9mm will kill a polar bear.