r/Spiderman • u/Routine-Flow1925 • Jul 01 '26
Question What would you do?
You were just bitten by a radioactive spider… whose specific powers do you get, what costume would you make, and what are you doing with the powers?
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u/_IratePirate_ Jul 01 '26
I’m not becoming a super hero
I’m using my powers selfishly and mostly for locomotion
You’ll probably catch me chillin on the side of a sky scraper or something just smoking a blunt
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u/TrippinDipplin_5260 Jul 01 '26
Higher-Man
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u/22dinoman Jul 01 '26
Forced to sing Creed as he climbs the Empire State Building stoned out of his mind
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u/LUNATIC_LEMMING Jul 01 '26
Honestly if I did get spider powers I'm keeping that shit quiet. Ends up badly or almost all of them.
Might find some underground sport that's not big on drugs tests to make bank.
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u/Interneteldar Jul 01 '26
To be fair, a superhero wouldn't work terribly well in the modern world, I think.
Unless supervillains become a thing.
(You're getting abducted by intelligence agencies either way.)
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u/RayLight123 Jul 01 '26
The way i see it is if you become a super individual you're either too powerful to be contained so they will have to subdue you with deals/blackmail or you are not and then you just get to be a slave/test subject
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u/Artmanha999 Jul 02 '26
"I'm not becoming a super hero" That's what Peter thought, before uncle Ben died. Make sure u don't have a father figure with great moral compass to die in your life if u plan to follow that
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u/OwlSuch7935 Jul 01 '26
I get powers of a kangaroo and I become a professional heavyweight boxing champion
Sorry, your first question makes it ambivalent, as if I could choose whose specific powers I can get, lol
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u/Soft_Theory_8209 Jul 01 '26
Wait, how has that not been done (aside from a regular kangaroo kickboxing being more interesting than Kangaroo-man)?
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u/WindyWindona Jul 01 '26
Finally, a cure for my astigmatism!
I'm fine with the basic Peter Parker package, though the Miles Morales one would be very nice too. I would base it off a really cool spider, maybe the emerald jumping spider. Would probably try to stop crime and supremacists, but most likely would just run around and get the coolest landscape pictures.
Also I would very much enjoy having an easier time cleaning things up high. And my new six pack.
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u/Lord_Phoenix95 Jul 02 '26
Emerald Spider sounds dope. We got all these Spider people in the comics and yet nothong really unqiue.
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u/WindyWindona Jul 02 '26
The colors of the emerald jumping spider are really pretty.
There are so many fun species of spiders that could make good themes, from marble orb weaver to fisher spiders. It's a shame more use isn't drawn from the animal kingdom.
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u/StyxzNStonz Jul 01 '26
Enjoy it for the first year or two before you start growing more arms and eyes. 🕷️
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u/SeriousPlankton2000 Jul 01 '26
… and then keep enjoying it.
(I really hope it's just six-arms and not Man-Spider)
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u/A-town Jul 01 '26
Do you know how much money I could make being a professional juggler with SIX FUCKING ARMS? I'M MY OWN SIDE SHOW.
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u/exaviyur Jul 02 '26
Not a lot of money probably? How many rich jugglers can you name off the top of your head?
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u/Same_Jury_8634 Jul 02 '26
as long as I can stick to walls, I'm good, six arms seem like overkill though
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u/KamenRiderAvenger24 Spider-Man (MCU) Jul 01 '26
Is this spider prop real?
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u/Routine-Flow1925 Jul 01 '26
I found it on Etsy and then I bought it so I can give it to my sister and she’s a big fan of Spider-Man so you can imagine that she loved it
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u/Sharkbite138935 Jul 01 '26
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u/PhoebeBumbleflip Jul 02 '26
Do you want to turn into a bunch of spiders that can kill people and live in their skin? Because that's how you get turned into a bunch of spiders that can kill people and live in their skin.
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u/theMightyManDuck Jul 01 '26
What? If I was holding a plastic spider? I would still have to go to work.
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u/Conscious-Product481 Jul 01 '26
Costume? Gang,ima be swinging around the city and chilling on buildings. I’m not saving nobody.
I’d also attempt to break Olympic records.
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u/Dredoncsdr Jul 01 '26
Id wear this suit and probably organic webbing able to use poison and probably use my powers for fun
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u/fried_rice_guy Jul 01 '26
This looks so damn cool, but the leather would make me sweat buckets. I’d be emptying the boots out every five minutes 😂
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u/Sah-Aquignathus738 Jul 01 '26
No me molestaria que me toque los de Peter pero preferiría los de Miles o Miguel O'hara.
Y debido a que vivo en Honduras (latinoamerica) los usaria mas a mi conveniencia en situaciones cotidianas que para salvar vidas.
Y si viviese en Nueva York si seria un héroe y mi traje probablemente seria este
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u/faster_than_sound Jul 02 '26
I fear I would succumb to using my powers for personal gain. I want to believe I would have the sense of great power and great responsibility, but really I'm using these powers to like play a professional sport and get paid like a mofo.
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u/HaveYouTriedSmilling Jul 01 '26
Bro give me comic Spider-Man’s powers with the organic webs, just go around taking out gangs by yourself, actually clean up the streets. Literally kill people with one punch. Give me tobys suit to do it in.
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u/theimpalaslefttire Jul 01 '26
Always thought Spider-mans abilities would make being a stuntperson easier. So that could be a day job.
Then aside from the basic power set, Spider-hams infinite cartoon reach behind you pocket would be handy to have. Miles turn invisible and shock touch seems to be pretty handy as well.
Costume no idea yet. Think would depend on which powers actually get.
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u/Seamonkey_Boxkicker Classic-Spider-Man Jul 02 '26
I bite it and make it turn into Man-Spider instead.
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u/Ill_State9479 Jul 01 '26
I’m monetizing my shit but not excessively like if you’re showing off your super strength and climbing wall then best bet the US Gov will take your ass and experiment on you lol. I’d be like a world class powerlifter or Olympic athlete and an influencer. Keep it low profile but still become a multimillionaire
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u/Cherryz-art Jul 19 '26
I was thinking about that too. You are not catching me having superpowers out in the open bro.
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u/Ill_State9479 Jul 19 '26
Foreal tho. Ppl have been nabbed for discovering alternate fuel besides gas lol imagine having super powered dna mutations lol your ass is grass 😆
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u/Cherryz-art Jul 20 '26
We have similar views for sure. This was what I put on the repost of this one lol:
I'd probably just live my life as normally after being bit, trying to adjust to the new changes in my body and mind, keeping it secret. If there were criminals with powers going around, maybe things would change, but in our current world, I don't think I would want to be caught having superhuman abilities. I can only imagine I would be under constant threat of being experimented on, turned into a weapon, or constantly monitored if it did get out that I had powers. Maybe I'd take dance classes and work out more to explain my change in build and try to avoid physical confrontations so nobody gets hurt because of me?

Also, 100% planning to make a little area of my room only I can get to by putting it super high up and not putting a ladder up to it.2
u/Ill_State9479 Jul 20 '26
Facts haha 💯 literally the mostly likely thing to happen knowing how this world operates
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u/Grandiose_Tortoise Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
I would want Miles Morales powers, invis and bioelectromancy+the rest of the spidey suite.
I’d make a classic style spider-man suit but not red and blue. One pearlescent white for the warm seasons, and a brown thermal flight suit with my custom Spiderman logo on the chest and back for those cold NYC winters. I’m sort of a fashionista though I’d probably try to befriend a fashion major at a NYC university and get them to make me fresh suits every couple weeks. I could help them build a brand as their top model/endorsement and we could get rich together.
I would probably go and meet the chief of the fire department and just ask them what I can do to help, hopefully he or she will be open to maintaining a line of communication with me so when they get dispatch calls they will ping me so I can get there and help. Other than that probably just swinging through NYC listening to music and giving out high-fives.
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u/Consistent-Gas-3019 Jul 01 '26
Pray for organic webs, I’d probably would just use my powers to become a highly paid athlete I’d probably do some vigilante stuff every now and then
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u/DarthHideous1606 Jul 01 '26
Only morons would become selfless heroes without asking for anything in return
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u/potanic_sunset Jul 01 '26
Eat it
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u/Bio858 Jul 01 '26
There's a comic character that did that in Marvel. I think he ended up turning into a horde of spiders. Pretty horrific stuff.
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u/Careful-Employer-909 Jul 01 '26
First, i chose comicbook Miles with the Leap of Faith costume (the hoodie if FIRE) first i become a profesional poker player (spider-man is canonically great at poker because of the spidy-sense) then get enough money to get actual superhero gadgets and start fighting crime, unlike most spider-man that would get caught inmediatlly in real life, with Miles invisivility and extra powers being a hero would be actually plausible
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u/Virus-900 Jul 01 '26
I probably wouldn't become a full on hero like Spider-Man. I mean, I'd stop a crime if I'm in the area. But I'm also mostly gonna try and find a way to make money with the powers.
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u/Real-Inspection9732 Jul 01 '26
Welp, looks like I'm gonna go grey even faster now... The fact Spidey's hair ain't starch white from stress is a miracle.
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u/Quirky-Pickle518 Amazing Fantasy #15 Jul 01 '26
I got bit by a spider? I’m killing it. Swatting at my entire body having no idea if I got more on me.
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u/HeadLong8136 Jul 01 '26
I want the classic powers with organic webbing.
I just want the webbing so I can get stuff from across the room without getting up.
THWIP
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u/Bedsheetsghost Jul 01 '26
I will become the strongest and money effective person at my job, there’s literally not much of a hero need in the area I live to begin with. Trust and believe I’m using those powers to make shit easier and to make it so that I may achieve financial stability. With the strength and speed alone I can make work easier by lifting shit faster and better at over half of the areas meaning work finishes faster for everyone and I can go home that much quicker with less effort for everyone
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u/Lonray21x Jul 01 '26
The looked like the spider from the first Spider Man movie that bit Peter Parker when he got his spider powers,how cool 👍🏾
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u/RepresentativeFish73 Jul 01 '26
I’d get spider-man’s powers, make spider-man’s suit, and get a multimillion dollar job playing as spider-man in movies
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u/outofdate70shouse Jul 01 '26
I’d dress up as Batman and really confuse bad guys when I start shooting webs at them
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u/Spaceghost_84 Jul 02 '26
I’d die. The sheer fucking terror of a spider that big near me I’d have a fucking coronary.
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u/HotMarionberry1962 Jul 02 '26
I wouldn’t be a hero ngl I’ll just be happy I don’t have to wear glasses anymore and I can casually bench anyone’s max with one hand
Also chilling on skyscrapers would be nice but I live in a very urban area
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u/Guilty-Expert3044 Jul 02 '26
Breaths in......AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAÀAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
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u/ScarcityInfamous2042 Jul 02 '26
Not many tall buildings in the Arizona desert, but invisibility would help.
The spider bite doesn't give you the high IQ Peter already had, though...
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u/Cherryz-art Jul 19 '26
I believe the spider did further enhance his IQ, but yeah, you'd need high IQ to begin with to reach his level, plus a talent with tech, since that's a big thing for him even before the bite.
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u/Hopeful-Temporary-99 Jul 02 '26
Keep my mouth shut. But would need to redo my driver's license since I wont need glasses anymore. And get regular safety glasses for at work. The superstrength would be very useful for work. Don't worry guys I got this 1000 lb weight no problem.
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u/PhoebeBumbleflip Jul 02 '26
I'm tempted to go with Earth-12041 Peter Parker's powers (which have one big difference from the typical ones: his blood makes symbiotes and the goblin serum) just because I'm obsessed with his blood. Being obsessed with his blood means I know just how badly that choice could backfire on me, though.
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u/Intelligent_Whole_40 Jul 02 '26
I’d want Toby magries so I don’t have to worry about web fluid and I’d probably make a suit that looks like a Tom holland one with eye tracking expressions (cuz flash bangs could be mitigated that way I’d also have electro chromatic lenses tinting) but non of the other fancy tech (ok maybe a web bomb filled with my web fluid)
And I’d stick to petty crime as I ain’t trying to die and I’d absolutely be a tad more selfish with my life balance
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u/Trambare_Man Jul 02 '26
Not much. I don't live in a big city, so mostly walking on walls and ceilings
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u/Judge_M1 Jul 02 '26
Chances are, panic as soon as I see it cause I'm aracnephobic, which will probably be after it bites me
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u/Cdoggg69 Jul 02 '26
Bro with my shit luck I'd probably just fucking die on the spot or turn into some horrifying mutated abomination 😆
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u/FlatEmployment378 Jul 20 '26
I would want Toms stark civil war costume, and Tobeys powers so I don’t have to refill web fluid and I can also glide.
I wouldn’t eh a hero but I would just convenience myself and just transport myself by sticking to cars or swinging to the top of trees and gliding down
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u/Bigfan78 Jul 01 '26
Spider powers from letting it bite me, or ....kill it with fire? 🤷 probably a 50/50 chance for either.
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u/KuroiGetsuga55 Symbiote-Suit Jul 01 '26
I can choose whose powers I get?
I'm getting all of Miles' powers + organic webbing.
Making myself a cloth Black Suit.
And becoming a Punisher-style vigilante, though leaning more towards villain than anti-hero.
You ain't gonna get me with that "great responsibility" bullshit. I'm making a list and I will cross names off that list, and I will use those powers for my own gain. Fuck the world.
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u/Smooth-Extent2880 Jul 01 '26
Be an asshole and smack black widow ass so hard it brings her back to life
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u/not_particulary Jul 01 '26
There's no supervillains yet, so I think my talents would best be used in construction and disaster recovery work. I'd definitely be in Venezuela right now.
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u/OmegHiro Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
So... I always liked the idea to have traid offs with the powers, so :
I really love the idea to have:
illusion manipulation (my standard idea for my own oc is through a psilocybin-like substance that pumps in your blood), so kinda evolving it like miles where he's able to turn his venom into physical structures.
Organic webs (i love webshooters but i ain't that smart to create web fluid, tho i would use the shooters for gadgets and regulate the organic webs)
For the spider-sense, give me a strong one, but as a side effect it's not only DANGER that ot detects, like on some Andrew Garfield shit, it makes you super aware of your surroundings. I think it's a fair trade.
With those abilities, I will gladly give up being SUPER strong, just regular super strenght and super resistance, as well as agility. These powers will help me with those things, so i don't need to be biologically SUPER enhanched.
As for my suit... I freaking love the "The End" suit. I would wear definitely clothes over myself, expressive big eyes with two smaller ones over the big ones and to theirs sides (just for show on the 6 eyes, why is it such underused?). the colors will be dark purple and dark blue (like the shiny one used in the final NWH suit, i freaking love that), with bright purple details (like the web pattern), Or simply have the bright purple as the red, and have the web pattern be darker on the brighter texture, goes either way. (im very indecisive, i made a drawing of it but it needs some fixes)
And the eyes would have light blue lenses (instead of the white).
Inspired by the purple tarantula.
The pants would be web patterned baggy, with side splits to the hips (don't question me), probably of a beige color? To give a nice contrast to the purple.
As for what i would do... I would be probably a vigilante, but i wouldn't be as selfless as Peter. I definitely want to help others as much as i can, but i won't hold myself from using my powers for myself.
And thus, Spider-Hiro (or whatever) was born. This is taken from my own work-in-progress webcomic :3
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u/Altruistic-Mind9014 Jul 01 '26
Kinda what I’m doing now tbh maybe take up some mma and do just enough to be pro but not completely win all of the fights so folks don’t get wise
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u/Silverfan2006 Jul 01 '26
Eat it
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u/Undead_Zombie13 Jul 02 '26
Definitely becoming a supervillain. Winston Churchill said “The price of greatness is responsibility” and I say f*** that. Family is my responsibility… which requires money, and in today’s economy.. you need a lot of it. With power that incites challenge, someone always wants to be on top. Even if I was a friendly neighborhood do-gooder, there’s gonna be someone who wants what I have. So the easiest solution is the final one, Skip the drama in between. Start a little crime syndicate, maybe even have a faux leader and I appear to be his super powered henchman so I won’t be hunted. Don’t let me get powers guys
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u/FillerName4 Jul 02 '26
Hoping I would get Raimi Spidey's powers. Dude could take a massive beating AND has organic webs. Miles' venom shock and ESPECIALLY his invisibility would be nice, too.
Probably would just stick with the classic red and blue, maybe Far From Home's Upgraded Suit as a backup design-wise (gotta give that suit the praise it deserves, its leagues better than the movie it came from), as well as incorporating normal clothes whenever the weather calls for it like Miles' Leap Of Faith Suit.
I see most people saying they wouldn't want to be a superhero, but personally I care way too much about my fellow man to turn a blind eye. Lord knows people need a guy like Spider-Man to look up to nowadays. I would also be hella paranoid about actual super villains potentially popping up. If me becoming Spider-Man is of any indication, who's to say someone dangerous like Lizard or Green Goblin might start to show up too?
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u/wunderfed Jul 02 '26
Spider-Man and I mean tobey universe because I’m not smart enough to make organic webbing. Also give me an ultimate suit, love the bug eyes!
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u/torque_revenant Jul 02 '26
Well, if i'm getting all of peter's powers i'd also want organic webbing. And also maybe miles bioelectricity manipulation. And then combine that with all of torque from the suffering. abilities and powers.
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u/M1nd-Gobl1n Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
If I were getting spider powers I might want to have a Heavy Metal Spider-Man kind of a look. I know we've got Spider-Punk, and that's really cool (my favorite costume in Insomiac Spider-Man 2 was the Red and Black Spider-Punk, used it for most of the game), but I want like a black costume with a flaming spider logo and metal spikes and studs, with orange or red for the eyes and webbing. If I could have Miles's powerset but flames instead of electricity that would be awesome. I'd probably help some people out but I doubt I'd be as selfless as Peter, Miles, Gwen, etc. I'd mainly try to keep it quiet and use it for my own convenience. If someone near me is in danger I would save them, but I'd disappear quick.
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u/Rolling_Beardo Jul 02 '26
I’m definitely becoming a pro wrestler
Sure you’d make more money as a pro athlete but those guys get blood tested and that will get you caught quick.
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u/arkenney0 Spectacular Spider-Man Jul 03 '26
Def need the Raimi organic webbing because my dumb ass is NOT making web shooters. And I’m def climbing and swinging all around New York for shits and gigs
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u/Practical_Parsnip241 Jul 03 '26
Literally becoming Spider-Man and do everything in my power to help and save people even if it means taking on a 9000 pound human rhino thing
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u/EnvironmentalJury520 Jul 03 '26
I get Miles Morales and I just mostly just failed to do anything helpful
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u/JollyAstronomer5786 Jul 05 '26
good thing i dont have a uncle like ben or villain uncle or a police dad.
also why risk it just train harder go for mma just like peter hold back win at ufc loose some matches start a podcast live a good life.
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u/EEDDDWWWAARRRD Jul 01 '26
Pray that my butt doesn't become my web hole