Fans realize Spider-Man is more dangerous than Batman with enough prep time
Marvel ComicsSpider-Man’s web-shooters are his most versatile tool, but a Reddit meme post highlights just how dangerous he can be with them.
One of the most underutilized aspects of Spider-Man in a lot of media is his intelligence. Spider-Man is a genius by any metric, having created his web-shooters in most continuities.
Those web-shooters are still considered high-tech marvels (no pun intended) even in today’s Marvel Universe, with even the top minds struggling to replicate their design and function.
As Reddit fans have pointed out, though, they’re also a highlight of an old Spider-Man trope and, in a way, demonstrate that he could be more dangerous than DC’s Batman if he wanted.
Fans use old Batman meme to point out how dangerous Spider-Man can be
In a post shared to the Spider-Man subreddit, one fan highlighted all the ways Spider-Man can be deadlier than Batman, given enough prep time.
The meme highlights all the ways Spider-Man has changed his webs over the years, adapting them to various situations and becoming incredibly dangerous in the process.
Historically, Spider-Man has demonstrated versatility with his webs, creating unique versions of web fluid to tackle specific opponents and problems.
“I do love how the science student easily manipulates things under the microscope to make substances that are so-far completely unknown to science,” one user pointed out, perhaps poking a hole in the logic. It does make some sense, though, as Peter is considered one of the smartest individuals in the Marvel Universe.
“Batman would be proud” another user added, highlighting the meme’s origins. For a long while, the “how much prep time does Batman have?” question has been considered the deciding factor in match-ups. Batman becomes statistically more likely to win the more time he has to prepare for the fight.
“‘Flammable webs’ my brother in Christ that’s napalm” one user said, referencing an image of the Superior Spider-Man fighting Agent Venom.
Spider-Man’s ability to change out his webbing has long been a trope in the comics, though often they’re one-offs, as Peter lacks the resources or funding to continually make more exotic variants of his web fluid.
The concept does make its way into video games, though, with 2001’s Spider-Man on the PS1 prominently using fire webs against Symbiotes and Insomniac added electric webs to Marvel’s Spider-Man.