What do you think of Spidey's identity?

Question

Recently, in the Civil War Comics, Peter Parker revealed that he is Spiderman to the mass media. This is, as far as I can tell, cannon and part of the main Marvel Universe. What do you think about all that?

Answer 1

nothing

Answer 2

I was shocked when I first saw the "big reveal" in Civil War #2. On one hand, I admire the bold move on the part of the character and Marvel itself. Although, this does bring up the interesting point that Brento! mentioned above. This idea of masked heroes going public with their identities does seem to endanger a lot of friends, family, etc.

The thing I can't wait to see is what happens if Spider-Man changes sides and suddenly becomes anti-registration. I don't have have any cast-in-stone rumors to back me up, but my fanboy hunch tells me that Peter will end up siding with Captain America, et al.

I tell you, the next issue of Civil War can't seem to get here fast enough.

Answer 3

I think it's interesting. They have brought up a good point in Civil War that many heroes are masked not to protect themselves, but to protect their families. I think the whole registration act is going to bring bad, bad things to the masked heroes who reveal themselves.
I was quite surprised that Peter made that decision. He's all about guilt over his uncle, and now he's going and essentially throwing Mary Jane and Aunt Mae to the wolves (or in this case a very angry, crazy Harry Osbourne).

Answer 4

You know unlike superman you couldn't really tell whether he was peter parker or not, he should have kept it a secret but revealed it to only mary jane, like they did in the comics...now days all the superheroes are being revealed or being killed...it is changing their appeal....it's like they just came and now it's gone....

Answer 5

I always wondered why Spider Man picked Peter Parker as his secret identity, I mean, it sounds kind of lame. If you had spider powers, wouldn't you pick someone cool and interesting as your secret identity...?

(I know, I know he was Peter to start out with and became Spider Man later. It just struck me as interesting to think of how things might have been different if he was always Spider Man; for example what if he was born with his powers, and almost died in an assassination attempt, and decided to let his enemies think he was dead, so just developed a new secret identity.)

Answer 6

I admire him for his courage. Unlike guys like Ironman or Batman, he has no wealth to protect him from the angry or insane. Truthfully, disclosing his identity actually helped him. Now no bad guys can use revealing his secret identity as leverage. Spidey is my fav superhero ever. He's just an ordinary guy who happens to have superpowers. I hope his decision doesn't come back to haunt him.

Answer 7

At this point in time, I don't like it at all. It's not like Spider-Man has enough problems as it is. Now all of his enemies know who he is and they will go after his family. I hate that Tony Stark pressured him into revealing his identity. But, it is an interesting story line and will continue to read it to see what happens next.

Answer 8

I think it's ridiculous. I hope they have some kind of plan because otherwise they'll have no choice but to kill spiderman. or kill all of spiderman's loved ones. maybe they could start a super hero loved ones relocation program?

Answer 9

It's stupid... because it's fun when no one knows!!!

Answer 10

ULTIMATELY cool