47 Fun Facts About Spider-Man Trivia for Kids

In the original comic, what kind of spider bit Peter Parker and gave him his powers?

A radioactive spider: at a science exhibit it dropped through a beam of radiation, bit Peter and died, and soon afterwards he found himself clinging to a wall by his fingertips.

Which part of New York City did Peter Parker grow up in?

Queens is home: the comics put Peter's house at 20 Ingram Street in Forest Hills, a real address where, by coincidence, a real family named Parker turned out to be living.

Which word completes the Spider-Man saying 'With great power comes great ...'?

Peter learns responsibility the hard way after letting a thief run past him; Justice Elena Kagan even quoted the line in a 2015 US Supreme Court opinion about a Spider-Man toy patent.

Which actress plays Peter's classmate MJ in the Tom Holland Spider-Man films?

Zendaya plays Michelle Jones, a new character rather than the comics' Mary Jane Watson; only at the very end of Homecoming does she tell her teammates that her friends call her MJ.

Which artist drew Spider-Man's first stories and designed his costume?

Steve Ditko drew the story and designed the costume, yet the cover of Spider-Man's first comic is mostly not his: Jack Kirby pencilled it, and Ditko only inked over Kirby's lines.

Before Spider-Man in 1962, teenagers in superhero comics were usually what?

Sidekicks, like Batman's Robin: Peter had no grown-up hero to guide him, so he had to learn from his own mistakes.

Why did Spider-Man's co-creator say the full-face mask made him so popular?

Anyone could imagine being inside it, he explained, because the costume hides every inch of skin: a reader of any background, anywhere in the world, can picture themselves as Spider-Man.

Which relative's death taught Peter that he must use his powers to help people?

Uncle Ben was shot by a burglar Peter had earlier let run past him; realising it was the same man taught Peter to use his powers for others.

Who is the kind older woman who raises Peter Parker?

Aunt May once got engaged to one of Peter's worst enemies in the comics; the villain was secretly after a nuclear plant on an island she had inherited.

What happened to Peter Parker's parents when he was little?

They died in a plane crash when Peter was tiny; years later he learned that Richard and Mary Parker had been secret agents, and that an enemy had arranged the crash.

What does Spider-Man's spider-sense do?

Warns him of danger: the spider-sense is a tingle at the back of Peter's skull that goes off just before trouble strikes, letting him dodge attacks he never saw coming.

In the original comics, how does Spider-Man shoot his webs?

From gadgets he built for his wrists: Peter invented the web-shooters and the web fluid himself, but the 2002 film changed that, giving him webs that shoot straight from his own body.

Which newspaper does Peter Parker sell photographs to?

The Daily Bugle buys Peter's photos of Spider-Man in action, and its publisher never guesses that the young freelance photographer and the hero in the pictures are the same person.

Who is Peter's grumpy, cigar-chomping newspaper boss who thinks Spider-Man is a menace?

J. Jonah Jameson dislikes Spider-Man so much that he once paid a scientist to turn a private detective into the Scorpion, a villain built to beat the hero.

Which classmate is the school bully who picks on Peter Parker?

Flash Thompson idolises Spider-Man and even starts a fan club for him, never guessing that the hero is the boy he teases; at college the two become close friends.

Which villain flies on a rocket glider and throws pumpkin-shaped bombs?

The Green Goblin is really Norman Osborn, the father of Peter's best friend Harry, which makes things very awkward.

Which villain's own invention became permanently joined to his body in a lab accident?

Doctor Octopus, really Otto Octavius, built four metal arms to handle dangerous materials from a safe distance; after the accident they stayed joined to him and obeyed his thoughts.

Which enemy of Spider-Man is a gooey alien creature that sticks to a person?

Venom bonded with Eddie Brock, a reporter who blamed Spider-Man for ruining his career; loud noise and fire can drive the creature off its host.

Which villain gained his powers when radiation caught him hiding on a beach?

Sandman, the crook known as Flint Marko, was an escaped convict when the radiation fused his body with the sand around him; years later he gave up crime for a while and became an ally of Spider-Man.

In the comics, how did Max Dillon become the villain Electro?

He was struck by lightning while repairing a power line; the 2014 film changed the accident, dropping Max into a tank of electric eels instead.

In Spider-Man: Homecoming, which villain turns out to be the father of Peter's school-dance date?

The Vulture, Adrian Toomes, is the father of Peter's date Liz; on the night of the dance he works out that Peter is Spider-Man and threatens him to stay out of his way.

Which animal is the huge, charging villain Aleksei Sytsevich named after?

A rhinoceros was the model for the thick grey suit, horn and all, that scientists bonded to Aleksei's skin; when it later got stuck on for good, the Rhino went looking for surgeons to remove it.

Before turning to crime, what was the villain Mysterio's job in Hollywood?

Quentin Beck was a Hollywood special effects artist, which is why his crimes are full of tricks and illusions under that fishbowl-style helmet.

Dr. Curt Connors turned into the Lizard while trying to do what?

Connors, who had lost an arm, based a serum on the way some lizards regrow lost tails so he could regrow his missing arm, but it turned him into a giant reptile instead.

Felicia Hardy, a thief who is sometimes Spider-Man's partner, goes by which costumed name?

Black Cat's bad-luck powers jinx anyone who means her harm; writer Marv Wolfman took the idea from Bad Luck Blackie, a Tex Avery short about a black cat that brings misfortune to others.

Miles Morales grew up in which part of New York City?

Brooklyn is home to Miles and his parents; writer Brian Michael Bendis has said Miles's look was shaped by seeing actor Donald Glover wear Spider-Man pyjamas in the TV comedy Community.

Which 2018 animated film about Miles Morales won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature?

Into the Spider-Verse was built to look like a printed comic: artists drew ink lines by hand over the computer images and nudged the colours out of line, the way old comics were misprinted.

In the animated Miles Morales movie, his uncle Aaron is secretly which villain?

Aaron Davis is the Prowler, a masked enforcer for the Kingpin; he is also the cool uncle who takes Miles to paint graffiti, which makes the discovery even harder.

Spider-Ham, the cartoon pig from the Spider-Verse, is really named what?

Peter Porker's story runs backwards: he was born a spider and was turned into a pig when a pig scientist bit him, keeping his spider powers; comedian John Mulaney voices him on screen.

Peni Parker, from the Spider-Verse, fights alongside what?

Peni pilots a giant robot suit called SP//dr, steering it through a mind link with a spider that rides inside; she took over as pilot after her father, who flew it first, died.

Who played Spider-Man in the very first big Spider-Man movie in 2002?

Tobey Maguire nearly lost the part before the sequel: he was hurting after another film and the studio lined up a replacement, but Maguire kept the role for Spider-Man 2.

Which director made the 2002 Spider-Man movie and its two sequels?

Sam Raimi gave his old friend Bruce Campbell a cameo in all three films; in the first, Campbell is the ring announcer at Peter's wrestling match.

In Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man uses all his strength to stop what from crashing?

A subway train with wrecked brakes: stopping it leaves Peter unmasked and exhausted, and the passengers he saved hand back his mask and promise to keep his face a secret.

Which actor took over as Spider-Man in the 2012 reboot The Amazing Spider-Man?

Andrew Garfield made two films as Peter, then returned years later in No Way Home, where his older Spider-Man fights beside the two other film versions of the hero.

Tom Holland's Spider-Man first appeared in which Marvel movie?

Captain America: Civil War introduced Holland in 2016; its directors said the dance and gymnastics skills he had built up playing Billy Elliot on the London stage helped win him the part.

Which hero acts as Peter's mentor in Spider-Man: Homecoming?

Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr., is Iron Man; he gives Peter his high-tech suit and worries about him like a dad.

In Spider-Man: Far From Home, Peter's class goes on a school trip to which continent?

The class tours Europe, visiting Venice, Prague and London, and Peter hopes to tell MJ he likes her until Nick Fury spoils the holiday.

In Spider-Man: No Way Home, which magic-using hero casts the spell that goes wrong?

Doctor Strange's spell to make the world forget Peter's identity breaks, pulling in villains and heroes from other universes, so all three movie Spider-Men end up fighting side by side.

Spidey and His Amazing Friends is a cartoon for very young kids on which channel?

Disney Jr. launched it in 2021 as Marvel's first full-length series for preschoolers, so Spidey, Ghost-Spider and Spin are grade-school kids who beat villains by working as a team.

The meme of two Spider-Men pointing comes from what?

A TV cartoon: the picture comes from the 1967 Spider-Man series, where a crook disguises himself as the hero; in 2022 the three film Spider-Men copied the pose for a photo.

Which company made the hit 2018 Spider-Man video game for the PlayStation 4?

Insomniac Games was offered its pick of Marvel's heroes and chose Spider-Man, a staff favourite whose web-swinging suited the fast city movement of its earlier game, Sunset Overdrive.

From 1987 to 1998, a giant Spider-Man appeared in which famous New York event?

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade flew a giant Spider-Man balloon built from sketches that comic artist John Romita Sr. handed to the store's balloon-maker; a redesigned Spider-Man returned in 2009.

Which superhero team did Peter Parker join in the comics in 2005?

The Avengers added Peter to a new line-up in 2005; in the first issue of his own comic he had tried to join the Fantastic Four, and walked out on learning that the team paid no salary.

Which college does Peter Parker go to after high school, where he meets Harry Osborn?

Empire State University is where Peter, worried sick about a relative in hospital, ignored his new classmates Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy, who took him for a snob; both later became close to him.

What colour was the new costume Spider-Man wore in the comics from 1984 to 1988?

Black, with a big white spider on the chest: the idea came from a reader, Randy Schueller, who sent it to Marvel and was paid $220 for it.

What does Spider-Man stick on bad guys so that he can follow them using his special sense?

Spider-tracers are tiny spider-shaped trackers Peter plants on villains; he tuned their signal so that his spider-sense can feel it, letting him follow a target right across the city.

In 1970s skits on the kids' TV show The Electric Company, how did Spider-Man talk?

In word balloons: Spidey never spoke aloud on the show, so young viewers had to read his lines off the screen, a neat fit for a series made to teach reading; Morgan Freeman was in the cast.