Is Spider-Man the perfect protagonist?

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I was thinking about this earlier & realized nobody anywhere hates Spiderman. Captain America can be called jingoistic. Batman can be called a rich privileged guy. Superman can be called boring. The Incredible Hulk is negro-coded. Meanwhile Spiderman:
  • Is a heterosexual white man (normal people like this)
  • Is downtrodden & lives in New York (niggers like this)
  • Is ottermode in a skin-tight leotard (women & homosexuals like this)
  • Is funny (the internet likes this)
  • Is highly marketable (the jews like this)
  • Is popular in America, South America, Italy & even Japan
 
When I think of an ideal villain I think of one who pulls emotion out of me. I would expect the same from the protagonist. I'd have to see them struggle and like them enough to want to see them succeed. Peter Parker was very meh. The story was interesting.
 
I associate Peter Parker/Spider-Man with my dad, so might just be bias on my part. He's also kinda flexible in how you want to portray him as long as you keep true to some core foundations (nerdy but can be either well-liked by peers or a bullied dweeb; is an everyday man trolling his boss without being a brown-noser; crushes hard on the cute girl next door but feels guilty having her be dragged into his double life; indirectly responsible for the death of his loved one(s); struggles with his integrity while trying not to kill his enemies). But this here has been a problem with modern writers for a while and is one of the reasons I only stick to Spider-Man pre-2010s, but that's just a "me" thing.
 
No, he's a goddamn menace.

The comic peaked in issue 33 (Spider-Man lifts a big rock, part 3) and they've been trying and failing for over half a century to get back to there.
Kraven's Last Hunt was neat, but it wasn't Spider-Man's story.
 
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Honestly, I think you hit the nail on the head. I think what makes Spider-Man work so well in every regard is he's very uniquely situated to be anywhere at any time and fill any role he needs to. He's not too strong to be unrelatable, not too weak to be uninteresting.

I also think that the reason that Peter works so well even to this day is that he basically encompasses the basics of a person that just wants to do good but doesn't know how.
 
At least in popular culture you can't beat Spiderman's relatability. He constantly faces the issue of being a decent human being and using his abilities for good, and the universe fucks him over in response. He is the everyman that wasn't groomed for this job, but does it anyways because someone needs to help, even if he loses money and relationship for it.

Sadly, as time goes on his relatability went away. Rather than a smart gadgeteer who jury rigs some light tech to help himself, he is some 200 IQ genius who cures cancer on his time off and also has the time to go help in a homeless shelter and make """exotic""" mexican cuisine.
 
No. His initial dismissal of the thief that killed Uncle Ben was inexplicable. He was a good-hearted kid until that point. He's still perhaps the best superhero though, though not necessarily my favorite.
 
The perfect protagonist? Aren't you forgetting someone?

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I like this. Also, I agree. Spider-Man was my favorite when I was a kid and the OP nails many of the reasons (well not the ottermode thing, in my case). Another thing that I would add is that he's also smart (science whiz), which gives him "good influence" appeal. Stay in school, kids. Make A's in Chemistry class like Peter Parker.
 
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