Thread by @spideytorchd

A thread about Peter Parker being an amazing, spectacular, sensational, friendly neighborhood Spider-man… to kids! 🕷️

TWs: child abuse , child neglect , child death , housing crisis , gun violence , terminal illness , overdose , and more. Please proceed with caution if you find any of those topics and related topics triggering.

This thread will not include any interactions between Peter and his children, because I feel it is a given that he treats them well. I’d just be sharing entire comic runs.

There are way too many moments of Peter with kids to share them all, if there are any you really want to share, please feel free to comment or QRT with it!

Now, onto the actual thread!

If I told you Peter was good with kids, your response would probably be a “well, obviously.” There are very few heroes who aren’t good with kids.

But Peter is legitimately very good with kids and enjoys being around them! Enough to become a science teacher for a while and he was very good at it— teaching is a passion for him and he genuinely loves educating children.

Amazing Spider-man #31

In the comics leading up to his teaching job, Peter protected students and guided them when an active shooter was at the school.

This would establish the tone of his teaching career: he knows kids look to him for guidance and he’s going to provide it.

Amazing Spider-man #31

In the aftermath, it was stated that Peter understood how difficult it would be with the students to return to some semblance of normalcy.

And he was determined to be there for them.

Straczynski’s entire run on Spider-man is full of these interactions and highlights it. His presence in the lives of his students also helps ground him to the neighborhood better.

Amazing Spider-man #37

Peter knows how to gently poke at a child without pushing them too far, while making sure they know he’s there for them.

Amazing Spider-man #37

Peter saves an unhoused teenager after a drug overdose. He risks his identity by taking the teen to the hospital and pressures the unbothered doctors to tend to him.

Amazing Spider-man #37

And as Peter Parker, the science teacher, he comforts one of the children involved afterwards.

Amazing Spider-man #37

While it sometimes seems like Peter is annoyed by children, Peter is almost always willing to play along to any childish nonsense that is thrown at him (as long as lives are not actively at stake).

Amazing Spider-man #41

He escorts an injured student to class!

Amazing Spider-man #55

… and thinks about how much potential she has later in the issue. He cares about these kids and wants them to succeed.

Amazing Spider-man #55

Peter sees a young, terrified child walking with a gun and reprimands police officers when they attempt to get involved: they’ll make things worse. It cannot be ignored here that the child is Black.

Amazing Spider-man #505

Peter approaches the child directly from the front and talks him down, later reuniting him with his father.

Amazing Spider-man #505

A student confides in Peter that he wants to be a biologist.

Sensational Spider-man #28

This student distracts Doc Ock to protect Peter, who had recently revealed his identity to the public.

Sensational Spider-man #28

Peter is running out of time to find Aunt May and stops to help a student study.

Marvel Knights Spider-man #9

Another example of Peter helping kids study!

Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-man #310

Peter is pretty immune to any nonsense that can be thrown at him by kids. Literally.

Amazing Spider-man #515

Peter ended up teaching a class of mutants for a short while, where it was once again demonstrated that he’s very, very good at directing children in tense situations.

Spider-man and the X-Men #4

Peter is also very good at conflict resolution between children.

Amazing Spider-Man #112, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6

Peter even has a habit of grabbing students by the back of their clothing, essentially scruffing them like a cat would scruff a kitten.

Amazing Spider-man #34

And now we get into Peter’s interactions with kids outside of teaching. Both Spider-Verse films are great for reference, but I’d like to bring attention to a specific scene in Amazing Spider-man where Peter gives his mask to a child.

Peter has no problem with removing his mask to make children more comfortable.

Webspinners #16

Or remaining unmasked if a child unmasks him.

Spider-man’s Tangled Web #9

In the Kid Who Collects Spider-man, Peter shares his identity with a child, who is revealed to be a cancer patient with only a few weeks left to live.

The Amazing Spider-Man #248

Peter visits a wounded child in the hospital, who immediately figures out he’s Spider-man. Peter later visits the child’s funeral.

Amazing Spider-man #700.5

In Leah, Peter delivers an unhoused orphan in the hospital, but it is too late to save her. Peter rolls up his mask, gives her a kiss on the cheek, and hopes she has sweet dreams.

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man Annual #1

Branching into recurring children in Peter’s life, we’ll start with Normie Osborn since Peter’s willingness to unmask for children is on display again.

Amazing Spider-man #30

Amazing Spider-man Annual 2000 #1

It is important to note that his interactions with children in Spectacular Spider-man Annual #14 are surrounding the grief Peter feels that he couldn’t save Harry during his childhood. He’s saving and interacting with children, but he’s specifically thinking of Harry Osborn.

Spectacular Spider-man Annual #14

Spectacular Spider-man Annual #14

This ultimately ends with Peter comforting Normie.

Spectacular Spider-man Annual #14

Peter has also repeatedly appeared in Franklin Richards’ life, because he’s close to the F4 and he sees himself in Franklin: lot of power and responsibility at a young age, Uncle Ben, and an uncle who “died.”

Fantastic Four #3

Spider-man/Human Torch #5

Fantastic Four #588

Spider-man and the Fantastic Four #2

Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #3

Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #3

Peter has also had some interactions with Valeria Richards!

Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #1

And finally, Peter’s interactions with Miles Morales! Because they should never be ignored.

Spider-man #2

Secret Wars #9

Miles Morales: Shock Waves

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #25

Miles Morales: Spider-man #10

Secret Wars #6

Amazing Spider-man #10

Spider-man #2

Miles Morales: Spider-man #26

Amazing Spider-Man #15

This is an interaction between an old Peter Parker and a younger Miles Morales.

Miles Morales: Spider-man #39

Peter Parker is remarkably good at teaching and handling children and anyone who claims otherwise is oftentimes projecting their own dislike for children into him. Don’t be fooled.

I’m going to add a few more panels to this thread since I gathered so many panels and not all were used, so here are some of my faves!

Fantastic Four #23

Absolute Carnage #1

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man #1

Spidey #4

Venom #19

Spider-man and Power Pack #3

Spine-Tingling Spider-man Infinity #7

End of thread! If you stuck around all the way to this point, thank you so much and I hope you enjoyed!