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Spider-Man

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A / Bracket 2 / Marvel / Partly mapped
S Spider-Man
Ranked#510
Rank
#510of 783
Rating
830pts
Win rate
34%
Record
260W / 505L
Kill reach
5/10
Still being built

This character hasn't been fully mapped yet, so treat what's below as a work in progress rather than a finished verdict — abilities still being mapped, no written profile. Ratings and abilities change as data is added.

Rating is a score, not a position — it rises by beating strong opponents and barely moves for beating weak ones.

Engine verdict · closest matchups, resolved just now
Physical
Strength
5
Speed
7
Durability
5
Energy
0
Intelligence
6
Combat
7
Win conditions
Reality
0
Erasure
0
Immortality
3
Control
0
Untouchable
0
Authority
0
On the page
Logged encounters, feats and notes are in the Canon record.
Canon record · encounters, feats and notes

These entries record encounters, feats and other events from the character's stories. Read each outcome with its version, sources and condition tags. Arena verdicts use the selected versions and matchup rules; a story result does not determine an arena result. This panel is for reference and does not feed the engine. The record is still being expanded.

Contains story spoilers.

Win
v Crusher HoganAmazing Fantasy #15

Avoids a car, adheres to a wall, deforms a pipe; lifts Hogan, who concedes.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962)
Win
v The burglarAmazing Fantasy #15

Web disables the gun; punch incapacitates its user.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962)
Loss
v Doctor OctopusASM vol. 1 #3

Overlapping arm attacks catch and restrain Peter; he is thrown out, badly dazed.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #3
Win
v Doctor OctopusASM vol. 1 #3

Chemicals immobilise two arms; visual obstruction and grappling open a route to a knockout.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #3
Win
v SandmanASM vol. 1 #4

Punches and web restraint fail as general solutions; school vacuum captures the dispersed target.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #4
Win
v ElectroASM vol. 1 #9

In the second fight of the issue, rubber insulation and thrown ball bearings let Peter close in; a fire hose ends it.

Prepared
Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #9
Feat / note
Prison fight — defensive exchangeASM vol. 1 #9

Spider-sense warns him and the convict’s punch misses; no retaliation is described.

Loss
v ElectroASM vol. 1 #9 (1964)

At a water tower Electro shocks Spider-Man unconscious from behind.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan: Amazing Spider-Man #9
No decisive result
v MysterioASM vol. 1 #13

Web solvent and sense-disrupting smoke defeat Peter’s first approach; he escapes underwater with a web air enclosure.

Special condition: Mysterio's apparatus was prepared specifically against him
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #13
Win
v MysterioASM vol. 1 #13 (1964)

Peter punches the spider-sense jammer out of its amulet, then knocks Mysterio out.

Special condition: Mysterio wore a spider-sense jammer built for this fight
Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan: Amazing Spider-Man #13
Feat / note
Master Planner escape — successful rescueASM vol. 1 #33

Lifts the trapping machinery and escapes; subsequent leg injury limits movement.

Win
v Eight henchmenASM vol. 1 #33 (1966)

Injured, Peter beats eight henchmen.

Fought weakened
Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan: Amazing Spider-Man #33
No decisive result
v Green GoblinASM vol. 1 #121

Peter fights while ill and fails to save Gwen from the fall.

Fought weakened
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #121
Win
v Green GoblinASM vol. 1 #122

Peter overwhelms Norman physically, stops short of murder, then evades the returning glider that impales Norman.

Held back
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #122
Win
v JuggernautASM vol. 1 #229 – ASM vol. 1 #230

After conventional attacks fail, Juggernaut sinks in wet foundation concrete during the struggle.

2 logged exchanges
  1. ASM vol. 1 #229Blows, web wall and a street hole do not stop him; Peter is knocked aside. other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #229
  2. ASM vol. 1 #230After conventional attacks fail, Juggernaut sinks in wet foundation concrete during the struggle. other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #230
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #230
Win
v FirelordASM vol. 1 #269 – ASM vol. 1 #270

After multiple failed hazards, Peter’s repeated blows leave Firelord unconscious; Avengers arrive afterward.

2 logged exchanges
  1. ASM vol. 1 #269Peter avoids directed blasts, removes the staff and throws it away to gain time. other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #269
  2. ASM vol. 1 #270After multiple failed hazards, Peter’s repeated blows leave Firelord unconscious; Avengers arrive afterward. other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #270
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #270
Feat / note
Subway attack — escapeWeb of Spider-Man vol. 1 #18

Pushed toward a train without danger warning; Peter still gets clear.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — Web of Spider-Man vol. 1 #18
Loss
v Kraven the HunterWeb of Spider-Man vol. 1 #31

A dart lands despite warning; drugs, net and rifle end resistance.

Special condition: Kraven's prepared hunt: drugged dart, net and rifle
Feat / note
Kraven’s Last Hunt — later escapeWeb of Spider-Man vol. 1 #32

Peter escapes the grave after two weeks.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — Web of Spider-Man vol. 1 #32
Win
v VenomASM vol. 1 #300

Peter induces repeated web use, severs lines and defeats the exhausted opponent by a fall.

2 logged exchanges
  1. ASM vol. 1 #300Venom knocks Peter out; Peter later escapes the bell trap. other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #300
  2. ASM vol. 1 #300Peter induces repeated web use, severs lines and defeats the exhausted opponent by a fall. other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #300
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #300
Draw
v VenomASM vol. 1 #317

Offer of reunion destabilises the bond; all three lose consciousness.

Prepared
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #317
No decisive result
v CarnageASM vol. 1 #361

Carnage exploits Peter protecting officers to land a blow and escape.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #361
Win
v CarnageASM vol. 1 #363

Peter modifies the PA while Venom occupies Carnage; sound disables the symbiote.

Help: Venom occupied Carnage while Peter rigged the PA system

Had help
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #363
Win
v MorlunASM vol. 2 #35

Blood analysis informs a radiation gambit; Peter gains the upper hand; Dex intervenes lethally.

Help: Dex delivered the lethal finish after Peter gained the upper hand

PreparedHad helpFought weakened
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Crawlspace — ASM vol. 2 #35 review
Loss
v MorlunASM vol. 2 #526

Morlun intercepts webbing, inflicts repeated impacts and removes an eye.

Fought weakened
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #526 …
Win
v MorlunFriendly Neighborhood Spider-Man vol. 1 #3

Transformed Peter uses stingers and fangs lethally, then dies.

Help: MJ intervened just before the transformation triggered

Had helpFought weakened
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3
Feat / note
The Other — later rebirthASM vol. 2 #527

Peter emerges from a cocoon and returns to his family.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #527 …
Feat / note
The Other — building rescueASM vol. 2 #528

Night vision, web vibration sensing and body adhesion assist rescue.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #528 …
Feat / note
Iron Spider debut — armed criminalsASM vol. 2 #529

Glides to a getaway car, uses optics and webs; a bullet to his back fails to drop him.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #529 …
Win
v KingpinASM vol. 2 #542

Peter dominates Fisk without receiving a hit, then leaves him alive.

Held back
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #542 …
No decisive result
v Anti-VenomASM vol. 2 #570

After an assisted fight with Gargan, Eddie extracts symbiote residue and targets Peter’s radioactive blood.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #570 …
No decisive result
v HobgoblinASM vol. 2 #650

Colleagues interrupt the sonic effect, enabling Peter to move; Hobgoblin still escapes.

Help: Bella and Max interrupted the Goblin Laugh so Peter could move

Had help
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #650 …
No decisive result
v Hobgoblin and Hand ninjasASM vol. 2 #651

Special tracer destroys the metallic weapon.

Prepared
2 logged exchanges
  1. ASM vol. 2 #651Concealment helps against ninjas; intense sound defeats stealth; alternate sound-baffling mode still works. other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #651 …
  2. ASM vol. 2 #651Special tracer destroys the metallic weapon. other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #651 …
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #651 …
No decisive result
v MassacreASM vol. 2 #656

Peter is shot through the waist; a planted tracer cannot be sensed.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #656 …
No decisive result
v MassacreASM vol. 2 #656

Armour stops gunfire; specialised webs prevent remote detonation; Peter saves the gunman too.

Prepared
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #656 …
Loss
v Anti-VenomASM vol. 2 #664, main story

Anti-Venom quickly gets the upper hand in their fight and holds Peter captive, webbed to a wall. Peter frees himself with acetone, is re-webbed, and Wraith frees him.

Fought weakened
Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #664 …
No decisive result
v Red Goblin (Norman Osborn)ASM vol. 4 #800

Outside aid and a loaned symbiote precede Peter inducing Norman to remove Carnage; unbonded duel follows.

Help: Allies and a loaned symbiote aided Peter before the final duel

Had helpFought weakened
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comic Watch — Go Down Swinging conclusion
No decisive result
v U-FoesASM vol. 5 #75

Peter is seriously injured by radiation; Ben’s protected suit avoids the same outcome.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked GamesRadar — Peter Parker loses his superhero n…
No decisive result
v Ravage (Cormac Crane)ASM (2025 series) #1002, 28 October 2026

Peter can’t overpower Cormac Crane; he threatens to tell May everything, admits he was bluffing, and it ends in a ceasefire with Cormac not defeated.

No decisive result
v HulkASM vol. 1 #120

Hulk catches Peter and throws him into ruins, leaving him winded; military intervention ends danger.

Help: Military intervention ended the danger

Had help
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #120 …
No decisive result
v The X-Men and Professor XMarvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #3

Xavier removes Peter’s memory of the discovery before he reports it.

2 logged exchanges
  1. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #3Peter strikes, evades and webs team members, then leaves to report their plan. other secondary source checked SpiderFan — Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars vol…
  2. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #3Xavier removes Peter’s memory of the discovery before he reports it. other secondary source checked SpiderFan — Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars vol…
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars vol…
Win
v The Sinister SixASM vol. 1 Annual #1

Large web discharge entangles the arms; Peter exits the tank and defeats the exhausted operator.

3 logged exchanges
  1. ASM vol. 1 Annual #1Peter works through the Sinister Six in sequence; Kraven isn’t defeated (Peter takes the card and leaves) and Sandman collapses from lack of oxygen in his own airtight trap. plot summary checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 Annua… SpiderFan: Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
  2. ASM vol. 1 Annual #1Large web discharge entangles the arms; Peter exits the tank and defeats the exhausted operator. other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 Annua…
  3. ASM vol. 1 Annual #1Peter breaks the robots, detects a projected false wall and reaches the operator. other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 Annua…
Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan — The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 Annua…
No decisive result
v Doctor DoomASM vol. 1 #5 (1963)

Spidey beats several gadgets (a web column against the finger-blasts, a webline sending the electrified floor’s current back to Doom), then Doom blinds him with glowing flakes and he’s helpless; Doom retreats when the FF arrive.

Help: Doom retreated when the Fantastic Four arrived

Had help
Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan: Amazing Spider-Man #5
Loss
v Doctor DoomASM vol. 1 #350 (1991)

Doom beats him badly; Peter survives only by talking Doom into a 24-hour deadline.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan: Amazing Spider-Man #350
Win · team encounter
v Spider-QueenASM vol. 1 #672 (2011)

Controlling Octo-bots through a helmet, Peter goes through her sonic scream with stealth-suit wrist stingers into her head; Kaine, Ms. Marvel, MJ and the Avengers assist.

Decisive action: Peter, stealth-suit wrist stingers into her head · Spider-Man’s part: pushed through her sonic scream and drove the stingers into her head

Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan: Amazing Spider-Man #672
Win
v Doctor OctopusASM vol. 1 #687 (2012)

Peter smashes the arms pinning him and smashes the controls; Silver Sable stays behind and goes down in the flood with Rhino.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan: Amazing Spider-Man #687
Win
v Sin-EaterSpectacular Spider-Man #110 (1986)

Peter beats Sin-Eater mercilessly, without holding back; Daredevil then knocks the enraged Spider-Man out with his billy club, "but just barely".

Special condition: Daredevil knocked the enraged Peter out right after
Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan: Spectacular Spider-Man #110
Loss
v MorlunASM vol. 2 #33 (2001)

Peter’s punches have no effect; Morlun throws him through walls; he flees after the bar explosion.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #33
Feat / note
Trapped under tons of iron machinery, Spider-Man lifted it free to get the serum that would save Aunt MayThe Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #33 (Feb 1966)

Trapped under a giant mechanism, 'tons of iron', with the serum that could save Aunt May out of reach, Peter drove himself on with his guilt over Uncle Ben and his need to save May, and lifted the machinery free. Conditions: Exhausted, beaten and with an injured leg before the lift; the base was fl…

Feat / note
Spider-Man beat Firelord, a former herald of Galactus, by fist and foot until he went downThe Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #269-270 (Oct-Nov 1985); the final beating is in #270

After tricks failed (taking his staff and throwing it in the Hudson, a building Firelord levelled, an oncoming subway train, a gas station Firelord blasted), Spider-Man attacked Firelord head-on with blow after blow until he fell; when the Avengers arrived, Captain America said Firelord couldn't la…

Tags describe recorded circumstances. They do not establish that the outcome depended on those circumstances, and an untagged entry does not guarantee equal conditions. Wins and losses include team encounters where indicated. Counts cover the entries listed here, not the character's complete fight history.

Abilities · rated 0–10
spider sense7 speed blitz6 utility arsenal6 brute strength5 martial arts5 super strength5 healing factor3
Weaknesses · what an opponent can use
stamina drainminor
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