How can he afford those WONDERFUL toys?

[Tonguez]

Yes.

But how long can he continue to supply himself with “spare parts and chemicals he found in his High Schools lab”. Never mind that Aunt May probably doesn’t have a machine press or welding equipment in hand- especially the kind of tools you need to work with Teflon- at some point, PP is going to look awfully creepy wandering the halls of his old HS.

Photogs have access to some unusual chemicals, but doubtful all he needs, in the amounts he needs.

Fast forward to today: how many of the ingredients in his formula are going to get him flagged by federal law enforcement? What looks like normal consumption for a business might look “terroristy” for some young dude.

well Midtown High School (of Science and Technology) did have a generous benefactor in the form of Norman Osborn (hence the great laboratory} and depending on continuity Peter Parker did graduate High School to Empire State University, which is where Reed Richards and Doctor Doom studied (so we can assume they donate and help fund really good labs)

Also depending on continuity Peter Parker also taught at Midtown School - which explains how his adult self visiting the school lab wasnt creepy - it was work

 

[MarkB]

To be fair, you're not the only one to ponder this - different movie adaptations have got around it in different ways. Tobey Maguire's Spider-man secretes web-fluid naturally, while Andrew Garfield's stole ampules of manufactured spider-silk from Oscorp's labs. Tom Holland's version of the character produced webshooters and web fluid himself, but prior to Stark turning up his costume was just modified regular clothing.

In the recent PS4 game, Parker is working in a science lab and clearly has access to the materials and tools he needs to make his gear, but he still has trouble making ends meet - the game opens with a slow pan over his half-finished gadgets and projects, ending with a Final Notice letter being pushed under his door.

Personally, I don't see it as a plot hole - just a near-constant issue in his life, one which is frequently addressed in the comics as he struggles to maintain his gear and consumables on a very limited budget.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

There’s a difference between struggling to make ends meet and somehow jerry rigging your supergear on a negligible income when the nearest real world equivalents- which aren’t even as good- are fantastically expensive.

Even though it’s a little The Fly-esque, I always thought the solution of PP actually having mutated to have spinnerets was the best option.

 

[Richards]

Yeah, but if he mutated to be able to produce webs organically, I doubt his spinnerets would have shown up on his wrists (even that's where they'd be the most useful to him). And I don't want to envision Spider-Man's costume with a big old hole in the butt so he can shoot webs out of his back end like a real spider does.

Johnathan

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Yeah, but if he mutated to be able to produce webs organically, I doubt his spinnerets would have shown up on his wrists (even that's where they'd be the most useful to him). And I don't want to envision Spider-Man's costume with a big old hole in the butt so he can shoot webs out of his back end like a real spider does.

Johnathan

“PULL MY FINGER!”

 

[MGibster]

If you're wondering how he eats and breathes/
and other science facts/
then just repeat to yourself "It's just a show/
I should really just relax

Over analyzing comic books is fun but futile. The amount of energy it would take to even allow Iron Man to fly across the city at such high speeds and fire off lasers that can cut through steel is staggering. But realism isn't what Spider-Man, the Avengers, or even the X-Men are all about.

 

[WayneLigon]

There’s a difference between struggling to make ends meet and somehow jerry rigging your supergear on a negligible income when the nearest real world equivalents- which aren’t even as good- are fantastically expensive.

Even though it’s a little The Fly-esque, I always thought the solution of PP actually having mutated to have spinnerets was the best option.

They've done this in the comics at least once (prob to jive with the at-that-time movie Spider-man who produced webs organically - not bothering to look up the timeline).

 

[MarkB]

They've done this in the comics at least once (prob to jive with the at-that-time movie Spider-man who produced webs organically - not bothering to look up the timeline).

As I recall, the character in Spider-man 2099 produces webs organically, and that comic pre-dates the Tobey Maguire movie by several years.

 

[Beleriphon]

At least in the MCU Pete has an excuse, he's effectively given the keys to Stark Industries.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I remember 2099’s organic spinning. Always liked it.