# Spider-Man teams up with the MCU **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281 "2015-02-10T06:11:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/41 "2015-02-10T22:09:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > They’re going to have to put in something about his origin, since he had to have gotten his powers some time after _Avengers_. If he were already on the scene at the time, surely he would have played some part in the Battle of New York. But a two or three minute re-cap should be plenty. They did sneak him into the Hulk movie where Hulk and Abomination are smashing up New York, so they have an angle there. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/P0_vJy7Wmdo/hqdefault.jpg "Cameo Spiderman in The Incredible Hulk / Spiderman en Hulk El hombre Increible") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0_vJy7Wmdo) ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/42 "2015-02-10T22:34:40Z")
I think it’d bee neat if Marvel based Spiderman on [Iktomi](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iktomi), the original American Spiderman. It’d be a great way to racially diversify using an honest-to-manitou NA character. (Hey, it worked for Thor) I recall a relatively recent arc that took Parker to Africa to connect with the spirit of Anansi (or something). And, all due respect to anansi–truly wonderful character–they didn’t need to send peter “halfway across the planet to meet people who appreciate Spidermen”; the great plains are much closer! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/43 "2015-02-10T23:01:09Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Other than his apparent lone feature film, it’s not like he’s being shoehorned into the movies for no real reason. Spidey is an integral part of the Civil War story and he is a card-carrying member of the Avengers Re: Civil War, Spidey would be the only Hero thus far in the MCU with a secret identity. I think the Civil War movie won’t be literally about registering heroes like the Comic story line was and will be more about the general attitude of authoritarianism version libertarianism but it is something to consider. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/44 "2015-02-10T23:01:15Z")
> [@simster](#): > > I read that as Danny… Changed my mind. I want _this._ ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/45 "2015-02-10T23:18:36Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Re: Civil War, Spidey would be the only Hero thus far in the MCU with a secret identity. I think the Civil War movie won’t be literally about registering heroes like the Comic story line was and will be more about the general attitude of authoritarianism version libertarianism but it is something to consider. This. Spidey isn’t the only main character missing if they wanted to do a strict adaptation of Civil War so its pretty clear that that’s not what they are aiming to do. (I do like the fan theory that a version of “the Stamford” incident that kicked off the comics’ Civil War is actually going to happen on Agents of Shield) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/46 "2015-02-10T23:20:24Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Re: Civil War, Spidey would be the only Hero thus far in the MCU with a secret identity. I think the Civil War movie won’t be literally about registering heroes like the Comic story line was and will be more about the general attitude of authoritarianism version libertarianism but it is something to consider. Feige already said it wouldn’t be about unmasking or registering so much as either agreeing to work for the government or not superheroing at all. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/47 "2015-02-10T23:54:20Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > I think it was the other way around. Glover saying “Why can’t I be Spiderman” I believe led eventually to the creation of Miles. > Sidenote- Glover got to voice Miles on the Spiderman cartoon recently. > > I think he’s too old now (I think Miles should be played by an actual teenager) but Tristan Wilds from Season 4 of the Wire would have been great. According to the BBC “his looks were based on US President Barack Obama and actor Donald Glover”. > **[The case for a non-white Spider-Man](https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-31362800)** > > Spider-Man may be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but some fans say Miles Morales, not Peter Parker, should be under the mask. He’s actually the same age as Andrew Garfield, 31. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/48 "2015-02-11T00:02:07Z")
I’d like to see MCU get the FF. Sounds like the next reboot may be worse than the previous. It’s probably too late to integrate the X-Men & mutant stories in, with them going more with the Inhumans. Spider-Man I care about the least. He’s fine as a standalone hero unconnected to the rest of the MCU. I don’t need him in my Avengers, and I don’t need him shoe-horned into everyone’s story, because he’s Spider-Man. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/49 "2015-02-12T22:08:21Z")
I still want a Howard the Duck re-boot. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/50 "2015-02-12T23:22:45Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I still want a Howard the Duck re-boot. Gross. [drinks martini] ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/51 "2015-02-13T00:27:14Z")
Howard’s already part of the MCU. ---
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/52 "2015-02-22T03:48:45Z")
So what does everything think about Spiderman being in Captain America 3: Civil War? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/53 "2015-02-22T04:36:36Z")
Stupid character, stupid addition. I was much happier with Spiderman never setting foot in the MCU. Hate him, hate everything ever done with him. Die, Spidey, die! ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/54 "2015-02-22T05:04:04Z")
Earlier thread and discussion here. [Spider-Man teams up with the MCU](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=748833) ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/55 "2015-02-22T11:08:42Z")
> [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](#): > > So what does everything think about Spiderman being in Captain America 3: Civil War? Well, he might not _really_ be in Cap3. I remember reading that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch would be in _The Winter Soldier_. My initial thought was that it might crowd the movie too much since I already knew they’d be introducing Falcon. Still, I was intrigued. I spent the first half of the movie waiting for the appearance of Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch, then for the second half of the movie I forgot that I was expecting them. Then …in the mid-credits sequence setting up the next Avengers movie, there’s Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch! For half a second! They’d have been better left a surprise rather than be mentioned in press releases. They weren’t _really_ in the movie and the content of the MCU mid-credits and post-credits scenes _should_ always be surprises. So, hearing that Spider-man will be in Cap3 just reminds me that I had heard that Q&SW were to be in Cap2. Spidey may not be any more than a silhouette in the distance. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/56 "2015-02-22T14:24:46Z")
Merged threads (posts 52-55) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/57 "2015-03-24T14:57:11Z")
They’re reportedly doing screen tests with 16 and 17 year old actors for the role of Peter Parker. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/58 "2015-03-24T17:20:00Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Whoever it is should be young. The actor shouldn’t be older than 20 and 18 would be better. It would also be better if it’s NOT a big name. It won’t be. They won’t want to pay for a big name. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/59 "2015-03-24T17:32:23Z")
> [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](#): > > So what does everything think about Spiderman being in Captain America 3: Civil War? I’m into it obviously if it is handled right. If he’s central and filling some of the role that the character filled in the comic, then there could be some good Cap as father figure parts. It might be interesting to see a rookie Spidey in something where he’s not the showcase. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281/60 "2015-03-24T18:07:13Z")
I am thinking Spiderm-man will only show up in the Tag of Civil War. I know he was an important part of the comic story line but the MCU story is going to be much different. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-teams-up-with-the-mcu/712281.md?page=4)