Lets list some other things that could become irradiated and bite someone, then a power associated with that thing. Just to keep things interesting, the list will be in alphabetical order. I’ll start.
Armadilloman fast-travels by rolling himself.
Beeman is the Queen of England’s personal bodyguard who likes chewing gum.
Armadilloman
Beeman
and …
Caterpillar man! When threatened spins his self a cozy cocoon only to reappear as a fully pupated…ah you will have to wait for the M for that!
Well he’d have become SomethingotherthanaspiderMan. Pretty ghetto if you ask me. Doesn’t roll off the tongue as well.
Dogman… he’d pee on the Kingpin’s expensive rug, and chew up Dr. Octopus’s new slippers, then howl/whimper all night until the Vulture woke up and took him for a walk.
Good thing he wasn’t bitten by a donkey, otherwise he’d be the Assman.
He’d get lots of chicks that way. Trust me. Or rather, trust Cosmo Kramer.
Elephant-man. Oh, wait, we already had one of those.
La Cucharacha - Cockroach Man, hero of the Chicanos.
Monkeyman.
Instead of web shooters, he had poopshooters. Then they retconned it.
Iguanaman. The superpowers aren’t that great, but every time the bad guys touch him, they get salmonella.
Chickenman. We’d kill him but we need the eggs.
Don’t make so much fun! After all “The Blowfish Avenger” from The Tick turned out to be pretty bad-ass once in his proper, natural environment.
Caterpillar-man and La Cucaracha would have their day, trust me.
Especially if like Aquaman, El Cucarachombre (a more probable hero name) could summon hordes of helpers to do his bidding. In NYC that would be a truly effective, and terrifying, ability. Especially if it turned out some super-villains had, you know, a thing about insects. Like Dr. Doom. (“No no no nonononono NOOOOOOOO not YOU!!!”)
After an accidentally-irradiated janitor bites young Peter Parker he became Mop-Man! Cleaning the city of crime!
But he’d have a kickass theme song.
Rattlesnake Man. Great name, but unfortunately, he’d be dead before his powers kick in.
Bitten by a radioactive veteran actor, Peter Parker gained the ability to convincingly portray a variety of different men. I give you…Spader-Man.
Ant-man would have the power to ruin even the largest picnics. He could carry off a whole catering truck full of ribs and potato salad.
Cat-man would ignore criminals while sleeping in his cardboard box of solitude.
No criminal’s trash would be safe with raccoon-man on the job.
Don’t get me started on stink-bug-man.
Ferretman: Fast, agile and has a “ferret sense” that lets him find things. Easily distracted by shiny objects.
Gecko-Man: Can hypnotically compel people to buy insurance. Plus, he can lick his own eyeballs, which makes him very popular with the ladies.
Hawk Man: Is hounded into seclusion by relentless lawsuits by DC Comics.
Iguana Man: A lizardlike humanoid, the enemy of Curt Connors, know as Doctor Arachnid in this timeline.
The sad thing is how accurately this mirrors the actual Catman…
What’s really sad is how many of these I recognize as actual comic characters.
Armadillo- A Marvel supervillian.
Bees- Besides the Crimson Bee, we have the supervillian Swarm.
Iguana- hmm, I know Marvel has a Ghila monster villain.
Cat Man- As Jay Jay said, Cat Man is an extremely minor DC villain. He has 9 lives, all felines (including tigers and what not) love him, his costume is made from the covering of an African cat totem. Most of his life he was just a kooky, one-not villain. A few writers have done interesting things with him- like when he teamed up with The Rejects (including Killer Moth).
Dog Man- Marvel had a Mad Dog supervillain (he was the ex husband of HellCat)
Ant Man- Is a very old Marvel property and founding member of the Avengers. His wife is the Wasp and he was YellowJacket for a while.
Frog Man- A thug who invented a jumping costume. He eventually retired when he had a son. Said son (stereotypically fat and nerdy) tried using the costume to fight crime.
Kangaroo- Was a SpiderMan villain from down under.
The Human Flea- Appeared in an issue of Batman. He could jump for miles and threw bags of fleas at his victims to distract them.
Cockroach Man- In an issue of Astro City, we meet the heroic Palmetto. He seems to be a giant flying cockroach.
Eel- A few Marvel villains have worn the electric, slippery costume and gone by this name.
Anaconda, Black Mamba, Sidewinder, Puff Adder, Death Adder, Diamond Back, Boom Slang, Black Racer, Coach Whip- and a few others I forget have all been members of the villainous Serpent Society
Now we must (try to) find interesting examples that weren’t actually comic characters already. Hmmm…
Cicada man: Only shows up for a few days, once every 17 years…
Platypus Man! Paralyzes his enemies with laughter. Oh, and venom.
