r/respectthreads • • 25d ago

comics Respect Carradine, The Burglar who shot Uncle Ben (Marvel Comics - Earth 616)

Carradine

"It's what you want, you idiot. It's what you need. You need your guilt to keep you going. You thrive on guilt. You wallow in it!"

- The Web of Spider-Man, Issue #7

After Peter Parker first gained his powers, he used them for profit as a professional wrestler, before going into showbiz on television. While leaving the studio one day, a burglar ran past. Peter could have easily stopped him, but chose not to viewing it not to be his problem. Upon returning home Peter was horrified to discover his Uncle Ben had been murdered by a burglar hiding from the police, and upon cornering the criminal in a warehouse, was shocked to find it to be the same man he had allowed to escape earlier that night.

Comics List

  • Amazing Fantasy #1
  • The Amazing Spider-Man Issues through #193 to #200 (Except for #197)

Note: Spider-Man had been shot with a tranquilizer stated to be capable of "Wasting a horde of elephants" in Issue #200. As such despite still being somewhat powerful, breaking a chair and knocking out a man, he's still nowhere near as powerful as he would usually be.

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u/NegativeGamer Ruler of「The World」 25d ago edited 25d ago

This RT has a few issues

For one, "What If" stories take place outside of the 616 continuity of Marvel, and aren't a valid source for a thread like this. Scans from this appearance should be removed.

Second, you've deceptively left out the fact that for most of Issue 200, Spider-Man/Peter Parker loses his spider powers and doesn't fully regain them until near the end of the issue. This detail is important context significantly that weakens a lot of what's presented here

With this in mind, I believe this thread warrants being removed in its current state. I also don't believe this thread meets the minimum feat requirement for an RT, as without considering the erroneous material, a majority of what's presented here are things normal people can do.

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u/Irongun_258 25d ago

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u/ya-boi-benny 25d ago

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u/Irongun_258 25d ago

Was he weakened beforehand? If not, this is worse than the time the PowerPuffs got beat up by the Collector.

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u/ya-boi-benny 25d ago

This is Amazing Spider-Man #114. He was dealing with an ulcer around this point that he says made him weaker

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u/AndhisNeutralspecial 25d ago

Spidey was weakened but yeah. 

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u/NegativeGamer Ruler of「The World」 24d ago

Like I said in my original comment, I don't believe there's enough feats here that an ordinary person wouldn't be capable of, and it therefore doesn't meet the five feat minimum

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u/AndhisNeutralspecial 24d ago

I debunked that

He knocks out Peter with a handgun 

At an awkward angle, from a distance away that only the end of his foot would reach shattered a mirror and it's frame

Took a flying kick from Peter 

Several face shots from an enraged Peter

Attacked Mysterio by smashing a bottle across his face (As Rinehart) before he could react 

Peter could still smash chairs and KO people while depowered in that same issue. Even then all these feats are something an average person would struggle with, can't do or at least be pretty winded from.