They were technological from the very first issue Spiderman was introduced in. He had them before he even got bit even. The organic ones were created from the Raimi film nearly 40 years later, and were popular enough to briefly be back ported to the comics.
Yes. Part of the Peter Parker character was that he was a brilliant scientist and created the web shooters to complement the powers he got from the spider bite. Him running out of web fluid from time to time was a plot point in the older comics.
The very very original was created to help him in his pre-bite stuntman career he wanted to pursue, which he then modified to the spider gimmick.
Them being tech was more than just a reload plot point, as it also allowed him absurd fluidity with them in terms of what they could be made to do instead of just being sticky ropes. Which made his powers constantly evolving and developing, more befitting of a scientist hero than a brutish one who simply used the same powers but harder.
I'm not familiar with any pre Spider-Man stunt career. That must be a retcon added after I stopped reading in early 1990s. u/ernsithe posted the panel from Amazing Fantasy #15 where he invents them, using "liquid cement" with little explanation or fanfare:
So, they laughed at me for being a bookworm, eh? Well, only a science major could have created a device like this.
It made sense for them to take them out of the Raimi movie, as it would have added extra complication when they could just make it a part of his power set granted from the spider. It made equal sense to put it back in the Andrew Garfield film, as he stole most of the work from the lab with the spiders genetically modified to improve the strength of their webs. There was a much stronger science focus in that film.
Was still a mechanical device he made. Raimi's version was the first time a mainline Spiderman ever had organic ones. A few spinoffs like Spiderman Noir had the organic ones at times, but they were also a completely different origin story and person most of the time.
I prefer it organic as well, simply because it limits his abilities and makes each fight require skill and adaptation. When its tech webs it always comes down to "now to break out my special new web power I developed two weeks ago."
They were technological from the very first issue Spiderman was introduced in. He had them before he even got bit even. The organic ones were created from the Raimi film nearly 40 years later, and were popular enough to briefly be back ported to the comics.
Yes. Part of the Peter Parker character was that he was a brilliant scientist and created the web shooters to complement the powers he got from the spider bite. Him running out of web fluid from time to time was a plot point in the older comics.
The very very original was created to help him in his pre-bite stuntman career he wanted to pursue, which he then modified to the spider gimmick.
Them being tech was more than just a reload plot point, as it also allowed him absurd fluidity with them in terms of what they could be made to do instead of just being sticky ropes. Which made his powers constantly evolving and developing, more befitting of a scientist hero than a brutish one who simply used the same powers but harder.
I'm not familiar with any pre Spider-Man stunt career. That must be a retcon added after I stopped reading in early 1990s. u/ernsithe posted the panel from Amazing Fantasy #15 where he invents them, using "liquid cement" with little explanation or fanfare:
It made sense for them to take them out of the Raimi movie, as it would have added extra complication when they could just make it a part of his power set granted from the spider. It made equal sense to put it back in the Andrew Garfield film, as he stole most of the work from the lab with the spiders genetically modified to improve the strength of their webs. There was a much stronger science focus in that film.
How about the Filmation version?
Was still a mechanical device he made. Raimi's version was the first time a mainline Spiderman ever had organic ones. A few spinoffs like Spiderman Noir had the organic ones at times, but they were also a completely different origin story and person most of the time.
Really? I always thought he got everything from the spider bite.
Pooh. I like the idea of his crap being organic better. It's no more weird or stupid than the Hulk being what he is from fucking "gamma rays".
I prefer it organic as well, simply because it limits his abilities and makes each fight require skill and adaptation. When its tech webs it always comes down to "now to break out my special new web power I developed two weeks ago."