Originally posted by DarkCrawler
More then half of those people he fought while being inexperienced teenager (everybody except Sin Eater if I can recall right, and he easily pwned him too later). He's not the same now.
No? Because recently he's been schooled by cap TWICE in hand to hand combat.
Wolverine's had him dead to rights two more times.
El muerte was able to get his mitts on Spidey multiple times.
Originally posted by DarkCrawler
Just compare how Shang Chi could go toe to toe with him while he was a teen, and then compare how Spider-man could handle The Cat (Shang's near-equal) while being an adult. And Spider-Man doesn't even wish to fight in this instance.
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http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9273/feat32speed3fd2.jpgSo using examples where he isn't near as good as he is now isn't really valid. Especially when he does beat all of those later, when he stops playing around. And that was when being a teen.
Ans yet I brought up several examples of people doing the same thing not several months ago.
Not to mention the fact that I don't consider the Cat Shang's "near equal" when Shang "stops messing around"...
and not when the Cat's been jacked in 3 panels by Taskmaster and dropped by Cap while fighting two other villains Simultaneously..
Not to mention that the merit of Spidey doing well against Shang or anyone "near his equal" even matters here due to the sheer fact that Wolverine's beat Shang Chi in several panels without even trying.
Originally posted by DarkCrawlermeh, maybe, maybe not. You could have posed the same argument about Cap had the Civil War encounters not had happened but we can obviously see that isn't the case. So while you're counter isn't WITHOUT merit, I don't think that statement is more than speculation as well, though you're probably right with the exception of King Pin and MAYBE white ninja.
Nowadays, he would own each and every one of those people without breaking a sweat. Especially if he took the fight seriously.Just sayin'.
Anyways, yeah we're getting besides the point.. C-master was posing the argument that only famous heroes are the kinds of skilled fighters who give Spiderman a hard time, as though there's no merit behind the feats due to the fact that they're famous heroes alone. I just don't think that's the case, and those examples were' simply some of the reason as to why. 😉