Spider man one moment in time11/16/2023 (And one day, I will learn not to get into pointless Spider-Man debates on the internet. And whether you’re a hardcore Pledger or just someone who…doesn’t really do the whole alcohol thing…then that’s a promise you make, right? If only to yourself.Īnd I think we can all agree that Peter Parker is a man who very occasionally keeps a promise. Right? Because he wouldn’t be one, anymore. It is absolutely okay for an adult to enjoy the occasional drink.īut it is not okay for a teetotaller to enjoy the occasional drink. You could even go all 1950’s on the thing and say that a clean-cut, square-jawed superhero (and Peter Parker is at least one of those three things) shpouldn’t drink because it sets a bad example. Alcohol is also a drug, and potentially harmful in a number of ways, not least of which is terrible disco dancing. I mean, look at all the smokers who can’t smoke now. smoking, if you wanted to be pedantic (and a little cruel) about it. You could wag a finger at Joe Quesada and accuse him of a double standard, viz. You could point to all sorts of hilarious science on the effects of stimulants, alcohol and other drugs on spiders. I mean, you could wave a hand at it, and say it has something to do with the whole Power & Responsibility thing. DeMatteis/John Romita jr., Lost Years #0). Dunno what’s going on here :) ).īut I think it’s kind of an important, if largely unspoken part of the character (c.f. I’m perfectly wiilling to admit some degree of bias on this score, as a teetotaller (though the crazy thing is, I have zero problem with alcohol in general. But he doesn’t drink, hasn’t drunk, and shouldn’t start.
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