Editing Spider-Man (section)

==Powers, skills, and equipment==
Peter Parker has superhuman spider-powers and abilities derived from mutations resulting from the bite of a radioactive spider.<ref name="Science">Gresh, Lois H., and Robert Weinberg. "The Science of Superheroes" (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002) {{ISBN|0-471-02460-0}} ([https://books.google.com/books?id=TCv0LyEnzsUC&pg=PA66 preview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722011645/http://books.google.com/books?id=TCv0LyEnzsUC&pg=PA65#PPA66,M1 |date=July 22, 2011 }})</ref> Since the original [[Stan Lee|Lee]]-[[Steve Ditko|Ditko]] stories, Spider-Man has had the ability to cling to walls. This has been speculated to be based on a distance-dependent interaction between his body and surfaces, known as the [[van der Waals force]],<ref>{{Cite comic |writer=[[Sanderson, Peter]]; Lerner, Mark; [[DeFalco, Tom]] |penciller=[[Romita, John Jr.]] |inker=[[Rubinstein, Josef]] |story=Spider-Man |title=[[The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe]] |issue=10 |page=22 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |date=October 1983}}</ref> though in the [[Spider-Man (2002 film)|2002 ''Spider-Man'' film]], his hands and feet are lined with tiny clinging [[Cilium|cilia]] in the manner of a real spider's feet. Spider-Man's other powers include superhuman strength, speed, agility, and balance and a precognitive sixth sense referred to as his "spider-sense", which alerts him to danger.<ref name="Science" />

Spider-Man has a [[healing factor]] that allows him to recover from injuries sustained during battle.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harn, Darby |date=November 26, 2020 |title=10 Powers Spider-Man Technically Has (But Rarely Uses) |url=https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-powers-rarely-used/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127053721/https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-powers-rarely-used/ |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |access-date=October 25, 2021 |publisher=[[CBR.com]]}}</ref> In the aftermath of the 1989 "[[Acts of Vengeance]]" storyline, Spider-Man was said to have "superhuman recuperative abilities" that sped up his recovery from the exhaustion he suffered in defeating the Tri-Sentinel.<ref>{{Cite comic |title=[[The Amazing Spider-Man]] |story=Power Prey |writer=[[Michelenie, David]] |penciller=[[Larsen, Erik]] |inker=Mushynsky, Andy |issue=329 |date=February 1990 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref>

The character was originally conceived by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko as intellectually gifted, and later writers have depicted his intellect at genius level.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kiefer, Kit |title=Marvel Encyclopedia Volume 4: Spider-Man |last2=Couper-Smartt, Jonathan |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-7851-1304-1 |location=New York}}</ref> Academically brilliant, Peter has expertise in the fields of [[applied science]], [[chemistry]], [[physics]], [[biology]], [[engineering]], [[mathematics]], and [[mechanics]].

{{anchor|Suit}}With his talents, he sews his own costume to conceal his identity, and he constructs many devices that complement his powers, most notably mechanical web-shooters that allow him to shoot webs, swing at high speeds throughout the city, and navigate and trap his enemies with his webs, additionally small electronic tracking devices called spider-tracers and a spider-signal as a flashlight and a warning beacon to criminals.<ref name="Science" /> [[Thomas Fireheart]]'s scientists, world-renowned, are unable to replicate the fluid Parker created while in high school.<ref name="ssmv1a7">{{Cite comic |Writer=Owsley, James |Penciller=Kupperberg, Alan |Copencillers=Jim Fern, Al Milgrom |Colorist=Ferriter, Julianna |Letterer=Parker, Rick |Editor=Salicrup, Jim |Story=The Honeymoon |Title=The Spectacular Spider-Man |Volume=1 |Issue=Annual 7 |Date=1986 |Publisher=Marvel Comics}}</ref>