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References to and Quotes about
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Birds of Prey - Season 1, Episode 1 (9 Oct. 2002): "Pilot":
Helena Wayne (to Oracle): "Is your spider-sense tingling?"

Captain America (vol. 1) #147 (Mar. 1972): "And Behold the Hordes of HYDRA...", pages 17, 19:
(pg. 17) Captain America (to Kingpin): "Maybe you caught Spider-Man off-guard once or twice, during his younger days -- but Captain America's been around for a long time!"
(pg. 19): Kingpin (to Cap): "Fool! How can you expect a blow from yourself to even faze me... when I have withstood the might of Spider-Man?!"

Note: There are also a couple references, on pages 6 and 9, to Spider-Man comics in footnotes attached to flashbacks which reference earlier appearances of Kingpin and his son, Richard Fisk.

Captain America (vol. 1) #169 (Jan. 1974): "When a Legend Dies", page 6, panel 5:
Captain America (thinking about Falcon): "...even when I had no extra strength, Sam's felt as if he were standing in my shadow. There was that time he tried to capture Spider Man [sic]..."

Captain America (vol. 1) #215 (Nov. 1977): "The Way It Really Was!", page 5, panel 1:
tourist (referring Captain America, who declined to sign autographs): "The Devil with him if he's gonna be that way!"
2nd tourist: "He's part of my parents' generation, anyway -- not mine."
3rd tourist (teen boy): "Yeah! I'm into Spider-Man and Nova!"

Fantastic Four: What Lies Between (2007), page 2:

He [Johnny Storm] glanced her way with a look of mild amusement. "Gee. What a good idea. I should go out and play with the other kids. Maybe I can go rustle up Spidey and Cap and we can shot some hoops down by the playground."

"Oh, Johnny. . ."

"Don't 'Oh, Johnny' me, sis, and don't handle me. I'm not a kid anymore. . . ."

Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #8 (Feb. 2001): "Dark Matters", page 16, panel 4:
newspaper headline accompanied by photo of Spider-Man: "Spider Menace"

Marvel Knights 4 #1 (Apr. 2004): "Wolf at the Door: Part 1", page 6, panel 1:
[Page 11] Howard: "What can I tell ya, Johnny? Super hero endorsements have dried up. You and your family were overexposed."
Johnny Storm: "I think you're thinking of Spider-Man."

Marvel Knights 4 #4 (May 2004): "Wolf at the Door: Part 4", page 13, panel 3:
unnamed officer worker (seeing Reed Richards scale building while wearing a business suit): "Hey, don't Spider-Man wear a costume?"

Maximum Security #2 (Dec. 2000): "A World of Hurt", page 5, panel 4:
Wasp: "And it's more than just the Avengers... Spider-Man, the Hulk, the Punisher--"

Megaton Man (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1984): "They Call the Doctor... Software!", pages 8, 22, panel 1:
narration: "Trent Phloog! Mild-mannered cub reporter! Devoted nephew! Troubled, teenaged grad student in urban oceaonography!"
Megaton Man (thinking): "My life is so troubled! I'm a thirty-year old teenager -- that awkward time filled with phobias and hang-ups! Poor, dear, sweet, fragile Aunt Petunia! I'm such a worry to her!"

Note: Pg. 8: Satirical reference to Spider-Man and Aunt May (and also Ben Grimm's Aunt Petunia). Pg. 22: satirical reference to Spider-Man's origin.

Megaton Man (vol. 1) #2 (Feb. 1985): "Leavings and Beginnings!", page 14, panel 5:
Stella Starlight: "Well, Rex was always in his lab, so I'd sneak out to adjoining rooftops... It was... cheap... but I had needs... Pamela Jointly: "And he never found out?"
Stella: "One time, I came home with web fluid on my skirt! Rex flew into a rage!"

Scarlet Spider (vol. 2) #10 (Dec. 2012): "Minimum Carnage, Part Two: Inner Space":
Scarlet Spider (Kaine): "I know another idiot who talks about responsibility a lot."
Venom (Flash Thompson): "Yeah? I know a great man who does the same."

The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #137 (Sep. 1980): "The Fate of the Phoenix!", page 8, panel 2:
Nightcrawler (thinking): "Eat your heart out, Spider-Man! Anything you can climb, I can climb better..."

X-Men (vol. 1) #55 (Apr. 1969): "Where Angels Dare to Tread!":
Winter 1963: A waiting world still basks in ignorance of names it will shortly idolize... names like the Beatles, Barbra Streisand, the Amazing Spider-Man and perhaps, the Avenging Angel!