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Is this canon? How can Spider-Man violate gravity WALKS on wall with shoes?


I can accept Spider-Man use hands to crawls on wall, because his hands have tiny claws that can dig into the surface.

But WALKS on wall with shoes? How is that possible?

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Yeah, that is probably an oversight.

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It's not just "an" oversight, I'm 1 hour 6 minutes in the movie, the movie keeps breaking gravity, they can even sit upside down.

Do their asses have glue?

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Their asses might be able to grab onto walls through thin cloth, but definitely not through shoes.

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Naah, it's not tiny claws in canon. You're thinking of the Tobey Maguire films. In comic canon it's a form of molecular cohesion that works right through the fabric of his costume. Not sure it should work through the sole of a shoe, though.

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Yeah, it is supposed to be the van der Waals force, but it only works on molecular level distance, which means it only works in close contact, through thin cloth maybe, definitely not shoes.

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He walks on the wall with shoes on in the first Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movie. So it's not just from this.

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But not as blatantly as in this one.

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Really? I don't remember saw any anti gravity behavior in any live action Spider-Man movies.

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https://youtu.be/zlwaUJzGqns

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I watched the whole video, I don't see it.

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He has on his shoes when he runs into the alley. He also has them on when he's swinging.

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You don't understand what I said, and you didn't watch Across The Spider-Verse.

In the movie, Spider-Man can stand or walk on wall with shoes.

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I haven't seen it since it was in theaters. I will probably rent it here soon.

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I actually liked it when Gwen used her webs to sit down reverse to fight gravity. Never questioned the feet stuff, as we never see their soles. We know for sure that Miles is wearing usually shoes (he several times change them in this movie), usually it is very uncomfy to wear a shoe in a shoe. So for me its more kind of socks which allow him to use his powers. When he gets invisible also his suits get out, which shows at least that his powers go through his suit.

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The sit down reverse scene make no sense, why her ass can stick to the surface?

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As said, she used her spider webs to glue herself to the surface, its clearly seen when she is "sitting down".

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Before she used spider webs, she was walking on walls wearing shoes.

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No, she shots web to her left and right, not her butt:

https://imgur.com/lyJKB3p

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