Spoilers forAmazing Spider-Man #62!In Marvel Comics,Spider-ManandAnt-Mandon’t cross paths as often as fans might think, despite their similarly creepy crawly-themed identities being a perfect fit for a team-up, with Ant-Man’s shrinking technology and Spider-Man’s arachnid-based powers benefitting them in ways that the other couldn’t possibly comprehend. Now, with Peter Parker recently becoming thenewest magical protector of Earth,Spider-Man has gained an Ant-Man-esque ability that, when used, reveals an interesting wrinkle in how Ant-Man’s shrinking and enlarging powers can work.
Tasked by Earth’s new Sorcerer Supreme — Doctor Doom — to become his champion against the eight Scions of Cyttorak, a role previously filled by Doctor Strange, to help prevent Earth’s destruction at their hands, Spider-Man, wearing his new Arcane Armor, takes on the challenge head-first.
In the latest issue ofAmazing Spider-Man, part two of thecurrent “8 Deaths of Spider-Man” arc,Peter reveals it’s possible to “come back around” from shrinking down past the molecular level, allowing him to loop back on himself and return to his normal sizein a cosmic display of power that would make Ant-Man jealous.
Spider-Man Uses His Newfound Magic To Shrink Himself in a Way Ant-Man Could Learn From
Amazing Spider-Man #62- 2024 (Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness)
Taking on the scythe-wielding Cyperion, a Scion of Cyttorak, Spider-Man wonders mid-battle if a specific “model of space-time that suggests that if you got in a spaceship and flew straight, you would eventually come back to the same location” can also be applied to the magical enlarging and shrinking powers he now commands. Testing this theory as he challenges Cyperion to shrink smaller than an electron, the Quantumverse, and “infinitely smaller” after that,Spider-Man ends up cracking a big secret behindAnt-Man’s iconic powersby returning to his original scale in an unfathomable loop of magic that should be impossible.
Spider-Man’s New Gadget Shows How the MCU Can Make Tom Holland’s Next Trilogy Unique (While Staying Comic-Accurate)
Spider-Man often uses specialized gadgets to take down his foes with his latest invention showing how Tom Holland’s next trilogy can similarly use it.
A set of size-altering skills most commonly associated with Ant-Man, these powers, now magic-based rather than science-supported, are a fun twist on a pair of iconic abilities that have been part of Ant-Man’s repertoire for decades. Factoring in the caveat that thePym Particle-infused techAnt-Man uses to shrink down to the quantum level would need to be boosted to its absolute limits,Ant-Mancouldfeasibly imitate this mind-blowing accomplishment of scale, with the fact that Spider-Man was able to “come back around” by infinitely shrinking with little education in anything relating to magic boding well for Ant-Man’s science-based chances.
Amazing Spider-Man #62is available from Marvel Comics.
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is the name given to several individuals who have employed a spider-moniker throughout Marvel Comics. Typically gaining their powers through a bite from a radioactive spider, the different Spider-Man heroes employ super-strength, agility, and intellect while utilizing webbing to swing and tangle up their foes. The most notable of these Spider-Men is Peter Parker, who remains one of the most popular superheroes throughout the world.
