Spider-Man

plural Spider-Mans · alternative nonstandard Spider Man · alternative nonstandard Spider-man · alternative nonstandard Spiderman

1. A hero and/or an adept climber, especially one whose identity is secret and who succeeds despite long odds.

   Jyoti Raj (aka the Spiderman of Karnataka) climbing a wall

   2023 May 15, andreba, “Jyoti Raj (aka the Spiderman of Karnataka) climbing a wall”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026

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   "The Spiderman of Denver' was brought down from his attic hiding-place and charged with murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Philip Peters.

   1991, Robin Odell, J. H. H. Gaute, The New Murderers' Who's who, Dorset Press, page 89

   This young boy, Hamid, wants to become the 'Spiderman of the Revolution' and fight America. I enjoyed the messiness and playfulness of this: that an American fantasy hero becomes the tool of expression for a revolutionary-in-making.

   2026, Younes Saramifar, The Promise of Violence: Collective Memory and the Making of Revolutionaries in Iran, Manchester University Press

   Pakistan needed 18 of the last over and Arshdeep Singh came to seal the deal for India. Rishabh Pant took a diving catch to dismiss Imad Wasim. The spiderman of Indian cricket was not just back with runs, but was back to taking catches with gloves as well, and he grabbed an outstanding catch to seal the game for India.

   2024, Dinesh Agasthya, The Day of Dreams and The Day of Destiny, Blue Rose Publishers, page 38

plural Spider-men

1. nonstandardNonstandard form of Spider-Man.