This Madame Web article contains spoilers.
With great power comes great responsibility might be the most important line in superhero fiction.
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But it places the motivation in the wrong direction.
Like most of the original Marvel heroes thatJack KirbyandSteve Ditkocreated withStan Lee, Spider-Man has power thrust upon him.
InMadame Webs retelling, responsibility is a means to power.
Spider-Man is the greatest hero of all time precisely because hedoesntwant the power, but he accepts the responsibility.
But May wont let him, because that loses sight of all the good hes done.
For Spider-Man, power is never an end, always a means toward responsibility.
Madame Web is out in theaters now.
