The Amazing Radioactive Spider!/References

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References/Trivia

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Cultural references

• The title is a reference to The Amazing Spider-Man.
• The entire comic is a parody of Spider-Man comics.
  • Parker Peterman is an obvious parody of Peter Parker.
  • Parker getting bitten by a radioactive spider is similar to Spider-Man's origin.
  • The radioactive spider saying "Though the world mocked me as a human--it will soon marvel at the might of a radioactive spider!" is a parody of Spider-Man's dialogue from the front cover of Amazing Fantasy #15.
  • Aunt Mabel and Uncle Benny are parodies of Aunt May and Uncle Ben.
  • Buck Curtis is a parody of Flash Thompson.
  • The unnamed General is a parody of J. Jonah Jameson. He calls "Lt. Roberson" and "Captain Brant" on the phone to cooperate with Radioactive Man; Roberson is a reference to Robbie Robertson and Brant is a reference to Betty Brant.
  • At the end, Radioactive Man says "with accidental powers, comes irresponsibility", a reference to the line "with great power comes great responsibility."
  • Parker Peterman is told to close his gown as they can see his "spider-sense tingling", a reference to Spider-Man's spider-sense.
• The first page is laid out similar to first page layout of Fawcett's Captain Marvel comics of the 1950s, where the origin is recapped in the first panel, the second panel shows a teaser of the story, and the third panel starts the story. Radioactive Man in the first panel is even in the same pose Captain Marvel is in his first panel.