Credit: From Amazing Spider-Man #259, Courtesy Marvel Comics

So Spider-Man shoots a web from his web-shooter thingy, grabs on to it and swings through the air, at which point he shoots another web from his other web-shooter thingy and repeats the process.

HOWEVER!

How does Spider-Man’s web become detached from the web shooter thingy? He certainly doesn’t seem to be yanking it free. Does he have little tiny fingernail clippers inside that chop it off after each web is shot?

EXPLAIN THIS TO ME.

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  • From Amazing Spider-Man #259, Courtesy Marvel Comics

UPDATE (30 SECONDS AFTER I WROTE THE PREVIOUS SENTENCES, WHICH WAS AROUND THE SAME TIME I DECIDED TO CONSULT WIKIPEDIA):

From Wikipedia:

Pressing down on the palm-trigger of the web-shooter causes the valve in the nozzle to open wider, expelling the fluid. Releasing the trigger causes the valves to close, cutting off the web-line or fluid. If Spider-Man creates any variation to his normal web formula that is too strong for the pinch valves to sever, he might end up being tangled up or tied to the object he attached his web to, which has happened on more than one occasion. His web-shooters require constant maintenance and on more than one occasion suffer jams or malfunctions.

Soooo… you know. Never mind.

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)

4 replies on “Why Doesn’t Spider-Man’s Webs Stick to His Shooter?: A Blogtown Query”

  1. Spiderman LOADS his web shooters with web, but where does the web come from? His mouth? His butt? Tell me I don’t feel like checking Wikipedia.

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