Despite the fact thatSpider - Manis easily one of the greatest heroes in Marvel Comics ’ roster , history has shown that he ’s amazingly not the adept nominee for fall in theFantastic Four – at least , not compare to his original love interest , Gwen Stacy .

When Spider - Man first became the WWW - sling hero fans cognise and screw today , it is safe to say that he was more than a little concerned with money – specifically , how he could cash - in on his spidey - power . That is n’t to say thatSpider - Man was n’t a selfless paladin , as he rise that prison term and again , but he also complained ( more than a petty bit ) that he wish he could get some form of recompense for his efforts . So , Spider - Man settle to put in an program ( of sorts ) to join the Fantastic Four . InAmazing Spider - Man#1 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko , Spider - Man literally soften into the Baxter Building and push the Fantastic Four to show them how hefty he is , and what a great asset he ’d be on the team . However , when the Fantastic Four told him that they do n’t get give for being superheroes , and that they primarily live on scientific Ulysses Simpson Grant or government activity contracts , Spider - Man left , which only cement the fact that the Fantastic Four did n’t want him to join their team in the first place .

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Gwen Stacy Joined the Fantastic Four Faster than Spider-Man (& for Good Reason)

InX - Universeby Scott Lobdell , Terry Kavanagh , Carlos Pacheco , and Terry Dodson , Gwen Stacy is a freedom hero against the tyrannical rule of En Sabah Nur in this , theAge of Apocalypse . While most of the otherAoAcomics in this serial focus entirely on the cristal - humankind and their exertion to take down this well-nigh unstoppable scoundrel , this two - issue comical series move into Marvel Comics ’ other heroes who were also impacted bythe timeline - splitting dying of Professor X – let in the spirit of those who may not have become heroes otherwise , like Gwen Stacy . In this issue , Gwen is work with the stay on phallus of the Fantastic Four against one of Apocalypse ’s Four Horsemen as he tries to invade the last fastness of human race , and this is after Gwen Stacy just fit the Fantastic Four in the old offspring .

The Fantastic Four Rejected Spider-Man Outright

When Gwen Stacy first met the Fantastic Four , she immediately join their ranks – whereas Spider - Man did n’t become a member of the team until years after first meeting them , and his time as a penis of Marvel ’s First Family was more of a substitution rather than inclusion . Obviously , the luck were very different in the two situation whereGwen and Spider - Man first metthe Fantastic Four as Spider - Man was just an up - and - coming submarine in the mod world whereas Gwen was a freedom fighter in a post - revelatory wasteland . Gwen was impel into the life of a hero , and the Fantastic Four were right smart more open to proven warriors unite their team than they would be if the macrocosm was n’t ending all around them . Still , though , the dichotomy here is interesting , and the two situations – while unbelievably different – both boil down to one thing : being a submarine .

Spider - Man initially did n’t want tojoin the Fantastic Fourbecause he recollect they ’d make him a better hoagie , he did it to hopefully get paid . Gwen , on the other bridge player , get together the heroes to well help the people she worked her whole sprightliness to protect – meaning that , when compare their respective first - brush with the team , Gwen Stacyproved to be a betterFantastic Fourcandidate thanSpider - Man .

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