# 7 of Spider-Man’s Biggest Transformations in the Marvel Comic Books

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/7-of-spider-mans-biggest-transformations-in-the-marvel-comic-books/
- Published: 2026-07-16T20:58:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-25T06:13:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/evolution-of-spider-man-brand-new-day-changes-marvel-comics/
- Topics: Film

## Summary

Collider previews seven major Spider-Man transformations from Marvel comics, linking them to the apparent physical mutation Peter Parker will undergo in the forthcoming film Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The article treats the comic-book stories as possible context for the film’s new powers and unanswered questions, including whether Peter’s changing DNA is connected to its villains or other new characters.

- Six-Armed Spider-Man: In Amazing Spider-Man #100 (1971), Peter’s attempt to remove his powers instead gave him four extra arms; a serum involving Morbius’s enzymes reversed the change in issue #102.
- Spider-Lizard: Exposure to Dr Curt Connors’s experimental device turned Spider-Man into a reptilian monster in Spectacular Spider-Man #39–40 (1980), before Connors cured him.
- Cosmic Spider-Man: In Spectacular Spider-Man #158 (1989), Spider-Man temporarily gained extraordinary cosmic power as Captain Universe.
- The article says these transformations form part of a seven-entry comic-book retrospective ahead of Brand New Day’s 31 July release.

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