10 Most Emotional Spider-Man Stories Ever

Anyone familiar with Spider-Man is also familiar with the insane amount of emotional moments tucked into the character's story. Whether it's Tom Holland's heartbreaking monologue in the final scenes of Endgame, or any of his most tragic points in the comics, it seems the arachnid superstar is endlessly proving us with gutwrenching moments of love, loss, and everything between.

In a way, it's exactly this that makes Spider-Man such a relatable hero. While fans love to joke about the cursed 'Parker luck', seeing Peter face so much loss makes him painfully understandable, and makes the moments where he uses his grief to grow all the more inspiring.

And with there now being almost sixty years of Spider-Man comics to choose between, there's no shortage of poignant stories starring the people's favourite arachnid-person. Between tragic deaths, poignant bonds, and the occasional child-eating lizard, it's really a surprise that comic fans don't burst into tears the literal moment you mention Peter Parker - although after reading this list, that may all change.

If you thought Uncle Ben's death was sad, welcome to a whole new world of pain.

In terms of sad comics about big lizards, SHED is about the most emotionally-charged they come, featuring a story that makes the otherwise simplified character of the Lizard roughly a million times more tragic than the Godzilla look-alike has any right to be.

The story revolves around Curt Conners attempting to control his animalistic side after ingesting reptile DNA, and his increasing inability to restrain himself. This peaks in a beautifully awful moment where the transformed Lizard breaks into Conners house, with the two minds warring against each other, as Curt tries to protect his son, and the lizard tries to eat him.

After a battle of wills, Conners is defeated, and is forced to watch as he eats his own son, who throws his reptilian dad one last punch, telling him 'you're going to kill me, aren't you? I always knew it.'.

In the final panels, we see Curt's internal monologue be ripped to pieces, as he breaks down, unable to deal with what he's just done.

Enjoy those nightmares, folks.