11 Comic Book Characters Who Underwent Horrifying Transformations
3. Spider-Man Turns Into A Man-Spider
While Angel and Spidey ventured to The Savage Land, they were captured by Magneto's underling, Brainchild. Using a Devolution Ray, Brainchild turned Angel into a griffin and Spider-Man into a monstrous Man-Spider. Deprived of their personalities, Brainchild manipulated the two mutated superheroes to attack his enemy, Ka-Zar.
The wall-crawler turned into the Man-Spider again after being exposed to a mysterious pollen created by the nefarious Plantman. (Interestingly, Plantman is the only Marvel character devised by Jerry Siegel; the creator of Superman.)
Fans enjoyed the Man-Spider stories so much, it was incorporated into the animated series, Spider-Man. In the second season of the show, Peter Parker learns that the spider-bite that gave him his powers is mutating his genes. When he consumes a potential antidote to reverse the mutation, it indirectly accelerates the process, turning Spider-Man into an eight-limbed mindless monster.
The last time Spider-Man has transmogrified into a Man-Spider was in the 2004 story, Changes. In this tale, the Spider-Queen transforms Spidey into a giant arachnid so she can mate with him, allowing her offspring to rule the world. Luckily, Spider-Man returned to normal when he gave birth... to himself. (Fans are still trying to figure out how that's possible.)