20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Spider-Man

4. His Web Fluid Lasts Only An Hour

Just like in The Amazing Spider-Man movies, Peter Parker crafted some web-shooters for himself as a teenager in order to get around New York City as quickly as possible by swinging from building to building. However, luckily for window cleaners and the bad guys he uses it on to keep them in once place, his webbing dissolves after an hour or so. That changed when Spider-Man used organic webbing for a time, but the reason for it not lasting is actually a lot cleverer than just keeping his city tidy. Stan Lee created this proviso in order to avoid Peter being able to sell his formula, thus getting rich off an effective new adhesive!