Spider-Man: Homecoming - 45 Easter Eggs & References You Probably Missed

31. The Ant-Man/Spider Army Gag

When Ned asks Peter if he can command an army of spiders, it's hard not to immediately think of Ant-Man and his special abilities.

But even more specifically, it's a gag that Spider-Man himself has played up to in the comics. In Marvel Adventures, Peter terrorised a bank robber and made him surrender simply by claiming he could summon spiders.

And of course, there actually was one Spider-Man who could communicate with insects and spiders - Kaine Parker, who went on to become the second Scarlet Spider...