21 Amazing Spider-Man Shirts for His Spectacular Homecoming

Back when they announced that there would be a second re-boot of Spider-Man, I was ready to scream “Give it a rest!” But when I heard Marvel was going to be involved in this version, my interest was piqued. (For those who don’t know, Spider-Man’s film rights are owned by Sony, not Marvel Studios, but in this case they’re co-producing.) Though I feared we’d have to sit through Spidey’s origin for a third time.

Then I saw that trailer for Captain America: Civil War featuring Mr. Underoo’s himself. I was giddy with excitement. That was the Spider-Man from the comic books. With all the heavy hitters in Civil War, Spider-Man still stole the show when he appeared. He was fun, witty and exuded a youthfulness that was missing from previous Spider-Men. Much of this is due to Tom Holland’s great performance as Peter Parker and his alter-ego.

This summer, Tom and company get a whole movie to themselves. Spider-Man: Homecoming is scheduled for release on July 7, 2017. And from the trailer alone, it looks like the energy from his bit in Civil War will be carried into the film. Peter really feels like an awkward teen who discovered a power greater than himself. I can’t wait to see him take on Michael Keaton as The Vulture. (Though not sure about Marisa Tomei as Aunt May, I like my Aunt May’s old and conservative).

Though I believe Spider-Man will hit his film stride in this series, I can’t say that the other versions were all that bad. I did enjoy Toby McGuire’s Peter Parker. Though there was a certain amount of dorkiness to him, I never really got a loser vibe from him. The first Spider-Man movie may be seen as the birth of the modern superhero movie. Yes, it felt a little more cartoony than today’s films, but it was the beginning of meatier stories and characters.

Most of the world was blown away by Spider-Man 2 (93% on Rotten Tomatoes). Me, not so much. I liked it, but didn’t think it was the best superhero movie ever. But it did cement Spider-Man’s place in cinematic history.

I’m also a little kinder in my thoughts of Spider-Man 3. It was a hot mess, but for feeling that had to throw so much into one movie, I was a little more forgiving for their messiness.

Then there was the re-boot with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone: The Amazing Spider-Man. The first movie was not particularly bad, just kind of boring to go through the origin story again. And The Lizard was not the most interesting of villains. And I felt the way about Amazing Spider-Man 2 as I did the Spider-Man 3, it was a mess, but had some good things about it. Most of all was the chemistry between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy. Garfield and Stone were incredible to watch. I was interested to see where they took that version next, though I could have done without all the conspiracy stuff.

Looks like Spider-Man is pretty strong. A few bad movies won’t defeat him. He just comes back stronger than ever. So I dug up some Spider-Man shirts to show your Spider-Man now and when he swings into theaters this July. Choose your shirts responsibly…