Spiderman VS Reality

Sorry to tell you this, but a real Spiderman would be a rather weak
superhero: slow, clumsy and weak. He might be able to scale the odd
skyscraper or two, but not wearing his trademark Spandex. While
Spiderman is supposed to combine the brain of a human with the
powers of a gigantic spider, it just would not work out scientifically. The
problem with Spiderman is not that he is improbable, but that he is
inaccurate.
Spiders are not particularly strong, fast or agile for their size. They
are also quite cowardly, running off at the first opportunity. They avoid
attacking anything approaching their own size as they are miserables
fighters. They also make inefficient hunters. Hunting spiders do have
the ability to grip smooth surfaces using a network of super-fine hairs
called a scopula. These hairs, like those on the feet of geckos, are so
small that they can use the forces that bind molecules together to
generate astonishing sticking power. There is little doubt that a human
being with such hairs would be blessed with amazing climbing skills.
However, Spiderman would still have a problem: he wears gloves and
boots while in crime-fighting costume.
One thing spiders would accurately give Spiderman is his spidersense. Spiders are covered with very sensitive hairs called setae, which
can detect disturbances in the air made by their prey. A human being
with such finely tuned powers would hae a greatly increased feeling of
awareness.
One thing about Spiderman that does continue to impress
scientists, though, is his ability to make those webs! Spider silk is one
of the toughest fibers known to man - weight for weight it is five times
stronger than steel. A single strand of spider-silk as thick as a washingline would stop an F-16 fighter in its tracks, researchers claim. If we
could replicate this material, it would be perfect for everything from
medical fibers to heavy-duty cables and space station parts.

In the film, Spiderman shoots a thread of his silk to catch his love Gwen -- who has fallen off a bridge 300 feet above a river. The films
explanation of her death is that she died of shock, but skydivers
regularly fall further. No, the reality would have been that had fallen
that far and stopped so quickly, the deceleration of 10G (more than
generated in a Space Shuttle launch) would have broken her neck
instantly. So the film got her death right -- just the wrong reason for it.
Extracted from Reading Rites by Mervyn Blake, published by Marshall
Cavendish Education 2012