5. Spider-Man’s Unmasking Is Pointless

Another one of those “fans are sad this part of Civil War won’t be realized onscreen” moments is probably the most iconic moment in Civil War: Spider-Man’s unmasking. In the second issue of the series, as a publicity stunt, Tony Stark calls Spider-Man up and Peter Parker unmasks himself in front of the entire assembled press. And again, like the Punisher’s appearance, it adds absolutely nothing to the story overall.

Peter’s public identity is not mentioned at all after the unmasking scene in the main series, and like I said before, it only lasted six months or so in the Spider-Man books. Not only that, but it goes against one of the core tenants of Spider-Man. The secret identity and the guilt and drama it brings are part of why the character works so well. Without it, Peter Parker loses some of his defining attributes. It’d be like having Batman just ‘get over’ the deaths of his parents. You can’t just strip a character down as a cheap shock tactic. And that’s all this was.