web shooters

Adhesive strand dispensers

Web shooters are devices that discharge webbing, most famously the wrist-mounted gadgets used by Spider-Man to swing between buildings and ensnare villains.

In the original comics, Peter Parker invented them; in some adaptations, he produces webbing organically.

The term sometimes appears in discussions of real-world grappling or adhesive-projection technology inspired by the fictional concept.

Related

nozzle · grapple · launch · canister · fluid · superhero · crime fighting · costume · aim · rapid fire · trigger · pressurized · strand · attach · rooftop · acrobatic · New York City · Tony Stark

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Opposites
mobility method

web shooterswalking

Locomotion on foot

running · grappling hooks · jet pack · ground transportation · driving

offensive vs. utility function

web shooterslaser weapons

Weapons using focused light beams

guns · missiles · claws · energy weapons

weapon/tool function

web shootersblades

Sharp flat cutting parts

sword · guns · claws · flamethrower · disintegrator

Family

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Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Rated G