SPIDEY BRINGS THE HOUSE DOWN! (WELL, THE CEILING ANYWAY)...

When you think about certain things in comics, you realise that they don't really work.  For instance, Spider-Man crawling on ceilings.  Crawling up exterior walls I can buy, but interior ceilings is a different matter.  Why?  In modern office blocks, most ceilings are false - mere cosmetic coverings of ventilation and lighting systems, and all sorts of wires, tubing, and pipes.  In houses, the ceilings are usually thin coatings of plaster on hardboard or some other relatively flimsy substance.  Were Spidey to attempt to crawl along ceilings, his weight would surely bring them down.

Office ceiling tiles would collapse once he attached himself to them, and the plaster on home ceilings would come away on his fingertips, depositing him on the floor faster than a fart from The Flash!  (Yeah, I know, different universe.)  Funny how we never think of such things when we read our comics, isn't it, and how readily we suspend our critical and logical faculties simply because we want to believe in the impossible?  Or am I too analytical and have it all wrong?  Is there a way in which ol' Webhead could scuttle upside down on a ceiling without it coming away because of his own weight?

If you can think of a good explanation, deposit it in our comments section.  And where's once-regular commenter TC these days?  He hasn't commented in a while, so hope he's okay.

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