To the Ones Who Came Before
Every Marvel and DC fan has his own favorite Batman and Spiderman. For us, Tobey Maguire will always be the one and only Apiderman. In the reprised 2002 version of the film, Toby Maguire cracked everyone up with his adlib homage to Shazam. “Go web, fly, up and away web, Shazam!”
When Peter Parker first discovers his powers, he tries a number of different hand gestures in hopes to inspire his web. Maguire ad-libbed the lines “Up, up, and away, web” and “Shazam!” An off-the-cuff reference to DC superheroes Superman and long-since Captain Marvel (Shazam). It may have lead the way to future Marvel cameos and references we experience now.