My 5 year old son has an easy-reader book which shows a picture of Spider Man swinging through the air to catch Rhino who has kidnapped the Mayor's son. The picture shows his web with what looks like flames on it. Later, after he has caught Rhino, it shows Rhino encased in ice. My son wondered why Spider man was on fire, and then why Rhino was encased in ice. Does Spider Man have any special flame or ice webs or anything?
Thanks in advance!
Welcome to the Realm EDarcy!
Spider-Man does not possess any flame or ice based powers(just the proportional strength and agility of a spider, and his special sticky webbing), but perhaps through the course of the story or there was a special circumstance that gave him these additional powers? In other stories from comics, Spidey has been given cosmic powers, or some mystical object granted him an extra ability.
I wouldn't be surprised if the book got Spider-man's powers wrong. My daughter has a couple Spider-man books that feature the Sandman and Mysterio, and it's pretty hard to follow as well because they act out of character in some instances too.