Do people prefer a young or adult Spider-Man?

As a long time Spider-Man fan, it's come to my attention that there is a lot of controversy surrounding Spider-Man stories in terms of age. For instance, look up Linkara's review of One More Day (which I know most people hate as well, but his nagging on Spider-Man not being able to "grow up" really got my attention). I admit there are too many "boo-hoo he made a mistake" moments in comics, but I think that should apply to the character in general, regardless of his age.

I've also seen lots of anger surrounding Earth-616 Peter Parker now owning Parker Industries. It's character development, of course, and we all know Peter Parker is smart, so having him never be rewarded for this would seem like a writer attempt to keep him freshly young.

My personal favorite era of Spider-Man is the period when he was working for Horizon Labs, but at the same time I think most people are used to him being the high school student, like with Ultimate Spider-Man. I want to know what the fan base is more comfortable with, either from personal experience or just evidence you've seen (feedback to certain stories, movie focus, etc.). Adult or adolescent Spider-Man?

Hollywood seems to think the young version. Since that's all they give us in every incarnation. Movies and cartoons

I like college age Peter best. Probably because it's the most relateable to me.

Adult because of this

Adult because of Horizon Labs and Parker Industries.

I definitely prefer the adult version teen drama has done 1000 time over by now.

I prefer character evolution, rather than a certain age.

Both can be pretty stale when they don't grow.

Adult

+1 for character development

It doesn't really matter to me, Spider-Man is Spider-Man but for the comics at the age of an adult Peter's stories seem to be more interesting but for the movies I prefer young age Peter which is what we are finally getting in the MCU.

I like him when is dead or that he doesnt exist.

Adult because ive seen enough of him as teen in the various TV Shows and Movies quite frankly. I Would absolutely love a TV show or film weather it be animated or live action that depicted him as an Adult. I think the Garfelild movies could of been alot better if they just ran with Garfields real age of 30 and had Spidey handle things from the prescriptive of an experienced crime fighting adult thats held the mantle of Spiderman for 10 plus years,instead of as a teen trying to grasp the whole concept of great power plus responsibility thing..Part of the reason why those movies somewhat failed is becuase of Spider-man fatigue they literary gave us, five years latter almost the same exact setup as the Ramai films but with couple of differences.

I prefer adult Spider-Man. I think he's more interesting.

Probably because I'm not a teenager... actually, come to think of it, I preferred an adult Spider-Man when I was a teenager, so I guess I pick adult either way.

Teenage Spider-Man.

His Ultimate Earth incarnation is my all-time favorite depiction of the character.

Adult, because it's time for him to grow up and start a family with new obstacles

Younger.

Eh, both. But for mainstream, I think I enjoyed JMS' run the most because it aged him and even had a new job for him. I enjoyed the teen aspect in Ultimate Spider Man because it was done well.

I personally like both about equally.

I think he was written best in his collage years. I always liked him better as a adult. I also liked Ultimate Spider-Man, but the main thing that I hated about the series was that he didn't age.

I just want solid progression start him off as a teen and let him grow.

Both are extremely good

young parker is cool, but im ready for an adult spider-man where he's at his physical peak. I dont know, maybe 30+ ton strength, 80x reflex speed instead of 40. also, i would like to see him more untamed in his fights too, but I'll have to keep waiting.

I rather the older Peter Parker. Feel like it's been milked enough of his teenage ages.

Adult unless you decide to write the adult like a teen, that just makes him seem pathetic.

As far as age goes, I prefer an Empire State University Peter Parker over a Midtown High School Peter Parker.

Young because adult Spiderman is for old people!

Parker Industries Peter FTW! As a teen, I've preferred adult Spidey my whole life (well, as long as I started reading comics anyways).

I prefer adult Peter Parker, probably because the JMS run was my favorite Spider-Man run. I like it when my favorite super hero is competent.

@vitalius: I agree

Adult peter, his stories were the most interesting while he was with MJ

I wish we would finally get a grizzled old man Peter Parker.

Old Man Peter.

. . . I don't really like Spider-Man, but I dislike the older version of him less then his teenage years.

when I was a teenager I loved reading his teenager stories, now I'm in University and I love reading his college days stories...God I hope I'm still not reading comics in my 30s >_>

prefer to see him grow up

like in tas he married mary jane

or in the movies he graduated high school

I prefer teenage Spider-Man

I loved it when Peter was a teacher so adult Parker for me.

Young adult

Older.

The one from animated series from 1994 was the best I think.

In a movie or out of continuity book, college age. I usually don't like stories about teenage characters (even when I was a kid) I generally prefer stories with adult characters; they always seem more interesting to me.

In the mainstream Marvel comics, Peter should be in his early 30's, married to MJ with their daughter Annie.

Young adult. I grew up loving Raimi Spiderman so that's probably why. I like teenage as well though

• Adult like between 28 and 32..
• I grew up reading the 90s issues of Spidey which had him generally aged somewhere in his late 20s -early 30s.

Older. That's the Parker/Spider-Man I was intro'd to when I first started reading comics a long time ago in a galaxy far far away

Spider MAN, not Spider BOY or as he is now.

Sadly what he have nowadays is Spider MANBOY

Spider Man was never meant to stay as a perpetual Peter Pan. He was created to progress and evolve, otherwise Stan Lee never would've aged him past his crappy high school years.