why does spiderman crack jokes

why does the wall crawler use jokes?

he's said before that it's to cover up the fact that he's scared or nervous but it also helps to keep the people that he's fighting off balance

Uncle Ben instilled a great appreciation for humor in Peter at a young age. Pete also uses it as a way of coping with anxiety,

It's his way of dealing with fear in the heat of battle to calm himself down.

@marvelman92:

Here.

okay that makes sense.

@punyparker: Who was he telling that too?

He's a teenager and it annoys his opponents making it easier to beat them.

It's one of the best things about his character

To make his foes think he's stupid

Hes scared

To help him keep calm and because he is fricking spiderman

It's from Avengers,he was telling that to the whole team.

He makes jokes for the same reason Deadpool does and now Iron Man. They are arrogant. Now that is not at all a bad thing. Their arrogance does not turn into hubris (most of the time). This is perfect for them because they can both annoy their opponents while keeping a relaxed atmosphere for themselves.

Problem is many characters do the same thing now, leaving him with no uniqueness, it's even apparent in non marvel heroes like Duke Nukem, Spyro, Archer, Dante, Date Masamune any cocky hero in fiction, you can see the existence extremely cocky badass who jokes in a fight and has fun belongs to Spider-Man, I wish creators would acknowledge that prospect.

He also explained this in Secret Wars RYV when he threw out a Dad Joke

And he's confident in himself to lighten the mood with funny lines when he fights people, some comic said he does it because he's bored his enemies are weaker/slower than him.

No body likes not being taken seriously, doubly so for ego maniacs. If he fought them silenced , they would have grown even more cocky and secure in their power. But by being mocked from their looks, their power, and how they dressed, well egomaniacs can only take so much. It's worse because Spiderman beat them doing those things, and then keep on beating time. Their pride is brusied by that point and Spidey quips are kind of like verbal whips by that point.

Note how the villian always seem extremely happy whenever they get spiderman to shut up or hurt him badly enough to shut up.