If Marvel said 616 Peter Parker was 26 years old...

[DieHard200904]

... How would you feel?

[powerpackers90]

he's like got to be 30 now in the books.

[Jman27]

I assume that he was thirty by now

[Michael Watkins]

I'm good with it; as long as they align everyone else's ages.

[Citizen Kane]

Considering how he's been written recently, I wouldn't be surprised to hear it.

[Lukmendes]

Isn't he supposed to be like, 27? If so, him being a year younger is whatever lol.

[SuperiorIronman]

It's kind of oddly specific really.

At this time he is thirty if not very close to it. He was 15 when he got his powers and thirteen years later he met Silk meaning that he would be 28 assuming he met her the same day he got his powers. That being said time had passed since then so he is 28-30 but 36 assuming we are counting the 8 years he spent on the Life raft during Secret Wars 2015.

[Digifiend]

He should be at least 29. Forget Silk, she's not relevant to the maths. The important thing is that the Fantastic Four got their powers 13 years before Secret Wars, and Spider-Man was one of the first heroes to debut after them. And we had an eight month time skip after Secret Wars, plus other stuff since then including another timeskip between Secret Empire #0 and #1. On average, 4 years pass in our world for every one year in the Marvel Universe. 1961 is 56 years ago. 56/4=14

[Celgress]

he's like got to be 30 now in the books.

This, there is no way around him being at least 29/30 years of age if one simply adds together all the canon events and time skips.

[suemorphplus209]

I don't really care what he is, unless they somehow de-age him and his cast back into their teens, I don't think it would make a difference for me at this point, so long as the stories make sense in their own right and are internally consistent to the point where Peter is a college student at the youngest for me. Heck, they probably are going to de-age him and his supporting cast several years at some point given Marvel's higher ups having the goal of forcing Peter Parker not to get old. I think all that they care about is keeping him older than Miles Morales, yet making him not "officially confirmed" 30 years old by not showing the high school reunion or the 30th Birthday cake.

[suemorphplus209]

he's like got to be 30 now in the books.

Logically yes, until you realistic the incredible cluster$:$( that Marvel can pull with continuity. They can say that Peter was out of time or whatever weird explanation there is. All they care is that he cannot be the age of Miles, and younger than Murdock or Stark.

[comicscollector]

I read somewhere that he is supposed to be 27,so less one year seems almost the same.
Anyways i think that Peter Parker should be around that age.

[KurtW95]

Just don't say. Just don't say.

[SpiderClops]

Just don't say. Just don't say.

This. The similar topic is on another thread. I will say the same thing I said there.

It's comic book with sliding timescale. The ages are supposed to be fluid.

[Coal Tiger]

The only thing we know for sure is that he was 15 when he became Spider-Man, and he became Spider-Man a little while after Fantastic Four #1. If you can figure out how long its been in Marvel time since the FF got their powers, you'd have Spider-Man's age within a year.

Personally, I always imagine Spider-Man being just under 30. He's not a peer of the established adult heroes like Daredevil or Iron Man. Those guys are in their 30's and he should be younger than them, but not too young. In my mind, he's perpetually 28 or so unless a story specifically makes him older.

Of course, the best way for comics to handle it is to not give a specific age and don't draw attention to it.