Why didn't Spidey ever join Heroes for Hire?

[Photon Torme]

Well, He did once seek out employment with the Avengers when that was a paying gig.

I could never picture Peter charging for his services.

[Mister Mets]

Well, He did once seek out employment with the Avengers when that was a paying gig.

A major difference is that the Avengers and Fantastic Four don't accept jobs for the money. So it's morally okay for Peter to work with them.

[nose norton]

a major difference is that the avengers and fantastic four don't accept jobs for the money. So it's morally okay for peter to work with them.

asm #280-281, 320-325...

[Mister Mets]

asm #280-281, 320-325...

Those were one-offs, and Peter agreed with the mission.

[nose norton]

Those were one-offs, and Peter agreed with the mission.

For money.

[Mister Mets]

For money.

He agreed with the goals of Silver Sable.

A salaried post for them would lead to taking a job he disagrees with.

[theoneandonly]

He really flip flops on the issue. In ASM he was willing nay desperate to join so he could earn a stipend and then in Thor while fighting him he took a dig at him about being an avenger for the stipend and referred to himself as a good samaratian working class hero. He also almost beat him to a pulp so he had to flash lightning to make him stop then he asked what stipend was he referring to which made him wonder why no one had told him and it must be due to the fact that no one likes him. Here it seems that other avengers didn't even have money on their minds but Spiderman thought that a guy like thor granted he was eric at the time worked as a avenger only for the money and when he found out that it wasn't so he thought it was because no one liked the new thor which makes him seem pretty mercenary. Of course maybe it was all PIS as he almost defeated Thor or frustration due to his rejection when he applied for membership.

[Highland Chicken]

Who would hire a known menace?

[nose norton]

He agreed with the goals of Silver Sable.

A salaried post for them would lead to taking a job he disagrees with.

In both cases, his initial response was "no", and he only accepted after he had need for the money, in the first case, or was made aware of the amount SS was willing to pay him, in the second.

[theoneandonly]

Who would hire a known menace?

He wasn't considered a menace by the superhero community as such later on. Anyway if Moonknight a certified loony toon could get hired when he worked as a mercenary why'd Spiderman be left behind? He just never actually worked as a mercenary because he had found the bugle.

[Photon Torme]

A masked menace at that!

Who would hire a known menace?

[theoneandonly]

As it turned out he ended up hiring himself as his bodyguard a la tony.