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How can spiderman climb walls when he is wearing gloves and boots?

Wouldn't the fabric of his clothing prevent his hairs from creating a Van Der Waals force reaction?
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Spider-Man's wall crawling ability has been explained to have several different sources. Peter himself has explained that he is able to manipulate the inter-atomic forces on surfaces that he touches, effectively increasing the coefficient of friction between a surface and his fingers to such a high a degree that he can "hang" objects from his fingertips, up to weights of several tons.


There are versions of Peter that achieve wall crawling via tiny hairs on his fingertips (movie Peter), and those utilize Van Der Waals forces. Those hairs probably stick out through the fabric of his gloves, though.