Warning: contains spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #76!
While Avengers: Endgame served as an ending to the eleven-year story arc of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it also provided plenty of theories leading up to the release - namely, how Thanos would be defeated by none other than Ant-Man. The smallest Avenger, according to the widely-popularized theory, would defeat the Mad Titan by shrinking down, entering Thanos' body, and growing larger until the villain burst. While moviegoers never saw the theory in practice, Marvel has confirmed the tactic could never work on Spider-Man for a very important reason.
Spider-Man, unlike Thanos, is not bulletproof nor incredibly resilient (at least not to the degree of Thanos). Peter Parker is only slightly more durable than the average human, and thus there's no reason to immediately wonder why Ant-Man's strategy wouldn't work. But Peter has one power that isn't easily seen by others: his trusty Spider-Sense, which has let him escape trouble time and time again, and in Amazing Spider-Man #76, written by Zeb Wells with art by Patrick Gleason and colors by Marcio Menyz, it works in a new (and perhaps terrifying) way.
After teaming up with his clone Ben Reilly, Peter Parker suits up to defeat the U-Foes, a band of villains with unique and deadly abilities. One villain, X-Ray, unleashes a devastating attack resulting in a massive explosion that causes excess radiation to pass right through Peter's suit (Ben Reilly, using a more advanced radiation-shielded suit provided to him via the Beyond Corporation, is unaffected). Peter is quickly rushed to the hospital where his Spider-Sense is constantly alerting him to danger - from inside his own body. "My body is the danger. Something inside - trying to kill me..." he thinks, before slipping into unconsciousness.
The theory of Ant-Man defeating Thanos by growing inside him is widely known across the Internet, but this is a tried-and-true tactic among shrinking superheroes - both in Marvel and DC Comics. The Hornet was able to defeat Superman this way (by flying into his ear and steadily increasing the pressure on his brain). In the 2009 series Cry for Justice, Ray Palmer (the Atom at the time) infamously threatened a villain by insinuating he would use the exact same strategy - not against Superman, but a normal human (which surely would have killed them).
Spider-Man may appear to be normal, but his Spider-Sense makes him aware of threats unseen by human eyes. It could have detected Ant-Man if he ever decided to try this tactic; the Spider-Sense would alert Peter to the danger much like it alerted him to the radiation at the end of Amazing Spider-Man #76. Even if Spider-Man and Ant-Man became enemies (a highly unlikely prospect), Scott Lang wouldn't be able to use the infamous Thanos strategy at all.
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