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90-585: Outside of the mainstream universe, there are different incarnations of Spider-Man in alternate universes. Popular examples include characters such as the Ultimate version of Peter Parker and his successor, Miles Morales , an alternate future version named Miguel O'Hara , a daughter of Peter Parker named Mayday Parker in the MC2 universe , a different take on Peter Parker in the Great Depression era,

180-527: A "relaunch" by the company, 1999, where it deviates and provides an alternative ending to the Final Chapter storyline. Peter's wayward daughter May is revealed to be alive and well, and is returned to both Parkers by Peter's first clone, the redeemed Kaine. Despite now being a father, Peter continues to fight crime as Spider-Man, and begins to cope with the new responsibilities brought by his baby daughter. Two years later, during his final battle against

270-930: A bystander picks up some of Peter's webbing, which eventually served as the basis for the Super Soldier Serum and created Captain America in World War II in this universe. While in the Globe Theatre, he is attacked and killed by the supervillain Morlun . Spider-Man 1602 appears in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions as an alternative costume for Spider-Man Noir, and in Edge of Time as a costume for Miguel O'Hara. A geneticist named Miguel O'Hara gained his spider-powers from

360-512: A career as Spider-Girl behind his back, a decision Peter begrudgingly is forced to accept and deal with, made difficult by his love for May. Regardless of his handicap, Peter returned to the role of Spider-Man several times. Once was to aid his daughter and Darkdevil , the son of Ben Reilly , against Kaine, another to convince the latest Spider-Man (the son of Jessica Drew ) to cease risking his life, and in Spider-Girl #100 to save May from

450-682: A company-owned version of Spider-Man he became the opposite, a Spider-Man to fight Alchemax and the other large corporations ruling the world in 2099. He now fights crime as the Spider-Man of 2099. As a spider does, Miguel has fangs which give him the ability to inject poison through his enemies, paralyzing them. Spider-Man ( Max Borne ), also known as Spider-Man 2211 , is a superhero who appears in comics published by Marvel Comics . Created by Peter David and Rick Leonardi , he first appeared in Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man (Nov. 1995). Within

540-680: A cure for his blood disease. A spider monkey -themed Spider-Man appearing in Marvel Apes . The character was later killed by Jennix in the " Spider-Verse " event. In the Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects series, set on Earth-50701 , Spider-Man was abducted by an alien scientist named Doctor Niles Van Roekel . The Thing , Wolverine , Elektra , the Human Torch , and Storm are also abducted and injected with

630-581: A desire to kill Magneto, whom he mistakenly believes was behind the events of the House of M, and the Scarlet Witch, whose powers were responsible for the altered reality. This version is later killed by Karn during the "Spider-Verse" event, but was resurrected when Morlun was stabbed with the Totem Dagger. Spider-Man: The Manga is a Japanese manga illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami which retold

720-479: A drug in an attempt to corrupt them. Once infected, Spider-Man's costume is brown-and-bronze with a blue spider mark in his chest. Spider-Man and the other heroes are eventually able to fight off the corrupting infection and defeat Van Roekel. In the aftermath of the invasion, Paragon and the Imperfects join to share the Earth with the heroes. The Marvel Zombies universe features a Spider-Man who has been turned into

810-462: A flesh-eating zombie after being infected by Colonel America (alternative reality of Zombified Captain America). Although Spider-Man is just as ravenous as the other zombies when hungry, when he has eaten, Spider-Man is racked with guilt at what he has done, especially for having eaten Mary Jane and Aunt May, but unable to change his nature. At the conclusion of the original series, Spider-Man is one of

900-455: A gene splicing incident, when the company he was about to quit injected him with a dangerous drug called Rapture. He tried to rid himself of the drug by using the gene splicer he helped to invent but, unbeknownst to him, a jealous co-worker had set it to repeat the previous experiment of a spider. The last time they had tried this experiment, it killed the test subject (the main reason Miguel O'Hara quit), but this time it worked. Instead of becoming

990-633: A job as a web designer for the Daily Bugle upon being hired by J. Jonah Jameson , the snarky and cynical editor of the Daily Bugle , who disliked Spider-Man and constantly ran defamatory smear campaigns against the vigilante. Later, he confessed his identity to his classmate, crush and childhood friend: Mary Jane Watson and they formed a close romantic relationship. Peter Parker later met Gwen Stacy , which initially put pressure on Spider-Man's current relationship with Mary Jane Watson. This issue

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1080-458: A line of comic books created in 2000 that is set in a parallel universe with a narrative continuity separate and independent from the main continuity of Marvel Comics stories that began in the 1960s. Ultimate Spider-Man , the first and flagship title of the Ultimate line, was created by the writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mark Bagley , and debuted in September 2000, which featured

1170-517: A miniseries called Powerless in 2004, which describes a Marvel Universe without superpowers. In this series, Peter Parker appears as a young man nicknamed Spider-Man on the Internet. This version had also been bitten by a radioactive spider, but instead of gaining spider-powers, his hand became atrophic. In this continuity, Peter is in love with Gwen Stacy; Mary Jane is not featured. Warren Ellis ' parody of Kurt Busiek 's Marvels , Ruins ,

1260-449: A police car and an ambulance parked outside his house, and to his horror, he discovered that Uncle Ben had been murdered by an armed thief. Fueled with rage and a thirst for vengeance, a masked Peter hunted down his uncle's killer. After cornering the criminal within an abandoned warehouse, Peter managed to subdue him and found out, to his shock, that the killer was the same robber whom he refused to stop earlier that night. He then handed over

1350-424: A school field trip to the scientific corporation Oscorp , he was bitten by a genetically-mutated spider, which gave him spider-like superhuman abilities. The head of Oscorp, Norman Osborn , discovered this and experimented with the same mutagen injected within the spider's bloodstream on himself, but the experiment went awry, mutating him into a monstrous, green-coloured and hulking goblin-like creature later known as

1440-523: A smell that repels the monsters on the Thing's side. Using these webs, Spider-Man surrounded a section of Hell's Kitchen to act as his territory for him and his gang (consisting of Daredevil, Hawkeye, Shang-Chi, Iron Fist, Colleen Wing, and Misty Knight). The Dark Avengers had to make their way through Spider-Man's territory in order to rescue Moonstone and Skaar from Strangetown, which resulted in them running into Spider-Man's gang. After Spider-Man's gang subdues

1530-466: A span of almost a year before being replaced by the 13-year-old Miles Morales . However following the Secret Wars storyline, Miles and his family were retconned into the history of the prime universe and Peter who had been resurrected had resumed his superhero role. To differentiate him from other incarnations, Peter Parker from this universe is commonly dubbed Ultimate Spider-Man . At around

1620-481: A struggling photographer constantly facing down the abuse of his less-than-satisfied boss J. Jonah Jameson, whilst battling crime in his disguise as Spider-Man. In addition to opposing classic enemies, much of the strip sees Peter battle new enemies. He has also teamed up with various heroes through the strip's run, such as Daredevil and Wolverine . He is married to Mary Jane in this continuity, and has often been aided by her in his battles with his enemies. This universe

1710-532: A terrorist attack that killed hundreds of civilians (most notably the Aunt May and Norman Osborn of this world), an older Peter, now married to Mary Jane Watson with two children named Richard and May, is visited by a hologram of Tony Stark , who presents Peter with the same spider the Maker had captured nearly twenty years earlier. Providing him with a synthetic stealth suit, Stark's message encourages Peter to let

1800-403: A universe where Peter's supporting character , Gwen Stacy , becomes Spider-Woman instead of Parker, along with talking animal parodies like Spider-Ham . Originally, these characters were depicted as separate from each other, but they have crossed over together in storylines like " Spider-Verse ", "Web Warriors", and Spider-Geddon , in teams such as Spider-Army and Web-Warriors , where

1890-721: A version of Peter Parker/Spider-Man that began his superhero career in his debut date of 1962 and ages in real time, witnessing key events such as the Vietnam War (which lasted longer in this reality), the Russian War (a fictional World War III -esque conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union ) and 9/11 , as well as marrying Mary Jane Watson and this reality's versions of Secret Wars , Kraven's Last Hunt , The Clone Saga and Civil War . By

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1980-502: A widely positive response from fans and critics, with many considering the Ultimate Marvel version of Spider-Man to be the one of best modern interpretations of Spider-Man and has even influenced other non-comic Spider-Man adaptations in the television, video game and cinematic mediums. Many critics and fans praised Ultimate Peter Parker/Spider-Man as a fresh, unique and distinctively contemporary, but familiar and faithful twist on

2070-429: Is a supporting character in Spider-Girl . Within the context of the stories, Jessica Drew, the original Spider-Woman, had retired from superheroics and gotten married. She gives birth to a baby boy, Gerry, who was diagnosed with a strange blood-borne disorder due to radiation exposure in the womb. With doctors and medicines unable to help her son, Jessica recreates the experiment that cured her of her radiation poisoning,

2160-557: Is affected by the serum within much like Osborn was...and begins to develop erratic behavior. He ultimately overcomes an attempt by Norman Osborn to control his mind and defeats him with the aid of his daughter, her clone, and the spirit of his Aunt May. In the same MC2 continuity as Spider-Girl, Gerald "Gerry" Drew, the son of Jessica Drew , inherits spider-powers and poses as Spider-Man. Created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz , he first appeared in Spider-Girl #32 (May 2001), and

2250-736: Is an honorary member of the Legion of Galactic Guardians 2099 (an amalgamation of DC's Legion of Super-Heroes and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy plus the Marvel 2099 timeline). In the Spider-Verse miniseries, he is seen in the background during a fight with the Inheritors. In Bullet Points , Peter Parker is the Hulk and Bruce Banner is Spider-Man. Peter is killed by Galactus . Bruce

2340-528: Is generally more concerned with combating street-level crime and focuses heavily on taking down the Torinos, a powerful New York City Mafia family. An alternative version of Peter Parker also exists on Earth-982 aka the Marvel Comics 2 ( MC2 ) universe, appearing as a supporting character in Spider-Girl . The title follows almost the entire 616 timeline of the character up until the first attempt at

2430-506: Is his dangerous job as a photographer that keeps him away from dates and other activities. A look into the future reveals Peter and MJ ultimately get married in this continuity and have a daughter, May, who is active as Spider-Girl. At some point in this future, Peter loses his leg, which forces him to retire as Spider-Man. In the Old Man Logan universe, the granddaughter of Peter Parker and daughter of Clint Barton and Tonya Parker,

2520-633: Is killed by Tigra as Doctor Strange stated that his two creatures were sacrificed so that Spider-Man can be brought down. In the series Exiles , which involves inter-dimensional travel, several alternative versions appear: In the Heroes Reborn event, a change in the timeline results in a continuity in which the Squadron Supreme are Earth's mightiest heroes while the Avengers never came to be. In this continuity, Peter isn't bitten by

2610-487: Is later killed by Daemos during the " Spider-Verse " event while trying to extract Kaine from Earth-616. He was later resurrected when Silk cut open Morlun with the Totem Dagger. Peter Parquagh is a counterpart to Peter in the miniseries Marvel 1602 , albeit without spider-powers. In the series he acts as an apprentice to the royal spymaster Sir Nicholas Fury. A running gag involves Peter repeatedly almost getting bitten by unusual spiders, something that finally occurs at

2700-452: Is revealed and he is no longer a superhero. In time, he becomes overweight and resembles his late uncle as he ages. After the death of his wife, his daughter bonds to the Venom symbiote and fights crime, much to his dismay. During the course of the series, he becomes a police officer. Three other related characters appear. In the same universe, an African American homeless man was mutated from

2790-840: Is similar to his mainstream counterpart, but his supporting cast is significantly different. Although Gwen Stacy exists in this universe, she and Peter are not dating — instead Peter is dating a brand-new character named Sophia "Chat" Sanduval , who is a mutant with the ability to talk to animals. Peter's relationship with Gwen's father, Captain George Stacy, also differs from the original version — here, Captain Stacy discovers Peter's secret identity early on, yet rather than hide this information from Peter (as his mainstream counterpart did), he confides in Peter and becomes Spider-Man's unofficial police contact. While this Spider-Man battles supervillains, he

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2880-484: Is the clone of researcher Peter Parker , created during an explosion in the Project Cadmus Labs. Adopted by Cadmus director General Thunderbolt Ross , he is given the name " Pete Ross ". Spider-Boy's power is the ability to redirect his own personal gravity, giving him the ability to climb walls, and to increase his strength. He is able to shoot webs using a special "web gun" developed by Cadmus. Spider-Boy

2970-434: Is widely known. He is rich, famous and married to Gwen Stacy, and they have a young son named Ritchie. Aunt May and Uncle Ben are alive and in good health, and J. Jonah Jameson is Peter's often-abused publicist. Unfortunately, his life unravels when Jameson reveals to the world that Spider-Man is not a born mutant. After the world is restored to normal, Peter suffers terribly with the memory of the life he left behind, expressing

3060-400: The Daily Bugle beforehand and infected fellow photographer Phil Sheldon, who set off to figure out how his world took a wrong turn, but succumbed to the disease before he could write his book. The United Kingdom -based Panini Comics publication Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures was loosely based on the continuity of the 1994 animated TV series . In this series, Peter Parker deals with

3150-612: The Secret Wars storyline, the Ultimate Universe was restored and Peter Parker resumed the mantle of Spider-Man, as Miles now resided in the prime universe. After helping the Ultimates fight and detained the Green Goblin oce more, Peter Parker attended a party that welcomed Kenny McFarland home from the army. In November 2023, writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Marco Chechetto announced they would be relaunching

3240-494: The Terrigen Mist and his skin mutated into red reptilian skin with black lines. He can use his Energy Web to trap his victims in a trap of illusions. He went by the alias "Spiders Man". On this Earth, Spider-Man underwent a further mutation that turned his skin blue, caused him to develop a spider-like language, and enabled him to make webs that have an effect on Iron Man's armors and Doctor Strange's magic, while emitting

3330-543: The Green Goblin . After discovering his new abilities, Peter used his powers for personal gain, like his standard counterpart, to financially support his family as a professional wrestler and to become popular by becoming the school's top basketball player thanks to his enhanced spider-powers. However, he began to selfishly utilise his abilities and started to act irresponsibly, which adversely affected his studies and behavior, all of which worried his aunt and uncle. Peter

3420-607: The Sandman , now infused with nanites, who wipes out every zombie hero and villain with the exception of an infected Sentry who was teleported to Earth 2149. Zombie Spider-Man himself became exposed to the nanite-infused Sandman and dies as a result. The Mutant X version of Spider-Man diverges from his mainstream counterpart in Amazing Spider-Man #102 , in that he was unable or unwilling to cure himself of having six arms. For unexplained reasons, he reverses his name to

3510-540: The " Spider-Verse " event with the Marvel Mangaverse version and The Manga version. This version of Spider-Man appeared in a four-issue miniseries (February–May 2009) set in the Great Depression Era of New York in the 1930s. Aunt May is a speaker for equality and spends time standing on a soap box shouting out her beliefs. Uncle Ben was killed by a crime syndicate run by Norman Osborn, a.k.a.

3600-536: The " Spider-Verse " event. Spider-Man (Ultimate Marvel character) Spider-Man ( Peter Parker ) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He is a modernized, alternate universe counterpart of Spider-Man who is in his youth, a superhero first created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962. The Ultimate version of the character originated in Ultimate Marvel ,

3690-488: The " Ultimatum " storyline, Peter and those in his life survived the Ultimatum Wave caused by Magneto where Peter became Spider-Man to help save the drowning civilians. While Spider-Man was doing heroic acts, J. Jonah Jameson started publishing his heroic acts. While working with the Hulk , Spider-Man found the body of Daredevil, who became one of the casualties of the Ultimatum Wave. When the two of them arrived at

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3780-422: The Avengers. Before leaving for Japan, Deadpool announces his departures to Spider-Man, who agrees grant him a request before he leaves. Deadpool requests to go web-slinging with Spider-Man, and so Spider-Man allows Deadpool to hold onto him as he swings through New York City. In the series Earth X and its sequels, in which its universe's Earth is designated as Earth-9997 , Peter Parker's identity as Spider-Man

3870-515: The Bugle and destroy the remaining bug, but is bitten and transforms into a spider-like creature. In House of M , a Marvel crossover event , the Scarlet Witch alters reality to make mutants the ruling class over humans. This world is ruled by mutants and their leader, Magneto . In the miniseries Spider-Man: House of M , Peter Parker is believed to be a mutant, and Spider-Man's identity

3960-537: The Daily Bugle was the first to print the news about Spider-Man's death. When it came to his funeral, Tony Stark paid for the funeral while Captain America approached Aunt May, remorseful over the fact that he blamed himself for Spider-Man's death. Thor claimed that he saw Peter Parker's spirit in Valhalla . At the same time, an Afro-Latino boy named Miles Morales , who had developed powers before Peter died and

4050-656: The Dark Avengers while thinking that they are knockoffs of the originals, Ai Apaec speaks with Spider-Man in their spider-like language, stating that they are good guys. Spider-Man releases them from their webs. The Dark Avengers and Spider-Man's gang arrive in Strangetown, where they fought the All-Seeing Eye and the Soulsnake that are on Doctor Strange's side. After the two creatures are killed, Spider-Man

4140-454: The Goblin. Shortly afterward, Peter is bitten by a strange spider and endowed with mystical spider-powers. He has a wall-crawling ability, increased agility, strength, and a form of spider-sense, and can spray nets of webbing from his hand. He dons a black mask, gloves, and a trench coat, and sets out to stop Norman and his gang. In Spider-Geddon , he is killed by Morlun only to be resurrected by

4230-491: The Green Goblin, rather than survive unscathed, Peter loses a leg to his arch-enemy and Osborn is killed. Peter finally realizes the price he has paid for being Spider-Man, and ends his career to raise a family with Mary Jane and May. Over the years, he overcomes his physical handicap and ultimately joins the NYPD in a scientific capacity. However, after saving him from an insane Normie Osborn , his daughter May "Mayday" Parker begins

4320-489: The Green Goblin, which cost him a leg. Peter has settled down to family life and works for the New York City Police Department as a forensic scientist . His teen daughter May follows in his footsteps against his wishes, but Peter eventually helps her train for her calling. Peter appears in costume several times in Spider-Girl , either to restrain and protect May, or to assist her. Peter is among

4410-513: The Hobgoblin. Peter and MJ ultimately have a second child, Benjamin "Benjy" Parker Jr. , who is temporarily rendered deaf after possession by the Carnage symbiote and being blasted with high-frequency sonics. Benjy later develops powers of his own at an infant age. Peter was killed by Daemos, the brother of Morlun , during the " Spider-Verse " event while trying to protect Benjy and Mayday. Near

4500-582: The Hunter. In the vision, Peter is kicked out of the Avengers for his killing of the Kravinoffs. He develops a much colder and harsher personality and attacks Harry Osborn. He then appears in a new red leather costume and starts killing all of the supervillains, beginning with Doctor Octopus, and reveals his identity to his Aunt May, who is shocked and in tears. The 2019 six-issue miniseries Spider-Man: Life Story , written by Steve Murray/Chip Zdarsky, features

4590-481: The Man-Spider. A third divergence occurs when he and his clone continue to co-exist after the end of the original Clone Saga . The two keep this a secret by taking care to never appear in public at the same time, but the Man-Spider is forced to admit the truth after his clone is killed by Madelyne Pryor . He himself is later killed. The Peter Parker of the daily Spider-Man newspaper strip continues his career as

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4680-522: The Spider-Man of Earth-616 , is the original variation of the character and appears in nearly every single piece of other media surrounding Spider-Man. Other related characters exist in alternative versions of the Marvel Universe called the Multiverse . These characters originally appeared in their own continuity but later on crossed over with the mainstream Spider-Man family. In 2015 all

4770-635: The Ultimate Six and they attacked the White House . When Captain America confirmed that Aunt May is safe, Spider-Man assisted the Ultimates in fighting the Ultimate Six. In a later encounter with Nick Fury , Spider-Man learned that Nick Fury learned his secret identity upon finding evidence including footage of the spider that bit Peter Parker and the fact that Doctor Octopus was ranting in his cell about Peter Parker being Spider-Man. During

4860-482: The Ultimate Universe under the new designation of Earth-6160 . Following the events of Ultimate Invasion , the Maker created a new universe completely devoid of superheroes, having gone back in time and personally prevented the origins of several famous heroes. One such hero was Peter Parker , whose spider bite at the Oscorp Research Facility was prevented by the Maker. Years later, following

4950-472: The age of six, Peter Parker was orphaned after the death of his parents in a plane crash and was raised by his father's brother, Ben Parker , and his wife May . Nine years later, Peter grew to be an exceptionally bright teen and a high school genius, being particularly skilled in physics and chemistry. However, he was also an introverted outcast among his peers and was frequently bullied and tormented by Fred "Flash" Thompson and Kenny "King Kong" McFarlane . On

5040-455: The alternate comic book universes were destroyed and only a few characters joined with Earth-616 characters in its own universe including various Spider-Men. In some intercompany crossovers with DC Comics, Spider-Man has worked alongside Superman twice, once to defeat Doctor Octopus and Lex Luthor and the other to stop Doctor Doom from providing the Parasite with long-term access to

5130-494: The classic Spider-Man mythos, being called as a well-rounded and likable, but also vulnerable, humanly flawed and struggling everyman teen hero, with a commendable character-arc from being a selfish, angry teen who irresponsibly uses his super-powers for his own personal gain to a more heroic and altruistic figure as Spider-Man and accepting his new life as a solo teen superhero and the consequences and negative side-effects that comes from it, his relatable struggles, internal conflicts,

5220-448: The constant mental self-doubts about his responsibilities as a superhero and his struggles with said responsibility and the realistic depiction of how being a superhero would negatively affect an individual's life and his relations with his close ones, similar to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's original depiction of Spider-Man in the early 1960s Spider-Man comic-books. Exiles (Marvel Comics) Too Many Requests If you report this error to

5310-572: The context of the stories, Dr. Max Borne is from the year 2211, the Spider-Man of that year. In his first appearance he aids two other Spider-Men, Peter Parker and Miguel O'Hara , in defeating the Hobgoblin 2211 , his main enemy. This version of the Hobgoblin is Robin Borne, his daughter, driven insane when she was infected by a nanovirus. Spider-Man 2211 is later shot and killed by the Chameleon of

5400-463: The day-to-day headaches of balancing a social life with his superheroics. He has a close circle of friends such as Liz Allen, Harry Osborn, and Flash Thompson, and he is involved in a relationship with Mary Jane. However, in this continuity, Mary Jane does not possess an existing knowledge of his dual identity, and thus Peter finds juggling his life with her and his crime-fighting career difficult. Despite this, Mary Jane loyally supports Peter, believing it

5490-569: The death of the Spider-Man of this universe (killed by the Sandman in revenge for the deaths of the other members of this universe's Sinister Six) the zombie Spider-Man works on developing a cure for the plague with the aid of the Kitty Pryde of this universe, using nanites and the blood of this world's Wolverine. With the zombie Giant-Man having followed Spider-Man to this new reality, Spider-Man resolves to stop Giant-Man. Spider-Man releases

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5580-495: The end of Spider-Geddon , the Other appears to resurrect him. The Spider-Girl comic book series, originally published under the MC2 imprint , features May "Mayday" Parker, Peter's daughter in an alternative continuity . This timeline diverged from the regular continuity when Peter and Mary Jane's daughter is returned to them by Kaine . In Spider-Girl , Peter has been retired from crime fighting since his final battle with

5670-607: The experiment that made her Spider-Woman. The experiment imbues Gerry with spider-powers, but did not cure him. Gerry's illness strains his parents' marriage and leads to their divorce. Feeling responsible for the break-up, Gerry becomes withdrawn. Jessica tries to alleviate his pain by telling him stories from her past, his favorites involving Spider-Man. Determined to make his short time on Earth count, Gerry designs his own Spider-Man costume and equipment based from his idol's, and convinces his mother to train him in how to use his powers. Calling himself Spider-Man, he meets Spider-Girl, and

5760-426: The final issue, Spider-Man sacrifices himself to stop Doctor Doom . Spider-Man: Reign depicts an older Spider-Man in the future who, having given up on crime-fighting, is driven back into action by the return of some of his old enemies, exposing a conspiracy by Venom to take control of the city with a mass of symbiotes. The character is later killed by Daemos with his head smashed on Mary Jane Watson's tombstone in

5850-423: The first appearance of the Ultimate version of the character. Based on the original Spider-Man who debuted in 1962, he was bitten by a genetically-mutated spider, which gave him superhuman spider-like abilities which led him to become the superhero Spider-Man, and fight crime after the tragedy of his late Uncle Ben . The biggest difference is that this version of Parker is killed at the age of 16, being Spider-Man for

5940-515: The heroes who become the Galacti , having consumed the original Galactus and subsequently acquiring his cosmic powers. In Marvel Zombies 2 , he notices that his hunger is starting to fade and, as a result, is the first of the Galacti to turn against his fellow zombies. Eventually with the aid of Forge, Malcom, and the Acolytes, the zombies retaining their hunger are defeated. Spider-Man is one of

6030-520: The killer to the arriving police. Guilt-ridden, Peter vowed to follow his uncle's motto, "with great power comes great responsibility", and became the masked vigilante Spider-Man in order to utilise his spider-powers for a noble purpose and to atone for his uncle's death. In his first year as Spider-Man, Peter encountered the Green Goblin, who later disappeared into the river below the Brooklyn Bridge, following his defeat. Peter Parker later got

6120-595: The many different versions of Spider-themed characters are the major protagonists of the storyline. Some of these characters appeared in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its sequel . Some of these characters were temporarily merged in the same universe in the 2015 comic book series Secret Wars as a part of the Spider-Man family. There have been different version characters in other media that have crossed over in comics as well. Peter Parker,

6210-405: The powers of both the Hulk and Wonder Woman . He also worked alongside Batman to defeat Carnage and the Joker , the two later collaborating to defeat the Kingpin and Ra's al Ghul , with Fisk eventually aiding the heroes in the end. In the alternate universe Deadpool Samurai manga series, which takes place on Earth-346, Deadpool receives an offer to join Samurai Squad, the Japanese division of

6300-537: The radioactive spider due to Flash Thompson pushing him out of the way right before it happens. He achieves valedictorian in high school and later attends Empire University, but drops out after Aunt May dies in the crossfire of one of Hyperion 's battles. He is hired by Robbie Robertson to take pictures of heroes and act as a friend to Hyperion (in a similar fashion to Jimmy Olsen 's relationship with Superman in DC Comics). When Hyperion fails to eliminate all of General Annihhilus's hive, Peter successfully manages to evacuate

6390-409: The ruins of the Sanctum Sanctorum , Spider-Man and the Hulk found a rift open where Dormammu and different demons were emerging at the time when Doctor Strange was possessed by Nightmare . When the Hulk caused an explosion during the fight, Spider-Man was caught in the explosion. Following the death of Magneto, the Ultimates found Spider-Man unconscious while searching for survivors. As Spider-Man

6480-578: The spider bite him and transform him into the hero he could've been before the Maker took that away from him. An amalgamated incarnation of Spider-Man based on his Ultimate and mainstream counterparts appears in an interactive attraction built in Niagara Falls as part of "Marvel Superhero Adventure City". His appearance is based on the Ultimate version, but he is more experienced like his mainstream counterpart. Brian Michael Bendis' modernized re-imagining of Peter Parker/Spider-Man has been met with

6570-738: The story of Spider-Man in a Japanese setting. It was originally published in Japan from January 1970 to September 1971 in Monthly Shōnen Magazine . The main character is named Yu Komori ( 小森ユウ , Komori Yū ) to maintain the Japanese adaptation. This version of Spider-Man first appeared in Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #53-61 before appearing in the re-titled Spider-Man: Marvel Adventures comic book series. A modern-day high school student, this Spider-Man's origin

6660-420: The superheroes kidnapped by Loki in the spin-off series Last Hero Standing . In the recent Spider-Girl storyline "Brand New May", Peter has uncovered a lab, within it is a stasis tank containing an exact physical symbiote duplicate of Mayday Parker, with notes left behind by Norman Osborn suggesting she is the real Mayday, and not a clone. When protecting his nephew Normie from an exploding test tube, Peter

6750-681: The supervillain known as Spider-Bitch was born as simply Ashley (later referred to in overview text, though never in dialogue, as Ashley Barton), lacking spider-powers yet using her intuition and combat training to conquer a portion of the Wastelands as the new Kingpin . In the Amalgam Comics universe, Spider-Man was combined with DC's Superboy to create Spider-Boy . He is featured in Spider-Boy #1 (April 1996) and Spider-Boy Team-Up #1 (June 1997). In this continuity, Spider-Boy

6840-576: The totem that gave him his powers later in the story. Other interpretations of this version of Spider-Man appears in the game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and have made further appearances in the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series, and the animated films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its sequel . In issue #500 of The Amazing Spider-Man , Julia Carpenter, now possessing Madame Web 's powers, shows what would happen if Spider-Man were to have proceeded in killing Kraven

6930-439: The two initially clash. During a fight between several villains, a bullet intended for Spider-Man kills one of the villains when Spider-Girl shoves him out of its way. Upset that he was responsible for a death, Gerry runs into Darkdevil , who trains him to be a more effective crime-fighter. At the request of Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, Gerry decides to retire from superheroic adventuring, while Reed Richards searches for

7020-518: The very end. In the sequel miniseries, 1602: New World , he takes the identity of the Spider. Later, Peter's dual identity is revealed, and with the death of his beloved Virginia Dare at the hands of Norman Osborne , he returns to Europe and falls in love with Marion Jane Watson and joins her family of theater performers. During a battle with Baron Octavius, Norman Osborn, and Curtis Connors in Venice,

7110-503: The year 2211 posing as Uncle Ben . In other media The miniseries Spider-Man: Chapter One was John Byrne 's attempt to re-imagine Spider-Man's early years (similar to the revamp given to Superman ), giving him a new but similar origin. The series is no longer considered canon within the Earth-616 universe, but is instead set in its own. This is one of many manga-related Spider-Man series. The character later crossed over into

7200-516: The zombies that remain and continues work to rebuild New Wakanda and bury the dead. In Marvel Zombies Return , Spider-Man is teleported to a new world, where he consumes and infects the Sinister Six (except for the Sandman). As his cosmic abilities did not come with him, and his web-shooters have dried up, the zombified superhero is forced to make do with his own veins and arteries. Following

7290-468: Was a two-part miniseries set in an alternative universe where the situations that led to the heroes of the Marvel Universe gaining superpowers led to horrific deformities and deaths instead. In this world, when Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, instead of gaining spider-powers, he broke out into an infectious rash that covered his body before his painful death. He had visited the offices of

7380-533: Was discovered that the OZ Formula that affected Peter and Osborn had apparently given them virtual immortality. After Green Goblin was defeated, Detective Maria Hill shot him and immolated his body for good measure. Peter officially retired as Spider-Man and gave his web-shooters to Miles, as well as his blessing to uphold the Spider-Man mantle. Bidding farewell to Aunt May and Gwen, Peter and Mary Jane left New York to find out how he came back to life. Following

7470-663: Was later fired from his job as a wrestler under suspicions that he was responsible for a recent robbery, much to his chagrin and disappointment. Later that night, as he was walking to his house, he encountered an armed robber escaping from a nearby convenience store, but refused to stop him out of spite and continued to walk home. After returning home and having a heated argument with his aunt and uncle over his failing grades and increasingly reckless nature, Peter ran away from home out of anger. After regretting his argument with his aunt and uncle, he returned home intending to apologise and reveal his spider-powers to them, but upon arriving, he saw

7560-529: Was later resolved and the three became good friends. After being defeated by Spider-Man in a sudden reappearance, the Green Goblin was apprehended and incarcerated in the Triskelion alongside Doctor Octopus , Electro , Kraven the Hunter , and Sandman . They escaped from the Triskelion and formed the Ultimate Six . When the Green Goblin threatened to harm Aunt May, Spider-Man reluctantly allied with

7650-556: Was no longer having problems with the police following the Ultimatum Wave incident, Peter Parker had to take a temporary job at the Burger Frog when the Daily Bugle was temporarily shut down during the Ultimatum Wave incident. During "The Death of Spider-Man" storyline, Spider-Man found that Norman Osborn had reformed the Ultimate Six with Vulture replacing Spider-Man. While searching for them following Doctor Octopus' death, Spider-Man threw himself in front of Captain America when he

7740-411: Was now feeling guilty that he could have helped the latter, used a copy of the Spider-Man costume to defeat Kangaroo . Nick Fury even blamed himself for Spider-Man's death when he visited Mary Jane, who threatened to expose him. Sometime later, under unknown circumstances, Peter awoke in an abandoned laboratory and made his way back to New York City where he reunited with Mary Jane. To investigate if he

7830-671: Was still dead, they went to his grave to find that somebody dug his body out of his grave. Not wanting to surprise Aunt May, Peter went to retrieve his web-shooters from Miles Morales' apartment, only for Miles to enter his room. Both of them fought over the part of telling Aunt May, which led to a short scuffle ending with Peter knocking Miles out and making off with his web-shooters. After the also-resurrected Green Goblin ambushed Miles in Queens, Peter came to his aid, finally clad in his old costume. Peter's intervention on Green Goblin attempting to kill Miles surprised those who witnessed his return. It

7920-504: Was surrounded by Aunt May, Mary Jane, the Human Torch, and Gwen Stacy as he quoted that he saved them where he was unable to save Uncle Ben. While Mary Jane cradled Spider-Man's lifeless body, she, Aunt May, and the Human Torch cried uncontrollably while Norman Osborn's dead body was seen with a smirk where he died knowing that he won. During the " Ultimate Fallout " storyline, the public became aware of Peter Parker being Spider-Man as

8010-403: Was targeted by Punisher and got shot. Upon dressing the wound, Spider-Man fought the Ultimate Six where they injured him further. Before Electro could attack Spider-Man, Aunt May shot him enough for him to discharge energy that knocked out Kraven the Hunter, Sandman, and Vulture. Spider-Man and the Green Goblin continued their fight which led to them mortally wounding each other. Before dying, Peter

8100-440: Was visited by Morlun during the " Spider-Verse " event, but due to time distortions constantly resetting things so that the simplest actions take weeks to progress, Morlun finds his efforts to consume this version of Peter fruitless. The Master Weaver of the Inheritors elects to rebel against his masters for once and seals this universe away in a pocket dimension, where it will remain safe from any further attacks. Marvel published

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