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Spider-ManGalleryNamePeter Benjamin Parker[1]Current AliasSpider-ManAliases Codenames:
Amazing Bag-Man,[2] Black Marvel,[3] Bombastic Bag-Man,[4] Captain Universe,[5] Dusk,[6] Hornet,[7] The Liar,[8] Man-Spider,[9] Masked Marvel,[10] Prodigy,[11] Ricochet,[12] Spider-Hulk,[13] Spider-Lizard[14]
Editorial Names:
Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Savage Spider-Man, Symbiote Spider-Man, Spine-Tingling Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man; formerly Superior Spider-Man, Sensational Spider-Man, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Spectacular Spider-Man, Avenging Spider-Man, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Super Spider-Man, Astonishing Spider-Man
Nicknames:
Amazing Spider-Man,[15] The Amazing Gliding Spider-Man,[16] Arachnid,[17] Boy Scout,[18] Bug,[19][20] Bug-Boy,[21] Bug-Man,[22] Bug Man,[23] Captain Klutz,[24] Crawlwaller,[25] Devil Man,[26] Friendly Neighborhood Doc Ock,[citation needed] Friendly Neighborhood Hardcase,[22] Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,[15] Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Vamp,[27] Friendly Omniverse Spider-Man,[28] Fly-Guy,[22] Mr. Grey,[29] Insect,[17] Junior,[30] Mantis-Boy,[22] Midtown High's Only Professional Wallflower,[10] Mr. Moral,[31] Neighborly Friendly Spider-Man,[32] O.G. Spider-Man,[33] Panty-Waist Parker,[34] Parkman,[35] Pete,[36] Petey,[10] Petey-Boy,[37] Petey-Pie,[29] 'Pidey,[38] Professor S,[39] Professor Serious Brain,[40] Puny Parker,[10] Red Demon,[9] Rubber Band Guy,[41] Scoopy,[42] S-Man,[43] Spectacular Spider-Man,[44] Spider-Boy,[45] Spider-Cicle,[44] Spider-Coward,[46] Spider-Demon,[47] Spider Devil,[9] Spider-Fool,[47] Spider-Fraud,[48] Spider-Hopper,[49] Spider-Kang-Man,[50] Spider-Mariner,[51] Spider-Morphosis,[52] Spider-Pal,[53] Spider-Pest,[54] Spider-President,[55] Spider-X-Man,[56] Spidey,[2] Spidey II,[40] Spidey-Man,[37] Spiiiii-D,[57] Superior Spider-Man,[58] Tiger,[59] Unca Spidey,[60] Wall-Crawler,[61] Wallcrawler,[62] Web-Boy,[63] Web-Butt,[64] Web Crawler,[citation needed] Webhead,[2] Web-Slinger,[2] Web Spinner,[65] Web-Spinner[66]
Impersonations:
Ant-Man,[67] Ben Reilly,[68] Challenger,[69] Daredevil,[26] Deadpool,[70] Doctor Octopus,[71] Flash Thompson,[72] Jamie Madrox,[73] Kamala Khan,[74] Ms. Marvel,[75] Punisher,[68] Scarlet Spider,[76] Superior Spider-Man,[58] Wolverine[68]
Other Aliases:
Ben Parker MD,[77] Champion of Life,[citation needed] Chosen One,[78] Fred,[79] Green Hood,[80] Harvey The Wonder Hamster,[81] Iron Spider,[82] Jay Jameson,[83] Joe Piscopo,[23] John Doe,[84] Johnny Parker,[85] Legacy Spider-Man,[86] Leo DiCaprio,[87] Luke Skywalker,[88] Mad Dog 336,[89] Mister Porker /Porter /Palmer /Parkins /Parsons /Pearson,[90] Mr. Cartwright,[91] Mr. Jameson,[91] Mr. Man,[92] Mr. Simmons,[91] Mud,[93] Parker Pete-Man,[25] Parker Peterson,[94] Paul,[95] Pekar,[21] Peter Morgan,[96] Peter Palmer,[97] Peter Parkinson,[98] Peter Perkins,[98] Spidaman,[99] Spider,[100] Spiderman,[10] Spider-Man of Neighborhood Number 1139,[101] Spider-Phoenix,[102] Spider-Tracer Killer,[72] Sun-Blooded Clown Priest[103]Affiliation and RelationshipsAffiliation As Peter Parker: Empire State University, Oscorp;
Sometimes student, sometimes scientist and sometimes photographer, Peter Parker is a full-time super hero better known as the web-slinging and wall-crawling Spider-Man. As an orphaned child, Peter was raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. At a science expo, Peter was bitten by an errant radioactive spider which granted him an array of arachnid powers. He initially became Spider-Man to use his powers as an entertainer, growing so conceited he didn't bother stopping a passerby burglar. In a twist of fate, the same burglar wound up killing Peter's Uncle Ben, leading him to realize that he needed to use his powers responsibly.[10] From then on, Spider-Man became a crime-fighting vigilante.[122]
Often a loner, Spider-Man is a stalwart member of the super hero community who has earned numerous allies like the Fantastic Four and the Avengers. He has made of numerous super villains his personal enemies, including Doctor Octopus, Electro, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, Venom, and most notoriously, his nemesis the Green Goblin, who killed Peter's girlfriend Gwen Stacy.[123] Peter's support network extends to his civilian life, including Mary Jane Watson, Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson, and J. Jonah Jameson, although the latter used to run a smear campaign against the wall-crawler in his newspaper, the Daily Bugle.
Recently, following the rise and fall of his start-up company, Parker Industries,[124] Peter juggled his Spider-Man activities with his return to college, while also becoming the target of torment of a demonic entity known as Kindred.[125] Following Kindred's defeat,[126] Peter was hospitalized for months due to a super villain fight,[127] paving the way for his clone Ben Reilly to reassert himself as Spider-Man. Peter ultimately recovered from his injuries, but also had to come face-to-face against Ben, who had become morally corrupted due to the machinations of his corporate sponsors, the Beyond Corporation.[128]
Peter Benjamin Parker was born in Queens to CIA agents Richard and Mary Parker,[129] who were killed by the communist Red Skull and framed for treason during a mission.[130] Following his parents' death, a young Parker was adopted by his uncle and aunt, Ben and May Parker, moving in with them at their residence in Forest Hills, New York. After their adopting of him, they became his surrogate parents and raised him as if he were their own son. Over the years into being a teenager, Parker grew to be a prodigy in multiple scholastic subjects at Midtown High School and achieving high honors among his classmates. However, his reserved nature and enthusiasm for knowledge often made him a target for bullying, primarily football star Eugene "Flash" Thompson.
When Peter was 15 years old, he attended the public exhibition of a device called the Isotope Genome Accelerator. A spider on the scene was irradiated by the accelerator during its demonstration. In sudden shock, the arachnid landed on the hand of the oblivious student and bit him before dying from the exposure to radiation. Initially malaised by the incident, Peter left the venue. He was almost hit by a car until he instinctively leapt out of the way, clinging to the side of a building a couple of meters high. Peter discovered that he had somehow gained superhuman powers that he immediately associated with the bite at the demonstration: the proportionate strength, speed and agility of a spider, as well as surface scaling, and a precognitive ability to detect and avoid danger that he dubbed "spider-sense."[10]
Encountering an ad offering a cash prize for lasting three minutes in the ring with Joseph "Crusher" Hogan, Peter decided this would be a good way to test his powers. Wearing a mask to avoid humiliation in case of defeat, Peter used his powers and easily defeated his opponent. TV producer Maxwell Shiffman observed his performance and convinced him to go on television with his 'act.' Designing a full costume and fabricating synthetic spider's web and wrist-mounted web-shooters, Peter debuted as "Spider-Man" to become an immediate sensation.
Following his first TV appearance, Spider-Man witnessed a fleeing robber run past him, and Peter opted against stopping the thief, maintaining that it wasn't his responsibility. Later, Peter returned home one day to learn from the police that his Uncle Ben had been murdered by a burglar. Also learning that the police had the murderer holed up in a warehouse, Peter changed into his Spider-Man costume and cornered the burglar, only to discover that he was the same thief he had allowed to escape days earlier. Filled with remorse knowing that his inaction led to tragedy, Peter realized that when someone has the power, they have an obligation to use it responsibly. From this realization of the gravity of events, he decided to become a vigilante super hero helping whoever he could.[10]
The first problem young Peter faced was the lack of money with the death of his uncle. Due to the fact that his Aunt May was too weak to work, and Peter was seen as fragile, he decided to get a job, even though Aunt May wanted him to become a scientist instead. Peter even thought about using his spider powers for crime out of desperation but decided against it after thinking how his Aunt would react to him in jail.
However, it was seeming impossible to him to find a job in order to pay his growing debts. As Spider-Man, he was not able to continue his career as TV star, because of J. Jonah Jameson, owner of the NOW Magazine and the newspaper Daily Bugle, who started a smear campaign against Spidey. Jameson would make statements that he was a bad influence for children and a criminal for taking justice into his own hands, referring to the situation with the burglar. Protests started taking effect and turning the public perception against Spider-Man, eventually causing Spidey's manager to leave him, impeding his ability to earn money even in costume.[97]
With these forced change of events, Peter searched through the wanted ads, only to be rejected by all the employers. Not being able to use his super-powers as Spider-Man infuriated Peter, and his fury only intensified after seeing his Aunt May selling her jewelry to try and earn some money. Spidey's second heroic action was to save Jameson's astronaut son, John Jameson, from an accident in a deviated space capsule. Spider-Man hitched a ride on a small airplane and boarded the capsule during re-entry. Spidey then attached the missing capsule piece, allowing it to land safely. Although he had saved John, Spidey was still blamed by J.J. Jameson for the accident.
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