page_title: Spider-Man (Ultimate Marvel character)
section_title: Fictional character biography
hierarchical_section_title: Spider-Man (Ultimate Marvel character) / Fictional character biography
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context_page_description: Spider-Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a modernized, alternate universe version of Spider-Man, a character first created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962. The Ultimate version of the character originated in Ultimate Marvel, a line of books created in 2000 that are 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 writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mark Bagley, and debuted with Ultimate Spider-Man #1, which featured the first appearance of the Ultimate version of the character. The biggest difference is that this version of Parker is killed at the age 16, being Spider-Man for only a year, before being replaced by Miles Morales.
context_section_description: Around 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 up to be an exceptionally bright teen and a high school genius, being particularly skilled in physics and chemistry, but was also an outcasted, introverted and bullied outsider, frequently tormented by Flash Thompson and Kenny "King Kong" McFarlane. On 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 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, as he began to selfishly utilise his abilities and started to act irresponsibly, which adversely affected his studies and behavior, much to the concern of his aunt and uncle, he 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 returning home, 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, which later resulted in a heated argument with his adoptive parents 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 later returned home, intending to apologise and reveal his spider-powers to them, but upon arriving, he saw a police car and an ambulance parked outside his home, and to his horror, he discovered that his uncle was murdered by an armed thief. Fueled with rage and a thirst for vengeance, a masked Peter hunted down his uncle's killer and later cornered him within an abandoned warehouse and managed to subdue him, before finding out, to his shock, that the killer was the same robber, whom he refused to stop earlier that night, after which he handed over the killer to the arriving police. Guilt-ridden, Peter vowed to follow his father's/uncle's motto: "With great power comes great responsibility" and took up the alias of 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, he encountered the Green Goblin, who later disappeared into the river below the Brooklyn Bridge, following his defeat. Peter Parker later got 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 dislikes Spider-Man and constantly runs 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. However, this issue was later resolved and the three became good friends.
  After being defeated by Spider-Man in a sudden reappearance, the Green Goblin is apprehended and incarcerated in the Triskelion alongside Doctor Octopus, Electro, Kraven the Hunter, and Sandman. They escape from the Triskelion and form the Ultimate Six. When the Green Goblin threatens to harm Aunt May, Spider-Man reluctantly allies with the Ultimate Six and they attack the White House. When Captain America confirms that Aunt May is safe, Spider-Man assists the Ultimates in fighting the Ultimate Six.
  In a later encounter with Nick Fury, Spider-Man learned that N
caption: Writer Brian Michael Bendis signing a copy of Ultimate Spider-Man #1, featuring the character's first appearance, at Midtown Comics in Manhattan
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