J. Jonah Jameson

*"That is what you do... isn't it. Help them. Unselfishly. With no thought of compensation. You're everything I can never be. And if someone like you is considered a hero... what does that make me? You're everything I aspired to be... and never can be... because I'm too damned weak. And my greatest weakness... is that I'm going to continue to try and drag you down, because... God help me... I'm jealous of you."*
―J. Jonah Jameson[src]
**John Jonah Jameson Jr.** is the editor in chief at *The Daily Bugle*. He is the husband of Joan Jameson and the father of John Jameson. During his career at the Bugle, he would often oppose and critise Spider-Man, whom he deemed a menace to society. However, he had no clue that Spider-Man was in fact Peter Parker, the photographer at the *Bugle*.

## Biography

### The Daily Bugle

Jameson, some point during his career, became the editor in chief at the news company The Daily Bugle.

## Personality

*"Who is Spider-Man? He's a criminal, that's who he is. A vigilante. A public menace. Why is he on my front page?"*
―J. Jonah Jameson[src]
Jameson views Spider-Man as a criminal and a public menace, believing that he thinks he is above the law and that he causes more crime than he solves. As a newsman, he does not care for Spider-Man's anonymity whereas he always had his name attached to his stories. He told Peter Parker that Spider-Man thinks he is the law and stated there was no place in society for vigilante justice because once one person takes the law into their own hands it is anarchy. Parker also stated that he does not trust anybody, although he retorted that he trusts his barber. In reality, however, he is jealous of the hero.

Jameson has tried to live his life as scrupulously as possible. He believes nobody is good enough to withstand public scrutiny, no matter how well-meaning their actions may seem. As such, when the Green Goblin interrogated him for the name of the photographer who took pictures of Spider-Man, Jameson protected his source (having previously gone to jail twice rather than violate his journalistic integrity) and lied, stating the pictures came in the mail.

Jameson dislikes advertising managers and considers them a necessary evil, leading to an uneasy work relationship with Ted Hoffman.

## Abilities

*"Spider-Man wasn't attacking. That's slander."
"It is not. I resent that. Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel."*
―Peter Parker and J. Jonah Jameson[src]
* **Expert Reporter**: Jameson is the publisher of *The Daily Bugle*, the largest tabloid newspaper in New York. He was described by Norman Osborn as "a media genius." He personally skews the slant of all the coverage at *The Daily Bugle*.

## Relationships

* John Jameson - Son

Allies* The Daily Bugle
	+ Robbie Robertson
	+ Betty Brant
	+ Ted Hoffman
	+ Peter Parker
	+ Eddie Brock

## Trivia

* In the first film, Jameson has no scenes outside of *The Daily Bugle*.
* The first film is the only installment where Jameson directly interacts with Peter in his Spider-Man persona, during the scene where Green Goblin comes to Jameson to find out who takes pictures of Spider-Man.
* Jameson is the only character to wear the Spider-Man Suit besides Peter.

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Spider-Man (novel)* Chapter 14
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Spider-Man (novel)* Chapter 16
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Spider-Man (novel)* Chapter 2
4. ↑ *Spider-Man (novel)* Chapter 20

## External Links

* J. Jonah Jameson on Marvel Database
* J. Jonah Jameson on Wikipedia