Spider-Man

## History

### **Early Life: 1947-1962**

Peter Benjamin Parker was born in Queens, New York to Richard and Mary Parker in 1947. His father, was Richard Parker, formerly Richard Wentworth, the vigilante known as the Spider active in the 1930s and 1940s. Richard joined SHIELD post war and became an agent alongside fellow agent and Future Wife May Parker. To cover up their involvement in SHIELD at around the time of Peter's Conception, SHIELD spread the lie that Peter was conceived one summer while Ben and Richard Parker visited the Hamptons and met May and Mary.

While Peter was still an infant, his parents were assigned by SHIELD(though they were stated as being CIA agents) to infiltrate the Algerian based spy ring controlled by the second Red Skull(Tadzio de Santis). The moment the Red Skull learned that Richard and Mary were double agents, he had the plane they were on infiltrated by Hydra agents led by codename: The Finisher. This caused an airplane crash overseas. They were then framed for treason.

An orphaned Peter went to live with his uncle and aunt, Ben and May Parker, in Forest Hills, New York; they became Peter’s surrogate parents and raised him as if he were their own son. Over the next nine years, Parker grew to be extremely bright in science and became a high honors student at Midtown High School. Parker's shyness and scholastic interest often made him a social outcast and a target for bullies, primarily football star Flash Thompson

### **Becoming Spider-Man: 1962**

While attending a class field trip to OSCORP Industries guided by Employee Gwen Stacy along with Mary Jane Watson and Kenny "Kong" McFarlane among others, the 15-year-old Peter Parker was bitten on the hand by an escaped spider that had been irradiated through OSCORP testing. The Spider then nearly bit Mary Jane Watson before it was crushed by Kenny McFarlane. This was observed by Norman Osborn and his team. Osborn then requested Peter be followed and the remains of the Spider be retrieved. OSCORP'S attempts to recreate the success were conducted on teenager Cindy Moon and possibly the elderly man codename: Ezekiel.

Making his way home one day, Osborn ordered an attempt on Peter's life to test the results of the experiment. Peter was almost hit by a car; when Peter jumped out of the way, he discovered he had somehow gained incredible strength, agility, and the ability to cling to walls, spider-like traits that he immediately associated with the spider bite.

At school, Peter was forced into a fight with Flash Thompson and injured him. Flash's family sued. Encountering an ad offering a cash prize for staying in the ring for three minutes with professional wrestler Joseph "Crusher" Hogan, Peter decided this would be a good way to both pay Flash's medical bills and test his powers. Wearing a mask to avoid potential embarrassment in case he lost the match, Peter easily defeated his opponent. The fight promoter refused to pay him, claiming he did not stay in the ring three minutes, as a result an enraged Peter refused to stop the promoter from being robbed, claiming it was not his problem.

Later, TV producer Maxwell Shiffman, having observed the fight with Crusher Hogan and convinced him to go on television as an 'act.' The two arranged a deal in which Peter could be paid while remaining anonymously. Peter then designed a full costume and fabricating a fluid similar to a spider's web and wrist-mounted web-shooters, Peter first debuted stopping a crime on his school's campus. He then called himself Spider-Man, becoming an immediate sensation.

Following his first TV appearance, Peter's fame rose, but days later he returned home at night to find his Uncle Ben had been murdered by a burglar entering the house. Learning the police had the burglar responsible holed up in a warehouse, Peter changed to Spider-Man and easily captured him only to discover he was the same thief he had allowed to escape earlier. Filled with remorse, he realized that when someone has power, he has an obligation to use it responsibly, so he decided to become a superhero, remembering Ben Parker's words of "With Great Power comes Great Responsibility".

That same night, while out in costume, Peter encountered a rampaging Green Goblin. Norman Osborn had performed human trials on himself and partly transformed into a Goblin like creature, causing an explosion at OSCORP and stealing experimental weaponry including a Glider. Peter pulled both Otto Octavius and his friend Harry Osborn from the fire and then engaged the Goblin. The fight took them to the George Washington Bridge where finally the Goblin fell into the waters as the police arrived and opened fire. Peter went down and attempted to search for him but was forced to retreat after the Police fired on him. Norman Osborn would appear alive and well, having seemingly survived the Goblin attack at OSCORP.

### **Taking on Great Responsibility**

Peter was faced with a lack of money with the death of his uncle. Peter decided to get a job to help his Aunt, even though Aunt May wanted him to become a scientist instead. Peter even thought about using his spider powers for crime, 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 a TV star, because of J. Jonah Jameson, owner of the newspaper, the Daily Bugle. Jameson started a campaign against Spidey, stating 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. These protests started taking effect and turning the public against Spider-Man, causing Spidey's manager to leave him, impeding his ability to earn money even as Spider-Man. 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.

Peter Parker's teacher offered an assignment requiring one to dress up and be a superhero which divides the class. Peter defended his alter-ego which tipped Kong off that Peter is Spider-Man. To disprove this theory, Peter allowed Kong to push him over and become emotional; Kong is ridiculed for believing his theory. New girl Gwen Stacy earned a school suspension when she threatened Kong with a knife over his bullying of Peter.

    Meanwhile, Doctor Octavius, attached to his metal arms, violently escaped SHIELD custody after having forgotten what exactly happened prior to the incident at the laboratories. Octavius blamed Justin Hammer, whom he had worked for while spying on Osborn Industries. Elsewhere, Kraven the Hunter, a television reality show star, former poacher and current Bounty Hunter, promised to capture Spider-Man for his next show. Spider-Man attempts to clear his name of villainy by going to Justin Hammer’s nuclear power facility which is being attacked by Octavius. Despite stopping Octavius, Spider-Man is badly injured. Kraven the Hunter visited Peter’s school to track the webslinger’s scent. Later that night, Spider-Man approached Hammer informing him he was trying to save Hammer’s life. Hammer attempted to recruit Spider-Man but was turned down, however Spider-Man did follow Hammer’s limo to a press conference hosted by Octavius, now dubbed Doctor Octopus. Octavius throws the limo, nearly killing Hammer but Spider-Man saved him. Spider-Man managed to defeat Octavius and also protect the press from the fighting. Kraven arrived and attacked Spider-Man who simply knocked Kraven out with one punch Spider-Man himself is left shocked by this as he believed Kraven was a mutant or superhuman somehow as he had been seen wrestling Lions and Rhinos, and a such he had not held back his superhuman strength when he punched. Spider-Man gave a short interview before heading back to Queens. He arrived late and his aunt grounded him for being out too late and lying about his whereabouts. Meanwhile, back in SHIELD custody, Octavius figured out Peter Parker is Spider-Man after recovering from his amnesia.

Jameson's own son, astronaut John Jameson was involved in an accident involving a space capsule reentry. Spider-Man broke into a military base and then hitched a ride on a small airplane, and boarded the capsule during re-entry. Spidey then used his webbing to slow the descent and save John Jameson's life. Although he had saved John, Spidey was still blamed by J.J. Jameson for the accident. J.J. claimed the incident was staged and Spidey had sabotaged the craft. This caused a falling out between Jonah and his son which likely resulted in Jonah's hatred for Spider-Man only strengthening.

Later, trying to find a way to make some money, Peter decided to join the superhero team the Fantastic Four. Spidey intruded into the Baxter Building, battling the FF, as a way of showing them his power, but the team refused Spidey's entry after explaining to him that they did not get paid for their actions as they were a non profit organization and that they were a family, not an enterprise(Though there is at least one reality in which Spider-Man did join the Fantastic Four).

### **The Daily Bugle**

Peter took a few photographs of Spider-Man to help Aunt May's financial woes. Peter showed the photographs to the Bugle's editor J. Jonah Jameson, who gave him the minimum pay for being a teenager. From the Bugle, Peter learned of a larger criminal organization led by Wilson Fisk, The Kingpin. He then found a criminal group called the Enforcers who also worked for the Kingpin. Spider-Man tracked and defeated the Enforcers which forces the enforcer Mr. Big to tell Spider-Man about Fisk's important gala the next night. The FBI interrupted and Spider-Man barely managed to escape. The next day, Mary Jane asked Peter on a Friday date. Peter moved it to Saturday instead. That Friday, Spider-Man went to Fisk's penthouse but tripped the alarm and was overpowered by Fisk. Spider-Man was then unmasked by Fisk who, realising Spider-Man was just a boy, threw Peter's unconscious form through a window but opted to keep Spider-Man's mask. Peter survived the fall but was badly injured, cancelling Mary-Jane's date, who became angered by this. Later, Fisk murdered Mr. Big after discovering he had sold him out to Spider-Man. Fisk pulled Spider-Man's mask over Mr. Big and crushed his skull. The body was discovered and the news report that Spider-Man was a murder suspect. Peter did his research first and discovered Kingpin kept recordings of most of his conversations. Spider-Man quickly invaded the penthouse again and bagged as many Tapes as possible. After a skirmish with the Enforcers, and Fisk, Spider-Man escaped victorious and gave the tapes (apart from his unmasking) to Ben Urich, a reporter for the Daily Bugle. The published story forced Fisk to leave the country. Fisk was replaced as Crime lord by Lonnie Thompson Lincoln, a metahuman known as Tombstone. While Spider-Man confronted him in order to intimidate him, Tombstone proved himself by quickly defeating the Webhead and Spider-man was forced to leave when police arrived.

    Peter then invited Mary Jane over and revealed his identity as Spider-Man to her, apologizing for how he has inadvertently treated her. The two then make up and kiss, beginning their dating.

    Peter discovered through the news that a Spider-Man impostor was turning the city against the real Spider-Man. When Peter discovered the impostor robbing a nearby bank, he arrived as Spider-Man but was shot at by police and wounded, who mistakenly believed he was the criminal. Spider-Man barely escaped arrest and collapsed in a deserted alleyway. He ringed Mary Jane where they changed him out of his Spider-Man costume and got him to a hospital. There he received overnight treatment and coupled with his accelerated healing factor, recovered in a few hours and flees. The next day at school, Peter got further medical attention from a SHIELD operative and discovered a SHIELD agent named Phil Coulson had replaced his school principal in order to keep an eye on him, having bribed the previous Principal with a massive government retirement plan. Meanwhile, in Atlanta, the impostor attempted to steal money from an armored vehicle but was interrupted by Captain Stacy who was killed protecting the public. Spider-Man attempted to get him to a hospital. Before dying, Stacy revealed to Spider-Man he knew his identity, and asked him to take care of Gwen. Gwen was distraught when she hears the news and blamed Spider-Man, despite Peter and Mary Jane saying it was an impostor. Aunt May allowed Gwen to stay at the Parker's after Gwen's mother refused to take her. Peter discovered the impostor was robbing another bank and went there as the real Spider-Man. He brutally beat the impostor, who as discovered to be a Russian criminal named the Chameleon, who was aided in recreating the Spider-Man's powers by special effects expert Quentin Beck. Spider-Man webbed him up for the authorities, leaving a note saying "Courtesy of the REAL Spider-Man." Aunt May confesses to a therapy visit that she loved George Stacy.

### **The Stark Internship: 1963**

While at school, Mary Jane alerted Peter to an attack on the city by new villain, Rhino. Peter was distracted by Aunt May and an emotional Gwen Stacy. Eventually, Spider-Man arrived on the scene but Iron Man had defeated Rhino first. Iron Man expressed interest in getting to know Spider-Man, who had to leave and mentioned they could talk later. Stark discovered Parker's true identity and confronted him with the offer of a paid internship. Peter agreed. Peter's first major adventure involved the theft of several Chitauri weapons used by a gang of criminals including Herman Schultz, Aaron Davis, Phineas Mason and Adrian Toomes, who became the criminal known as the Vulture. Peter captured the Vulture with the aid of Ned Leeds, who became aware of his identity. This caused Peter's crush, Liz Toomes to leave. Peter was offered a place on the Avengers but turned it down. Stark would continue to provide a check in the mail.

### **The Sandman**

Early in his career, Spider-Man fought villains such as the Tinkerer(one of the few members of the Toomes gang who was not captured) and the Sandman. Flint Marko was a criminal with ties to the same gang as the burglar who killed Uncle Ben. He fled the police into a testing facility and was seemingly killed in an experimental test which seemingly vaporized Marko's entire body, some days later once testing was done, Marko began to reform, now as a being made of Sand, becoming the Sandman.

### **The Goblin Returns**

At school, Peter revealed to Mary Jane that his aunt has grounded him before they reunited with Harry Osborn, who has recovered from the OSCORP incident. Aunt May allowed a reluctant Peter to go to Harry's where he was confronted with the Green Goblin. The Goblin claimed Spider-Man was part of his legacy because he had created him, therefore Spider-Man will do what the Goblin desired otherwise Aunt May and Mary Jane die. A shaken Peter returned home but Gwen Stacy turned up needing a place to stay, which the Parkers allowed. At school the next day, Parker was covertly introduced to SHIELD Chief Nick Fury. Fury advised Peter to turn down the Goblin's offer and promised Peter they will capture the Goblin when he commits a crime. Grudgingly trusting them, Spider-Man confronted the Green Goblin, telling him he will never work for him. The Goblin captured Mary-Jane, dropping her off Manhattan Bridge. Spider-Man leaped after her, just managing to save her life. After ensuring Mary Jane is safely transported away, a rage-fuelled Spider-Man severely beat the Goblin but SHIELD gunships interrupted and the Goblin escaped. Fury praises Spider-Man for handling Goblin but warns Peter that he will be part of SHIELD when he turns 18. Spider-Man left to meet Mary-Jane. She expressed her fear of being romantically involved with Peter.

The Green Goblin then began a series of attacks on crime lord " Tombstone" who had assumed control of the Kingpin's empire while he was gone, but quickly killed several rival crime lords to prove he was not simply a mere lackey. At one point Spider-Man followed the Goblin back to the OSCORP apartment, believing to have exposed him as Norman Osborn. He instead discovered Harry Osborn was the Goblin and Norman offered to get him help, making Spider-Man promise not to reveal Harry was the Goblin or Tombstone would have him killed.

Green Goblin suddenly reappeared, manipulating events so that all the other crime bosses of New York were neutralized. After hearing Peter talk about wanting to help Liz's brother Mark after he began relapsing from his gambling addiction, partially due to his father being now in jail. Harry noted how easy it was for an addict to backslide and that only he could help himself. Mark, as it turns out, was also being manipulated by the Goblin, forcibly transformed into Molten Man and coerced into trying to kill Spider-Man. The Goblin admitted he did not want Spider-Man to realize that he was back.

On the night of Midtown's performance of the Shakespeare play Midsummer's Night's Dream, somebody else dressed as the Goblin had kidnapped Harry, and he had only just managed to escape. He claimed to have not taken any Goblin Green in months, he had smashed the secret stash. Both Peter and Gwen advised Harry to go talk to Norman about the situation.

Harry went to talk to Norman, and Peter showed up as Spider-Man, figuring that either one of them could actually be the Goblin, until the Goblin attacked their meeting, allowing Peter to see the supervillain and both Osborns at the same time. Norman suggested his assistant Donald Mencken must be the Goblin since he was the only other person who knew about the Goblin Green formula. But when Peter arrived at Mencken's apartment, the Goblin ambushed him with a gas attack. Harry, who had followed with Norman in a helicopter, dive-bombed the windows to save Spider-Man from an attack of poison gas. He continued to follow as the hero and villain fought throughout New York City, during which the Goblin was finally unmasked revealing him to be Norman. Harry became suspicious of the Norman sitting beside him and discovered that he was really Chameleon. The real Norman, in fact, had been the Green Goblin the entire time and merely found Harry passed out on Goblin Green and framed him, even twisting his ankle to provide the limp. The battle ended with Spider-Man apparently killing Norman, to Harry's horror. After Norman Osborn funeral, Harry blamed Spiderman for his father´s death.

### **Against Doctor Doom**

Doctor Doom learned of Spider-Man's battle with the Fantastic Four and attempted to recruit him, proposing an alliance. Spider-Man refused and attempted to capture Doom, only to discover the Latverian Ruler was a Doombot. He was then confronted by others and was forced to retreat. One of the surviving Doombot's, heavily damaged followed Spider-Man back to Midtown High School and mistook Spider-Man Fan Flash Thompson while he was wearing a Spider-Man costume for the genuine article. Flash was captured until Spider-Man arrived to save him, destroying the final Doombot.

### **Other** **Early Villains**

Spider-Man faced a series of new villains. This included Peter's teacher Dr.Curt Connors, who in experimenting with Lizard DNA in order to regrow his lost arm, accidentally transformed himself into a humanoid monstrous Lizard before being restored to normal. During a demonstration of the newly created Automaton, the Living Brain, which was tampered with and went on a rampage that was halted by Spider-Man. Peter then fought against the villains Electro, the Illusionist Mysterio, and the Mercenary Kraven the hunter once again. Doctor Otto Octavius gathered several of these villains, including the Sandman, The Vulture (by threatening his daughter), and the newer villains of Electro, Mysterio and Kraven. Octavius once more attempted to kill Spider-Man, believing him to have killed Norman Osborn, something Octavius wanted to do personally and which Spider-Man had prevented him from doing. To lure out the hero, he kidnapped Aunt May. Octavius, realizing the Villains could not work together without harming one another accidentally or purposefully, commanded the Villains to take turns fighting Spider-Man to leave him exhausted enough for one of them to finish off. Remarkably, through Willpower, Spider-Man was able to systematically defeat each villain, ending with Otto Octavius. Peter continued to fight off menaces, including the Scorpion, and Spencer Smythe's Spider-Slayers, two foes sent to capture Spider-Man by J. Jonah Jameson.

Aunt May's health got so bad that she suffered from a heart attack. Peter heard the news while he and the Human Torch were fighting the returned Green Goblin, and he was forced to flee in order to get to her quickly. However, this only convinced the public at-large that Spidey was a coward who had fled from a battle. Die-hard Spider-Man fans like Flash Thompson continued to support him, while J. Jonah Jameson ran editions in the Bugle claiming that he himself scared Spider-Man off. When Peter learned that his aunt's health had improved, he vowed to prove the world wrong about him.

### **A Hero in the University:1965-1967**

Peter graduated from high school as valedictorian and enrolled at Empire State University on a science scholarship. While there he met the Teenagers Bobby Drake and Angelica Jones.

Aunt May succumbed to a mysterious and life-threatening illness and a new evil mastermind named The Master Planner began his crimes by stealing various technological devices. After a fateful battle, the Master Planner was revealed to be Doctor Octopus who had stolen a rare isotope that could be the only means to save Aunt May's life. Trapped under heavy machinery, Spider-Man mustered enough strength to free himself by sheer force of will in order to save her life.

When an Empire State University student manifested mutant powers, Spider-Man attempted to subdue the Mutant when X-Men Iceman and Firestar arrived. The battle knocked both the mutant and Spider-Man out and they were taken to the X-Mansion by the X-Men. He discovered that Bobby and Anjelica were Iceman and Firestar. All three seeking t improve their public image, the three formed a short lived Superhero team while in University, with the X-men even setting up technology equipment in an apartment building the three were living in. Spider-Man's adventures at this time became more extraordinary in nature, including fighting Kraven the Hunter in the Savage Land, Willie Lumpkin receiving cosmic powers that turned him into a god manipulated briefly by Doctor Doom, A former Nazi Scientist transferring his mind into a sentient Bee Swarm, A digital foe named Video Man, Magneto holding a prison hostage. Working with X-men, Spider-Man continued to get bad press and his alter-ego Peter was isolated at school. Despite defeating Rhino, Spider-Man was blamed for interrupting a strategy by the United States Army, which was going to apprehend the villain.

### **Vietnam: 1967**

In 1967, During this times at College was ending, Peter considered volunteering for Vietnam. He was surprised when Flash Thompson volunteered. Peter battled the Green Goblin again, who suffered amnesia from the battle. Peter considered exposing the amnesiac Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin. Still debating on whether or not to sign up for Vietnam, Peter talked with Captain America, who was going because he wanted to prevent people from dying, despite the government asking for him to become involved. This convinced Peter to do the right thing, and he placed an anonymous tip to the police that Norman Osborn was the Green Goblin. Osborn, having amnesia allowed the Police to search the building, starting with Osborn's office. The Police brought with them Detectives trained in discovering hidden compartments and objects, expecting any evidence to be concealed. Osborn's Goblin Lair was not well hidden. He had secret labs commissioned which appeared on the OSCORP budget as money subtracted anonymously, and had chosen a large door sized mirror as a Hiding place. Norman Osborn was promptly arrested. Harry Osborn was also brought to trial but released upon the realization that he knew nothing despite the presence of the OZ "Goblin Green" formula in his system, though he would face the difficulty of running the company in the face of the Scandal and the eventual Trial, during which evidence provided by SHIELD, and discoveries of the OZ "Goblin Green" Drug in Norman's blood system sealed his guilt. Peter missed seeing Flash off to Vietnam and was berated by Gwen for this. Meanwhile in Vietnam, Captain America turned traitor when he saw America Soldiers committing atrocities during the war, putting him in direct odds with Iron Man and the Government.

### **Superhero Civil War**

Still in 1967, Captain America was joined by other heroes In the Vietnam conflict, many of which agreed with him. These Heroes formed his own team of Avengers including Captain America, Sam Wilson, Hawkeye and Wanda Maximoff. Another team of heroes was sent after Cap's team including Tony Stark, Dr.Manhattan and Edward Blake. While the Vietnam War ended in an American victory, Cap's team was forced to retreat and would act in secret, this included a disastrous mission in Lagos that resulted in a suicide bombing, killing several people. This incident, coupled with a conflict between Superheroes and Supervillains resulted in an explosion in Stepford, Conneticut caused by "an act of Superhuman negligence" when a young inexperienced team tried to apprehend the Supervillian Nitro, who exploded. Caps' team was arrested and the Sokovia Accords, localized in the US as the Superhuman Registration Act, were debated and passed, Cap's team rebelled and went on the run once again, this time seeking out Cap's old friend Bucky Barnes. Tony Stark approached Peter Parker, and convinced him to register.

Iron man and Captain America both formed their own factions. Captain America recruited Cyclops, Black Panther, Storm, Daredevil, Nick Fury, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, Firestar, Jessica Jones, Magneto, and Quicksilver. Iron Man recruited Doc Samson, Mister Fantastic, Carol Danvers, Wasp, Hank Pym, Wonder Man, Dr.Manhattan and Edward Blake. To make up for their outnumbered forces, Stark began to recruit Nanite controlled and restrained Supervillians provided by Amanda Waller and Task Force X, aka the Suicide Squad. These Villains included Batroc the Leaper, Captain Boomerang, Doctor Octopus, Scarecrow, Green Goblin, Ox, and Whirlwind. This action proved controversial but was demanded by the Government and the heroes on Iron Man's side reluctantly complied.

Spider-Man would be given a new Suit by Tony and engaged Captain America's forces at an Airport in Germany. He hated fighting Captain America but felt he had no choice. After the battle, Pete fought with Iron Man and switched sides. While fleeing through the Sewers, he was attacked by several villains but was rescued by a returned Vietnam war soldier named Frank Castle who decided to intervene(having not yet become the Punisher). After Iron Man was defeated in a personal duel with Captain America, Captain America's team then launched an effort to rescue imprisoned Superheroes in Prison 42 in the Negative Zone, connected to the Baxter Building. This battle escalated to New York, and Cap's team escaped, with Black Panther granting them sanctuary in Wakanda.

### **Hollywood**

Aunt May left the house for a trip away while Gwen helped Peter pack for College. Peter discovered there was going to be an official Spider-Man movie coming out which angered Peter to the point of interrupting the film set where it was explained that Spider-Man's previous manager still held the rights and they were bought from him. He was however hired as a Stunt Man. Meanwhile, Dr. Octavius telepathically communicated with his metal arms and orchestrated a prison break-out. Octavius interrupted the film set to confront his ex-wife Rose, who was a consultant on the film. Spider-Man fought Octavius, protecting the film crew. As they battled, Mary Jane came to the Parker house and met Gwen. However, she watched the news and witnessed Octavius beating Spider-Man. Mary Jane made her excuse. Gwen grew suspicious and discovered a spare Spider-Man outfit in Peter's basement while packing. Octavius knocked Spider-Man out, avoided SHIELD agents and tortured Spider-Man on a plane flying out of the country to avoid SHIELD. Spider-Man feigned unconsciousness to awaken and brutally attack Octavius when they landed in Brazil. Leaving him to SHIELD, Spider-Man stowed away on a plane back to America but when he arrived back home, Gwen confronted him with a gun about him being Spider-Man and killing her father. However the sound of Aunt May returning caused Gwen to be distracted for a moment and Peter grabbed the gun away and covered her mouth. Peter managed to convince Gwen that he did not kill her father but she ran off. Peter barely managed to change in time to meet Aunt May. Peter and Mary Jane met with Gwen. Gwen confessed she was not actually going to shoot and Peter admitted he knew that because his Spider-Sense didn't go off. Gwen fully accepted Peter was not responsible for her father's death and agreed to keep his Spider-Man identity a secret. Octavius was sent back to SHIELD headquarters where Nick Fury burned a highly sedated Octavius's metal arms in front of him. Aunt May confessed to her therapist that she was beginning to hate Spider-Man because bad things happened to those she cared about when he was near.

The Green Goblin escaped from Prison and discovered Spider-Man's identity, kidnapping him. In a furious battle, the villain lost all memories of his time as a supervillain and was once more arrested. During that time, Spider-Man fought the Shocker. At this time Peter was interested in Gwen, so Mary Jane started dating Harry.

After finding an old newspaper clipping that identified that his parents were traitors to their country in his aunt’s house, Peter decided to learn the full story, traveling to Algeria with the Fantastic Four's aid. He learned that his parents were supposedly spies who worked for the Red Skull and he came across their ID badges for the Skull's organization. Spider-Man also stumbled upon the second Red Skull and his men. In the aftermath, he found that his father's SHIELD identification card, proving to Peter that his parents were secret government operatives. With evidence to clear his parents' names, Peter returns to the States.

Weeks later. Peter started wondering if he may be better off not being Spider-Man. Crime rose and as the Kingpin reappeared in New York, and abducted J. J. Jameson. Peter returned to his heroic identity.

A mystical artifact called the Tablet of Life and Time exhibited in ESU was stolen by the Kingpin; the Tablet passed over many people who tried to get it, including Spider-Man, Shocker (who was working for Kingpin) and the Maggia crime family. Finally the Tablet got to the Maggia boss, Silvermane, who with the aid of scientists, was able to create a powerful rejuvenation serum from it. Silvermane drank it and became a young man again. But the serum made Silvermane regress beyond birth.

In 1971, Harry became addicted to LSD, and Peter, along with Gwen and Mary Jane, took care of him. This familial stress caused Norman Osborn's Green Goblin persona to return, and he once again battled Spider-Man. During the battle Norman was exposed to his son's declining condition in the hospital. This severed the control of the Green Goblin persona over Norman and caused Norman to have amnesia again.

With his secret identity making his life impossible, Peter tried to give up being Spider-Man and created a cure for his powers that instead made him grow four extra arms. With the help of Curt Connors he found a cure, fighting Morbius the Living Vampire alongside the hunter Blade and being hunted by the Punisher in the process.

Peter returned home to find Aunt May about to go on a date. Spider-Man saw the X-Men's jet, Blackbird on auto-pilot so he went inside so he followed it to the X-Mansion. There, he was incapacitated by fake X-men. It turned out to be part of a game show hosted by the interdemensional being Mojo. He restrained the X-Men and Spider-Man on a jet and dropped them off on the island of Krakoa where a live television program film began were Mutants are hunted. Spider-Man regroups with the X-Men and they battled the hunters. Xavier was subdued and restrained in a studio, forced to watch his students battle. Eventually the X-Men and Spiderman defeated the Hunters and released Professor Xavier from captivity. They stole a jet and returned home. May revealed on an answer machine that she decided to stay with her date, Miles Warren, for the night.

Aunt May eventually broke up with Warren, instead falling for the now seemingly reformed Dr. Otto Octavius, released out of SHIELD custody. Having graduated College, Peter began working at the Baxter Building under Reed Richards, alongside Otto Octavius,while his wife Gwen began working alongside geneticist and their High School Science teacher Miles Warren, who specialized in cloning.

### **The Death of Gwen Stacy: 1973**

Norman Osborn's resurfaced again and the Green Goblin kidnapped Gwen Stacy. Spider-Man found them at the George Washington Bridge, where they fought and Gwen fell from the bridge. She died when Spider-Man reached her with a web-line, breaking her neck. The Goblin escaped. A furious Peter searched, found and battled him again. In this battle Norman was impaled with his own Goblin Glider, apparently killing himself.

Peter was extremely distraught over the death of Gwen, possibly even more so than when Uncle Ben died. An equally traumatized Mary Jane tried to comfort Peter after Gwen's death; she was initially brushed off, but they eventually got closer.

After being accused of the death of both Stacys, and attending Gwen's funeral as Peter, Spider-Man was confronted by heroes such as Luke Cage and the Punisher. Later, Harry, who had discerned Spider-Man's identity and wanted revenge for his father's death, took the Green Goblin mantle and kidnapped Flash Thompson, Mary Jane and Aunt May in an attempt to lure him out and kill him. Spider-Man managed to find him at his father's old home and defeated him, leaving him to the authorities. Harry was sent to an asylum, leaving his fiancee MJ alone. To make matters worse, Peter had an argument with Reed Richards, that turned to insults, resulting in him losing his job. He was invited back to the Daily Bugle.

Peter later had to go on a work trip with Robbie Robertson, and he and Mary Jane said goodbye at the airport, only for MJ to be revealed to be going along as well. The trip to Europe was hijacked by Nick Fury, some of his villains, and alternate universe versions of said villains. While Parker was away, Otto revealed he was building his own company, and wanted Peter to help him, and he had hired Miles Warren due to his expertise in Cloning. Peter found a somehow alive Gwen Stacy. Alongside Ned Leeds, Spider-Man found out that this Gwen was a clone created by Miles Warren.

After kidnapping Leeds and Spider-Man, Warren explained to the hero that he used a blood sample from Gwen to clone her. Harry Osborn as the "Black Goblin" appeared and exposed that Miles was hired to clone Norman Osborn by Harry, but unintentionally discovered a clone of Peter the the didn't know about. Miles had cloned Peter, under Norman's orders as he wanted to raise his own Peter like a son. This enraged Harry and he fled, disavowing his father's legacy and attempting destroy the clones in an explosion. Miles Warren claimed that the Gwen in the tube was the original Gwen Stacy and the one who died was a clone as well. Gwen's clone made Warren realize everything was wrong, so he freed Ned before the bomb exploded, apparently killing Warren, leaving it unclear if he was lying about Gwen's identity. The Gwen Stacy clone begged Peter to save the clones, but he was only able to save his own clone as his Superhuman durability allowed him to survive the blast.

The clones of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, assuming the identities of Ben and Helen Reilly respectively, left New York. Unsure whether he was the real Peter Parker or the clone, Peter had Curt Connors run tests on him. However, he never checked the results, being convinced by his emotions for Mary Jane that he must be the original. Peter and MJ moved into Harry's home apartment following his disappearance and began dating. Peter, needing a Job, went back to work for the Daily Bugle.

Peter had to cope with the news that Flash Thompson was killed in Vietnam in 1974. He also learned that Captain America had a hand in exposing the corruption of Ferris F. Fremont and Richard Nixon, resulting in the government pardoning his criminal status.

Doctor Octopus was arrested for attacking Reed Richards when he discovered Peter had been fired. He was sent to the maximum security Supervillian prison known as the Raft, where he met Lex Luthor, who had been defeated by Superman and sent there in 1976, combining their abilities the two escaped. Luthor then had a Superman robot abduct Mary Jane and Lois Lane at a Press Conference attended by Peter Parker and Clark Kent, leading to Superman and Spider-Man to briefly fight with Luthor secretly hitting Spider-Man with a red sun beam to allow him to fight Superman evenly, until it wore off and the battle became one sided. The two then tracked down Octavius and Luthor with Octavius turning on Luthor when the Heroes closed in. Both were sent back to Prison.

Ben Reilly and Helen Reilly visited Japan on vacation. Ben Reilly sensed something and came across the Alien Sparia, the last surviving warrior of Planet Spider, a world that was destroyed by Professor Monster and the Iron Cross Army. Garia explained that he was hunting Prof. Monster but now needed someone to carry on the fight. However, he realized Ben Reilly was not it, and the the needed to wait instead for the arrival of Young motorcycle racer Takuya Yamashiro and must stay in the cave for one more year. Reilly passed onto Garia his Spider-Man suit, which was retrofitted using technology provided by Barry Allen that allowed the Spider-Suit to hide in a wrist watch. Garia took the suit and passed both it, his coincidental Spider-Like abilities and the large robot Leopardon to Takuya when he arrived, after Reilly left. Takuya then took up the fight against the Iron Cross Army in Japan.

### **A New Appreciation for Life**

Peter had to leave Betty Brant's engagement party to defeat the Shocker, causing friction between him and Mary Jane. Peter served as best man at Ned Leeds's and Betty Brant's wedding. Peter proposed marriage to Mary Jane, but she did not accept, making their relationship falter. Spencer Smythe, the creator of the Spider-Slayers, died from an illness after trying to kill Spider-Man and Jameson, the men he blamed for ruining his life.

Having bought a formidable defence team, Fisk managed to avert the murder charge placed on him previously and returned to New York. In a bid to destroy Spider-Man, who continued meddling in his plans, he financially supported his friend Sam Bullit, who campaigned for District Attorney on an anti-Spider-Man platform. J. Jonah Jameson, editor of the Daily Bugle, emphatically supported Bullit and stepped up the paper's negative Spider-Man coverage. Peter was fired at the Bugle for speaking out against this change of strategy. Ben Urich, reporter at the Bugle, questioned Bullit about his campaign and quizzed Bullit on his close links to Fisk. Bullit threatened Urich and smashed the tape recorder. However, Urich had a second recorder and informed Jameson and Robertson about Bullit's conduct. Aunt May then angrily rebuked Jameson over the phone regarding Peter's unfair dismissal. These situations inspired Jameson to turn his coverage against Bullit and print Urich's story and run an editorial highlighting Bullit's link to crime. However, the Enforcers confronted Jameson that night and attempted to force him to print a retraction but Spider-Man intervened and defeated two Enforcers, saving Jameson. Later that night, Peter walked back home and saw Jameson on the doorstep. The editor explained he had unresolved grief following his wife's murderer by a masked man. His wife was an astronaut and he believed people like her are heroes. He gave Peter his job back.

    In 1979, The Black Cat stole a mysterious tablet but was almost apprehended by Spider-Man. She subdued the webslinger but piqued his interest. At the Parker household, Mary Jane and Peter discussed their future but Mary Jane's father Craig confronted the couple about Mary Jane's diary which alluded to when the Goblin threw Mary Jane off the bridge: " Oh my god! I would have died on that Bridge if it weren't for Peter!". Peter was unable to give an answer and was consequently forbidden from seeing Mary Jane. The two later formed the lie that Mary Jane attempted suicide at the bridge and Peter stopped her. Meanwhile, Mr. Dini arranged for Elektra to track down the missing tablet, property of Wilson Fisk. Peter then discovered an ad from the Black Cat asking Spider-Man to meet her on a rooftop, which he did, Elektra attacked the duo. During their battle, the Black Cat revealed she "is not like her father". Elektra disposed of Spider-Man who managed to get back to the rooftop but discovered both ladies were gone. Meanwhile, Aunt May was woken by Mary Jane's mother who was in panic because Mary Jane was missing. Peter deduced Mary Jane was at an old warehouse she stayed after the Goblin attack. Peter consoled her regarding her frustration with her psychologically abusive father. Spider-Man tracked down the Black Cat to her apartment, discovering her father was a famed thief arrested and killed under Fisk's orders. Spider-Man distracted Fisk and Elektra from Black Cat so she could dispose of the tablet. Elektra stabbed the Black Cat who fell off the rooftop. Spider-Man could not find her body. Later that night, Fisk was at home by his wife's hospital bed, vowing to find a way to cure her of her unknown illness.

### **Warriors**

Hammerhead moved in on Wilson Fisk's criminal empire as Fisk contended with a looming federal prosecution case. Hammerhead hired the Enforcers and blew up an old Fisk safe-house. Spider-Man visited the crime scene and battled Moon Knight who believed Spider-Man was a criminal. Spider-Man escaped and went to confront Fisk who had hired Elektra as a bodyguard. Fisk informed Spider-Man of Hammerhead's rise and advised Spider-Man to stop him. Spider-Man went to Captain Jean De Wolfe who reluctantly agreed Hammerhead was the bigger threat. In Chinatown, Hammerhead and his goons attacked martial artists Shang-Chi and Iron Fist. Spider-Man and Black Cat intervened but escaped when Hammerhead threw a grenade at them. The Black Cat revealed she did not die and attempted to kiss Spider-Man, who nervously made his excuses and left. Fisk murdered his Number Two Mr. Dini and promoted the Killer Bullseye. The next day, Mary Jane asked Peter if they were still friends which Peter confirmed but they get into another argument ending with Mary Jane saying that the Spider-Man identity was becoming more important than Peter's. Spider-Man met Black Cat who went to Hammerhead's residence where they also met Elektra, Moon Knight, Shang-Chi, Iron Fist, the Enforcers and Hammerhead. Hammerhead managed to hire Elektra from Kingpin and the Black Cat to his side and they battled the others. Spider-Man was caught in the middle but webbed everybody up and called Captain Wolfe. Everyone cut through the webbing and Elektra defeated Spider-Man and Hammerhead, throwing them from the window. She stabbed the Moon Knight before the Black Cat attacked her. Elektra was defeated when Moon Knight stabbed her. The Black Cat admitted she was wrong to changed sides and made it up to Spider-Man. She pinned him up to a wall and began to seduce him. Saying she will unmask him and kiss him. The Black Cat unmasked him and realized she did not find him attractive as Peter Parker and ran away. Captain De Wolfe was revealed to be on Fisk's payroll and she informed him that the Moon Knight was in a coma and Elektra temporarily defected to Hammerhead's side. Peter returned home late again.

Moon Knight recovered from his coma and escaped from police custody which panicked police captain Jean De Wolfe, a corrupt official working for Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin. Spider-Man defeated the Shocker and took him to the police station after lawyer Matt Murdock advised Spider-Man to do so in order to make criminal charges stick. At the station, Spider-Man met De Wolfe who talked to him in private, tipping Spider-Man off to the whereabouts of a thug named the Kangaroo who was trying to get criminal territory. Spider-Man reluctantly accepted after De Wolfe claimed she was powerless to act until they knew he is committing a heinous crime. De Wolfe contacted Fisk to let him know she had Spider-Man's trust. That day, Spider-Man arrived to subdue Kangaroo but the Daredevil was there first. Daredevil knew the Kangaroo's whereabouts because he represented the Kangaroo as his lawyer, Matt Murdoch. Spider-Man saved Daredevil from the thugs. The two narrowly escaped a rocket fired by the Punisher, who escaped out of jail after discovering the Kangaroo's location. Spider-Man battled the Punisher and the Moon Knight who also arrived to continue his idealist crimefighting campaign. Kangaroo began to escape but Daredevil defeated him. The police arrived and De Wolfe commended Spider-Man on stopping Kangaroo until she was murdered by the Punisher. Angry, Spider-Man brutally beat the Punisher, who claimed De Wolfe was corrupt. Daredevil confirmed the Punisher was telling the truth, revealing to Spider-Man that she worked for Fisk, which angered Spider-Man even more. That night, Daredevil met with Moon Knight and confided that he wanted Fisk dead too. Daredevil revealed he was planning to put a team of like-minded individuals together to bring down Fisk.

    Spider-Man met Daredevil, Shang-Chi, Moon Knight, Doctor Strange and Iron Fist on a rooftop and agreed to be part of the "Knights" group but stressed they should not kill Kingpin but ruin him legitimately. Moon Knight created the Ronin persona and posed as Fisk's bodyguard. This persona became dominant and attacked Spider-Man,knocking him out, taking him to Fisk. Fisk conceded Spider-Man is only kept alive because Fisk owed Spider-Man's licensing rights. Fisk lied that Daredevil worked for him and beat Ronin to the brink of death, knowing he was Moon Knight. Spider-Man interrupted a Knights meeting and accused Daredevil of being an informer. However, Daredevil refuted this. Iron Fist is used to distract Fisk at a later meeting. When Fisk realized this, he ran to Vanessa's room, only to find an enraged Daredevil, holding the comatose Vanessa by her neck, threatening to snap her neck in revenge for what Fisk had done to him. Spider-Man arrived in time, and pleaded and persuaded Daredevil to spare Vanessa's life. Daredevil argued that if he didn't, Fisk would kill the people he cared for, and that it's the only thing that would get Fisk to stand down. Spider-Man agreed, but convinced him not to kill Vanessa, as she was innocent. Daredevil finally relented, but wanted Fisk to give up and confess his crimes. Spider-Man, however, reasoned that Fisk won't do that, as he would manipulate the law to avoid imprisonment. So Daredevil forced him to take Vanessa and leave the country, permanently. However, Fisk was unwilling to admit defeat and ordered the heroes' deaths. While attempting to assassinate Moon Knight, Fisk's men seemingly succeed, but Ronin managed to survive through his alter-egos and hands himself in, confessing Fisk ordered the hit. As a result, there was finally enough to bring Fisk to justice. Peter and MJ finally married.

In 1981,Doctor Doom enacted a plan which manipulated the Hulk into attacking Metropolis where Spider-Man arrived to fight him and for Superman to arrive as well. Superman and Spider-Man once more teamed up. Doom also manipulated Wonder Woman into fighting Spider-Man briefly. Doom's plans involved a device using the Villain the Parasite and his power. The plot was thwarted but Doom fled to the Latverian embassy and was granted diplomatic immunity.

In 1982, Black Tom Cassidy dispatched the Juggernaut to kidnap Madame Web in the hope that her psychic powers would help them defeat the X-Men. She received a vision of their plan, and called Peter Parker to ask him to stop the Juggernaut. Spider-Man made many attempts to stop the Juggernaut, all of which ended in failure. When the Juggernaut reaches Madame Web, he separated her from her life-support system, almost killing her. As Madame Web was taken to a hospital, Spider-Man again tried to stop the Juggernaut, luring him to a construction site and finally trapping him in a pool of wet cement. However it was only a matter of time before the Juggernaut would break free.

Just Prior to the Secret Wars, Spider-Man met with Young Timothy Hobson, who is considered the greatest Spider-Man fan in the world and had collected every article available on him, including a whole album of *The Daily Bugle*'s retractions. Tim had also collected mementos such as kinescopes of Spider-Man's early television appearances and bullets from a crime foiled by Spider-Man. Suddenly, Spider-Man came into Tim's room. In the following hours, the two traded anecdotes about Spider-Man's long career. The hero was surprised and touched by how much the boy adored him. When Spider-Man was about to leave, Tim asksedhim who he really is. After some hesitation, Spider-Man took off his mask, revealed himself as Peter Parker, and retold the fateful night when his negligence let Uncle Ben die, causing him to fight crime. The story did not change Tim's admiration of his hero. A tearful Peter Parker embraced Tim (who referred to him as "Pete") and departs. Spider-Man then left the Genie Foundation clinic, where Timothy Hobson was undergoing treatment for Leukemia with only a few weeks left to live. His wish was to meet Spider-Man.

### **The Alien Costume Saga: 1984**

In 1984, Spider-Man was among the heroes kidnapped by the powerful Beyonder to fight in his "Secret Wars" which was intended to test the Heroes for the upcoming threat of the Anti-Monitor. A handful or Heroes and Villains were teleported away to the planet of Battleworld. Otto Octavius was also chosen to be on the Villains side despite not having been a villain in years, with the Beyonder making a similar mistake by placing Magneto on the "Heroes" side.

In the absence of most of America's major Superheroes, the Soviet Union attempted to launch missiles at America in 1984 following Ronald Reagan making the infamous "We Bomb in 5 Minutes" Joke. The missiles were mostly stopped, but Vision II, attempted to stop one of the missiles but failed and was left intangible at the location where the redirected missile had destroyed a city in Pennsylvania. Vision II remained frozen in place, it is unknown if the shock or the explosion caused his state but Pete would after returning enter the area in a Hazmat suit and observe him along with Reed Richards, trying to find a way to wake him up.

When Peter's costume was damaged from constant battle with the Villains, Parker tried using the futuristic technology on the Beyonder's planet to repair it, and instead, replaced it with an alien "symbiote" which transformed into a black version of Spider-Man's costume, perhaps based on that of the newly appeared Spider-Woman, Julia Carpenter, who used a Black Costume. Parker used the symbiote. Doctor Doom built a device which he used to steal the Beyonder's power and killed the heroes, but his paranoia of them somehow surviving, indirectly Brought them back to life, Spider-Man seemingly without the black suit. They were able to restore the Beyonder's powers, and the powerful being chose to send everyone back.

Once the Secret Wars came to an end, Peter returned to Earth along with the other abducted superhumans, having been gone for three weeks. He discovered that MJ had already given birth to twins named Claire "Mayday" Parker and Benjamin Parker.

A Space Shuttle piloted by John Jameson returned with the Black Suit, which had sought to reunite with Peter Parker. The Suit was found and studied at a University, with a research team that included Peter's old childhood friend Eddie Brock, with whom he reunited and who took a job a the Daily Bugle at Peter's recommendation. The Symbiote latched onto Spider-Man when he was attempting to prevent its theft by the Black Cat. At this time, The Chameleon was once more attempting to impersonate Spider-Man, resulting in a Black Suit Spider-Man fighting an imposter in the classic costume. Spider-Man defeated the Chameleon, but the criminal's brother Kraven the Hunter, would retaliate.

### **Kraven's Last Hunt**

Kraven the Hunter's remaining sanity was destroyed. With the Soviet Union warring with the US, and his diagnosis of Cancer. He hatched a scheme to finally defeat Spider-Man. As news spread of someone killing dressed as the black Suited Spider-Man. Peter sought help from Reed Richards, who discovered the suit was a living organism. Peter revealed he was aware of this but kept using it because he was getting old. Peter removed the costume and refused to use it, sealing it away.

While Spider-Man swung around the city, Kraven attacked him, shooting him with a tranquilizer dart. Spider-Man started hallucinating and Kraven knocked him down and captured him in a net. He shot Spider-Man with a rifle, apparently killing him. In reality his drugs kept him completely immobile, so that Kraven could bury him alive. Kraven then donned Spider-Man's costume, calling himself "The Spider," he tried to become a better Spider-Man than Peter. He ended up brutally attacking and beating criminals, ultimately sending fifteen men to the hospital and killing one. The Symbiote sensed something wrong and broke free with MJ seeing and following it. The Symbiote possessed Spider-Man and sent him to attack Kraven. When MJ arrived, Peter begged her to use a device he invented to remove the Symbiote and she did so. Peter and MJ divorced soon after with MJ taking the kids. Having finished his greatest hunt, Kraven left a confession saying the he impersonated Spider-Man for the past two weeks and then intended to commit suicide with a hunting rifle but was halted by the Symbiote.

### **Crisis on Infinite Earths: 1986**

The Crisis on Infinite Earths involved nearly every Superhero and Spider-Man was no exception. Spider-Man was among those Heroes tasked by the Beyonder, the Monitor, and the Watcher to protect the large tuning forks placed across time and Space to protect the Universes from the Antimatter wave of the Anti-Monitor. While this effort was successful, saving many worlds by merging them together, Spider-Man would not participate in the counter attack on the Anti-Monitor as it took place in outer Space where he could not survive.

During the Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1986, at a moment's breath after the Anti-Monitor was forced to retreat at the cost of Supergirl's life. A UWO Meeting was interrupted by a hologram of Lex Luthor and Brainiac. Brainiac, calculated now was the perfect time to strike while the Heroes were weak and had recruited many of World's Supervillains, placing those who refused under Mind Control. The Villains had taken over several of the Parallel Earths, which now floated together in the sky, killing several heroes.

Two large armies of Heroes were created, one group to launch an attack on the Villain occupied worlds and another to defend the sole remaining Earth. Spider-Man was among the group of Heroes tasked with defending Earth.

The battle began when the Villains Grey Gargoyle, Griffin, Whirlwind, Constrictor, Mandrill, King Cobra, Red Ghost, Scorpion, Bullseye and Fing Fang Foom launched an attack on the SHIELD Helicarrier. Nick Fury sent a distress signal answered by Thor, Captain America, Wolverine and Spider-Man. Despite Thor killing Fing Fang Foom by decapitating him with Stormbreaker, the Helicarrier collided into New York as a result of a mind controlled Magneto's abilities. Nick Fury was feared dead while the Heroes survived and Scorpion and Bullseye escaped a the only surviving villains.

The Villains attempted to cause outbreaks at Several major Supervillain prisons including the Vault, which was located off the coast of New York. Spider-Man headed to the Vault to prevent the Breakout occurring there caused by the imprisoned Electro along with Luke Cage, Captain America, Iron Man(James Rhodes) and Spider-Woman Jessica Drew. Spider-Man was overwhelmed by his old foes including, Electro, Vulture, Rhino and Scorpion. He was shocked to see Otto Octavius among the Villains, who threw a defeated Spider-Man into the ocean, secretly saving his life while gaining the trust of the other Villains. Spider-Man as a result, was out of the blast radius when Ozymandias teleported a Giant Squidlike monster into the heart of New York city, killing millions.

The Dying Spider-Man would be approached by the Enigma Force, a benevolent entity similar to the Phoenix Force. He used this ability to defeat villains such the Trapster and Magneto. To counter this new threat, the Tri-Sentinel was released. Spider-Man defeated the new weapon but lost his new powers soon after, finding himself on the New York Shoreline. Taking advantage of the chaos, Doctor Doom released two weapons on New York, one made from the Symbiote in Kraven's possession that multiplied and began to infect the city and another which was called "Devil's Breath" and was a Poisonous gas. Gradually, Spider-Man defeated Electro, Vulture, Rhino, Mysterio and Scorpion. He was attacked by Venom, who lured him out by kidnapping Mary Jane and his two children. Spider-Man and Venom fought when Venom grew into a massive Symbiote and took over a SHIELD Helicarrier. Fighting from within, Kraven broke free long enough to seemingly destroy himseld by walking into a Jet Turbine, causing the Symbiote to weaken without a host.

Spider-Man then headed to the Raft, where Octavius was attempting to control the Symbiotes. While Octavius's mind had deteriorated somewhat following his diagnosis of Brian Cancer, he was then possessed by a Symbiote, making reaching him near impossible and turning him into the nicknamed "Monster Ock". The activation of the Raft's self destruct sequence destroyed the Symbiote and seemingly Octavius as well. Spider-Man rushed home to find that Aunt May was dying from the effects of Devil's Breath. She confessed that she knew he was Spider-Man. While Spider-Man had obtained the cure from Octavius, using it to save her would mean it couldn't be synthesized. Aunt May told Peter to do the right thing, and soon after passed away after the cure was distributed, saving the city. Peter briefly saw Octavius at May's funeral.

### **Venom: 1988**

In 1988, the Venom Symbiote found a new host, in the form of Eddie Brock who was working at the Daily Bugle along with Mary Jane Watson. Both the Symbiote and the host hated Spider-Man and would antagonize the webslinger. Spider-Man was able to separate Eddie from the Symbiote and Brock was arrested.

### **Maximum Carnage: 1992-1993**

In 1992, following a particularly strange adventure in which Spider-Man teamed up with the odd Superhero Powdered Toast Man,tThe Symbiote broke Eddie Brock out of prison, unfortunately it spawned another Symbiote which merged with Serial killer Cletus Kassidy to become the monstrous Carnage. Carnage set about committing murders with other Supervillians, forcing Spider-Man and Venom to team up with any available heroes they. could find, namely Captain America, Black Cat, Cloak and Dagger, Iron Fist, Deathlok, Morbius and Firestar. While Carnage was able to fake his death, fooling most of the heroes hunting him, Spider-Man and Venom knew something was off and continued their pursuit, being rewarded with an intense final battle before apprehending the Villain. A new procedure was introduced in order to reform insane criminals and tested on Kletus Kassidy and the current Joker, but the Carnage symbiotic broke Kletus free and released the Joker as well. The two Villains tried and failed to work together as they had different ideas on crime. Joker saying "I aspire to be the Orson Welles of Crime while you aspire to be...David Hasselhoff". The two fought, allowing Batman and Spider-Man to arrive and defeat the Villains.

### **The Clone Saga:1994**

In 1994, Peter was running Parker Industries, which was on the verge of being bought out by Stark Industries, now owned by Tony Stark. Peter attempted to dissuade Stark from the buying by insisting he stop selling weapons. Angering Tony and strengthening his resolve. Peter had also discovered the body of Miles Warren's Norman Osborn clone from 1977 had gone missing and Harry Osborn, who held stock in Parker industries had no idea where it was. Peter hired Jessica Jones of Alias investigations to stalk Harry. Peter was Brought back into action as Spider-Man by the sudden reappearance of Doctor Octopus after 8 years, who kidnapped Ben Reilly and Harry Osborn as well. He had been told of the cloning process and wished to study Warren's research in his old lab to see if he could clone Peter Parker and give himself a younger body. He was shocked to discover evidence that Peter was the clone, sending Ben Reilly into a rage, allowing him to break free and attack Octavius. Octavius attempted to kill Reilly but killed Harry instead before fleeing. Harry apologized to Peter for being so weak and subservient to his father and thanking Peter for everything he had done. After this death, Peter confronted the aged clone of Norman Osborn. Peter had discovered the Osborn clone had manipulated Harry into an attempt at a complicated plan. Osborn bragged about using Harry again but Peter revealed Harry was dead. Osborn attacked Peter, even attempting to kill him with the Glider as he had died, but Peter simply grabbed and crushed the glider while talking about how he is too old for this. The Osborn clone then suffered a heart attack and died. Peter was motivated fro this experience to reconnect with his family, and gave the role of Spider-Man, Peter Parker, and Parker Industries over to Ben Reilly.

### **Spider-Wars:1998**

Peter returning to MJ did not mean his life was uneventful as there were several Supervillain attacks, including MJ going missing when a plan exploded. Spider-Man was next recruited by the interdemensional madame Web, alongside an army of other Spider-Men to defeat a version of Spider-Man that had bonded with the Carnage Symbiote, becoming Spider-Carnage. After the defeat of this foe, Spider-Man met Stan Lee and then Madame Web revealed Mary Jane had survived the plane Crash and they rescued her. Peter Parker commented the entire things "Sounds Like a Bad Comic Book Plot".

### **Spider-Girl:1999**

Claire "Mayday" Parker became Spider-Girl at the age of 15 in 1999, just as her father had started her career at the same age. Mayday was given the "lobotomized" Symbiote by the US Government. This backfired as she was mind controlled into aiding the psychic mutant known as the Skull, before he was defeated by Captain America.

### **Morlun: 2001**

Ben Reilly soon took a job as a teacher at his somewhat beloved Midtown High. After getting this job, he encountered a strange man named Ezekiel Sims who possessed powers very similar to his, and presented Ben with the possibility that his powers had been bestowed on him by mystical forces, effectively making Ben a "totem" that connected the animal and human realms. Peter soon encountered a villain linked to him through his new-found nature as a Spider-Totem. Morlun, who almost beat Spider-Man to death. Ezekiel attempted to save Ben during this battle but was killed, empowering Morlun further. Morlun seemingly met his end after Ben injected himself with a lethal dose of radiation, which hurt Morlun whenever they made contact and weakened him enough for his servant Dex to take the opportunity to betray and shoot him down.

Peter Parker was in New York for J.Jonah Jameson's funeral when the Wynand Towers were attacked. He jumped into action to save as many as he could.

### **The Other: 2005**

Months following the disbandment of the Avengers, Ben Reilly joined forces with a fortuitous group of heroes present in the Raft Superhuman Security Prison to help contain escaping inmates following a massive breakout. Once the situation was contained, the group remained together and became the New Avengers, without the government involvement and financial burdens common to Avengers' history. Ben Reilly subsequently moved to the team's headquarters in the Avengers Tower.

Ben Reilly's happiness was not to last as sometime after discovering that he was dying of what was believed to be the result of his clone makeup breaking down, he was attacked by Morlun, who was somehow alive. Morlun killed Ben Reilly after realizing he was not the real Peter Parker.

Peter heard on the news about Reilly's death and that Spider-Man had been unmasked as Peter Parker, along with the news of Stark Industries ceasing his company. Encouraged by his daughter Claire, Peter returned to New York to secure his company. While he was away Morlun attacked his family and nearly drained the energy from Clair Parker, who scratched his face. This made Benjy realize Morlun was vulnerable for a moment while he drained life and he nearly sacrificed himself to give Claire an opening to impale Morlun on a tree branch.

### **Second Superhero** **Civil War: 2006-2007**

After a metahuman attack that destroyed a large part of Stepford, Conneticut, The Superhuman Registration Act was declared. Iron Man informed Peter that the Law required him to register to keep his company. He did so, at first opposing Captain America, before switching sides. Spider-Man fought back against Iron Man and was rescued by Captain America's Anti-Registration side, soon joining his faction.

### **Miles Morales: 2011**

In 2011, Miles Morales was a Grade Schooler, who lived with his mother Rio Morales, a nurse, and his father, Jefferson Davis, After former Oscorp scientist and current Parker Industries employee Dr. Conrad Markus used Parker's blood to recreate the formula that created Spider-Man, the newest Prowler(Aaron Davis) stole the formula, and in the process, one of the spiders created by Markus crawled into the Prowler's duffel bag. Days later, Aaron Davis brought, Miles Morales, his nephew to an area where he could practice his graffiti. The Spider crawled out of the Duffel Bag and bit Miles, who killed it. Morales developed superhuman abilities similar to those Peter Parker had, but did not tell his parents, due to his father's distrust of superheroes.

Miles returned to the area where the Spider bit him and discovered an area in which the aged Kingpin was using a massive Super Collider to attempt to bring back his family by tearing a whole in the fabric of Space and time and Spider-Man battling the New Green Goblin: A mutated Phil Urich, who was killed in a blast that destroyed the Collider. Miles witnessed Kingpin seemingly killing Spider-Man and disposing of his body. In reality, Peter was at death's door but was discovered and began to heal rapidly once Claire Parker found him. Though as a result he could not interfere in events such as other Spider-Man including Peter B.Parker, from a Universe in which he was still divorced, a Gwen Stacy who had been bitten and had become Spider-Woman with support from her boyfriend Peter Parker, until his death, Spider-Ham from the Toon World, Peni Parker, granddaughter of Takuya Yamashiro- the Spider-Man of Japan, and Richard Wentworth, Aka the Spider. The Collider had pulled them out of both time and space. The older Peter Parker was about the same age as his main Universe counterpart, but Gwen Stacy was pulled not only from an alternate Universe but from our world's past, albeit a very different 1960's. Spider-Ham was from Toon World. Richard Wentworth was pulled from the 1930s. Peni Parker was from a few years before the present(She is 14 in 2014) she also lived in Japan and had been transported overseas though she spoke English because of her mother's side. She was also part of the EVA program. Peni's grandmother lived in America and offered the group her home as a base, which included Yamashiro's many costumes and gadgets, being one of the first Sentai heroes.

The group fought Kingpin's minions when the discovered their location. This led to Aaron Davis being shot when he refused to kill Miles. Most of the Spider-Men then headed to prevent the activation of the Collider, which sent most of the Spider-Men to their points of origin. Mile defeated Kingpin and revealed his identity to his best friend, Ganke Lee. Sometime after this Peter Parker approached Miles and offered to train him.

### **Ends of the Earth: 2012**

Before his death, Doctor Octopus wanted to be remembered as the man who saved Earth by stopping the Greenhouse Effect. Equipped with a new suit, Spider-Man joined the Avengers to stop Octavius and his Sinister Six. The group boarded a Satellite Octavius

After every Avenger was eventually subdued by Octavius, Silver Sable, who followed Spider-Man to his battle, saved him and Black Widow. Octavius asked for help from all nations to capture Spider-Man. Octavius called on many villains to hunt down Spider-Man and his allies. To counter this, Spider-Man called on the heroes that were still on Earth to destroy the facilities of Octavius. After most of the Sinister Six are defeated, Mysterio is convinced by Spider-Man to help him catch the Octopus in his base in Guatemala, but Octavius used the mind-controlled Avengers as his new Sinister Six.

Spider-Man, Sable and Widow managed to defeat the Avengers, then he and Sable headed to Octavius' underwater base. They were faced by Rhino while the base started to flood, Octavius trapped Sable and left Spider-Man with two choices, to continue to fight him in order to save Sable from drowning, or allow Octavius to activate the lenses. After leaving Sable to her death at her request, Spidey managed to destroy Octavius's arms and equipment before taking his foe away to a doctor, thus finally saving the world. Peter again was distraught over the death of Silver Sable, as he felt that he could have saved her.

### **Spider-Verse: 2013-2014**

As a backup plan, the Dying Doctor Octopus used a device to latch a device onto Miles Morales's neck while his Spider sense was overloaded, allowing Octavius to gradually possess him, doing so flawlessly for many years. Octavius's body died sometime after.

Peter Parker became aware of the existence of Cindy Moon, a young girl Ezekiel had kidnapped and placed in cryostasis in a bunker in a misguided attempt to protect her from Morlun. Peter freed her and revealed Morlun was dead, only to reveal that he had been killed twice, somehow coming back.

Not long after rescuing Cindy, who went on to adopt her own superheroic identity as Silk, Spider-Man was approached by a contingent of spider-people from all over the Multiverse that banded together to fight the Inheritors, a group of psychic vampires and family of Morlun that had begun to hunt down the spider-totems of other realities once they realized the Collider could grant them access to time and Space, where they could feed on Spider-Men forever. Otto Octavius in Miles's body became aware of this and led his own team. The Spider-Army became aware of a prophecy that the Inheritors believed in and would follow, that they must kill the Other(The renegade Peter Clone Kaine), The Bride(Cindy Moon) and the Scion(Benjy Parker). When all three were captured(Kaine being killed), the Spider-Army attacked and killed the Inheritors after discovering they had a base in which they had access to cloning technology, explaining Morlun's multiple deaths.

### **The Death of Spider-Man: 2018**

It began with a mystery. One of Otto Octavius's old satellites from his "Ends of the Earth" ploy had mysteriously reactivated. Peter said goodbye to his family and headed into Space on a Quinjet with Miles Morales. While they expected it to be a trap, Peter commented that all his enemies were dead.

Onboard, they discovered Otto's device and planned to shut it down when they were attacked by the Venom Symbiote and Kraven the Hunter. The Symbiote had gone from host to host and now it had returned to a seemingly alive Kraven. Kraven attempted to bond with Miles but reacted in shock to something before Peter blasted Venom with sonic waves, revealing the Symbiote was possessing Kraven's skeleton. Peter stated once more "All my enemies are dead. Ain't that right Otto?". Revealing he had caught onto Otto Posessing Miles Morales through a few hints. In Miles's body, Octavius overpowered Peter and attempted to control his mind. In the mindscape Otto made an army of Peter's foes appear while Peter made an army of his former costumes and allies appear. Otto calmed down when Aunt May appeared to speak with him, commenting on how he wanted to save the planet and be remembered as a hero but that he was going about it wrong. Octavius allowed himself to fade away, dying for good. The Spirit of Aunt May began to crack. Her alst act was to tell Peter to save everyone.

Peter and Miles's battle had broken a window into space. Peter saved them both but the station was falling apart. Peter now understood Octavius's plan to fix greenhouse gas and save the planet and, finding only one escape pod, forced Miles into it before shooting it off to earth, ignoring Miles's protests. Peter struggled to hold the Station together, and was surprised to find the Symbiote was doing the same, helping him. He thought back to his wife and imagined his family...and then the Station exploded.

Peter Parker received a massive Funeral. Afterwards, as Miles was adjusting to being back in his own body, MJ presented him with a gift from peter. His original Spider-Man costume, encouraging him to take up the mantle. He left a note. "It always Fits. Eventually".

### **Spider-Man: 2099**

Miguel O'Hara was head of the Genetic Program of the Alchemax company. By 2099, there were many large corporations that ran large parts of the world and the "Third Age of Heroes" is considered over(The first being the 1930s and 1940s, the Second being the 1960's and the Third being the 2000s and 2010s).

Miguel is specifically inspired by surviving records concerning Spider-Man and hopes to one day create a similarly powered person. But after a human test subject dies during an early experiment, Miguel tells Tyler Stone he wishes to resign from Alchemax and discontinue his genetics research. Rather than let Miguel leave, Tyler Stone tricks him into taking Rapture, an addictive drug that genetically bonds to the user. Tyler reminds Miguel that only Alchemax is allowed to legally distribute this drug, so if O'Hara does not remain with the corporation then Tyler must assume he is getting the drug from the black market and will be forced to tell the police. Not wishing to be a blackmailed addict, Miguel recalls that he entered his own genetic code into his machine's databanks during initial experiments, using it as a human DNA test sample. Intending to use this older template of his pure genetic code to write over his current biology and free himself from the Rapture, Miguel sneaks into Alchemax and uses the gene alteration machines on himself.

After Miguel turns on the machine to rewrite his DNA, his jealous subordinate Aaron Delgado sabotaged the machines, causing them to alter Miguel's genetic code to be "50% spider DNA." Miguel survived the process, but realizes he now has spider-abilities. He became the new Spider-Man.

## Legacies

**Peter Parquagh (1587-1603)**

* The Spider 0 (1602-1603)

**May Reily I (Late 1870s or Early 1880s - ????)**

* Lady Spider (1895-1917)

**Richard Wentworth (1891-????)**

* The Spider (1933-1943)

**Peter Parker (1947-2018):**

* Spiderman I (1962-1994, Retired) (2005-2018, Died)

**Ben Reilly (1974-2005):**

* Scarlet Spider (1973-1994, became Spider-Man II)
* Spiderman II (1994-2005, Died)

**Kaine Parker (1973-2005):**

* Scarlet Spider II (1994-Present?)

**Claire "Mayday" Parker (1984)**

* Spidergirl (1999-2000, Became Spiderwoman)
* Spiderwoman (2000-Present)

**Miles Morales/Spiderman III (1998-????)**

* Spiderman III (2011-Present)

**Miguel O Hara (2074)**

* Spiderman ? (2099-Future)