Peter Parker (Version 2.0)

**Relatives:** Richard Parker (Father, Deceased), Mary Parker (Mother, Deceased),
 **Played By:** Reeve Carney
Justin Sargent
Matthew Thomas (Understudy)
Matt Caplan (Understudy)
Matthew Wilkas (Understudy)
 **Featured In:** Bullying by Numbers, No More, D.I.Y. World, Bouncing Off the Wall, Rise Above 2, NY Debut, Pull the Trigger (Mentioned), Picture This, If the World Should End, Sinistereo (Mentioned), Spider-Man!, Turn Off The Dark, Say It Now (I Just Can't Walk Away), Boy Falls From The Sky, Finale: A New Dawn

At a young age, Peter Parker was adopted by his Aunt, May Parker and Uncle, Ben Parker after the death of his parents. Growing up, Parker took a fascination in science, and developed a romantic interest in his high school classmate, Mary Jane Watson, and was bullied by other classmates, including jock Flash Thompson. Parker grew a fascination with spiders, and did a science report about the Greek myth of Arachne. Parker looked up to scientist Norman Osborn, who sought to save humanity from disaster. On a class fieldtrip to Osborn's lab, Parker was bitten by Arachne, who posed a genetically enhanced spider developed by Osborn's scientists. Parker gained the abilities of a spider, including the ability to shoot webs from his veins, climb walls, and sense danger. Parker also gained enhanced strength and agility. Hoping to impress Mary Jane, who'd been dating Flash, who received a car, Parker decided to buy a car himself. To get the money, he defeated wrestler Bonesaw McGraw using his super powers. While he was at the match, Ben Parker was shot by a criminal, and killed. Parker discovered the death when he got home, and blamed himself for not being by his Uncle's side to protect him. Arachne came to Parker in his dreams, inspiring him to use his powers for the greater, and "Rise above" his conflict as his Uncle told him to. Arachne gave Parker a red and blue suit, with the red representing the heart that would color Parker's world red, and the sorrow in the night being the blue he could not shed. He became a superhero branded as the Human Spider, and fought crime under the suit and alias. He was hired by J. Jonah Jameson, a publisher for the Daily Bugle who used his platform to slander the Human Spider in a negative light, to get pictures of the vigilante. Jameson branded the hero "Spider-Man", giving Parker the incentive to stick with the title. The news reached Osborn and his wife/lab partner Emily, who feared that one of his former lab partners who left for lack of payment may have stolen their research to give to competitors. The evil organization Viper convinced Osborn to fast track his mutation experiments. The experiment turned Osborn into the Green Goblin, but caused Emily to die. Parker graduated from high school the same day, and entered into a romantic relationship with Mary Jane. He investigated the destruction of Osborn's lab as Spider-Man. Osborn blamed Spider-Man for the death of his wife, and wanted to fast track his plan for world wide mutation. He created the Sinister Six, which consisted of his lab assistants who left. The scientists were kidnapped by Osborn and transformed into Electro, Kraven the Hunter, Carnage, Swiss Miss, the Lizard, and Swarm. One night, Parker took the night off from his duties as Spider-Man to focus on his budding relationship with Mary Jane. His decision led to the Goblin and nd the Sinister Six wrecking havoc throughout the city, and Parker nearly losing his job at the paper for not covering the event. As Spider-Man, he defeated the Sinister Six, but the mantle of Spider-Man interfered with life, as he showed up late to dates with Mary Jane. After defeating the Six, he was threated by the Green Goblin, leading to a nightmare where the Goblin dropped Mary Jane off of a bridge, with Spider-Man helpless to stop her. The incident made Parker consider giving up the mantle of Spider-Man, but Arachne appeared to him once again in his dreams, and encouraged him to continue being Spider-Man. After missing Mary Jane's debut in "The Fly" on Broadway, he quit being Spider-Man, and handed his costume to J. Jonah Jameson, giving up his job there as well. Parker improved his relationship with Mary Jane, but was once again threatened by the Green Goblin. Parker told Mary Jane they couldn't be together and realized being Spider-Man was his destiny. He found the Green Goblin on the Chrysler Building, playing a piano, where he revealed he knew Spider-Man's identity as Peter Parker, after noticing Parker took all pictures of Spider-Man for the Daily Bugle. He also revealed Mary Jane was on a rope 1000 feet above ground, which was about to snap and kill her. Spider-Man fought the Goblin throughout the city. When the Goblin returned to the piano, Spider-Man webbed the Goblin to it in an attempt to save him from falling. The Goblin pushed the piano over, stuck to it, and dropped the ground, dying. Spider-Man saved Mary Jane, who deduced that Parker was indeed Spider-Man. The two forged a new life and future together as Parker swung off to aid someone as he heard a wailing siren.