Peter Parker (Marvel)

this article is about Peter Parker's mainstream comic book counterpart, AKA, Earth 616

## Character Information

### Romance(s)

Mary Jane Watson (ex-fiancee/former wife)
Sally Avril (unrequited crush; formerly)
Liz Allan (ex-crush)
Gwen Stacy (girlfriend; deceased)
Betty Brant (ex-girlfriend; deceased)
Felicia Hardy (ex-girlfriend)
Cindy Moon/Silk (ex-crush)
Bobby Morse (fling)

### Powers

Superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, agility, coordination and balance
 Ability to cling to solid surfaces
 Accelerated healing
 Genius level intellect
 Proficient scientist and engineer
 Precognitive spider-sense ability
 Master martial artist

**Spider-Man** (real name **Peter Benjamin Parker**) is one of the main protagonists of the Marvel Comics who is the titular main protagonist of the comic book series *Spider-Man* and has appeared as a supporting character in *Daredevil* and *X-Men*. Raised by his aunt and uncle, Peter is the son of spies Mary and Richard Parker and, in recent comic books the older brother of Teresa Parker, the nephew of Ben and May Parker (the brother and sister-in-law of his father, the primary love interest of Mary Jane Watson and the best friend of Harry Osborn. After being bitten by a radioactive spider and gaining super powers, Peter becomes a superhero after failing to save his uncle from a robbery. He has several arch-enemies, such as Vulture, Norman Osborn, and Doctor Octopus.

## History

### Background=

Peter Benjamin Parker was born to international spies Richard and Mary Parker . At a young age, Peter was orphaned when his parents died in a plane crash and left to be raised by his father's brother, Ben and his wife, May. Despite Peter being their nephew, Ben and May treated him as if he were their own son. During high school, Peter became best friends with rich boy, Harry Osborn. However, he used to be bullied by Eugene "Flash" Thompson and his band of friends. He had unrequited feelings for Sally Avril and Liz Allan; however, they all rejected and ridiculed him.

During a field trip, Peter was bitten by a radioactive spider and gained arachnid-based powers.

## Relationships

### Gwen Stacy

*Main article: PeterGwen*
Peter's most famous love interest was his first girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, his fellow classmates at Empire State University. At the time, Peter was already dating MJ. Due to Peter taking care of his aunt May when she was in the hospital, he rejected Gwen's advances. She dated both Flash Thompson and Harry Osborn to make Peter jealous. Eventually, Peter realized his feelings for Gwen, after breaking up with Mary Jane, both coming to value each othe to their intellect and the two began dating. However when Spider-Man failed to save her father, Gwen found she could not forgive him. She did want Peter to ask her to marry him, but his guilt prevented him. After finding herself, Gwen's love for Peter overcame her fears and she returned to new York, rekindling her romance with him. She never found out that Peter and Spider-Man until her own demise.

Unfortunately, Gwen and Peter's happy relationship was not meant to last. During the events of The Amazing Spider-Man #121, the Green Goblin takes over Norman Osborn and abducts Gwen. He then gloats at Peter and pushes Gwen off the bridge. Spider-Man shoots a web strand at his girlfriend's legs and catches her, but her neck is broken by the whiplash from her sudden stop. Her death forever haunted Peter, as he continues to blame himself for what happened and only strengthen his hatred for Norman.

In the Superior Spider-Man #3 storyline, Peter - trapped in Doc Ock's dying body), met Gwen and George in the afterlife. He blames himself for failing to save them both; however, Gwen comforted him with the knowledge she never blamed Peter for failing to save her.

### MJ Watson

*Main article: PeterMJ*
MJ became acquainted with Peter Parker when they both began attending school together. According to Doctor Strange, during his battle for Peter's soul with Mephisto, he knows that MJ and Peter are soulmates despite the odds.

### Felicity Hardy

Felicia Hardy's Black Cat has been a recurring both an enemy and lover for Peter Parker's Spider-Man. Initially, Peter thought of her as just another criminal and they fought want other every time they encountered one another. Overtime, however, Felicia and Peter developed a mutual attraction to each other. However, Mary did not approve of Felicia when she started dating Peter, considering her a bad influence on her below.

After a lifetime career of fighting burglars and thieves, Peter learned how to pick locks himself, owning several lockpicks that Felicia gave him. Unfortunately Peter and Felicia's relationship wasn't meant to be because during The Superior Spider-Man story arc it fell through mostly because Dr Octopus switched bodies with Peter Parker and pretended to be Spider-Man. Because "Peter" was acting as an entirely different person, when Parker was returned to his original body, Felicia was drawn away from him and fell back into a life of crime. Instead, she had been in love with Spider-Man and not the boy underneath. During the 2022 *Amazing Spider-Man*storyline, Felicia was one of the few people who understood Peter was suffering from a broken heart die to most of his friends and family keeping their fiance from him due to an unknown incident.

### Silver Sable

*Main article: Silver Sable (Marvel)*
Silver Sable is one of the girls that Peter Parker has found both a friend and an enemy in. However, they are more on the line of friends. They first met in *Amazing Spider-Man #265* when Peter foiled the Black Fox's reign of terror, but Silver was less-concerned with Spider-Man's antics and activities as a vigilanti. Because of their different views on justice, Peter and Silver often clash with each other, mostly due to her being a mercenary and Peter being a vigilante. They come together when facing a common enemy, holding a level of professionalism when they were teaming up. This was evident when both came together to fighting off Doctor Octopus.

She later revealed in *Amazing Spider-Man #679* that she had developwd romantic feelings for Spider-Man. She pulled his mask up and kissing Peter on the lips in front of Jonah Jameson and an entire crush. She seemingly sacrificed herself to save him during the "Ends of the Earth" storyline, urging him to be Spider-Man to save people.