Spider-Man: The Official Movie Adaptation

## Chronology

*"So what if superheroing is tougher than I thought? So what if some people think I'm one of the bad guys? So what if my life'll always be in danger? This is my blessing. This is my curse. I'm Spider-Man."*
―Spider-Man
***Spider-Man: The Official Movie Adaptation*** is a 2002 one-shot comic book adaptation of *Spider-Man*.

## Synopsis

High school student Peter Parker is accidentally is accidentally granted extraordinary physical abilities which he soon exploits as the costumed Spider-Man. Instead of liberating him, these powers complicate his life and even fail to prevent an unbearable personal tragedy that changes him. Then, through the sorrow and the suffering, the grieving young man learns the wisdom of the words: With great power, comes great responsibility.

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## Plot

Spider-Man tells his story from the very beginning, when he, Peter Parker, was brought into his aunt May and uncle Ben's home by a social worker, meeting his neighbor Mary Jane Watson much later, liking her before he even liked girls. He would take pictures of Mary Jane "MJ" Watson at the field trip to Columbia University after being introduced to his best friend Harry Osborn's father Norman Osborn, being bitten by an escaped "super-spider". Norman Osborn, the CEO of Oscorp Industries, is being rushed by the United States military on the progress of his human performance enhancers.

Peter wakes up the next morning, noticing strange new changes with his body from the spider-bite. These strange new abilities have Peter enter a fight with bully Flash Thompson, which he wins. Fleeing out of school, Peter learns to manage his powers, able to swing from threads of webbing he'd shoot out of his palm and crawling upon the walls. Osborn, however, uses the enhancers on himself to no longer waste anymore time, taking a turn for the worst. Osborn would stay put at his penthouse at dawn, receiving news of his assistant doctor Stromm's death and the destruction of the lab.

Peter, claiming to be off to the library, is driven there by uncle Ben, who teaches him that great power comes with great responsibility, but Peter tells Ben not to pretend to be his father before Ben drives off saddened. Peter was actually off to a wrestling match, fending off Bone Saw McGraw in a rushed homemade suit. Unexpectedly, the seemingly puny "Spider-Man" bests his foe. Nonetheless, Peter receives a mere fifty bucks, expecting a $3,000 reward. The promoter does not care, but does when a sudden criminal steals the rest of his money. Peter simply states it isn't his problem, though he reacts in utter shock when exiting the arena to find his uncle Ben, covered in a body bag. In seething rage, Spider-Man pursues the fleeing carjacker he let pass him by. He approaches him, and the carjacker backs up, trips and falls to his death. Peter flees the scene to tell aunt May of the tragic event.

A week later, a Green Goblin sabotages a demonstration held at Quest Aerospace, Oscorp's competitor. Osborn would address this by sharing his condolences for the company. With Peter and his fellow students graduated, Peter was asked to move in with Harry next semester, also asked to keep Harry out of trouble. He'd also contemplate Ben's final words, inspiring him to use his powers for the greater good. He truly becomes New York City's friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, protecting the city from all sorts of crime, while working as a freelance photographer at the *Daily Bugle* for J. Jonah Jameson, who actually perceives Spider-Man as a menace. Osborn holds a board meeting at his company, which is to be sold as decided and will be announced as such at the World Unity Festival, where Peter takes pictures of MJ beside Osborn. He'd be interrupted by the Green Goblin, causing havoc at the festival and murdering his board of directors. Spider-Man enters the scene to protect the civilians and stop his enemy. He also has to rescue MJ before she plummets from a slab of balcony. The Goblin attempts to apprehend him. He finds a way to fend him off and save MJ before she falls. Green Goblin would soon return to interrogate Jameson by the *Daily Bugle* building, and sprays Spider-Man unconscious when he tries to stop him. Spider-Man is offered to join him when awakening, but seemingly refuses, to which Green Goblin gives him a chance to reconsider before flying off.

Spider-Man would also save MJ from a group of gangsters, sharing a heartfelt kiss with her, before fighting the Green Goblin in a building set ablaze thinking a person might be trapped. Peter receives a bloody scar on his arm that Osborn takes notice of at Thanksgiving dinner. He concludes Peter Parker and Spider-Man are one and the same, granting aunt May a terrible shock as Green Goblin. Peter rushes into the hospital to meet her, who tells him to call Mary Jane for her. When he does, Peter instead hears the voice of the Green Goblin ordering to pay him a visit at Queensboro Bridge, where MJ is being held. He swings over there to find MJ in Green Goblin's one hand, and a populated tram in the other, letting them both drop. Spider-Man manages to save them both, but is still pitted against the Goblin, who he finds out is Osborn who has two seeming personalities at war. Osborn, thought to have Peter fooled, is stabbed in the chest by his own Goblin Glider, and is brought back to his penthouse by Spider-Man, found by Harry.

Attending Osborn's funeral, Peter learns that Harry vows to avenge his father by making Spider-Man pay one day. Though he wishes to start a relationship with MJ, whom he kissed at the funeral, Spider-Man holds onto his responsibilities.

## Appearances

### Characters

* Peter Parker/Spider-Man
* May Parker
* Ben Parker
* Flash Thompson
* Mary Jane Watson
* Harry Osborn
* Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
* Maximillian Fargas
* Slocum
* Mendel Stromm
* Simkins
* Bone Saw McGraw
* Dennis Carradine
* Richard Parker (mentioned)

### Locations

* Earth
	+ United States of America
		- New York City, New York
			* Long Island
				+ Oscorp Building
			* Manhattan
				+ *Daily Bugle* Building
				+ Columbus Circle
					- Osborn Penthouse
			* Morningside Heights
				+ Columbia Genetic Research Institute
			* Queens
				+ Forest Hills
					- Midtown High School
					- Parker Residence
				+ Queensboro Bridge

### Events

* Field Trip to Columbia University
* Rise of Spider-Man
	+ Fight at Midtown High School
	+ Battle Against Bone Saw McGraw
	+ World Unity Festival
	+ Battle on Queensboro Bridge

### Items

* Spider-Man Suit
* Pumpkin Bombs
* Human Performance Enhancers
* Flight Suit
* Razor Bats

### Organizations

* Columbia University
* Oscorp Industries
* United States Armed Forces
* NYWL
* New York Police Department
* Quest Aerospace
* *Daily Bugle*

## Trivia

* *Spider-Man: The Official Movie Adaptation* is reprinted in *Spider-Man: The Movie* and ***Spider-Man: The Official Movie Adaptation Wal-Mart Exclusive***.
	+ *Spider-Man: The Official Movie Adaptation Wal-Mart Exclusive* is a Wal-Mart Giveaway version of the comic.

## External Links

* Spider-Man: The Official Movie Adaptation Vol 1 1 on Marvel Database