Spider-Man

### Relatives

May Parker (*Aunt*), Ben Parker (*Uncle, deceased*), Richard Parker (*Father, deceased*), Mary Parker (*Mother, deceased*)

## Appearances

### Appears in

Spider-Man: King of New York, West Coast Avengers, The Mad Celestial

## History

### Pre-Spider Bite

Peter Parker was born in Queens, New York to Richard and Mary Parker, who left Peter at the house of Ben and May Parker. Ben and May raised Peter as if he was their own. Over the years, Parker grew to be a prodigy in multiple scholastic subjects at Midtown High School and achieving high honours among his classmates. However, his reserved nature and enthusiasm for knowledge often made him a target for bullying.

Jumping at the chance to visit an actual lab, Peter Parker and a few other classmates visited New York's own Oscorp Laboratories. It was here that a 15-year-old Peter Parker was bitten on the hand by a spider, which was irradiated by the demonstration's particle accelerator.

Making his way home afterward, Peter was almost hit by a car until he leapt out of the way onto a building site a couple of meters high. Peter discovered he had somehow gained incredible strength, agility, and surface scaling; all spider-like traits that he immediately associated with the spider bite at the demonstration. It was in this moment that he became Spider-Man!

### Becoming the Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man

Encountering an ad offering a cash prize for lasting three minutes in the ring with pro-Wrestler Crusher Hogan, Peter decided this would be a good way to test his powers. Wearing a mask to avoid humiliation in case of defeat, Peter used his powers and easily defeated his opponent. A TV producer observed his performance and convinced him to go on television with his 'act.' Designing a full costume and fabricating synthetic spider's web and wrist-mounted web-shooters, Peter debuted as "Spider-Man" to become an immediate sensation.

Following his first TV appearance, Spider-Man witnessed a fleeing robber run past him, and Peter opted against stopping the thief, maintaining that it wasn't his responsibility. Later, Peter returned home one day to learn from the police that his Uncle Ben had been murdered by a burglar. Also learning that the police had the murderer holed up in a warehouse, Peter changed into his Spider-Man costume and cornered the burglar, only to discover that he was the same thief he had allowed to escape days earlier. Filled with remorse knowing that his inaction led to tragedy, Peter realised that when someone has the power, they have an obligation to use it responsibly. From this realisation of the gravity of events, he decided to become a vigilante super hero helping whoever he could.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers:

Bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker has many abilities compared to those of a spider:

* **Wall-crawling**: Spider-Man has the ability to climb up walls- or any surface.
* **Superhuman Strength**: Spider-Man is able to lift up several tons easily. His strength is so immense that when he fights anyone of less strength than he is, he has to hold back- in order to not severally injure or kill his opponent.
* **Superhuman Stamina**: Spider-Man is able to do things for longer than others would be able too, not getting tired for a long while.
* **Superhuman Reflexes:** Spider-Man's reflexes are currently about forty times greater than those of an ordinary human. In combination with his spider-sense, the speed of his reflexes allows him to dodge almost any attack, or even gunfire, given sufficient distance.
* **Spider-Sense**: Spider-Man possesses a precognitive danger or "spider" sense which warns him of potential or immediate danger by the manifestation of a tingling sensation in the back of his skull, enabling him to evade most any injuries unless he cognitively overrides his automatic reflexes.

### Abilities:

* **Gifted Intellect**: Peter Parker possesses a natural talent for science, standing out as a top student in high school and college.
* **Expert Inventor/Engineer**: With his knowledge and expertise in mechanics, robotics and engineering Peter has been able to use his amazing intellect to create many inventions such as his famous Web-Shooters.
* **Skilled Photographer**: Peter is a very skilled photographer and has worked for the Daily Bugle as a photographer.
* **Master Acrobat**: Thanks to his great strength and phenomenal equilibrium, Parker is an excellent athlete, excelling in all gymnastic fields and being able to perform every acrobatic stunt ever performed, including others that can never be performed by even an Olympic acrobat.
* **Master Martial Artist**: Peter has through time as Spider-Man, become an excellent hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist utilizing a fighting style that directly complements his superhuman spider-powers and abilities.

## Paraphernalia

* **Web-Shooters**: Parker's brilliance at physical science allowed him to create web-shooters for use when he became Spider-Man.

### **Transportation**

* **Web-Swinging**: Spider-Man uses his web-shooters to travel by swinging on web-lines. Combined with his spider abilities, he can move at amazing speeds throughout the urban chasms of Manhattan.