Spider-Man (What If... Zombies!?)

Marvel Zombies

**Spider-Man (Peter Parker)** is a fictional character produced by Marvel Studios based on the comic book character of the same created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The character is voiced by Hudson Thames which first appeared in Marvel's What If...?.

## Connection To MCU Spider-Man

This version of Spider-Man is an alternate version of the character that appears within a different universe.

## Background

Peter Benjamin Parker is a former high school student who gained spider-like abilities, fighting crime across New York City as the superhero Spider-Man. While Parker juggled all his continued hero duties with the demands of his high-school life, he was approached by Tony Stark who recruited Spider-Man to join the Avengers Civil War, putting Spider-Man into the brief conflict with his personal hero, Captain America. Parker was given a new suit as well as new Stark technology in exchange for his help, allowing him to return back home to continue his own hero work.

#### **Zombie Apocalypse**

In 2018, a virus called the Quantum Virus spread across the United States of America, infecting the majority of the Avengers and Parker's Aunt May. Parker survived the virus and met up with the other surviving allies of the Avengers. After setting up a base high above ground using his webs, he created a video that explained how to survive a zombie apocalypse. In the video, Parker showcased Happy Hogan, Kurt Goreshter, Bucky Barnes, and Sharon Carter. He explained how to best protect oneself against a zombie attack.

Later, Parker and Hope van Dyne rescued Bruce Banner and brought him to their base. Parker then showed Banner his video, but was interrupted by Okoye's arrival. Okoye told them that they had received a message from what appeared to be a survivor's camp. Carter identified the location to be Camp Lehigh, New Jersey, and the group decided to travel there.

Hogan drove the group in a shrunken blue van to the Grand Central Terminal so they could use one of the trains to get to Camp Lehigh. Upon arriving, a zombie appeared before them, but Happy Hogan made the van enlarged, killing the zombie.

Inside, Okoye suggested that they split up, but Parker protested, saying that in horror movies, splitting up is a bad idea. Parker, along with Hope van Dyne, Kurt Goreshter, and Bruce Banner went to the train and tried to start it. After the other three were unsuccessful, Parker used his webs to pull the train to get it started.

As he was pulling the train, Parker learned that Hogan had been killed, much to his dismay. Shortly, zombies appeared behind him much to his horror, but he was saved by the Cloak of Levitation. As soon as the others got onto the train and it started moving, Parker was thrown backwards onto the track, but the Cloak again saved him. It wrapped itself around him and flew him into the train to safety.

Parker, now wearing the Cloak, walked throughout the train to gather with the others. When he found them, van Dyne told him that the Cloak looked good on him and that he would eventually fit into it. Okoye apologized to him due to Hogan's loss, admitting that they shouldn't have split up. Minutes later, after hearing commotion, Parker, Okoye, Banner, and the Cloak ran to the back of the train to find Bucky Barnes and van Dyne, who had become infected after killing Sharon Carter.

After Hope van Dyne had taken a seat, Parker and the others gathered around her. Van Dyne asked Parker how he remained so positive and hopeful during the crisis, and Parker explained that even though he had lost his parents, his Uncle Ben, Tony Stark, and Happy Hogan, he still found ways to remain positive throughout it all. He told her it was the only way to keep going on in life. After the train arrived outside of Camp Lehigh, van Dyne, encouraged by Parker's words, told them that she would sacrifice herself to get them across safely.

After van Dyne turned into a giant, she carried Parker and the others past the zombie horde and let them down safely on the other side of the barbed wire fence. She then called out to Parker to smile for her before falling backwards and succumbing to the virus. Parker and the others noticed that the horde wasn't scaling the fence and walked away towards the base. When they had arrived outside of it, Parker tapped Goreshter, who became startled and became defensive, before seeing that it was only Parker. Parker then became startled and jumped after he was tapped by Vision, who led them inside the base.

Inside the Camp Lehigh, Vision told Parker and the others that he had experimented using the Mind Stone to find a cure and when he was asked if he had been successful, they heard Scott Lang's voice. Vision turned around a chair to reveal Lang's head in a glass enclosure with a life support system attached.

Once Bucky Barnes left them to find a transport, Banner looked through Vision's databases and found out that they weren't the first survivors to arrive there, much to Parker's surprise. Vision then told Banner that he wished they hadn't come there, to which Parker and Banner confronted Vision about what he was talking about. They were interrupted when Barnes returned with an injured T'Challa. Vision then revealed that he had been luring survivors there in order to keep his love alive.

After Vision admitted that he couldn't kill her, Okoye threatened to do so, which caused an enraged Wanda Maximoff to break into the room. She killed Kurt Goreshter and engaged in a fight against Barnes. Parker joined in, using his webs to tie Maximoff up, and Okoye threw her spear at Maximoff, which only caused her to break free from the webs in a burst of red telekinetic energy. Bruce Banner convinced Vision to free them and after Vision opened up an escape route, Parker and the others made their way out of the base. However, Maximoff captured Okoye, killing her, and Vision sunk the base, temporarily distracting Maximoff from them.

Vision told them about a Quadjet in the hangar and after Bucky Barnes told them to keep going without him, Parker came to T'Challa's aid. He then helped him walk over to the hangar and into the Quadjet.

Once Parker and T'Challa were in the Quadjet, they were joined by Scott Lang and the Cloak of Levitation. They then watched as Vision took the Mind Stone out of his head, deactivating himself, and Maximoff freeing herself from the debris, before coming over to his body. Banner recovered the Mind Stone and went to the Quadjet, handing it over to Parker. Parker told him to come with them, but Banner told him to avenge them, before leaving them, turning into the Hulk and fighting Wanda Maximoff. After they had flown into the air, they were stopped by a zombified Hope van Dyne. She grabbed the Quadjet, but T'Challa applied the thrusters, freeing them from her.

As they traveled away, Parker, who was tired from their recent journey, fell asleep. The next morning, Parker woke up and had a heartfelt conversation with T'Challa about losing people. Parker then reflected on how they were humanity's last hope and looked at the Stone, as they arrived in Wakanda.

## Powers and Abilities

### **Powers**

* **Spider Physiology**: *To be added*
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Spider-Man was able to generate approximately two tons of force by pulling a train back for launch.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: Spider-Man was able to resist and endure many hits from zombies without visibly experiencing a large amount of pain.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**: *To be added*
	+ **Superhuman Agility**: *To be added*
	+ **Superhuman Stamina**: *To be added*
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes**: *To be added*
	+ **Enhanced Senses**: *To be added*
		- **Spider-Sense**: *To be added*
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**: *To be added*
	+ **Wallcrawling**: *To be added*
* **Web Generation**: *To be added*

### **Former Powers**

* **Levitation**: Using the Cloak of Levitation, Parker is able to levitate, hover, and fly.

### **Abilities**

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: Parker is a brilliant scientist. He was able to calculate how much thrust he generated when he helped launch the train, and was a member of his school's AV club.
* **Master Scientist**: Parker possesses in-depth knowledge of zombie biology and on how to avoid infection.
* **Expert Engineer**: Parker created his own Web-Shooters, a very complex mechanism that managed to function at most times perfectly, that can project synthetic webbing.
* **Combatant**: *To be added*
* **Master Marksman**: Parker can accurately aim his Web-Shooters.
* **Master Acrobat**: Due to his superhuman agility, Spider-Man can perform acrobatic and gymnastic feats, such as flips, with little effort.

## Weapons/Equipment

* **Web-Shooters:** A pair of wrist-mounted mechanical device that Peter created and used to project synthetic webbing. Parker invented the first pair while Stark created a new and improved pair to go along with his new suit. Though, this new pair supplied by Stark merely involved technological improvements and a few new features while the overall mechanics and webbing itself Stark did not attempt to replace.
* **Spider-Man Suit**: Parker originally wore a handmade suit while operating on the streets of New York City. Nothing more than a red hoodie, blue sweats, and a pair of goggles, this suit was created with the intention to help Parker to conceal his identity and keep his superhuman senses in check. Parker would later use an upgraded and much more refined suit designed by Tony Stark to better focus his superhuman senses. The new suit also included moving eyepieces that resemble camera shutters to filter out stimuli while in use.

## Relationships

### Family

* Richard Parker - Father (Deceased)
* Mary Parker - Mother (Deceased)
* Ben Parker - Uncle (Deceased)
* May Parker - Aunt (Deceased)

### Allies

* Okoye (Deceased)
* Winter Soldier
* Kurt Goreshter (Deceased)
* Hulk
* Ant-Man
* Black Panther
* Vision - Temporary Enemy

### Enemies

* Iron Man - Former Mentor (Deceased)
* Happy Hogan - Former Ally and Friend (Deceased)
* Wasp - Former Ally and Friend (Deceased)
* Sharon Carter - Former Ally and Friend (Deceased)
* Hawkeye - Former Ally (Deceased)
* Captain America - Former Ally (Deceased)
* Scarlet Witch - Former Ally
* Falcon - Former Ally (Deceased)

## Trivia

* Brad Winderbaum (Marketing Manager for What If...? Series) stated in an interview with Collider that Tom Holland's contract with Sony Pictures Studios was possibly the reason that prevented him from reprising his role as Spider-Man.