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„ ~ Spider-Man Spider-Man (real name Peter Parker) (otherwise known as Ultimate Spider-Man) is a superhero from Marvel's Ultimate Marvel imprint. He is the former main protagonist of the Ultimate Spider-Man comic series. He was based on the original Spider-Man . Contents History Before Peter became Spider-Man Richard Parker was a scientist who was working with S.H.I.E.L.D. He was researching with Dr. Henry Pym, Dr. Bruce Banner, and Dr. Franklin Storm to reverse-engineer the Super Soldier formula for S.H.I.E.L.D. (based on Nick Fury's genetic sample). Banner mistakenly believed he solved the formula and tested it on himself for credit, however, the process created the Hulk. At the time, Richard Parker went to see his wife and baby Peter outside the research facility. Hulk destroyed the facility, which injured both of Peter's parents. Hulk's humanity only awakened after seeing baby Parker, and he then reverted back to Banner. Fury had Banner arrested and had Peter sent to his Aunt May and Uncle Ben. As a cover story, Peter grew up believing that his parents and the Brocks had all died in a plane crash. Aunt May and Uncle Ben raised Peter as if he were their own child.

Alongside his neighbor Mary Jane Watson and tutoring subject Harry Osborn, Parker found few friends in high school and was often the butt of jokes by bullies Flash Thompson and Kong. When Peter became Spider-Man Peter Parker gained his powers on a high school field trip to Osborn Industries, Inc. where he was bitten by a spider exposed to the Oz Compound, a prototype Super Soldier serum. Imbuing him with the proportionate powers of a spider, Peter gained superhuman strength, speed, agility, and stamina and the ability to stick to and crawl surfaces. After that fateful day at Oscorp Industries, Parker put his new-found abilities to use and won a local wrestling challenge, wearing a mask to conceal his identity. After Peter easily defeated his opponent, the promoter of the fight gave Peter a new costume and the name Spider-Man. His wrestling career ended when he was accused of stealing the promoter's money. In a bad mood, Peter allowed a burglar he encountered on his way home to escape from a robbery. His actions would later haunt him. Arguing with his uncle over poor grades and a bad attitude, Peter ran off to cool down. When Peter returned home, he learned that the same burglar from the robbery had murdered Uncle Ben in his absence.

Feeling guilty over his inaction, which had led to the death of a loved one, Parker vowed that as long as he was capable, he would serve and protect others. As Uncle Ben once said to him: "With great power there must come great responsibility". Peter took a job at the Daily Bugle working as a web designer. He eventually confessed his secret identity to Mary Jane, and the pair embarked on a relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend. Since gaining his new powers and a new aim in life, Peter defeated the self-created Green Goblin. Norman Osborn, created with Oscorp Industries' experimental 'Oz' formula, seemingly disappeared into the river . Spidey learned of the Kingpin of crime, and tried continuously to bring him down. He battled Electro and the Enforcers in the process. The Webslinger also fought Doctor Octopus, witnessed the return of an 'Oz' addicted Norman Osborn and encountered Rhino and Iron Man. Nick Fury visited Peter and informed him that S.H.I.E.L.D. knew everything about him. The arrival of Gwen Stacy at Midtown High School put pressure on his relationship with Mary Jane, but it survived.

Spidey was impersonated by an imposter and then hunted by the police. Spidey battled the imposter, who had killed Gwen Stacy's father, Captain Stacy. Peter met his long-lost childhood friend, Eddie Brock Jr., after discovering boxes of old documents and video tapes in a hidden room in his basement, indicating both their fathers worked on the 'Venom Project'. Eddie was a student at ESU, and showed Peter 'their inheritance', a biological "suit" that could enhance and heal a sick person. Peter took a sample of the suit, but spilled some onto him, which formed into a black costume. When Peter raced after an armed robber, the suit took a turn for the worse. Recollecting the death of Uncle Ben, Peter lost control and fell off a building onto some electrical cables. He then returned to ESU where he confronted Eddie and revealed his identity. He destroyed the rest of the formula. Eddie then pulled another flask from storage, and transformed into Venom. He tracked Peter down to Midtown High and the two battled. Eddie stepped on a loose power cable, vaporizing him instantly. After Peter defeated Eddie, Peter confronted Nick Fury about the death of his parents.

Fury lied and denied having anything to do with Richard's and Mary's deaths. Spidey then faced Sandman, helped the Ultimates battle the 'Ultimate Six', met the incredibly illusive Black Cat, re-battled Doc Ock, had a movie made about him (from which he didn't get a penny), and fought both the Punisher and Boomerang. During a big fight with the huge Gladiator, Spidey was badly hurt and had to go to Curtis Conners for medical treatment. This left Conners with a sample of Peter's mutated blood. Over the course of several months, Conners and his assistant, Ben Reilly, created some sort of semi-clone, combining Peter's DNA with his own, that escaped early in its incubation process. "Little Ben" started feeding off people to grow quickly in strength and size, consuming its victims while showing a small child-like face to the victim. The creature mimicked the moves of Spider-Man to swing to the Parker house, where it found and consumed Gwen Stacy. Peter confronted Conners outside his home, where he confessed to the DNA splicing.

Peter then fought Carnage throughout the city, and when it consumed two more victims, it formed into an almost human form, looking incredibly like Peter's own father. The fighting continued, and Peter finally tricked the creature into jumping down an industrial chimney. Peter 'body-swapped' with the X-Man Wolverine, met Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch, encountered Doctor Strange, fought Harry Osborn, who had become the Hobgoblin, discovered the Black Cat was still alive, and battled Hammerhead, Elektra, Moon Knight, Iron Fist, and Shang Chi. Fearing for her safety and constantly at odds with her placing herself in danger, Peter broke off his relationship with Mary Jane. Peter began "dating" Kitty Pryde from the X-Men. Norman Osborn and many other inmates escaped from the Trikskellion. SHIELD Agent Carol Danvers tried using Peter as bait to draw out Osborn. In a ploy to attract Osborn to the Helicarrier, SHIELD had Harry Osborn expose the truth about his father on television. Harry transformed into the Hobgboblin and battled his father along with Peter and SHIELD.

After beating Harry to death, Osborn told Danvers to kill him, which she gladly did. The next day, Peter informed his class of Harry's demise, revealing that Harry was a hero. Peter and Kitty continued their crime-fighting partnership. One night in the Bronx, they took down the Screamers, who were using the drug Banshee. Wolverine took out the last one, who came for Peter's help in figuring out why he was positive for Banshee. Peter was able to determine that Logan's DNA was used as a basis for Banshee. Spider-Man and his closest friends miraculously survived the Ultimatum Wave, and he quickly sprung into action, diving into the worst of the flood zones to rescue drowning citizens. J. Jonah Jameson, one of Spidey's fiercest detractors, witnessed his unparalleled acts of heroism and publicly recanted all of the negative publicity he had attributed to the wall-crawler since he first came on the scene. During these rescue operations, Spider-Man discovered the body the late super-hero Daredevil, another casualty of the Ultimatum Wave. It was also at this time that Spidey encountered something almost as dangerous as Magneto's Doomsday Protocols—the Hulk.

The Hulk was rampaging through the ruins of New York, but Spider-Man managed to convince him to aid in the rescue efforts. The Hulk quickly proved to be an unreliable ally and caused more harm than good. Spider-Man swung over to Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum only to find that the mystic seal used to keep the evil forces of alternate dimensions at bay had been broken. From the growing rift emerged Dormammu and a cadre of demonic followers. Spider-Man was caught in the wake of a massive explosion of mystical energy. The only thing left behind were the tattered ruins of his mask. Afterward, the military and the surviving Ultimates searched for survivors of Magneto's attack in Manhattan, and Captain America found the unconscious Peter Parker within the ruins of the city, still alive. Amazing "Cousins" Six months later, Peter's life as Spider-Man had dramatically improved; he was no longer shot at by the authorities and public opinion of him was at an all-time high. Peter finally found the respect he deserved as Spider-Man; his civilian life was another matter. Peter begrudgingly took a temporary job at Burger Frog as the Daily Bugle was shut down after Magneto's attack. Mary Jane had broken up with Peter without a proper explanation.

Through this rough time, however, Peter and Gwen Stacy grew closer and started a romantic relationship While balancing school, a relationship with Gwen, and managing a lost friendship with MJ, Peter began facing a new vigilante called Mysterio. In all their encounters, their engagements either ended in a draw or with Peter losing and being saved by a mysterious red-hooded figure. Meanwhile, Mysterio collected a sample of Parker's blood from their previous engagement and intended to use it for his malicious purposes. His home was some-what of a boarding house for young heroes. Johnny Storm/Human Torch was experiencing mental/emotional issues due to the loss of his father. Coincidentally, Bobby Drake parted ways with the X-Men and couldn't stay with former teammate Kitty Pryde. Aunt May welcomed both Johnny and Bobby to stay at the Parker residence until things improved for them. Much to Peter's surprise and relent, his home was now a superhero power-house. Mysterio used the blood sample to program one of his Spider-Slayer robots to locate Spider-Man at Midtown High School and kill him. Fortunately, the Shroud once again saved Peter as he struggled to put on his costume and avoid attacks from the machine at the same time.

Shroud was actually Kitty Pryde, though Peter, nor his friends, learned this. Herald of The Watchers Johnny, Bobby, and Peter were sent by Aunt May to their neighbors house to speak to Rick Jones, a teenager who had recently discovered he had powers. Confused, Rick transported himself and Peter halfway across the country and back. After speaking to him Johnny discovered that it was Rick who had been given powers by the Watchers. Rick teleported himself and the others to Project Pegasus in Wyoming, where they found the Serpent Squad in the middle of a heist to steal the Serpent Crown. They fought until Wendel Vaughn, the project leader, and S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents arrived to help. After they teleported back home, Rick named himself Nova and left in search of his purpose. Ultimate Enemy to Ultimate Doom Peter was swinging over the city along with Johnny when they noticed the battle between Nick Fury and an unknown creature. They joined Fury and managed to fight off the creature, however, Johnny noticed that the Baxter Building was also under attack. He flew there as fast as he could to help his sister, Sue Storm. He arrived in time for the creature that was attacking her and Ben to self-destruct.

The four of them visited the home of Reed Richards, only to discover that he had been killed along with the rest of his family. Peter then called home to warn his Aunt about a potential attack on their house as well. When Peter and the rest arrived at the Parker home, Bobby already had the threat neutralized. The creature managed to break free and hit Ben with an energy blast. When Ben recovered, he found that more rocks had fallen from his body and he started to glow with white light. Sue managed to contain the creature in a Psi-Bubble until Carol Danvers and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrived at the scene. Helping Kitty and Chameleon's Defamation Both Johnny and Spider-Woman foil a heist by the Bombshells. After which Johnny convinced Jessica to go out with him. At school, Gwen lured Peter into the girls washroom where Kitty and MJ were waiting, and the three of them cut his hair, telling him that when he wears his mask his head is practically round because of all the hair on his head.

Tandy Bowen entered the washroom and made snide remarks about Kitty being a mutant and told her "she belongs in a cage." At home, Peter finds out from Johnny that he started seeing Jessica and, because she is his clone, this caused him a great deal of grief. Back at school the next day, a special task force arrived at the school and tried to convince Kitty go with them peacefully. Tandy smirked throughout the whole ordeal, hinting that she may be involved. Peter's Death Shortly after his sixteenth birthday, Peter learned that Norman Osborn and his Six had escaped prison and that they are likely heading toward his family. While searching for Osborn and his team, he saw the Punisher aiming his sniper rifle at Captain America. Peter bravely swung down and pushed Cap out of the way, taking the bullet instead. After managing to regain consciousness and dress his wound with webbing, Peter fought Norman Osborn and the Six. The Six injured him even further than before. When Electro was about to deliver the final blow, he was shot by Aunt May with a revolver. Electro died and short circuited, knocking out the most of the Six. Peter swung Gwen and May away from the fight so he could fight Norman Osborn.

Osborn proved to be too strong and was about to deliver the final blow when Mary Jane rammed a truck into him, saving Peter. After Peter kissed Mary Jane, he literally threw her out of harms way and lifted the truck and smashed it onto Osborn. The truck exploded in front of Peter's face, further wounding him. Mary Jane, Johnny, Gwen, and Aunt May all gathered around a mortally wounded Peter, who told May that while he couldn't save Uncle Ben, he was able to save her. Peter then finally closed his eyes and died. Mary Jane cradled his lifeless body while Johnny, Gwen, and May all cried uncontrollably. Norman Osborn died with a smirk, knowing he had succeeded in killing Spider-Man. Legacy Shortly after Peter's death, the public was now well aware Peter Parker was Spider-Man. The Daily Bugle was one of the first newspapers that announced Spidey's death and his true identity. J. Jonah Jameson was about to publish a report saying that he knew Peter was Spider-Man, but he couldn't come up with the right way to say it.

Mary Jane was positive that Nick Fury was responsible for Peter's death and became determined to find the evidence to prove it and put Fury behind bars. All of New York City mourned Spider-Man, and Tony Stark planned a large funeral for Peter at Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Aunt May almost couldn't bare coming to Peter's public funeral, but she managed to come and met a little girl Peter saved from a fire. Before the funeral began, Steve Rogers confronted Aunt May, who told her that he feels responsible for Peter's death. At the funeral, Thor claims that he has seen the spirit of Peter dining in the halls of Valhalla with the heroes who died in the events of Ultimatum. Shortly after Peter's death, a new Spider-Man began fighting crime in his stead, revealed to be the young Miles Morales . While May and Gwen moved to France with the help of Tony Stark, Mary Jane continued her search to prove Fury's involvement in Peter's death. He visited her in her home and told her that he loved Peter like a son. Return He later appeared in Miles's Apartment alive and well. He specifically asked for his old web shooters back, which prompted a barrage of questions from Miles. Peter was vague with his answers.

But Miles wanted to tell Aunt May the truth. But Peter confirmed that he died once, he stated that he cannot see his family yet. When Miles persisted with wanting to tell Aunt May the truth, the two got into a fight, with Peter knocking Miles out and retrieving his web shooters. He then fled while Miles was still unconscious. After Peter had taken his web shooters back, he saw Miles Morales face off against the Green Goblin in a struggling battle. Realizing Miles could be killed, Peter intervened, surprising many friends and family members. Peter then proceeded to fight the Green Goblin with a little bit of help from Miles, whose Venom Blasts proved highly effective against him. Norman was able to escape just before the police arrived to arrest both Miles and Peter, while Aunt May and Gwen were surprised that Peter was alive. After both Miles and Peter got away from the police, Peter sought refuge at Mary Jane's house, with Detective Maria Hill present. Miles soon joined them and persisted with his questioning of Peter's survival. After explaining what happened, Peter stated he did not want to return in the first place but with the Green Goblin returning, he could not turn a blind eye. When Norman Osborn arrived on the scene after killing J.

Jonah Jameson, Peter wanted to fight but was preempted by Miles, who rushed out to engage him. Prior to this, Osborn revealed to Jameson that a side-effect of the OZ formula was that it granted immortality, explaining how Peter survived. Peter helps Miles defeat Norman, who is immolated by Director Hill, and passes on the identity of Spider-Man and his web-shooters to him. He tells Aunt May, Gwen, and Mary Jane that he intends to go on a quest to find out the truth behind his resurrection, but later meets with Mary Jane and they drive away to live a quiet life together. The Final Incursion If he was alive at the time, Peter Parker most likely died when the entire universe came to an end as a consequence of a phenomenon known as an incursion. Powers and Abilities Spider Physiology: After being bitten by the OZ-enhanced spider, Spider-Man's hands and feet have the ability to manipulate the inter-atomic binding forces of matter, allowing him to form temporary molecular bonds between his body and another object. This enables him to cling to solid surfaces and scale walls simply by placing his hands on them. He also possesses a "spider-sense" which alerts him to danger.

This takes the form of a tingling sensation at the base of his skull. Through experience, Spider-Man has learned how to sense differences in the various tingles he feels, determining whether a danger is potential or immediate, how intense a threat it is, what direction it is coming from, etc. Superhuman Strength: Spider-Man possesses superhuman strength enabling him to press lift approximately 5 tons. Spider-Man's physical strength is sufficient to effortlessly lift and throw objects as heavy as most standard cars with ease. He must also pull his punches and kicks unless fighting someone of similar or greater physical durability. Otherwise, his blows would prove fatal to a normal human being. He has demonstrated that he is strong enough to allow him to knock out people with normal durability with as little as a tap to the head. Spider-Man's physical strength also extends into his legs, enabling him to be able to jump to a height of several stories in a single bound. In the second issue, he seems to throw a car with little effort. He also broke Flash Thompson's hand by blocking with his palm. Superhuman Speed: Spider-Man can run and move at speeds that are beyond the physical limits of the finest human athlete.

Superhuman Stamina: Spider-Man's advanced musculature produces less fatigue toxins during physical activity than an ordinary human. This allows him to exert himself physically for much longer periods of time before fatigue begins to impair him. At his peak, Spider-Man can physically exert himself for several hours before the buildup of fatigue toxins in his blood begins to impair him. Superhuman Durability: Spider-Man's body is physically tougher and more resistant to some types of injury than the body of a normal human. His body is more resistant to impact forces than anything else. He can withstand great impacts, such as falling from a height of several stories or being struck by a super-humanly strong opponent, that would severely injure or kill a normal human with little to no discomfort, Spider-Man's durability is sufficient that he survived with no serious injury other than a sore body after being electrocuted by Electro and then thrown out of Kingpin's skyscraper. Superhuman Agility: Spider-Man's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are all enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. Spider-Man is extraordinarily limber and his tendons and connective tissues are twice as elastic as the average human being's, despite their enhanced strength.

He has the combined agility and acrobatic prowess of the most accomplished circus aerialists and acrobats. He can also perform any complicated sequence of gymnastic stunts such as flips, rolls, and springs. He can easily match or top any Olympic record at gymnastics apparatus such as flying rings, climbing ropes, horizontal bars, and trampolines. Superhuman Equilibrium: Spider-Man possesses the ability to achieve a state of perfect equilibrium in any position imaginable. He seems able to adjust his position by instinct, which enables him to balance himself on virtually any object, no matter how small or narrow. He has developed a unique fighting style that made full use of his agility, strength, and equilibrium. Superhuman Reflexes: Spider-Man's reflexes are similarly enhanced and are currently about 15 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, even direct gunfire, if he is far enough away.

Wall-Crawling: Spider-Man's exposure to the mutated spider venom induced a mutagenic, cerebellum-wide alteration of his engrams resulting in the ability to mentally control the flux of inter-atomic attraction (electrostatic force) between molecular boundary layers. This overcomes the outer electron shell's normal behavior of mutual repulsion with other outer electron shells and permits the tremendous potential for electron attraction to prevail. The mentally controlled sub-atomic particle responsible for this has yet to be identified. This ability to affect the attraction between surfaces is so far limited to Spider-Man's body (especially concentrated in his hands and feet) and another object, with an upper limit of several tons per finger. Limits to this ability seem to be psychosomatic, and the full nature of this ability has yet to be established. Spider-Sense: Whenever danger is present, Spider-Man gets a tingling sensation that manifest at the back of his skull. It works as a slight tingling/buzzing in the back of the skull when danger is near, however the sensation can become more severe, and even painful. Regenerative Healing Factor: Peter possesses a healing factor, and that fact of it is unknown, he can recover wounds and scars faster than a normal human being.

Immortality: The OZ formula bestows a form of immortality that prevents those infused with it from being permanently killed. Abilities Peter is a prodigy bio-chemist, completing his father's research on adhesives at age 15. His uncle said he was "as smart as they come". He possesses an IQ of 145. Thanks to the spider venom that courses in his veins, it makes him immune to vampire bites and immune to poisons, since the spider venom didn't kill him. Strength level As Spider-Man has not fully grown into adulthood, he is not as strong as his Earth-616 counterpart yet, however he is portrayed as being sufficiently strong enough to lift and throw conventional vehicles and cars. Spider-Man is currently capable of lifting 3-5 tons. Weaknesses Trivia This is the younger version of the original Spider-Man (Peter Parker) He was bitten by a genetically altered spider while his adult counterpart was bitten by a radioactive spider. His Spider-Sense is not as accurate as his mainstream counterpart's as this Spider-Man can only sense danger, while his adult counterpart can use his Spider-Sense to sense both danger and locate his enemies via his Spider-Tracers. New Spider-Man Costume Revealed!

- ComingSoon.net SHARE Take a first official look at the new Spider-Man costume! Knowing we’ve all been waiting with bated breath, Marvel Studios has officially released a first look at Tom Holland ‘s new Spider-Man costume! As seen in the Captain America: Civil War trailer, which you can see in full by clicking here , check it out in the gallery below! “I think one of the most interesting things about Peter Parker for us is that he’s the only person in the MCU now that has a secret identity,” Holland told us last year . “So we all know who everyone else is. I think it’s quite interesting to go back to that hiding behind a mask.” Tom Holland will make his debut in this new Spider-Man costume in Captain America: Civil War, where he stars alongside Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America and Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man in the May 6, 2016 release. Following that film, Holland will be spinning his own web in a Spider-Man solo film. There, he’ll be joined by Marisa Tomei as Aunt May and Zendaya in an undisclosed role.

Set to be directed by Jon Watts, the solo Spider-Man movie will be written by Vacation writers and directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. It will mark the sixth big screen feature film to feature the Marvel Comics character. Sam Raimi directed the first three Spider-Man movies, all of which starred Tobey Maguire in the lead. Released in 2002, the first Spider-Man was followed by Spider-Man 2 in 2004 and Spider-Man 3 in 2007. Sony Pictures then rebooted the franchise with two Marc Webb -helmed features, starring Andrew Garfield: The Amazing Spider-Man in 2012 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2014. Early last year, it was announced that this latest iteration will allow for Sony to works alongside Walt Disney Pictures , allowing their Spider-Man to appear within the hugely successful Marvel Cinematic Universe. A co-production between Sony and Marvel Studios, the new Spider-Man will be released in theaters and IMAX on July 7, 2017. What do you think of the new Spider-Man costume? Let us know in the comments below!

Captain America: Civil War SECRET IDENTITY: The Voice Of 'Ultimate Spider-Man' - MTV SECRET IDENTITY: The Voice Of 'Ultimate Spider-Man' Josh Wigler roundhoward 08/05/2010 Veteran writer and producer Paul Dini is making his Marvel by joining the creative team for the " Ultimate Spider-Man " series, saddling up alongside a formidable crew that includes Brian Michael Bendis and the "Man of Action" collective of Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly and Steven T. Seagle. Certainly, the stars are aligning for the animated future of " Spider-Man ." But that's just on the behind-the-scenes side of things, as the actual voice cast of "Ultimate Spider-Man" has yet to be announced. Announcements are certainly forthcoming, but in the meantime, it's fun to think about some of the high profile actors who could lend their voices to Peter Parker on the new show. After the jump, we've listed a few of the actors we'd like to see hear as the star of the "Ultimate Spider-Man" TV series!

Josh Hutcherson He may have missed out on playing Peter Parker on the big screen, but who's to say that "Journey to the Center of the Earth" star and former "Spider-Man" candidate Josh Hutcherson can't stay involved as the voice of the character's animated counterpart? Hutcherson certainly earned some fans with his widely praised screen test — perhaps joining "Ultimate Spider-Man" is an appropriate consolation prize for losing to Andrew Garfield . Justin Chatwin It's no secret that " Dragonball Evolution " wasn't the most universally loved film of all time, but it had at least a few compelling components, including actor Justin Chatwin . The " Lost " actor has always struck me as a solid pick for Peter Parker, but with the role already claimed on the big screen, maybe Chatwin could swing into action by lending his voice to the small screen series. Michael Cera If you're skeptical about Michael Cera's action hero chops, just wait until you see " Scott Pilgrim vs. the World " and all doubts will fade away. But with future "Scott Pilgrim" films unlikely, the "Arrested Development" star won't have an action franchise to call his own for much longer.

As a nice way to stick with the genre without putting his face on a new character too quickly, Cera could instead opt to voice Peter Parker on "Ultimate Spider-Man," putting his comedy skills to good use. Neil Patrick Harris Spider-Man does whatever a spider can, and if the "Harold & Kumar" movies taught us anything, there's nothing that Neil Patrick Harris can't do. Already voicing your friendly neighborhood wallcrawler for the upcoming " Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions " video game, NPH is an easy fit for Peter Parker's next television endeavor. Topher Grace It wasn't a mistake to cast Topher Grace in a "Spider-Man" movie , but it was a mistake to cast him as anybody other than Peter Parker — with his slim physique, witty banter and emotional range, he would've been ideal for the title role. Grace can still pull off a perfect Parker by lending his voice to "Ultimate Spider-Man," even if his chances of ever playing the character on the big screen are slim to none. Who would you cast as Peter Parker in the "Ultimate Spider-Man" television series? You tell us in the comments and on Twitter !

Related Posts: Peter Parker (Earth-616) | Spider-Man Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia See: Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 Spider-Man fighting his most infamous enemies With the choice to become a hero, Peter thought it was a good idea to join the Fantastic Four because he thought they were paid for their good deeds. As Spider-Man, Peter gave up a good portion of his own personal life. He had less time to spend with his family and friends, and as a result, less time was devoted to his school work. During this time, Peter's grades began to suffer, as did his relationships with others. However, the one person who found him to be a "swell fellow" was Betty Brant of the Daily Bugle . Peter met her on one of his first visits to the Bugle, where he was introduced to her boss and Spider-Man's number one critic, J. Jonah Jameson . Her boss was determined to make Spider-Man public enemy #1, unaware of the fact that Spider-Man and Peter Parker were one and the same. Betty and Peter developed an almost instant connection with one another, and soon started a relationship with one another that did not last long.

See: Amazing Spider-Man #74 - #79 Spider-Man... No More! Peter eventually started wondering if he may be better off not being a normal civilian and leaving behind his Spider-Man costume and crime fighting, since no one seemed to appreciate the good deeds Spider-Man did. After much thinking, a man named Wilson Fisk known as the Kingpin , abducted J. J. Jameson. Peter decided it was his responsibility to be a hero for any and everyone, no matter what people said about Spider-Man and saved J. Jonah Jameson. A mystic object called the Tablet of Life and Time , that was in Peter's college at the time, was taken by Kingpin. After being in the possession of many people, the Tablet got to the Maggia boss, Silvermane, who forced Curt Connors to translate the tablet’s ancient writings. Connors was also forced to create a powerful youth serum from it for Silvermane. After Silvermane drank the serum, it appeared to work and he became a young man again. However, the serum made Silvermane's body to degenerate pass a human’s baby stage. After this, Connors turned into the Lizard again and escaped.

Spider-Man then teamed up with the Human Torch to take him down. Spider-Man also meets the Prowler and a new costumed Black Widow , people who he would meet and clash with regularly in the future. Another version of the Spider-Slayer would come about in the form of a "Mark II" with J. Jonah's face on the robot that Spider-Man once again defeated. The Death of the George Stacy See: Amazing Spider-Man #90 - 93 Using his mental sync with his tentacles, Doc Ock controlled his tentacles from prison to free him. They freed him and he started to hijack a plane. Spider-Man prevented Doc Ock from hijacking the plane and destroying the city's power plant. Spider-Man thought he stopped Doc Ock, only to be caught by surprise the very next day. Spider-Man and Doc Ock took their fight to a rooftop where the intense battle caused the building to fall apart. Some of the falling debris from the battle was closing in on a child, and at the last second, George Stacy saved the child, at the cost of his own life. After defeating Doc Ock, Spider-Man ran over to George to see if he was okay.

George then admitted that he knew Spider-Man and Peter Parker were the same person (much to the surprise of Peter) then died in Spider-Man's arms. Afterwards, Peter faced many superheroes, thinking he was one who killed George Stacy. Such as the X-Men's Bobby Drake (Iceman) and the Prowler (Hobie Brown). After proving himself to them, he went to London to try to prevent Gwen from leaving New York because of hers father's death. Four Arms, More Baddies, and Helping The Hulk See: Amazing Spider-Man #119 With his life as Spider-Man only causing him trouble, Peter starts to make a formula that will take away his Spider-Powers. After going to sleep, then waking up, Peter saw that he had an extra four arms on his sides. Stressed for help, Spider-Man went to Curt Connors for help to make a cure for his extra four arms, while trying to help Connors to become the Lizard again. Spider-Man encountered a more villains such as a man called Michael Morbius , a vampire who wanted to kill Spider-Man, the Beetle and more Spider-Slayers.

Peter eventually returned to normal, shortly after helping the Hulk fight Doc Ock and Hammerhead in Canada. The Death of Gwen Stacy See: Amazing Spider-Man #120 and #121 All seemed normal for both Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, as well as Peter's life as Spider-Man doing his job as usual. Seeing that none of his friends were paying attention to him, Harry fell to LSD. However, Norman Osborn's alter-ego as Green Goblin resurfaced, and he suited up as the Green Goblin to kidnap Gwen Stacy. Spider-Man found them at the top of the Brooklyn Bridge , where the Goblin was holding Gwen. After a few words, Goblin dropped Gwen off the bridge to kill her. Naturally, Spider-Man dived after her and after seeing his speed could not match hers, he spun a web to catch her by her leg. Due to the fast stop, Gwen's neck snapped and she died right as she was stopped. Goblin then told Spider-Man that it was impossible for him get Gwen, since she was falling to fast and he knew the web would kill her. Holding her dead body, Spider-Man was enraged and took after Goblin.

With Goblin showing no remorse for her death, Spider-Man was so angry he started to beat Goblin, almost to near death with Goblin being surprised that Spider-Man snapped and unleashed his full strength upon him. Suddenly realizing that killing him would only make him just as much as monster as the Goblin, Spider-Man released him after pinning him against a wall. Goblin used this opportunity to activate his glider to impale Spider-Man. However, he did not account for Spider-Man's Spider-Sense and he jumped out of the way resulting in Goblin impaling himself and dying. After watching one of his greatest enemies die, Spider-Man reflects on even though he is dead, he feels no satisfaction and Gwen's death would still be a major part of his life. Afterwards, Mary Jane consoled Peter after the death of Gwen. Having fingers pointed at him for the death of both Stacys, Spider-Man was confronted by Luke Cage and the Punisher, only to prove himself and befriend them both. Soon after, Harry Osborn (Norman Osborn's son) took the mantle of the Green Goblin and kidnapped Flash Thompson, Mary Jane and Aunt May. Spider-Man found Harry at his father's old home and had him arrested and freed his friends.

The Original Clone Saga See: Amazing Spider-Man #149 After the death of Gwen Stacy, Peter was in a state of depression that almost led him to quit being Spider-Man altogether as he regularly blamed himself for Gwen's death. After many months of grieving, Gwen Stacy pops up, seemingly alive with no real explanation. Peter as Spider-Man investigated this sudden return of Gwen, and would come to find out that her return was the work of a new villain called the "Jackal" who was actually Miles Warren, one of Peter and Gwen's biochemist professor at Empire State University where they both studied. It was revealed that Miles had fallen in love with the young Gwen Stacy when she was alive. But when Gwen died, Miles was driven into insanity and sought to clone her, to bring her back to life, while blaming Spider-Man for her death. After many failed attempts, Miles made perfect clones of Gwen Stacy and even Spider-Man. With this new clone of Spider-Man made, Miles tells the clone that he is the original Peter Parker and kidnaps the original Peter Parker to do battle with Miles' clone who thought he was the original Peter Parker. After much battle, the two Spider-Men decide to team-up against Miles, while he was planting a bomb nearby.

After attempts to prevent Jackal from escaping, the bomb goes off, seemingly killing one of the Spider-Men and Jackal. Peter drops the body of the dead Spider-Man in an incinerator and starts to perform a genetics test on himself to see if he is the first and original Peter Parker. However, nervous from the entire experience and what the result will be, Peter does not look at the test results and claims that he is the real Peter Parker because he remembers having feelings for Mary Jane before the clone appeared, and comes to a conclusion that he is the first and original Peter Parker, and continues his role as Spider-Man. The clone of Gwen Stacy hopes to move on with her life by leaving Empire State University to start over somewhere new. A "Friend" from Outer Space While reading a newspaper about certain heroes going missing, Spider-Man was zapped out of New York and into Battleworld, created by the Beyonder. Spider-Man fights alongside the heroes, but during a battle of heroes vs. villains, Spider-Man's costume is ripped and damaged. The heroes point out the base where Spider-Man can get a new costume of some kind and he head over.

Spider-Man then witnesses a black floating ball that morphs around himself, getting rid of the rips in his costume, but making it completely different and entirely black with a giant white spider on the chest and eye pieces. Spider-Man takes the costume and continues to fight alongside the heroes to stop Galactus from devouring the planet. After the first Secret Wars is over, most are sent back to where they came from including Spider-Man, who popped up back in New York. Every noticed Spider-Man's new costume and he decided to keep it. However, he started to notice some new features about the costume that his old one didn't have. This new black costume had it's own stronger and organic webbing and it was able to turn into regular clothing on command. During his time with the black suit, Spider-Man caught a murderer the "Sin-Eater" whom Edward Brock was writing about in the paper. After publishing the man's identity in the paper and the supposed dialogue he had with him, but after Spider-Man discovered the real Sin-Eater and brought him to justice, it was revealed that Eddie was making the entire thing up and was blackballed from all media outlets.

This made Eddie angry and made him grow a deep hate for Spider-Man for ruining his life. Finding out the suit is alive Meanwhile, Spider-Man had questions about his new suit, since it made him web Black Cat back into his arms and the suit was taking out Spider-Man at night while he was asleep to fight crime. Unaware of the latter but still tired, Spider-Man web swung to the Baxter Building to enlist the help of Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four who was eager to study the costume. After some testing, it was found out that the black suit that Peter was wearing actually an alive symbiote and was trying to permanently bond with Peter, the host. Peter tried to get the suit off, but the symbiote was only getting tighter around him. Mr. Fantastic finally decided to blast it off Peter using a Sonic Blaster he had and keep the symbiote for study. Peter swung back home in a spare Fantastic Four costume, happy that the symbiote was off him. Meanwhile later that night, the symbiote snuck out of Reed Richards' lab and got itself back onto Peter by changing transforming into Peter's classic red and blue classic costume. Peter put it on, and the symbiote made itself apparent once more.

Worried, Peter gambled that the Our Lady of Saints Church bells would produce a sound intense enough to get the symbiote off him once again. However, Peter passed out before the symbiote did. Feeling sorry for Peter and confused, it willingly left Peter, weak and alone. The Rise of Venom Getting the symbiote off The Symbiote, weak and dying, slithered down into the church where Eddie Brock was, and bonded with him. Eddie dubbed himself "Venom" and waited and watched Peter as Spider-Man to strike at the right time. Peter returned to his red and blue classic, but Black Cat adore his former black symbiote so she made him a cloth version that Peter could wear and get off easy. The Death of Jean DeWolff See: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 After Spider-Man defeats Electro, he finds Mary Jane moving in. He also ponders how he'll continue to provide for him and Mary Jane in the near future. At work, the Daily Bugle (minus JJJ) surprises Peter with a party to kick off his upcoming wedding to Mary Jane.

That day, Peter jump into the ceiling and goes down to one knee where Peter proposes to Mary Jane again, and she says yes. Mary Jane then leaves for a meeting, when suddenly her old boyfriend presents her with two tickets to Paris, that she can only take if she skips the wedding. The next day, Peter's best man, Flash Thompson, and his best friend, Harry Osborn, take Peter out for a bachelor party. Later at City Hall, all of the guests are present, but both Peter and Mary Jane are absent. They both arrive late and are married by Mary Jane's uncle, Spenser Watson . Mary Jane surprises Peter with the tickets to Paris with which her ex-boyfriend tried to tempt her with. Happy she turned him down, Peter accepts and they both go off on their honeymoon to France, starting their new life together as Mr. and Mrs. Parker. Kraven's Last Hunt See: Part 14, Spider-Man Unlimited #2 Carnage and his team During Harry Osborn's funeral, Peter promises Mary Jane that he'll take a break from being Spider-Man for some time. Meanwhile, serial killer Cletus Kasady is being transferred to the newly opened Ravencroft Institute.

Unknown to anyone, however, it's revealed that the Carnage symbiote had permently fused with Kasady's blood. Kasady releases it by cutting his wrists with his handcuffs, creating a perfect copy and turns into Carnage once again. After killing many guards, Carnage frees female super villian, Shriek, who has the ability to manipulate sound at will. Both set out to find and kill Venom and Spider-Man. Along the way, they add Spider-Man's Doppelganger as their "pet", along with Demogoblin, and Carrion. Once Peter hears that Carnage has broken out of jail, he breaks his promise to Mary Jane and goes on a hunt for Carnage. As Spider-Man, Peter finds Carnage's team but is violently beaten and overpowered by Doppelganger and Shriek. Just before the finishing blow, Cloak (along with Dagger) come to Spider-Man's aid by teleporting him to somewhere safe to tend to his wounds. Spider-Man has now formed his own team consisting of himself, Venom, Cloak, Dagger and Black Cat. They attack the villains but they are again defeated.

After the defeat they add Captain America, Michael Morbis, Deathlok, Iron Fist, Nightwatch and Firestar to the team. All the heroes band together in a final fight against Carnage's team at the Statue of Liberty where Venom is being held. Venom escapes and joins Spider-Man in the final battle. In a last ditch effort, Iron Fist and Dagger channel their energy through a device Deathlok has to create an energy that will bring love and hope into all of Carnage's team, to weaken them for further attack by Spider-Man's team. All the villains are defeated, except for Carnage who escapes. Soon after Carnage fakes his death, Carnage ambushes Venom alone. Venom tackles Carnage into an electric generator and it explodes, defeating Carnage. Carnage is then placed in a stasis chamber while the rest of his team are taken to jail while Venom makes his escape. The Final Chapter After many more months of adventuring, Norman Osborn returned to take control of the Daily Bugle, by providing faked evidence that he had never been the Green Goblin and discrediting all contradicting sources.

This angered Peter, which caused Spider-Man to brutally beat Norman, which was all caught on a hidden camera in his house. On a staged confrontation and the apparent murder of a small-time criminal using what appeared to be Spider-Man's webbing, Osborn was able to create the fake impression that Spider-Man was a criminal, and increased pressure was placed on capturing him. In order to continue his crime-fighting career and investigate the fraudulent claims, Parker relinquished his Spider-Man identity while creating four unique personas: Dusk, Hornet , Prodigy, and Ricochet . As Dusk , Parker was able to investigate the villain Trapster , the only person capable of creating a convincing duplicate of his webbing and convince him to confess to the crime to hurt Osborn and publicly exonerate Spider-Man of the murder charge. He also used Prodigy to present fake evidence that someone else had attacked Osborn dressed as Spider-Man, at which point he resumed his Spider-Man identity. Later, the Black Marvel (Golden Age hero) acquired the four costumes and gave them to four teenagers, forming a team he named the Slingers. Aunt May was later discovered to still be alive; the woman who seemingly died was in actuality a genetically modified actress.

Parker, Mary Jane, and Aunt May moved to an apartment in Manhattan. Parker had promised Mary Jane to give up his Spider-Man identity, but he would continually sneak out at night as Spider-Man. Their marriage began to strain, partially because of Mary Jane's new modeling career and in part because she discovered Parker's secret. Before they could reconcile, however, Mary Jane was supposedly killed when her airplane exploded. For a long time, Parker refused to believe she was dead, but eventually grew to accept it. Parker discovered Mary Jane was alive, she was captured by a villain who had been stalking her prior to her airplane flight. After a brief reconciliation, Mary Jane requested to leave Peter once more, saying that she needed time to adjust by herself. A New Lease on Life Peter took a job as a teacher at his somewhat beloved school, Midtown High. After getting this job, he encountered a strange man named Ezekiel Sims who possessed powers very similar to his, and presented Peter with the possibility that his powers had been bestowed on him by mystical forces, effectively making Peter a "totem" that connected the animal to human realms. Soon, Peter encountered villains linked to him through his new-found nature as a Spider-Totem.

The first was Morlun , who almost beat Spider-Man to death and seemingly met his end after Peter injected himself with a lethal dose of radiation, which hurt Morlun whenever they made contact and weakened him enough for his servant Dex to take the opportunity and shoot him down. Peter let his guard down after the exhausting encounter with Morlun, allowing Aunt May to discover his secret identity when she entered his apartment and found him sleeping with his tattered costume on the floor. After May came to grips with the fact her nephew was Spider-Man, their relationship grew stronger. Mary Jane Watson also returned to Peter's life, and both lovers reunited. After defeating Shathra , a predator who originated from the Astral Plane, Spider-Man was warned by Ezekiel about the coming of the Gatekeeper, a mystical being who allegedly saw Peter unworthy of his powers and wanted to kill him. During an ensuing confrontation against Spider-Man, the Gatekeeper revealed the truth. Peter was chosen to become a Spider-Totem due to his nature, a prey to bullying during his teenage years whose reserving anger made him the perfect candidate to become a hunter who would never give in to submission again.

Through visions imparted by the Gatekeeper, Peter also discovered that Ezekiel was the one Spider-Totem who are deemed unworthy, due to having searched for the source of the power instead of having it bestowed upon him, and that the predators that confronted Peter were actually meant for Ezekiel. As Peter was recovering from the encounter with the Gatekeeper, Ezekiel brought him to the temple where he had obtained his powers in South America and planned to use him in a sacrificial ritual to maintain his abilities. The ritual linked Peter's mind with Ezekiel's, and made him realize he had wasted his gifts unlike Peter. When a spider monster emerged to kill Peter, Ezekiel gave his life to save him. A Shaman named Miguel who had previously helped Ezekiel buried his body. Peter asked him whether his powers came from science or magic, Miguel told him that only one explanation didn't necessarily contradict the other. Changes came to Spider-Man's very own physical nature when he confronted a new villain known as the Queen , who invaded New York and used her powers to take control over the citizens who possessed the vestige of an insect gene.

As a consequence of a mutation caused by the Queen during a confrontation against her, Peter's body began to slowly transform into that of a giant spider and fell into becoming a prey to the Queen's mind-control. The Queen planned to use Peter's mutated body to breed, but it seemingly die due to complications arising from the transformation. From the husk of his monstrous form, Peter emerge alive and well, but having gained the ability to produce organic webbing, in addition he had augmented strength and spider-sense. During a subsequent fight against the Queen, Spider-Man disarmed a bomb she planned to detonate, and she was seemingly killed when S.H.I.E.L.D attacked her subterranean base. Avengers Disassembled The Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 2) 18 An old Avengers member, Jack of Hearts in a seemingly zombie form appears outside the Avengers Mansion. Scott Lang, the current Ant-Man addresses Jack saying that's going to be okay. After Jack realizes who he is talking to, he says "I'm sorry" and explodes, killing Scott Lang.

Afterwards, Tony Stark for some strange reason, starts acting drunk out of nowhere while addressing the UN, and even threatens to kill the Latverian ambassador, raising his replusor at him. After the stunt, Tony can't seem to remember having anything to drink before the addressing. Back at the Avengers Mansion as people are trying to figure out what is happening, Vision crashes an Avenger Quinjet into the mansion. Vision starts to summon Ultron robots to attack the Avengers. She-Hulk goes crazy and literally rips Vision in half and starts attacking other Avengers. After getting control of She-Hulk, the Kree start a ground assault on the all the Avengers, including Spider-Man, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, Falcon and others. All of Hawkeye's explosive arrows are then lit up by a Kree laser and after seeing this, he grabs a flying Kree and crashes it into a ship, destroying it and killing himself in the process.

Doctor Strange then arrives, telling the Avengers that the reason why Tony was drunk, the Kree attacked and many other horrible things happened out of nowhere is because the Scarlet Witch is slowly growing more insane, and as she grows more insane, she starts to warp reality to her favor, since she driven by the lost of her children years ago, that she created herself. She tries to hides these memories, but it just makes her grow even more crazy enough to think that the Avengers took her children from her. Captain America, Doctor Strange and others go after Wanda, with Strange placing her in a trance, with Magneto to taking her away. A month later, Tony is removed as head of defense and disbands the entire Avengers team, due to lack of funds to support the team. House of M A meeting is held by Professor Charles Xavier with the X-Men, Avengers and other solo heroes like Spider-Man to determine what the heroes should do about Wanda Maximoff's dangerous reality warping powers, which caused the death of Hawkeye, Ant-Man and other horrible events to happen. Wolverine boldly speaks up, saying that Wanda must be killed in order to save their reality.

The group continues to talk it over, but Quicksilver, spying on the group takes this news back to his sister and father, claiming that they will kill Wanda. Magneto tells Quicksilver that maybe killing Wanda is the right idea. Xavier arrives on the devastated island of Genosha with both teams, but before anyone can look, all the members of every team that came with Xavier (starting with Xavier) starts to dissolve into an incoming white light, one by one. Soon, Spider-Man is the only one left as the white light overtakes him as well. A Whole New World When the white light is gone, it is seen that the world that was once Earth-616's history has changed. Cyclops and Emma Frost are now married, Doctor Strange is a psychologist, Carol Danvers is Captain Marvel and America's most beloved superhero, Charles Xavier is dead, Gambit is a common criminal, once Captain America, Steve Rogers is an aged veteran and Spider-Man is a celebrity hero that is married to Gwen Stacy in New York City with his son, Richy and an alive uncle Ben Parker.

Wolverine wakes up in this strange new world comes to the conclusion that Magneto had Scarlet Witch alter reality so that everyone has their best wishes granted. With the help of Luke Cage's resistance, Emma Frost and another girl named Layla, they start to unlock people's memories including Spider-Man who, after seeing what his real life is like, breaks down in tears. Spider-Man then teams up with Luke Cage's team to take down Scarlet Witch once and for all. However, after it is revealed by Doctor Strange that it was Quicksilver fault that the world is this way because of what he told Wanda to do, an angry Magneto with his old memories unlocked, kills his son in front of Scarlet Witch. After an argument with Magneto, Wanda says "No more mutants." causing the infamous M-Day, where the mutant population to go from millions, to hundreds in a blink of an eye and causes reality to go back to normal. The Other Months following from the disbandment of the Avengers, Peter joined forces with a fortuitous group of heroes present in the Raft Superhuman Security Prison to help contain escaping inmates.

Once the situation was contained, the group remained together and became the New Avengers, without the governments' involvement and financial burdens towards the Avengers' history. Peter, May and Mary Jane subsequently moved to the team's headquarters in the Avengers Tower after both Peter's and May's places were destroyed by a mutated former classmate named Charlie Weiderman. After joining the New Avengers, Peter discovered that his skin was shedding for some reason. Peter had to know that the situation was hopeless, Morlun got into a fight with him and brutally defeated him, ripping his left eye out and eating it. The bloodied, rapidly shedding Spider-Man was rushed to the hospital. Morlun attacked him again and MJ attempts to stop him, but Morlun throws her across the room and breaks her arm. However, Peter wakes up and his savage, spider-side takes over, developing sharp teeth and stingers in his wrists. He seemingly killed Morlun in front of Mary Jane, then falling dead after. Iron Man took away Peter's body later, but as the New Avengers mourned over his presumed death in another room, Spider-Man's body disappeared, leaving behind his shed skin. Peter's body had briefly sprung to life and formed a cocoon underneath a bridge.

In this cocoon, a voice tells Peter he never understood what he was and is too scared to truly be a "Spider-Man", only focusing on his humanity and not his inner spider. Morlun managed to kill the human, but the spider survived and killed Morlun to save them both. It tells him that he will only be reborn if he accepts both parts, asking him: "Are you the man who dreamed of being a spider? Or the spider who dreamed of being a man? Are you the one...or are you the other?" Peter agreed and is resurrected with a new and completely healed body. He went to the Avengers Tower and reunites with MJ and Aunt May. He encountered a being made of thousands of pirate spiders that ate his old body called Ero , who claimed that they are both parts of the same whole, that cosmic forces are wanting control of his life and that “she” is his opposite. She told him a spider-deity known as the Great Weaver thought that his death was premature and revived him, others disagreed and was being pulled in different directions as a result. After a brief fight, "she" escaped.

Peter to try and reconcile his changes, resulting from the confrontation with Morlun and the shedding of his skin caused by 'the man and the spider'. While saving everyone inside collapsing building, he discovered he gained greater speed, poisonous razor-sharp stingers located within his arms, night vision, increased sensory awareness via vibratory patterns transmitted through the hairs on his body and through his web lines, a greater clinging ability, and equally superhuman strength in order to carry heavy objects on his back. Super-Hero Films: Introduction Introduction Others: A - F | Others: G - N | Others: O - Z Major Comic-Book (or Comic-Strip) Super-Heroes Fictional super-heroes with extraordinary powers, derived from comic books, newspaper comic-strips, pulp magazines and other sources, have since become the subjects of numerous fantasy and sci-fi films (both live-action and animated, serialized and feature-length, on TV and on the big screen) with action-oriented heroes and heroines, almost too many to mention fully. They have inspired generations of readers, TV audiences, and movie-goers, and have dealt with a variety of deep personal, political and social issues.

Main Super-Hero Characteristics Name and/or Secret Identity: a special name, that possibly described their superhero type; also a secret or special identity or alter-ego (many superheroes have dual identities or names - civilian and super), often thematic (Batman's bat motifs) Special Powers, Traits or Extraordinary Skills: possession of superhuman traits or powers (mental or physical skills, including, for example, super-strength, super-eyesight, super-invulnerability, etc.); includes possible weaknesses Main Enemy or Supervillain: Most superheroes have a main enemy or arch-enemy (Superman often battled Lex Luthor, or Batman pursued the Joker) with some sort of backstory for their evil nature Unique Costume or Look: an iconic costume (often with a mask or cape); costumes had symbolic colors or were unique in appearance; superheroes often changed into costumes to assume super-hero duties Accessory, Gadget, Weapon, and/or Vehicle: a symbolic gadget (weapon, or accessory) with special powers (Wonder Woman's tiara, Thor's hammer ), or an accessory (such as the Batmobile) Mission or Objective: an objective or altruistic mission to accomplish (save the world and humanity, from villains, aliens, Nazis, the Axis Powers, etc.), sometimes motivated

 by an inciting event (alien landing, or scientific accident, or instilled moral code, etc.) Associated Sidekick or Team: accompanied by a sidekick (Batman's Robin) or part of a team of other superheroes (the X-Men, the Fantastic Four) Origin Story or Backstory: A long history or backstory, explaining a past or previous identity, and other background, usually fanciful or mythical; could include the reason for becoming a superhero (murder of Peter Parker's uncle) Home, Location, Base, or Headquarters: Place of residence or main activity, (Gotham City, Atlantis, etc.) and/or secret hiding place (the Batcave) Sidekicks were added to superhero plots to make them more appealing to kids - including comics' first sidekick, Robin/Dick Grayson for Batman (others included Bulletgirl for Bulletman, Sandy for the Sandman, Speedy for the Green Arrow, Kitten for Cat-man, Toro for the Human Torch, and Tim for the Black Terror).

The desired hope was to increase the number of younger readers who could better identify with the heroes. Superheroes have been repeatedly chosen as the subjects of big-budget blockbuster films, but not at first. Although superheroes had already taken over TV, it took until 1978 for the first big-budget feature film to feature a superhero - Superman: The Movie (1978). Especially since the dawning of the new Millennium, superheroes have multiplied on the big-screen, with glossy production values, expensive CGI special effects and sets, make-up and costuming. Usually, their simplistic plot lines involve the superhero's (or superteam's) struggle against an arch-nemesis or super-villain (usually interested in world domination, the acquisition of riches, or the wreaking of vengeance). The many superhero films usually end with climactic showdowns. The difficulty with compiling a list of films (or TV series) related to comic-book heroes is that there are so many varieties: live-action, animated, TV series, feature-length, and other original or adapted combinations.

History: Some of the First 'Superheroes' Even before the appearance of Superman and other traditional super-heroes in comic books, other early media sources (including newspaper comic strips, radio, and pulp fiction publications) were beginning to feature sci-fi heroes, adventurers, magicians, vigilantes, and other crime-fighting 'superhero' type characters, such as: Buck Rogers The first US newspaper comic-strip space pioneer (January 1929), and later first appearing on the radio in serial form (November 1932, lasting until 1940, and then revived from 1946-1947).

The first comic book appearance of Buck Rogers was in Famous Funnies # 3 (October 1934) The Shadow The first radio and pulp fiction adventure/vigilante hero (debuted as a radio show narrator on July 31, 1930, and in a pulp fiction magazine in April 1931) Dick Tracy A science-fiction/adventure newspaper comic-strip character (debuted in January 1934) Mandrake the Magician A newspaper comic-strip character in the first strip involving magic - Mandrake was a dapper, mustached magician who used powers of illusion and hypnotism to fight crime (debuted in June 1934) The Phantom The first costumed, masked superhero (debuted in February 1936) - in the first newspaper strip that introduced the idea of a masked crime-fighter to a wide audience The Four Ages of Comic Books: Superheroes There are four specific ages referred to when speaking of superheroes, especially in regards to comic book superheroes, who made their first appearances in the Golden Age - in the late 1930s and early 1940s: The Golden Age (1936-1949

) - the late 1930s to the late 40s (some say early 1950s) This was the era of the creation of the superhero archetype, and the debut of many superhero characters, including Superman, Batman, Captain America, Captain Marvel, and Wonder Woman.

After WWII, many superheroes began to decline or fade away, except for the most popular (Superman, Batman and Robin, and Wonder Woman). Comics in the early 1950s were no longer in vogue, and were replaced by other more popular literary genres: funny animal stories, teen comedies and romances, westerns, gangsters, and horror stories. This was partially due to the damaging efforts of psychiatrist Dr. Fredric Wertham, M.D., who argued in his 1954 book Seduction of the Innocent, that comic books had a deleterious effect on children, including giving kids erroneous ideas about physics (i.e., Superman could fly!), and obscenely glorifying violence and crime. The Silver Age (1956-1969) This was a period of revival of some older superheroes and new entries (such as the Flash, Green Lantern, Spider-Man, the Hulk, Thor, the X Men and Iron Man) and the creation of superhero teams (including the Fantastic Four and the Justice League), who were revamped, refashioned, or reintroduced, with some success.

The Bronze Age (1970-1985) The maturing of comic-book heroes, with the appearance of some socially-relevant and timely issues, and some anti-superheroes (for example, The Punisher, Wolverine, and Ghost Rider). The Dark Age of Comic Books (mid-1980s-present) (aka the Modern Age) Superhero Comic Book Publishers: Rivalry Marvel and DC Comics have been in a decades-long battle for supremacy. Most of DC's characters go back to the late 1930s and 1940s, while most of Marvel’s main characters are dated in the 1960s and 1970s. There still existed a serious rivalry in the late 1930s and early 1940s to achieve a foothold in the superhero comic-book publishing field with a defining character. There was actually a four issue, mini-series comic book released in 1996 that celebrated the fact of the early rivalry between the two publishing companies and their superheroes. Marvel Comics vs.

DC Comics DC Versus Marvel Comics # 1 February 1996 1989-2002 2002- Marvel Entertainment was originally known as "Timely Comics," and then "Atlas Comics" (in the 1950s). At first, it produced 'pulp magazines' or cheap fiction magazines and books. Its Golden Age superheroes included the following: the android Human Torch, the Angel and Namor - the Sub Mariner, who first appeared in Marvel Comics # 1 (October 1939), Timely's ironically-titled first comic book Captain America first appeared in Captain America Comics # 1 (March 1941) After decreasing sales in the late 1940s, however, the company abandoned its superheroes for other horror and adventure comics, published by Atlas. Then in 1961 in the Golden Age of Comics, inspired by rival DC Comics' boosting of the superhero genre, the company started producing comic books under the name Marvel Comics, and again returned to the superhero genre.

American comic-book author, creator and chief editor Stan Lee of Marvel Comics was a major influence on the comic-book industry beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Known as "the father of modern comics," he led the creation of superhero teams and additional characters (some of which included the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, the X-Men, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, the Avengers and many more). He was also responsible for reviving characters from the 1940s, including the Sub-Mariner and Captain America.

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and others at Marvel created an amazing sampling of iconic superheroes in only two and a half years, comprising the entire core cast of the "Marvel Universe." the Fantastic Four in The Fantastic Four # 1 (November 1961) Ant-Man in Tales to Astonish # 27 (January 1962) The Hulk in The Incredible Hulk # 1 (May 1962) Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy # 15 (August 1962); and then in Amazing Spider-Man # 1 (March 1963) Thor in Journey into Mystery # 83 (August 1962) Iron Man in Tales of Suspense # 39 (March 1963) Colonel Nick Fury in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos # 1 (May 1963), modernized in Fantastic Four # 21 (December 1963), and the leader of S.H.I.E.L.D.

in Strange Tales # 135 (August 1965) Doctor Strange in Strange Tales # 110 (July 1963) the X-Men in The X-Men # 1 (September 1963) the Avengers in Avengers # 1 (September 1963) Daredevil in Daredevil # 1 (April 1964) Two of the original Golden Age heroes returned to action: the Sub-Mariner resurfaced in Fantastic Four # 4 (May 1962) Captain America, Timely Comics' WWII hero, came back in Avengers # 4 (March 1964) By 1968, Marvel was selling 55 million comic-book issues a year, matching and surpassing its rival DC. Marvel's readership has always been younger than DC Comics. To date, there have been 17 feature-length films based on characters and stories attributed to Stan Lee - a record for the most movies from the work of a comic book creator. Marvel is currently owned by the Walt Disney Company.

There were a few other prominent comic-book publishers: Fawcett Comics, one of the earliest publishers, originated Captain Marvel, one of the best-selling superhero comics of the 1940s, who first appeared in Whiz Comics # 2 (February 1940). Other popular superheroes were Bulletman (and Bulletgirl). Dark Horse Comics, founded in 1986, has become known for alternative comics, such as Frank Miller's Sin City. Image Comics, founded in 1992 (located in Berkeley, CA), responsible for DC/Marvel styled superheroes, has become known for hit original series, such as Todd McFarlane's Spawn, Rob Liefeld's Youngblood, Witchblade, Kick-Ass, Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead, Invincible, The Darkness, Brian K. Vaughan's Saga, and Savage Dragon. IDW Publishers, formed in 1999, the youngest company, now publishes a majority of comics licensed from movie and television franchises, including Star Trek, Doctor Who, Transformers, G.I. Joe, and The A-Team. Greatest Super-Hero Films

Question: Peter Parker was the secret identity of which super-hero of TV and big-screen?
Answer: SPIDERMAN