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Peter Parker
Marvel Cinematic Universe character
Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
First appearance	Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Based on	Spider-Man by Stan Lee Steve Ditko
Adapted by	Christopher Markus Stephen McFeely
Portrayed by	Tom Holland
Voiced by	Hudson Thames (What If…?)
In-universe information
Aliases	Spider-Man Night Monkey Peter-One
Occupation	Vigilante
Affiliation	Avengers
Weapon	Web-shooters E.D.I.T.H. glasses
Significant other	Michelle «MJ» Jones-Watson
Relatives	May Parker (aunt)
Origin	Forest Hills, Queens
Nationality	American
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, agility, coordination and balance Ability to cling to solid surfaces Accelerated healing Genius level intellect Proficient scientist and engineer Precognitive spider-sense ability

Peter Parker is a fictional character portrayed by Tom Holland in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise–based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name—also known by his alias, Spider-Man. Parker is initially depicted as a student at the Midtown School of Science and Technology who later received spider-like and superhuman abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider, becoming Spider-Man. Parker is eventually recruited by Tony Stark, who mentors him and recruits him into the Avengers during the battle against Thanos. Following the Blip, Parker briefly encounters and fights the manipulative Mysterio while on a school trip across Europe; Mysterio frames Parker for his murder and reveals his identity to the world, prompting Parker to seek Stephen Strange’s help months later to reverse this. Strange’s spell causes the multiverse to fracture, but it is eventually resolved by casting a new spell that permanently erases the world’s shared knowledge of his civilian persona, including his relationships with his loved ones, friends, and other superhero allies.

Holland’s version of the character is the successor to both the Peter Parker played by Tobey Maguire in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007) and the Peter Parker played by Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man duology (2012–2014), both of whom reprise their roles and appear in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) as supporting characters to Holland’s Parker. To distinguish himself from the other versions, he is referred to by the other Parkers as «Peter-One«.

Parker is a central character in the MCU’s «Infinity Saga», appearing in six MCU films as of 2022. A fourth Spider-Man film is in development, with Holland expected to reprise his role which is expected to start a new trilogy of films. Alternate versions of Parker appear in the Disney+ animated series What If…? (2021—present) and Spider-Man: Freshman Year (2024), the former in which he is voiced by Hudson Thames. Holland has received praise and several accolades for his portrayal of Spider-Man.

Fictional character biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Peter Parker was born on August 10, 2001, in Forest Hills, Queens,^[a] and is primarily raised by his uncle Ben and Aunt May.^[1][2][3] While attending high school at the Midtown School of Science and Technology in 2015, Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider, giving him superhuman abilities. He becomes the superhero Spider-Man by using his powers for good, and maintains a secret identity so his enemies can not attack his friends and family. At Midtown School, Parker is smart but is frequently bullied by Flash Thompson. He also befriends Ned Leeds, who becomes his best friend by 2016. During this time as Spider-Man, he constructs a homemade Spider-Man suit, designing it as a red and blue hoodie also equipped with his web-shooters.

Avengers Civil War and facing the Vulture[edit]

In 2016, Parker is living with May in Queens, New York when he meets Tony Stark at his apartment, who reveals that he knows Parker is Spider-Man; Stark recruits him to join his conflict with Steve Rogers and sends Parker to Germany, where the latter is given a new Spider-Man suit designed by him and is brought to the Leipzig/Halle airport to aid Stark and his Avengers faction against Rogers’ team. Parker is a fan of Rogers despite them being on opposing sides, Rogers respecting Parker’s bravery; They briefly exchange where in New York they are from upon fighting. After incapacitating Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson, and battling a giant Scott Lang, Parker is sent back to Queens.

Two months later, Parker continues to balance his life as a high school student and Spider-Man, but eagerly awaits his next mission from Stark and continuously texts Stark’s driver and bodyguard Happy Hogan. Returning home from operating as Spider-Man, Ned accidentally learns Parker’s secret identity. Parker leaves a school party hosted by his crush, senior student Liz, to stop a drug deal by Jackson Brice and Herman Schultz, who planned to sell Chitauri weapons to Aaron Davis. Parker follows Brice and Schultz before being caught by their boss Adrian Toomes, who drops Parker to a nearby lake. Stark remotely saves Parker using one of his Iron Man armors, and warns Parker of further involvement with Toomes. On an academic decathlon trip to Washington, D.C., Parker and Ned disable the tracker on Parker’s suit, and Parker later captures Toomes’ new buyer Mac Gargan aboard the Staten Island Ferry after returning to New York. Toomes escapes and a malfunctioning weapon tears the ferry in half, which Parker attempts to briefly fix it before Stark arrives and saves the passengers. Stark confiscates Parker’s suit as punishment for his recklessness, and Liz accepts to be Parker’s homecoming date.

Later, while on the way to pick Liz for the homecoming dance, Parker discovers Toomes is Liz’s father and Toomes also deduces Parker is Spider-Man. Despite Toomes warning him not to interfere with his business, Parker abandons Liz to stop Toomes from stealing a Damage Control (DODC) cargo plane that is shipping equipment from Avengers Tower using his homemade suit. When Toomes’ Vulture suit is damaged, Parker saves his life, but leaves him in a web for the DODC and Hogan to arrest. The next day at school, Liz is angry at Parker for abandoning her before tearfully informing him that she and her mother will be moving away since Toomes is imprisoned. Hogan brings Parker to Avengers Compound, where Stark congratulates him on defeating Toomes and offers him a place in the Avengers, showcasing the newly-developed Iron Spider armor with it. Parker rejects and prefers to stay as the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in Queens, and while wearing his Spider-Man suit, he is caught by May.

Infinity War and resurrection[edit]

In 2018, while headed on field trip, Parker sees the Q-Ship above New York City and asks Ned to cover for him as he leaves the school bus. As Spider-Man, he helps Stark fight Cull Obsidian and follows Ebony Maw—who had captured Stephen Strange–to his spaceship. This prompts Stark to fly into space and rescue Parker, sending the Iron Spider armor to Parker. He and Stark rescue Strange and kill Maw, and Stark officially declares Parker an Avenger. The spaceship lands on the planet Titan, where Parker, Stark, and Strange are confronted by some members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, before they realize that they are both on the same side: stopping Thanos. Thanos eventually arrives and Parker helps subdue him along with Strange, Stark, Peter Quill, Drax, and Mantis. However, Quill attacks Thanos, making Parker lose his grip on removing the Infinity Gauntlet. Parker rescues an unconscious Mantis, Quill, Drax, and Nebula after Thanos throws Titan’s moon at them. Thanos leaves and is successful in disintegrating half of all life, including Parker, in the Blip.

In 2023, Parker is restored to life by Bruce Banner and is brought via a portal to the destroyed Avengers Compound to assist the Avengers in defeating an alternate 2014 Thanos. Parker reunites with Stark, who later sacrifices his life to save the universe; Parker attends his funeral and returns to high school, reuniting with Ned.

School vacation and encountering Mysterio[edit]

Eight months later in mid-2024, Parker still reeling from Stark’s death decides to take a break from vigilantism and goes on a school trip to Europe with Ned and other classmates, where he plans to reveal his romantic feelings towards his classmate MJ. In Venice, Parker and his classmates are attacked by a water monster but are saved by Quentin Beck. Parker is approached by Nick Fury, whose calls he had been fielding and who appoints Beck as his teammate in battling further element-based monsters (the «Elementals») throughout Europe. Fury gives Parker «E.D.I.T.H.», an artificial intelligence created by Stark to give to Parker. After defeating the Fire Elemental in Prague, Parker feels he «isn’t ready to be the next Iron Man» and gives E.D.I.T.H. to Beck, who unbeknownst to Parker is a former disgruntled employee of Stark’s.

Parker goes on a walk with MJ, and reveals his attraction to her and accidentally his identity as Spider-Man. The pair discover Beck used holographic projectors to visually create the Elementals, and Parker goes to Berlin to warn Fury about Beck’s deception. Beck catches wind of this and traps Parker in multiple illusions, and while impersonating Fury, tricks the latter into telling the names of the students that know his fraudulence. Parker is hit by a train and left for dead in the Netherlands, but calls Hogan and creates a new suit for himself using Stark’s technology as he enters London to stop Beck, who has created an amalgamated Elemental using Stark Industries drones. Ned and MJ evacuate the students and fight with Hogan while Parker destroys those drones and approaches Beck. Beck attempts to kill Parker using the drones, but Parker manages to get a drone to shoot him, Beck beginning to bleed. Parker gets E.D.I.T.H. back, as Beck seemingly dies, and disables the drones; Parker and his classmates return to New York City, with he and MJ planning a date the following week.

Exposed secret identity and multiversal crisis[edit]

After swinging through the city, Parker and MJ witness a broadcast from J. Jonah Jameson of TheDailyBugle.net showing an edited video of Beck incriminating Parker for the London attack and revealing his identity as Spider-Man, much to the latter’s shock.^[b] Parker, MJ, Ned, and May are interrogated by Damage Control, and the murder charges are dropped with lawyer Matt Murdock’s help, but Parker’s friends still grapple with negative publicity from Jameson and Beck supporters. Parker and May then move into Happy Hogan’s apartment for their safety. After his, Ned, and MJ’s applications to MIT are rejected in light of the controversy, Parker goes to the New York Sanctum to ask Stephen Strange for help; Strange, despite Wong’s warnings, attempts to cast a spell that would make everyone forget Parker is Spider-Man, though Parker repeatedly tampers with it. He tries to convince an MIT administrator to reconsider his and his friends’ applications before being attacked by Otto Octavius, who rips Parker’s nanotechnology from his Iron Spider suit, which bonds with his mechanical tentacles and allows Parker to disable them. As the Green Goblin arrives and attacks, Strange teleports Parker and Octavius to the Sanctum, where he explains that before he could contain the tampered spell, it summoned people from alternate universes who know Spider-Man’s identity and which allowed the multiverse to be broken open. Strange orders Parker, MJ, and Ned to find and capture multiversal visitors; they locate and retrieve Max Dillon and Flint Marko, and later, Parker retrieves Norman Osborn from a F.E.A.S.T. building and discovers that the latter, Dillon, and Octavius were pulled from their universes just before their deaths.^[c] He refuses to send the villains home to their deadly fates in their original realities and traps Strange in the Mirror Dimension, stealing the spell, takes the villains to Hogan’s apartment, and cures Octavius.

The Goblin persona takes control of Osborn, convinces the uncured villains to betray Parker, and a fight ensues which culminates with Goblin fatally injuring May before escaping. Before she dies, May tells Parker that «with great power, there must also come great responsibility». After May’s death, A bereaved Parker, whose guilt was accentuated by Jameson’s gaslighting reporting, is ready to give up and send the villains to die; he is comforted by his friends and meets two alternate versions of himself that are later nicknamed «Peter-Two» and «Peter-Three». The alternate Parkers share stories of losing loved ones and encourage Parker (later nicknamed «Peter-One») to fight in May’s honor. They develop cures for the villains and lure the Lizard, Dillon, and Marko to the Statue of Liberty, managing to cure them. The Goblin appears and unleashes the contained spell, and an enraged Peter-One tries to kill him before being stopped by Peter-Two. The former and Peter-Three inject the Goblin cure into him, restoring Osborn’s sanity.

Peter-One realizes that the only way to protect the multiverse is to erase Peter Parker from everyone’s memory and requests that Strange do so, while promising MJ and Ned that he will find them again. The spell is cast and everyone returns to their respective universes, with him saying goodbye to his alternate versions. A few weeks later, Parker visits MJ and Ned to reintroduce himself, but decides against it, not wanting to endanger them. While mourning at May’s grave, he has a conversation with Hogan and is inspired to carry on; Parker, having dropped out of school, starts studying to get his GED and makes a new suit to resume his super-heroics as Spider-Man, who is now re-considered as a hero, although a now unaware Jameson continues his smear campaign against him.

Alternate versions[edit]

What If…?[edit]

An alternate version of Peter Parker appears in the animated series What If…?, in which he is voiced by Hudson Thames.

Zombie outbreak[edit]

In an alternate 2018, Parker (marketed as Zombie Hunter Spider-Man) is among the survivors of a quantum virus outbreak which transforms the infected into zombies, and joins the other survivors in search of a cure at Camp Lehigh. After a fight with a zombified Wanda Maximoff, he escapes with T’Challa and Scott Lang, taking the Mind Stone to Wakanda to put an end to the virus. Unbeknownst to the trio however, a zombified Thanos has invaded Wakanda with his army.

Spider-Man: No Way Home[edit]

«Peter-Two»[edit]

Years following the events of Spider-Man 3 (2007), Peter Parker’s (portrayed by Tobey Maguire) relationship with Mary Jane «MJ» Watson had become complicated but eventually worked out. Due to Strange’s malfunctioned spell, Parker is brought into the MCU and subsequently begins searching for that universe’s Parker. After meeting an alternate version of himself and comforting «Peter-One»‘s loss of his aunt, the Spider-Men work together to cure the supervillains and Parker subsequently reunites with Octavius. Parker saves «Peter-One» from killing Green Goblin out of anger, having previously reminded him that revenge would not suffice May’s death, but this leads to him being stabbed in the back and injured by Goblin. Parker says goodbye to his alternate versions and returns to his universe.

«Peter-Three»[edit]

Following the events of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Peter Parker’s (portrayed by Andrew Garfield) failure to save Gwen Stacy caused him to become bitter and overly aggressive and vengeful towards criminals, devoting most of his time to being Spider-Man. After Strange’s malfunctioned spell, Parker is brought into the MCU and subsequently begins searching for that universe’s Parker. After meeting an alternate version of himself and comforting «Peter-One»‘s loss of his aunt, the Spider-Men work to cure the villains, with «Peter-One» curing Curt Connors and Parker reconciling with Dillon, who had been cured by Otto Octavius. After Green Goblin destroys the contained spell, MJ falls from the scaffolding but is saved by Parker, bringing closure to his failure. Parker and «Peter-One» inject Osborn with a cure «Peter-Two» developed, restoring his sanity. Parker says goodbye to his alternate versions and returns to his universe as a happier man.

Spider-Man: Freshman Year[edit]

Spider-Man: Freshman Year and its second season, subtitled Sophomore Year, will explore an alternate Peter Parker’s origin story and early days using the Spider-Man persona as he is mentored by Norman Osborn in his freshman and sophomore years of high school.^[5][6][7]

Concept and creation[edit]

Background and development[edit]

The Marvel Comics character Peter Parker / Spider-Man first appeared in the fifteenth and final issue of Marvel’s anthology comic book series Amazing Fantasy, which was published in August 1962.^[8] The issue was written by Marvel Comics editor and head writer Stan Lee and drawn and penciled by artist Steve Ditko; Lee wanted to create a character whom teens could identify with,^[9]: 1 and was influenced by pulp magazine crime fighter the Spider. He also took inspiration from seeing a spider climb up a wall.^[10] The character became popular during the 1960s, and was adapted into various forms of media–including five films by Sony Pictures from 2002 to 2014, starring Tobey Maguire in three films directed by Sam Raimi as Spider-Man and Andrew Garfield in two films directed by Marc Webb as the character.^[11][12]

Following the November 2014 hacking of Sony Pictures’ computers, emails between Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal and president Doug Belgrad were released stating that Marvel Studios wanted to include Spider-Man (whose film rights are licensed to Sony) in their Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain America: Civil War (2016), but talks between the studios concerning this were believed to have broken down.^[12] However, in February 2015, the studios reached a licensing deal for the use of Spider-Man in an MCU film,^[13] and reports indicated that the character would indeed appear in Civil War.^[14][15] According to the deal, Sony Pictures would continue to own, finance, distribute, and exercise final creative control over the Spider-Man films.^[13] Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige stated in April 2015 that they decided to not retell the character’s origins in Civil War since there had been two previous retellings with the Raimi and Webb films, so Marvel Studios was «going to take it for granted that people know that, and the specifics». Feige also stated that Marvel had been working to add Spider-Man to the MCU since at least October 2014.^[16] The following June, Feige clarified that the initial Sony deal does not allow the character to appear in any of the MCU television series, as it was «very specific… with a certain amount of back and forth allowed.»^[17]

By August 2019, Marvel Studios and its parent company The Walt Disney Studios had spent several months discussing expanding their deal with Sony. The existing deal had Marvel and Feige produce the Spider-Man films for Sony and receive 5% of their revenue. Sony wanted to expand the deal to include more films while keeping the same terms of the original agreement. Disney expressed concern with Feige’s workload producing the MCU already and asked for a 25–50% stake in any future films Feige produced for Sony.^[18][19][20] Unable to come to an agreement, Sony announced that it would be moving forward on the next Spider-Man film without Feige or Marvel’s involvement.^[19] The next month, Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tony Vinciquerra confirmed the character would be integrated with Sony’s own shared universe–Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU)–moving forward.^[21] MCU Spider-Man actor Tom Holland personally spoke to Disney CEO Bob Iger and Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman,^[22] partly making the companies return to negotiations.^[23] In late September, Sony and Disney announced a new agreement that would allow Marvel Studios and Feige to produce another MCU Spider-Man film–Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)–with Amy Pascal.^[24] Disney was reportedly co-financing 25% of No Way Home in exchange for 25% of the film’s profit, while retaining the character’s merchandising rights.^[24][23] The agreement also allowed Holland’s Spider-Man to appear in a future Marvel Studios film as well as crossing over to the SSU,^[24] with the latter interaction described as «a ‘call and answer’ between the two franchises as they acknowledge details between the two in what would loosely be described as a shared detailed universe.»

Casting and appearances[edit]

Sony was reportedly looking for an actor younger than Andrew Garfield to play Spider-Man,^[25] with Logan Lerman and Dylan O’Brien considered front-runners.^[26] Later in April 2015, Nat Wolff, Asa Butterfield, Tom Holland, Timothée Chalamet, and Liam James were under consideration by Sony and Marvel to play Spider-Man,^[27] with Holland and Butterfield as the front-runners.^[28] Butterfield, Holland, Judah Lewis, Matt Lintz, Charlie Plummer, and Charlie Rowe screen tested for the lead role against Robert Downey Jr., who portrays Tony Stark / Iron Man in the MCU, for «chemistry».^[29][30] The six were chosen out of a search of over 1,500 actors to test in front of Feige, Pascal, and the Russo brothers—the directors of Captain America: Civil War.^[30] Feige and Pascal narrowed the actors considered to Holland and Rowe, with both screen testing with Downey again. Holland also tested with Chris Evans, who portrays Steve Rogers / Captain America in the MCU, and emerged as the favorite.^[29] On June 23, Marvel and Sony officially announced that Holland would star as Spider-Man in the MCU in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).^[31][32] The Russos «were pretty vocal» about whom they wanted for the role, pushing to cast an actor close to the age of Peter Parker to differentiate from the previous portrayals. They also praised Holland for having a dancing and gymnastics background.^[33]

A scene in Iron Man 2 (2010) depicts a young boy in a child’s Iron Man mask targeted by Justin Hammer’s drones before being rescued by Stark; Max Favreau, the son of director Jon Favreau, plays the boy.^[34] In 2017, Watts said that he had suggested to Feige that they retroactively establish this child to be the introduction of a young Parker to the MCU,^[34] an idea that Holland supported;^[35] however, this notion has yet to be confirmed in any MCU film or television series.^[36] The first reference to Spider-Man within the MCU, following the deal with Sony, is at the end of Ant-Man (2015) according to its director Peyton Reed.^[37] The reference is made by a reporter to Sam Wilson / Falcon, who is looking for Ant-Man. The reporter states, «Well, we got everything nowadays. We got a guy who jumps, we got a guy who swings, we got a guy who crawls up the walls, you gotta be more specific.»

In February 2021, Holland said No Way Home was the final film under his contract but he hoped to continue playing Spider-Man in the future if asked.^[38] That October, Holland said No Way Home was being treated as «the end of a franchise» that began with Homecoming, with any additional solo films featuring the MCU Spider-Man characters to be different from the first trilogy of films and feature a tonal change.^[39] By November, Holland was unsure if he should continue making Spider-Man films and felt he would have «done something wrong» if he was still portraying the character in his thirties. He expressed interest in a film focusing on the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man instead. Despite this, Pascal hoped to continue working with Holland on future Spider-Man films.^[40] Later in November, Pascal said there were plans for another trilogy of Spider-Man films starring Holland, with work on the first of those about to begin,^[41] though Sony did not yet have official plans for further MCU Spider-Man films.^[42]

Tom Holland portrays Peter Parker in Captain America: Civil War,^[33] Spider-Man: Homecoming,^[31][32] Avengers: Infinity War,^[43][44][45] Avengers: Endgame,^[46] Spider-Man: Far From Home,^[47] and Spider-Man: No Way Home.^[24][48] A fourth MCU Spider-Man film is in development with Holland expected to reprise his role.^[41] Hudson Thames voices the character in the What If..? episode «What If… Zombies?!».^[49][50][51] The Disney+ animated series Spider-Man: Freshman Year explores an alternate Peter Parker in the MCU multiverse’s origin story and early days using the Spider-Man persona as he is mentored by Norman Osborn.^[5][6][7]

Design[edit]

On the Spider-Man suit seen in Civil War, Joe Russo described it as «a slightly more traditional, Steve Ditko influenced suit,» and that Civil War would explore the way the suit operates, particularly the mechanical eyes.^[52] This suit is primarily used during Homecoming, and has more technical improvements than the previous suits, including the logo on the chest being a remote drone, an AI system similar to Tony Stark’s J.A.R.V.I.S., a holographic interface, a parachute, a tracking device for Stark to track Parker, a heater, an airbag, the ability to light up, and the ability to augment reality with the eyepieces. Stark also builds in a «training wheels» protocol, to initially limit Parker’s access to all of its features. Homecoming co-producer Eric Hauserman Carroll noted Marvel Studios went through the comics and «pull[ed] out all the sort of fun and wacky things the suit did» to include in the Homecoming suit.^[53] Spider-Man’s web-shooters have various settings, first teased at the end of Civil War, which Carroll explained allowed him to «adjust the spray» to different settings like the spinning web, web ball, or ricochet web. He compared this to a DSLR camera.^[1] In The Moviemaking Magic of Marvel Studios: Spider-Man (2021), Holland says that «what [he] loves about the original web-shooters is they’re as real as they could be,» and compares them to Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man, saying that his web-shooters «[never made] much sense to [him].»^[54] Spider-Man’s Iron Spider armor, used by the character during the Civil War comic storyline, was also considered to appear in the Civil War film.^[55]

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) reuses two of Spider-Man’s costumes from the previous films: his main costume from Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming, and the Iron Spider suit from Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame. It also introduces two new costumes: a black «stealth» costume given to Parker by Nick Fury, and a new, upgraded Spider-Man suit that Parker designs for himself at the end of the film.^[56] Marvel Studios’ head of visual development Ryan Meinerding explained that Watts had wanted to include a suit inspired by the Spider-Man Noir version of the character, which led to the design of the more tactical stealth suit. He added that the suit represents Parker experimenting with being a new kind of superhero. Other tactical costumes from the comic books were looked at when developing this one, but Meinerding felt they looked less practical than the more straightforward Noir inspiration. The costume includes tactical goggles that can be flipped up. For Parker’s new self-designed costume, Meinerding originally designed it with the idea that it would be made from Parker’s webbing since that is the strongest material he has access to.^[57] Practical versions of the costumes were created by Ironhead Studio, who previously worked on The Amazing Spider-Man films. For Far From Home, Ironhead developed a skull cap for the costumes that has built-in fans to prevent the goggles from steaming up. They also developed a magnetic bellows system for connecting the goggles to the mask, so they could be easily removed but not fall off during action sequences.^[58]

Spider-Man suits featured in Spider-Man: Freshman Year (2024) include his homemade suit made from «gym pants, sneakers, goggles, a blue sweatshirt, red undershirt, knee pads, very clunky webshooters, and a red logo on the chest», a «beetle» costume, a yellow suit, a dark suit, a «classic 60s» red and blue suit, and a white and blue Oscorp suit.^[59]

List of MCU Spider-Man suits[edit]

• The Homemade suit is a suit developed by Peter Parker during his early months as Spider-Man. It appears briefly in Captain America: Civil War and is used for the climax of Spider-Man: Homecoming. Trixter applied a rigging, muscle and cloth system to Sony Pictures Imageworks’s homemade suit to «mimic the appearance of the rather loose training suit».^[60]
• The Homecoming suit was a suit developed by Tony Stark for Parker, described as an upgrade to the Homemade one. It first appears as Parker’s primary suit in Civil War and Homecoming, Parker ceases to use it in Avengers: Infinity War, and the suit is blown up in Spider-Man: Far From Home. A variation of this suit appears in What If…?
• The Iron Spider armor, also known as Item A17, was a suit developed by Stark that was made out of nanotechnology. The Department of Damage Control confiscate the charger in mid-2024, and Otto Octavius absorbs its nanites for his tentacles later that year; he eventually returns it to Parker. The armor appears at the end of Homecoming, is primarily used for Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, at the start of Far From Home, and one time in Spider-Man: No Way Home. For the suit’s first appearance, Framestore created models and textures in anticipation for future MCU projects, while Trixter created the «clean, high tech» vault that the suit appears in.^[60]
• The Stealth Suit is a suit made by Fury for Parker. Parker becomes the vigilante Night-Monkey, a «European rip-off of Spider-Man», to conceal his identity using this suit. A prison warden steals the mask in Netherlands. It appears in Spider-Man: Far From Home.^[56][57]
• The Upgraded Suit is a red-and-black Spider-Man suit created by Parker using the Stark Industries Fabricator. It also contains a white spider-emblem on the front and back. A burglar throws paint on the suit, which remains uncleanable until May Parker (Marisa Tomei) cleans it months later. It forms into the Integrated Suit when Octavius returns his stolen nanites he stole from the Iron Spider armor. It appears in Spider-Man: Far From Home and No Way Home.^[56][61]
• The Black and Gold Suit is the Upgraded Suit inside-out. Parker uses this suit to defeat Electro in No Way Home.^[61]
• The Integrated Suit is the Upgraded Suit combined with the Iron Spider armor’s nanites. It appears in No Way Home.^[61]
• Parker makes a new suit for himself at the end of No Way Home, inspired by the original red-and-blue suit of the early Spider-Man comics.^[61] A similar suit appears in Freshman Year.^[59]

Characterization[edit]

Parker is recruited by Stark in Civil War to help him arrest Rogers and his rogue Avengers. Feige said that Parker would be torn between superhero ideologies, saying, «Does he want to be like these other characters? Does he want nothing to do with these other characters? How does that impact his experience, being this grounded but super powerful hero? Those are all the things that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko played with in the first 10 years of his comics, and that now we can play with for the first time in a movie.»^[62] On aligning with Stark, Anthony Russo said that, despite entering the conflict after the two factions have formed and not having much political investment, Parker’s choice comes from «a very personal relationship» he develops with Stark.^[63][64] The Russos hoped «to take a very logical and realistic and naturalistic approach to the character» compared to the previous film portrayals. Anthony Russo added that the character’s introduction had to fit «that specific tonal stylistic world» of the MCU, as well as the tone established by the directors in Winter Soldier, saying, «It’s a little more grounded and a little more hard-core contemporary.» That was «coloring our choices a lot» with Parker.^[65]

Though the MCU films do not depict Parker’s origin story,^[16] Parker’s Uncle Ben, whose death was a significant event in both the comic books and previous film series, is indirectly referenced in Spider-Man: Homecoming.^[1][2] There was some discussion to include a direct reference to Ben when Peter is getting ready for his homecoming by the revelation that his wardrobe consisted of Ben’s clothes, but the writers desisted because they felt that the moment veered away from Parker’s character arc and made Ben’s death feel like a «throwaway line».^[3] The one exception is the animated What If…? episode «What If… Zombies?!», where an alternate version of Parker mentions everyone who has died in his life in the episode’s timeline.^[50]

Another change is Parker’s close paternal relationship with Stark. This was partially adapted from the limited series Civil War, its three-issue prelude on The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski, and the Ultimate Marvel comics where Stark and Parker share a trainer-trainee relationship.^{[66][67][citation needed]} Some critics disliked Parker’s reliance on Stark, as opposed to previous cinematic portrayals of Spider-Man showing the character as more self-reliant; several of Parker’s proper Spider-Man suits in the MCU are also designed by Stark, or built by Parker with Stark Industries technology, whereas in the comics Parker designed and constructed his first suit entirely by himself.^[68]

Parker’s relationships with Mary Jane «MJ» Watson or Gwen Stacy do not exist in the MCU, instead he falls in love with Michelle «MJ» Jones-Watson (Zendaya) a fellow school student after his previous crush, high school senior Liz, moves away. Although MJ is an original character,^[69] Spider-Man: Homecoming co-screenwriter John Francis Daley stated that she was intended as a reinvention of Mary Jane and that the nickname was an homage to her.^[70][69]

Reception[edit]

For their reviews of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Sara Stewart of the New York Post attributed much of the «heavy-lifting» to Holland’s performance and the «perfectly cast» Michael Keaton (Vulture). She also noted Watts’ focus on Parker’s human side,^[71] while Mike Ryan at Uproxx felt it was the best Spider-Man film yet, with one of his specific praises being the younger and more optimistic portrayal of Parker.^[72] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times praised its focus on the character’s school life and called Holland «terrific and well-cast»,^[73] while Owen Gleiberman of Variety highlighted Homecoming‘s focus on making Peter Parker a realistically youthful and grounded character. He found Holland to be likable in the role, but did criticize the vague take on Spider-Man’s origin and powers, but «the flying action has a casual flip buoyancy, and the movie does get you rooting for Peter.»^[74] At IndieWire, David Ehrlich praised the elements of the film that leaned into the high school life of Parker,^[75] while Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times criticized the «juvenile» depiction of Parker and Watts’ «unevenly orchestrated» direction.^[76] Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter‘s John DeFore praised Holland’s performance as «winning» despite the Homecoming script,^[77] and Mick LaSalle, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, said the film did not explore the human side of Spider-Man enough and instead focused on action that is «not thrilling».^[78] Robbie Collin of The Telegraph criticized Watts’ direction but was positive of Holland, Keaton, Tomei, and Zendaya.^[79]

For their reviews of Spider-Man: Far From Home, Gleiberman again praised Holland’s performance,^[80] along with Roeper,^[81] while Alonso Duralde of TheWrap highlighted the cast, including the chemistry between Holland, Zendaya, and Jacob Batalon (Ned Leeds).^[82] Ehrlich criticized the character development of Spider-Man in the film, feeling that he does not change throughout the film beyond becoming more confident.^[83] John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal also praised Holland and Zendaya’s performances.^[84]

Spider-Man: No Way Home features several characters from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy and Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man duology, including past Spider-Man actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as their respective Spider-Men.^[85] The multiverse aspect was widely praised by critics and audiences, and generated much speculation before the film’s release. In their reviews, Don Kaye, writing for Den of Geek, praised the performances and chemistry of the cast, stating that «No Way Home channels the entire spectrum of Spider-Man movies while setting the character on a course all his own at last»,^[86] while Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood praised Watts’s direction and wrote that Holland, Zendaya, and Batalon are «a priceless trio»;^[85]Jennifer Bisset of CNET praised the performances, writing: «A Russo Brothers influence can almost be felt ushering Holland’s third Spider-Man movie into new, weightier territory. If the character is to become the next Tony Stark, this is the way to etch a few more scars into a more interesting hero’s facade»;^[87] DeFore felt that the inclusion of «multiversal mayhem» in No Way Home addressed the «Iron Man-ification» of MCU Spider-Man that made Holland-centric films «least fun»;^[88] Roeper again praised the performances of Holland and Zendaya, writing that while there is «nothing new or particularly memorable about the serviceable CGI and practical effects,» he and the audience remain invested because Holland «remains the best of the cinematic Spider-Men».^[89]

Accolades[edit]

Holland has received numerous nominations and awards for his portrayal of Spider-Man.

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Golden Schmoes Awards	Breakthrough Performance of the Year	Won	[90]
Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Scene Stealer	Nominated	[91]
2017	Empire Awards	Best Male Newcomer	Nominated	[92]
Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Won	[93]
Spider-Man: Homecoming	London Film Critics’ Circle Awards	Young British/Irish Performer of the Year	Nominated	[94]
Teen Choice Awards	Choice Breakout Movie Star	Nominated	[95]
Choice Summer Movie Actor	Won
2018	Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Won	[96]
Avengers: Infinity War	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Action Movie Actor	Nominated	[97]
2019	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Summer Movie Actor	Won	[98]
Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Won	[99]
People’s Choice Awards	Male Movie Star of 2019	Nominated	[100]
Action Movie Star of 2019	Won
2022	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Critics’ Choice Super Awards	Best Actor in a Superhero Movie	Nominated	[101]
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actor	Won	[102]
MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Performance in a Movie	Won	[103]
Best Hero	Nominated
Best Kiss[d]	Nominated
Best Fight[e]	Nominated
Best Team[e]	Nominated
Saturn Awards	Best Actor	Nominated	[104]

In other media[edit]

Films[edit]

• At one point, the writers of the Sony Pictures Animation film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) wished to include a post-credits scene with cameos by Maguire, Garfield, and Holland, but this was cut as Sony felt such a moment at the time was too risky and would prove confusing.^[105] Holland recalls his cameo was as a passerby at a train station who says, «Hey, kid!» to Miles Morales.^[106]
• The MCU’s Spider-Man has made an appearance and been referenced in the SSU, a standalone media franchise and shared universe connected to the MCU through the multiverse. The films in the SSU focus on supporting characters featured in Spider-Man comics, with a particular emphasis on his rogues gallery.
  • Holland had filmed a cameo appearance as Peter Parker for Venom (2018), prior to Marvel Studios asking Sony to exclude it.^[107]
  • Holland makes a cameo appearance as Peter Parker in the mid-credits scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), where it is revealed that J. Jonah Jameson’s broadcast incriminating him as Mysterio’s «murderer» was witnessed by a universe-displaced Eddie Brock and his symbiote companion Venom,^[108] simultaneous with the events of No Way Home.
  • Spider-Man and the events of No Way Home are referenced and depicted in the mid and post-credit scenes of Morbius (2022), by the relevation of Adrian Toomes being transported from the MCU to the Sony’s Spider-Man Universe due to Strange’s second spell. Assuming Spider-Man was responsible, he constructs a new Vulture suit and approaches Dr. Michael Morbius in forming a team.^[109]

Comics[edit]

• An alternate Spider-Man wearing a version of the Homecoming Stark suit appears in the comics crossover event Spider-Geddon (2018), implied to be the MCU version of Spider-Man.^[110]
• An alternate Spider-Man wearing a version of the Infinity War Iron Spider suit appears in the third volume of the second Spider-Verse event (2019), alongside a version of the MCU Iron Man.^[111]

Video games[edit]

• All of the MCU Spider-Man suits, except the suit introduced at the end of No Way Home, are available in the 2018 video game Spider-Man, initially developed by Insomniac Games for PlayStation 4.^[112] The suits created for No Way Home, the Integrated and Black/Gold Suits, are exclusive to the PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Windows version of the game, Spider-Man Remastered (2020).^[113] The Homecoming suit is named the «Stark Suit» in-game,^[112] while the Integrated Suit is named the «Hybrid Suit».
• Holland’s Spider-Man and Zendaya’s MJ, based on their appearances in No Way Home, are purchasable outfits in Fortnite.^[114]
• The main suits from Homecoming and Far From Home, as well as the MCU’s version of the Iron Spider armor, are all featured as downloadable content (DLC) costumes for Spider-Man in Square Enix’s Avengers (2020) game on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.^[115][116]

Additionally, Holland reprises his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure, an interactive theme park screen ride at Disney California Adventure’s Avengers Campus and Walt Disney Studios Park.^[117]

See also[edit]

• Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Spider-Man in film

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Peter Parker on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
  • Zombie Outbreak Spider-Man on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
• Peter Parker on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki
• Peter Parker on Marvel.com

Peter Parker
Marvel Cinematic Universe character
Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
First appearance	Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Based on	Spider-Man by Stan Lee Steve Ditko
Adapted by	Christopher Markus Stephen McFeely
Portrayed by	Tom Holland
Voiced by	Hudson Thames (What If…?)
In-universe information
Aliases	Spider-Man Night Monkey Peter-One
Occupation	Vigilante
Affiliation	Avengers
Weapon	Web-shooters E.D.I.T.H. glasses
Significant other	Michelle «MJ» Jones-Watson
Relatives	May Parker (aunt)
Origin	Forest Hills, Queens
Nationality	American
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, agility, coordination and balance Ability to cling to solid surfaces Accelerated healing Genius level intellect Proficient scientist and engineer Precognitive spider-sense ability

Peter Parker is a fictional character portrayed by Tom Holland in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise–based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name—also known by his alias, Spider-Man. Parker is initially depicted as a student at the Midtown School of Science and Technology who later received spider-like and superhuman abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider, becoming Spider-Man. Parker is eventually recruited by Tony Stark, who mentors him and recruits him into the Avengers during the battle against Thanos. Following the Blip, Parker briefly encounters and fights the manipulative Mysterio while on a school trip across Europe; Mysterio frames Parker for his murder and reveals his identity to the world, prompting Parker to seek Stephen Strange’s help months later to reverse this. Strange’s spell causes the multiverse to fracture, but it is eventually resolved by casting a new spell that permanently erases the world’s shared knowledge of his civilian persona, including his relationships with his loved ones, friends, and other superhero allies.

Holland’s version of the character is the successor to both the Peter Parker played by Tobey Maguire in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007) and the Peter Parker played by Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man duology (2012–2014), both of whom reprise their roles and appear in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) as supporting characters to Holland’s Parker. To distinguish himself from the other versions, he is referred to by the other Parkers as «Peter-One«.

Parker is a central character in the MCU’s «Infinity Saga», appearing in six MCU films as of 2022. A fourth Spider-Man film is in development, with Holland expected to reprise his role which is expected to start a new trilogy of films. Alternate versions of Parker appear in the Disney+ animated series What If…? (2021—present) and Spider-Man: Freshman Year (2024), the former in which he is voiced by Hudson Thames. Holland has received praise and several accolades for his portrayal of Spider-Man.

Fictional character biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Peter Parker was born on August 10, 2001, in Forest Hills, Queens,^[a] and is primarily raised by his uncle Ben and Aunt May.^[1][2][3] While attending high school at the Midtown School of Science and Technology in 2015, Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider, giving him superhuman abilities. He becomes the superhero Spider-Man by using his powers for good, and maintains a secret identity so his enemies can not attack his friends and family. At Midtown School, Parker is smart but is frequently bullied by Flash Thompson. He also befriends Ned Leeds, who becomes his best friend by 2016. During this time as Spider-Man, he constructs a homemade Spider-Man suit, designing it as a red and blue hoodie also equipped with his web-shooters.

Avengers Civil War and facing the Vulture[edit]

In 2016, Parker is living with May in Queens, New York when he meets Tony Stark at his apartment, who reveals that he knows Parker is Spider-Man; Stark recruits him to join his conflict with Steve Rogers and sends Parker to Germany, where the latter is given a new Spider-Man suit designed by him and is brought to the Leipzig/Halle airport to aid Stark and his Avengers faction against Rogers’ team. Parker is a fan of Rogers despite them being on opposing sides, Rogers respecting Parker’s bravery; They briefly exchange where in New York they are from upon fighting. After incapacitating Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson, and battling a giant Scott Lang, Parker is sent back to Queens.

Two months later, Parker continues to balance his life as a high school student and Spider-Man, but eagerly awaits his next mission from Stark and continuously texts Stark’s driver and bodyguard Happy Hogan. Returning home from operating as Spider-Man, Ned accidentally learns Parker’s secret identity. Parker leaves a school party hosted by his crush, senior student Liz, to stop a drug deal by Jackson Brice and Herman Schultz, who planned to sell Chitauri weapons to Aaron Davis. Parker follows Brice and Schultz before being caught by their boss Adrian Toomes, who drops Parker to a nearby lake. Stark remotely saves Parker using one of his Iron Man armors, and warns Parker of further involvement with Toomes. On an academic decathlon trip to Washington, D.C., Parker and Ned disable the tracker on Parker’s suit, and Parker later captures Toomes’ new buyer Mac Gargan aboard the Staten Island Ferry after returning to New York. Toomes escapes and a malfunctioning weapon tears the ferry in half, which Parker attempts to briefly fix it before Stark arrives and saves the passengers. Stark confiscates Parker’s suit as punishment for his recklessness, and Liz accepts to be Parker’s homecoming date.

Later, while on the way to pick Liz for the homecoming dance, Parker discovers Toomes is Liz’s father and Toomes also deduces Parker is Spider-Man. Despite Toomes warning him not to interfere with his business, Parker abandons Liz to stop Toomes from stealing a Damage Control (DODC) cargo plane that is shipping equipment from Avengers Tower using his homemade suit. When Toomes’ Vulture suit is damaged, Parker saves his life, but leaves him in a web for the DODC and Hogan to arrest. The next day at school, Liz is angry at Parker for abandoning her before tearfully informing him that she and her mother will be moving away since Toomes is imprisoned. Hogan brings Parker to Avengers Compound, where Stark congratulates him on defeating Toomes and offers him a place in the Avengers, showcasing the newly-developed Iron Spider armor with it. Parker rejects and prefers to stay as the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in Queens, and while wearing his Spider-Man suit, he is caught by May.

Infinity War and resurrection[edit]

In 2018, while headed on field trip, Parker sees the Q-Ship above New York City and asks Ned to cover for him as he leaves the school bus. As Spider-Man, he helps Stark fight Cull Obsidian and follows Ebony Maw—who had captured Stephen Strange–to his spaceship. This prompts Stark to fly into space and rescue Parker, sending the Iron Spider armor to Parker. He and Stark rescue Strange and kill Maw, and Stark officially declares Parker an Avenger. The spaceship lands on the planet Titan, where Parker, Stark, and Strange are confronted by some members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, before they realize that they are both on the same side: stopping Thanos. Thanos eventually arrives and Parker helps subdue him along with Strange, Stark, Peter Quill, Drax, and Mantis. However, Quill attacks Thanos, making Parker lose his grip on removing the Infinity Gauntlet. Parker rescues an unconscious Mantis, Quill, Drax, and Nebula after Thanos throws Titan’s moon at them. Thanos leaves and is successful in disintegrating half of all life, including Parker, in the Blip.

In 2023, Parker is restored to life by Bruce Banner and is brought via a portal to the destroyed Avengers Compound to assist the Avengers in defeating an alternate 2014 Thanos. Parker reunites with Stark, who later sacrifices his life to save the universe; Parker attends his funeral and returns to high school, reuniting with Ned.

School vacation and encountering Mysterio[edit]

Eight months later in mid-2024, Parker still reeling from Stark’s death decides to take a break from vigilantism and goes on a school trip to Europe with Ned and other classmates, where he plans to reveal his romantic feelings towards his classmate MJ. In Venice, Parker and his classmates are attacked by a water monster but are saved by Quentin Beck. Parker is approached by Nick Fury, whose calls he had been fielding and who appoints Beck as his teammate in battling further element-based monsters (the «Elementals») throughout Europe. Fury gives Parker «E.D.I.T.H.», an artificial intelligence created by Stark to give to Parker. After defeating the Fire Elemental in Prague, Parker feels he «isn’t ready to be the next Iron Man» and gives E.D.I.T.H. to Beck, who unbeknownst to Parker is a former disgruntled employee of Stark’s.

Parker goes on a walk with MJ, and reveals his attraction to her and accidentally his identity as Spider-Man. The pair discover Beck used holographic projectors to visually create the Elementals, and Parker goes to Berlin to warn Fury about Beck’s deception. Beck catches wind of this and traps Parker in multiple illusions, and while impersonating Fury, tricks the latter into telling the names of the students that know his fraudulence. Parker is hit by a train and left for dead in the Netherlands, but calls Hogan and creates a new suit for himself using Stark’s technology as he enters London to stop Beck, who has created an amalgamated Elemental using Stark Industries drones. Ned and MJ evacuate the students and fight with Hogan while Parker destroys those drones and approaches Beck. Beck attempts to kill Parker using the drones, but Parker manages to get a drone to shoot him, Beck beginning to bleed. Parker gets E.D.I.T.H. back, as Beck seemingly dies, and disables the drones; Parker and his classmates return to New York City, with he and MJ planning a date the following week.

Exposed secret identity and multiversal crisis[edit]

After swinging through the city, Parker and MJ witness a broadcast from J. Jonah Jameson of TheDailyBugle.net showing an edited video of Beck incriminating Parker for the London attack and revealing his identity as Spider-Man, much to the latter’s shock.^[b] Parker, MJ, Ned, and May are interrogated by Damage Control, and the murder charges are dropped with lawyer Matt Murdock’s help, but Parker’s friends still grapple with negative publicity from Jameson and Beck supporters. Parker and May then move into Happy Hogan’s apartment for their safety. After his, Ned, and MJ’s applications to MIT are rejected in light of the controversy, Parker goes to the New York Sanctum to ask Stephen Strange for help; Strange, despite Wong’s warnings, attempts to cast a spell that would make everyone forget Parker is Spider-Man, though Parker repeatedly tampers with it. He tries to convince an MIT administrator to reconsider his and his friends’ applications before being attacked by Otto Octavius, who rips Parker’s nanotechnology from his Iron Spider suit, which bonds with his mechanical tentacles and allows Parker to disable them. As the Green Goblin arrives and attacks, Strange teleports Parker and Octavius to the Sanctum, where he explains that before he could contain the tampered spell, it summoned people from alternate universes who know Spider-Man’s identity and which allowed the multiverse to be broken open. Strange orders Parker, MJ, and Ned to find and capture multiversal visitors; they locate and retrieve Max Dillon and Flint Marko, and later, Parker retrieves Norman Osborn from a F.E.A.S.T. building and discovers that the latter, Dillon, and Octavius were pulled from their universes just before their deaths.^[c] He refuses to send the villains home to their deadly fates in their original realities and traps Strange in the Mirror Dimension, stealing the spell, takes the villains to Hogan’s apartment, and cures Octavius.

The Goblin persona takes control of Osborn, convinces the uncured villains to betray Parker, and a fight ensues which culminates with Goblin fatally injuring May before escaping. Before she dies, May tells Parker that «with great power, there must also come great responsibility». After May’s death, A bereaved Parker, whose guilt was accentuated by Jameson’s gaslighting reporting, is ready to give up and send the villains to die; he is comforted by his friends and meets two alternate versions of himself that are later nicknamed «Peter-Two» and «Peter-Three». The alternate Parkers share stories of losing loved ones and encourage Parker (later nicknamed «Peter-One») to fight in May’s honor. They develop cures for the villains and lure the Lizard, Dillon, and Marko to the Statue of Liberty, managing to cure them. The Goblin appears and unleashes the contained spell, and an enraged Peter-One tries to kill him before being stopped by Peter-Two. The former and Peter-Three inject the Goblin cure into him, restoring Osborn’s sanity.

Peter-One realizes that the only way to protect the multiverse is to erase Peter Parker from everyone’s memory and requests that Strange do so, while promising MJ and Ned that he will find them again. The spell is cast and everyone returns to their respective universes, with him saying goodbye to his alternate versions. A few weeks later, Parker visits MJ and Ned to reintroduce himself, but decides against it, not wanting to endanger them. While mourning at May’s grave, he has a conversation with Hogan and is inspired to carry on; Parker, having dropped out of school, starts studying to get his GED and makes a new suit to resume his super-heroics as Spider-Man, who is now re-considered as a hero, although a now unaware Jameson continues his smear campaign against him.

Alternate versions[edit]

What If…?[edit]

An alternate version of Peter Parker appears in the animated series What If…?, in which he is voiced by Hudson Thames.

Zombie outbreak[edit]

In an alternate 2018, Parker (marketed as Zombie Hunter Spider-Man) is among the survivors of a quantum virus outbreak which transforms the infected into zombies, and joins the other survivors in search of a cure at Camp Lehigh. After a fight with a zombified Wanda Maximoff, he escapes with T’Challa and Scott Lang, taking the Mind Stone to Wakanda to put an end to the virus. Unbeknownst to the trio however, a zombified Thanos has invaded Wakanda with his army.

Spider-Man: No Way Home[edit]

«Peter-Two»[edit]

Years following the events of Spider-Man 3 (2007), Peter Parker’s (portrayed by Tobey Maguire) relationship with Mary Jane «MJ» Watson had become complicated but eventually worked out. Due to Strange’s malfunctioned spell, Parker is brought into the MCU and subsequently begins searching for that universe’s Parker. After meeting an alternate version of himself and comforting «Peter-One»‘s loss of his aunt, the Spider-Men work together to cure the supervillains and Parker subsequently reunites with Octavius. Parker saves «Peter-One» from killing Green Goblin out of anger, having previously reminded him that revenge would not suffice May’s death, but this leads to him being stabbed in the back and injured by Goblin. Parker says goodbye to his alternate versions and returns to his universe.

«Peter-Three»[edit]

Following the events of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Peter Parker’s (portrayed by Andrew Garfield) failure to save Gwen Stacy caused him to become bitter and overly aggressive and vengeful towards criminals, devoting most of his time to being Spider-Man. After Strange’s malfunctioned spell, Parker is brought into the MCU and subsequently begins searching for that universe’s Parker. After meeting an alternate version of himself and comforting «Peter-One»‘s loss of his aunt, the Spider-Men work to cure the villains, with «Peter-One» curing Curt Connors and Parker reconciling with Dillon, who had been cured by Otto Octavius. After Green Goblin destroys the contained spell, MJ falls from the scaffolding but is saved by Parker, bringing closure to his failure. Parker and «Peter-One» inject Osborn with a cure «Peter-Two» developed, restoring his sanity. Parker says goodbye to his alternate versions and returns to his universe as a happier man.

Spider-Man: Freshman Year[edit]

Spider-Man: Freshman Year and its second season, subtitled Sophomore Year, will explore an alternate Peter Parker’s origin story and early days using the Spider-Man persona as he is mentored by Norman Osborn in his freshman and sophomore years of high school.^[5][6][7]

Concept and creation[edit]

Background and development[edit]

The Marvel Comics character Peter Parker / Spider-Man first appeared in the fifteenth and final issue of Marvel’s anthology comic book series Amazing Fantasy, which was published in August 1962.^[8] The issue was written by Marvel Comics editor and head writer Stan Lee and drawn and penciled by artist Steve Ditko; Lee wanted to create a character whom teens could identify with,^[9]: 1 and was influenced by pulp magazine crime fighter the Spider. He also took inspiration from seeing a spider climb up a wall.^[10] The character became popular during the 1960s, and was adapted into various forms of media–including five films by Sony Pictures from 2002 to 2014, starring Tobey Maguire in three films directed by Sam Raimi as Spider-Man and Andrew Garfield in two films directed by Marc Webb as the character.^[11][12]

Following the November 2014 hacking of Sony Pictures’ computers, emails between Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal and president Doug Belgrad were released stating that Marvel Studios wanted to include Spider-Man (whose film rights are licensed to Sony) in their Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain America: Civil War (2016), but talks between the studios concerning this were believed to have broken down.^[12] However, in February 2015, the studios reached a licensing deal for the use of Spider-Man in an MCU film,^[13] and reports indicated that the character would indeed appear in Civil War.^[14][15] According to the deal, Sony Pictures would continue to own, finance, distribute, and exercise final creative control over the Spider-Man films.^[13] Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige stated in April 2015 that they decided to not retell the character’s origins in Civil War since there had been two previous retellings with the Raimi and Webb films, so Marvel Studios was «going to take it for granted that people know that, and the specifics». Feige also stated that Marvel had been working to add Spider-Man to the MCU since at least October 2014.^[16] The following June, Feige clarified that the initial Sony deal does not allow the character to appear in any of the MCU television series, as it was «very specific… with a certain amount of back and forth allowed.»^[17]

By August 2019, Marvel Studios and its parent company The Walt Disney Studios had spent several months discussing expanding their deal with Sony. The existing deal had Marvel and Feige produce the Spider-Man films for Sony and receive 5% of their revenue. Sony wanted to expand the deal to include more films while keeping the same terms of the original agreement. Disney expressed concern with Feige’s workload producing the MCU already and asked for a 25–50% stake in any future films Feige produced for Sony.^[18][19][20] Unable to come to an agreement, Sony announced that it would be moving forward on the next Spider-Man film without Feige or Marvel’s involvement.^[19] The next month, Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tony Vinciquerra confirmed the character would be integrated with Sony’s own shared universe–Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU)–moving forward.^[21] MCU Spider-Man actor Tom Holland personally spoke to Disney CEO Bob Iger and Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman,^[22] partly making the companies return to negotiations.^[23] In late September, Sony and Disney announced a new agreement that would allow Marvel Studios and Feige to produce another MCU Spider-Man film–Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)–with Amy Pascal.^[24] Disney was reportedly co-financing 25% of No Way Home in exchange for 25% of the film’s profit, while retaining the character’s merchandising rights.^[24][23] The agreement also allowed Holland’s Spider-Man to appear in a future Marvel Studios film as well as crossing over to the SSU,^[24] with the latter interaction described as «a ‘call and answer’ between the two franchises as they acknowledge details between the two in what would loosely be described as a shared detailed universe.»

Casting and appearances[edit]

Sony was reportedly looking for an actor younger than Andrew Garfield to play Spider-Man,^[25] with Logan Lerman and Dylan O’Brien considered front-runners.^[26] Later in April 2015, Nat Wolff, Asa Butterfield, Tom Holland, Timothée Chalamet, and Liam James were under consideration by Sony and Marvel to play Spider-Man,^[27] with Holland and Butterfield as the front-runners.^[28] Butterfield, Holland, Judah Lewis, Matt Lintz, Charlie Plummer, and Charlie Rowe screen tested for the lead role against Robert Downey Jr., who portrays Tony Stark / Iron Man in the MCU, for «chemistry».^[29][30] The six were chosen out of a search of over 1,500 actors to test in front of Feige, Pascal, and the Russo brothers—the directors of Captain America: Civil War.^[30] Feige and Pascal narrowed the actors considered to Holland and Rowe, with both screen testing with Downey again. Holland also tested with Chris Evans, who portrays Steve Rogers / Captain America in the MCU, and emerged as the favorite.^[29] On June 23, Marvel and Sony officially announced that Holland would star as Spider-Man in the MCU in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).^[31][32] The Russos «were pretty vocal» about whom they wanted for the role, pushing to cast an actor close to the age of Peter Parker to differentiate from the previous portrayals. They also praised Holland for having a dancing and gymnastics background.^[33]

A scene in Iron Man 2 (2010) depicts a young boy in a child’s Iron Man mask targeted by Justin Hammer’s drones before being rescued by Stark; Max Favreau, the son of director Jon Favreau, plays the boy.^[34] In 2017, Watts said that he had suggested to Feige that they retroactively establish this child to be the introduction of a young Parker to the MCU,^[34] an idea that Holland supported;^[35] however, this notion has yet to be confirmed in any MCU film or television series.^[36] The first reference to Spider-Man within the MCU, following the deal with Sony, is at the end of Ant-Man (2015) according to its director Peyton Reed.^[37] The reference is made by a reporter to Sam Wilson / Falcon, who is looking for Ant-Man. The reporter states, «Well, we got everything nowadays. We got a guy who jumps, we got a guy who swings, we got a guy who crawls up the walls, you gotta be more specific.»

In February 2021, Holland said No Way Home was the final film under his contract but he hoped to continue playing Spider-Man in the future if asked.^[38] That October, Holland said No Way Home was being treated as «the end of a franchise» that began with Homecoming, with any additional solo films featuring the MCU Spider-Man characters to be different from the first trilogy of films and feature a tonal change.^[39] By November, Holland was unsure if he should continue making Spider-Man films and felt he would have «done something wrong» if he was still portraying the character in his thirties. He expressed interest in a film focusing on the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man instead. Despite this, Pascal hoped to continue working with Holland on future Spider-Man films.^[40] Later in November, Pascal said there were plans for another trilogy of Spider-Man films starring Holland, with work on the first of those about to begin,^[41] though Sony did not yet have official plans for further MCU Spider-Man films.^[42]

Tom Holland portrays Peter Parker in Captain America: Civil War,^[33] Spider-Man: Homecoming,^[31][32] Avengers: Infinity War,^[43][44][45] Avengers: Endgame,^[46] Spider-Man: Far From Home,^[47] and Spider-Man: No Way Home.^[24][48] A fourth MCU Spider-Man film is in development with Holland expected to reprise his role.^[41] Hudson Thames voices the character in the What If..? episode «What If… Zombies?!».^[49][50][51] The Disney+ animated series Spider-Man: Freshman Year explores an alternate Peter Parker in the MCU multiverse’s origin story and early days using the Spider-Man persona as he is mentored by Norman Osborn.^[5][6][7]

Design[edit]

On the Spider-Man suit seen in Civil War, Joe Russo described it as «a slightly more traditional, Steve Ditko influenced suit,» and that Civil War would explore the way the suit operates, particularly the mechanical eyes.^[52] This suit is primarily used during Homecoming, and has more technical improvements than the previous suits, including the logo on the chest being a remote drone, an AI system similar to Tony Stark’s J.A.R.V.I.S., a holographic interface, a parachute, a tracking device for Stark to track Parker, a heater, an airbag, the ability to light up, and the ability to augment reality with the eyepieces. Stark also builds in a «training wheels» protocol, to initially limit Parker’s access to all of its features. Homecoming co-producer Eric Hauserman Carroll noted Marvel Studios went through the comics and «pull[ed] out all the sort of fun and wacky things the suit did» to include in the Homecoming suit.^[53] Spider-Man’s web-shooters have various settings, first teased at the end of Civil War, which Carroll explained allowed him to «adjust the spray» to different settings like the spinning web, web ball, or ricochet web. He compared this to a DSLR camera.^[1] In The Moviemaking Magic of Marvel Studios: Spider-Man (2021), Holland says that «what [he] loves about the original web-shooters is they’re as real as they could be,» and compares them to Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man, saying that his web-shooters «[never made] much sense to [him].»^[54] Spider-Man’s Iron Spider armor, used by the character during the Civil War comic storyline, was also considered to appear in the Civil War film.^[55]

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) reuses two of Spider-Man’s costumes from the previous films: his main costume from Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming, and the Iron Spider suit from Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame. It also introduces two new costumes: a black «stealth» costume given to Parker by Nick Fury, and a new, upgraded Spider-Man suit that Parker designs for himself at the end of the film.^[56] Marvel Studios’ head of visual development Ryan Meinerding explained that Watts had wanted to include a suit inspired by the Spider-Man Noir version of the character, which led to the design of the more tactical stealth suit. He added that the suit represents Parker experimenting with being a new kind of superhero. Other tactical costumes from the comic books were looked at when developing this one, but Meinerding felt they looked less practical than the more straightforward Noir inspiration. The costume includes tactical goggles that can be flipped up. For Parker’s new self-designed costume, Meinerding originally designed it with the idea that it would be made from Parker’s webbing since that is the strongest material he has access to.^[57] Practical versions of the costumes were created by Ironhead Studio, who previously worked on The Amazing Spider-Man films. For Far From Home, Ironhead developed a skull cap for the costumes that has built-in fans to prevent the goggles from steaming up. They also developed a magnetic bellows system for connecting the goggles to the mask, so they could be easily removed but not fall off during action sequences.^[58]

Spider-Man suits featured in Spider-Man: Freshman Year (2024) include his homemade suit made from «gym pants, sneakers, goggles, a blue sweatshirt, red undershirt, knee pads, very clunky webshooters, and a red logo on the chest», a «beetle» costume, a yellow suit, a dark suit, a «classic 60s» red and blue suit, and a white and blue Oscorp suit.^[59]

List of MCU Spider-Man suits[edit]

• The Homemade suit is a suit developed by Peter Parker during his early months as Spider-Man. It appears briefly in Captain America: Civil War and is used for the climax of Spider-Man: Homecoming. Trixter applied a rigging, muscle and cloth system to Sony Pictures Imageworks’s homemade suit to «mimic the appearance of the rather loose training suit».^[60]
• The Homecoming suit was a suit developed by Tony Stark for Parker, described as an upgrade to the Homemade one. It first appears as Parker’s primary suit in Civil War and Homecoming, Parker ceases to use it in Avengers: Infinity War, and the suit is blown up in Spider-Man: Far From Home. A variation of this suit appears in What If…?
• The Iron Spider armor, also known as Item A17, was a suit developed by Stark that was made out of nanotechnology. The Department of Damage Control confiscate the charger in mid-2024, and Otto Octavius absorbs its nanites for his tentacles later that year; he eventually returns it to Parker. The armor appears at the end of Homecoming, is primarily used for Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, at the start of Far From Home, and one time in Spider-Man: No Way Home. For the suit’s first appearance, Framestore created models and textures in anticipation for future MCU projects, while Trixter created the «clean, high tech» vault that the suit appears in.^[60]
• The Stealth Suit is a suit made by Fury for Parker. Parker becomes the vigilante Night-Monkey, a «European rip-off of Spider-Man», to conceal his identity using this suit. A prison warden steals the mask in Netherlands. It appears in Spider-Man: Far From Home.^[56][57]
• The Upgraded Suit is a red-and-black Spider-Man suit created by Parker using the Stark Industries Fabricator. It also contains a white spider-emblem on the front and back. A burglar throws paint on the suit, which remains uncleanable until May Parker (Marisa Tomei) cleans it months later. It forms into the Integrated Suit when Octavius returns his stolen nanites he stole from the Iron Spider armor. It appears in Spider-Man: Far From Home and No Way Home.^[56][61]
• The Black and Gold Suit is the Upgraded Suit inside-out. Parker uses this suit to defeat Electro in No Way Home.^[61]
• The Integrated Suit is the Upgraded Suit combined with the Iron Spider armor’s nanites. It appears in No Way Home.^[61]
• Parker makes a new suit for himself at the end of No Way Home, inspired by the original red-and-blue suit of the early Spider-Man comics.^[61] A similar suit appears in Freshman Year.^[59]

Characterization[edit]

Parker is recruited by Stark in Civil War to help him arrest Rogers and his rogue Avengers. Feige said that Parker would be torn between superhero ideologies, saying, «Does he want to be like these other characters? Does he want nothing to do with these other characters? How does that impact his experience, being this grounded but super powerful hero? Those are all the things that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko played with in the first 10 years of his comics, and that now we can play with for the first time in a movie.»^[62] On aligning with Stark, Anthony Russo said that, despite entering the conflict after the two factions have formed and not having much political investment, Parker’s choice comes from «a very personal relationship» he develops with Stark.^[63][64] The Russos hoped «to take a very logical and realistic and naturalistic approach to the character» compared to the previous film portrayals. Anthony Russo added that the character’s introduction had to fit «that specific tonal stylistic world» of the MCU, as well as the tone established by the directors in Winter Soldier, saying, «It’s a little more grounded and a little more hard-core contemporary.» That was «coloring our choices a lot» with Parker.^[65]

Though the MCU films do not depict Parker’s origin story,^[16] Parker’s Uncle Ben, whose death was a significant event in both the comic books and previous film series, is indirectly referenced in Spider-Man: Homecoming.^[1][2] There was some discussion to include a direct reference to Ben when Peter is getting ready for his homecoming by the revelation that his wardrobe consisted of Ben’s clothes, but the writers desisted because they felt that the moment veered away from Parker’s character arc and made Ben’s death feel like a «throwaway line».^[3] The one exception is the animated What If…? episode «What If… Zombies?!», where an alternate version of Parker mentions everyone who has died in his life in the episode’s timeline.^[50]

Another change is Parker’s close paternal relationship with Stark. This was partially adapted from the limited series Civil War, its three-issue prelude on The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski, and the Ultimate Marvel comics where Stark and Parker share a trainer-trainee relationship.^{[66][67][citation needed]} Some critics disliked Parker’s reliance on Stark, as opposed to previous cinematic portrayals of Spider-Man showing the character as more self-reliant; several of Parker’s proper Spider-Man suits in the MCU are also designed by Stark, or built by Parker with Stark Industries technology, whereas in the comics Parker designed and constructed his first suit entirely by himself.^[68]

Parker’s relationships with Mary Jane «MJ» Watson or Gwen Stacy do not exist in the MCU, instead he falls in love with Michelle «MJ» Jones-Watson (Zendaya) a fellow school student after his previous crush, high school senior Liz, moves away. Although MJ is an original character,^[69] Spider-Man: Homecoming co-screenwriter John Francis Daley stated that she was intended as a reinvention of Mary Jane and that the nickname was an homage to her.^[70][69]

Reception[edit]

For their reviews of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Sara Stewart of the New York Post attributed much of the «heavy-lifting» to Holland’s performance and the «perfectly cast» Michael Keaton (Vulture). She also noted Watts’ focus on Parker’s human side,^[71] while Mike Ryan at Uproxx felt it was the best Spider-Man film yet, with one of his specific praises being the younger and more optimistic portrayal of Parker.^[72] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times praised its focus on the character’s school life and called Holland «terrific and well-cast»,^[73] while Owen Gleiberman of Variety highlighted Homecoming‘s focus on making Peter Parker a realistically youthful and grounded character. He found Holland to be likable in the role, but did criticize the vague take on Spider-Man’s origin and powers, but «the flying action has a casual flip buoyancy, and the movie does get you rooting for Peter.»^[74] At IndieWire, David Ehrlich praised the elements of the film that leaned into the high school life of Parker,^[75] while Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times criticized the «juvenile» depiction of Parker and Watts’ «unevenly orchestrated» direction.^[76] Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter‘s John DeFore praised Holland’s performance as «winning» despite the Homecoming script,^[77] and Mick LaSalle, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, said the film did not explore the human side of Spider-Man enough and instead focused on action that is «not thrilling».^[78] Robbie Collin of The Telegraph criticized Watts’ direction but was positive of Holland, Keaton, Tomei, and Zendaya.^[79]

For their reviews of Spider-Man: Far From Home, Gleiberman again praised Holland’s performance,^[80] along with Roeper,^[81] while Alonso Duralde of TheWrap highlighted the cast, including the chemistry between Holland, Zendaya, and Jacob Batalon (Ned Leeds).^[82] Ehrlich criticized the character development of Spider-Man in the film, feeling that he does not change throughout the film beyond becoming more confident.^[83] John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal also praised Holland and Zendaya’s performances.^[84]

Spider-Man: No Way Home features several characters from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy and Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man duology, including past Spider-Man actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as their respective Spider-Men.^[85] The multiverse aspect was widely praised by critics and audiences, and generated much speculation before the film’s release. In their reviews, Don Kaye, writing for Den of Geek, praised the performances and chemistry of the cast, stating that «No Way Home channels the entire spectrum of Spider-Man movies while setting the character on a course all his own at last»,^[86] while Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood praised Watts’s direction and wrote that Holland, Zendaya, and Batalon are «a priceless trio»;^[85]Jennifer Bisset of CNET praised the performances, writing: «A Russo Brothers influence can almost be felt ushering Holland’s third Spider-Man movie into new, weightier territory. If the character is to become the next Tony Stark, this is the way to etch a few more scars into a more interesting hero’s facade»;^[87] DeFore felt that the inclusion of «multiversal mayhem» in No Way Home addressed the «Iron Man-ification» of MCU Spider-Man that made Holland-centric films «least fun»;^[88] Roeper again praised the performances of Holland and Zendaya, writing that while there is «nothing new or particularly memorable about the serviceable CGI and practical effects,» he and the audience remain invested because Holland «remains the best of the cinematic Spider-Men».^[89]

Accolades[edit]

Holland has received numerous nominations and awards for his portrayal of Spider-Man.

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Golden Schmoes Awards	Breakthrough Performance of the Year	Won	[90]
Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Scene Stealer	Nominated	[91]
2017	Empire Awards	Best Male Newcomer	Nominated	[92]
Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Won	[93]
Spider-Man: Homecoming	London Film Critics’ Circle Awards	Young British/Irish Performer of the Year	Nominated	[94]
Teen Choice Awards	Choice Breakout Movie Star	Nominated	[95]
Choice Summer Movie Actor	Won
2018	Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Won	[96]
Avengers: Infinity War	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Action Movie Actor	Nominated	[97]
2019	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Summer Movie Actor	Won	[98]
Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Won	[99]
People’s Choice Awards	Male Movie Star of 2019	Nominated	[100]
Action Movie Star of 2019	Won
2022	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Critics’ Choice Super Awards	Best Actor in a Superhero Movie	Nominated	[101]
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actor	Won	[102]
MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Performance in a Movie	Won	[103]
Best Hero	Nominated
Best Kiss[d]	Nominated
Best Fight[e]	Nominated
Best Team[e]	Nominated
Saturn Awards	Best Actor	Nominated	[104]

In other media[edit]

Films[edit]

• At one point, the writers of the Sony Pictures Animation film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) wished to include a post-credits scene with cameos by Maguire, Garfield, and Holland, but this was cut as Sony felt such a moment at the time was too risky and would prove confusing.^[105] Holland recalls his cameo was as a passerby at a train station who says, «Hey, kid!» to Miles Morales.^[106]
• The MCU’s Spider-Man has made an appearance and been referenced in the SSU, a standalone media franchise and shared universe connected to the MCU through the multiverse. The films in the SSU focus on supporting characters featured in Spider-Man comics, with a particular emphasis on his rogues gallery.
  • Holland had filmed a cameo appearance as Peter Parker for Venom (2018), prior to Marvel Studios asking Sony to exclude it.^[107]
  • Holland makes a cameo appearance as Peter Parker in the mid-credits scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), where it is revealed that J. Jonah Jameson’s broadcast incriminating him as Mysterio’s «murderer» was witnessed by a universe-displaced Eddie Brock and his symbiote companion Venom,^[108] simultaneous with the events of No Way Home.
  • Spider-Man and the events of No Way Home are referenced and depicted in the mid and post-credit scenes of Morbius (2022), by the relevation of Adrian Toomes being transported from the MCU to the Sony’s Spider-Man Universe due to Strange’s second spell. Assuming Spider-Man was responsible, he constructs a new Vulture suit and approaches Dr. Michael Morbius in forming a team.^[109]

Comics[edit]

• An alternate Spider-Man wearing a version of the Homecoming Stark suit appears in the comics crossover event Spider-Geddon (2018), implied to be the MCU version of Spider-Man.^[110]
• An alternate Spider-Man wearing a version of the Infinity War Iron Spider suit appears in the third volume of the second Spider-Verse event (2019), alongside a version of the MCU Iron Man.^[111]

Video games[edit]

• All of the MCU Spider-Man suits, except the suit introduced at the end of No Way Home, are available in the 2018 video game Spider-Man, initially developed by Insomniac Games for PlayStation 4.^[112] The suits created for No Way Home, the Integrated and Black/Gold Suits, are exclusive to the PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Windows version of the game, Spider-Man Remastered (2020).^[113] The Homecoming suit is named the «Stark Suit» in-game,^[112] while the Integrated Suit is named the «Hybrid Suit».
• Holland’s Spider-Man and Zendaya’s MJ, based on their appearances in No Way Home, are purchasable outfits in Fortnite.^[114]
• The main suits from Homecoming and Far From Home, as well as the MCU’s version of the Iron Spider armor, are all featured as downloadable content (DLC) costumes for Spider-Man in Square Enix’s Avengers (2020) game on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.^[115][116]

Additionally, Holland reprises his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure, an interactive theme park screen ride at Disney California Adventure’s Avengers Campus and Walt Disney Studios Park.^[117]

See also[edit]

• Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Spider-Man in film

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Peter Parker on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
  • Zombie Outbreak Spider-Man on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
• Peter Parker on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki
• Peter Parker on Marvel.com

Peter Parker
Marvel Cinematic Universe character
Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
First appearance	Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Based on	Spider-Man by Stan Lee Steve Ditko
Adapted by	Christopher Markus Stephen McFeely
Portrayed by	Tom Holland
Voiced by	Hudson Thames (What If…?)
In-universe information
Aliases	Spider-Man Night Monkey Peter-One
Occupation	Vigilante
Affiliation	Avengers
Weapon	Web-shooters E.D.I.T.H. glasses
Significant other	Michelle «MJ» Jones-Watson
Relatives	May Parker (aunt)
Origin	Forest Hills, Queens
Nationality	American
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, agility, coordination and balance Ability to cling to solid surfaces Accelerated healing Genius level intellect Proficient scientist and engineer Precognitive spider-sense ability

Peter Parker is a fictional character portrayed by Tom Holland in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise–based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name—also known by his alias, Spider-Man. Parker is initially depicted as a student at the Midtown School of Science and Technology who later received spider-like and superhuman abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider, becoming Spider-Man. Parker is eventually recruited by Tony Stark, who mentors him and recruits him into the Avengers during the battle against Thanos. Following the Blip, Parker briefly encounters and fights the manipulative Mysterio while on a school trip across Europe; Mysterio frames Parker for his murder and reveals his identity to the world, prompting Parker to seek Stephen Strange’s help months later to reverse this. Strange’s spell causes the multiverse to fracture, but it is eventually resolved by casting a new spell that permanently erases the world’s shared knowledge of his civilian persona, including his relationships with his loved ones, friends, and other superhero allies.

Holland’s version of the character is the successor to both the Peter Parker played by Tobey Maguire in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007) and the Peter Parker played by Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man duology (2012–2014), both of whom reprise their roles and appear in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) as supporting characters to Holland’s Parker. To distinguish himself from the other versions, he is referred to by the other Parkers as «Peter-One«.

Parker is a central character in the MCU’s «Infinity Saga», appearing in six MCU films as of 2022. A fourth Spider-Man film is in development, with Holland expected to reprise his role which is expected to start a new trilogy of films. Alternate versions of Parker appear in the Disney+ animated series What If…? (2021—present) and Spider-Man: Freshman Year (2024), the former in which he is voiced by Hudson Thames. Holland has received praise and several accolades for his portrayal of Spider-Man.

Fictional character biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Peter Parker was born on August 10, 2001, in Forest Hills, Queens,^[a] and is primarily raised by his uncle Ben and Aunt May.^[1][2][3] While attending high school at the Midtown School of Science and Technology in 2015, Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider, giving him superhuman abilities. He becomes the superhero Spider-Man by using his powers for good, and maintains a secret identity so his enemies can not attack his friends and family. At Midtown School, Parker is smart but is frequently bullied by Flash Thompson. He also befriends Ned Leeds, who becomes his best friend by 2016. During this time as Spider-Man, he constructs a homemade Spider-Man suit, designing it as a red and blue hoodie also equipped with his web-shooters.

Avengers Civil War and facing the Vulture[edit]

In 2016, Parker is living with May in Queens, New York when he meets Tony Stark at his apartment, who reveals that he knows Parker is Spider-Man; Stark recruits him to join his conflict with Steve Rogers and sends Parker to Germany, where the latter is given a new Spider-Man suit designed by him and is brought to the Leipzig/Halle airport to aid Stark and his Avengers faction against Rogers’ team. Parker is a fan of Rogers despite them being on opposing sides, Rogers respecting Parker’s bravery; They briefly exchange where in New York they are from upon fighting. After incapacitating Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson, and battling a giant Scott Lang, Parker is sent back to Queens.

Two months later, Parker continues to balance his life as a high school student and Spider-Man, but eagerly awaits his next mission from Stark and continuously texts Stark’s driver and bodyguard Happy Hogan. Returning home from operating as Spider-Man, Ned accidentally learns Parker’s secret identity. Parker leaves a school party hosted by his crush, senior student Liz, to stop a drug deal by Jackson Brice and Herman Schultz, who planned to sell Chitauri weapons to Aaron Davis. Parker follows Brice and Schultz before being caught by their boss Adrian Toomes, who drops Parker to a nearby lake. Stark remotely saves Parker using one of his Iron Man armors, and warns Parker of further involvement with Toomes. On an academic decathlon trip to Washington, D.C., Parker and Ned disable the tracker on Parker’s suit, and Parker later captures Toomes’ new buyer Mac Gargan aboard the Staten Island Ferry after returning to New York. Toomes escapes and a malfunctioning weapon tears the ferry in half, which Parker attempts to briefly fix it before Stark arrives and saves the passengers. Stark confiscates Parker’s suit as punishment for his recklessness, and Liz accepts to be Parker’s homecoming date.

Later, while on the way to pick Liz for the homecoming dance, Parker discovers Toomes is Liz’s father and Toomes also deduces Parker is Spider-Man. Despite Toomes warning him not to interfere with his business, Parker abandons Liz to stop Toomes from stealing a Damage Control (DODC) cargo plane that is shipping equipment from Avengers Tower using his homemade suit. When Toomes’ Vulture suit is damaged, Parker saves his life, but leaves him in a web for the DODC and Hogan to arrest. The next day at school, Liz is angry at Parker for abandoning her before tearfully informing him that she and her mother will be moving away since Toomes is imprisoned. Hogan brings Parker to Avengers Compound, where Stark congratulates him on defeating Toomes and offers him a place in the Avengers, showcasing the newly-developed Iron Spider armor with it. Parker rejects and prefers to stay as the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in Queens, and while wearing his Spider-Man suit, he is caught by May.

Infinity War and resurrection[edit]

In 2018, while headed on field trip, Parker sees the Q-Ship above New York City and asks Ned to cover for him as he leaves the school bus. As Spider-Man, he helps Stark fight Cull Obsidian and follows Ebony Maw—who had captured Stephen Strange–to his spaceship. This prompts Stark to fly into space and rescue Parker, sending the Iron Spider armor to Parker. He and Stark rescue Strange and kill Maw, and Stark officially declares Parker an Avenger. The spaceship lands on the planet Titan, where Parker, Stark, and Strange are confronted by some members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, before they realize that they are both on the same side: stopping Thanos. Thanos eventually arrives and Parker helps subdue him along with Strange, Stark, Peter Quill, Drax, and Mantis. However, Quill attacks Thanos, making Parker lose his grip on removing the Infinity Gauntlet. Parker rescues an unconscious Mantis, Quill, Drax, and Nebula after Thanos throws Titan’s moon at them. Thanos leaves and is successful in disintegrating half of all life, including Parker, in the Blip.

In 2023, Parker is restored to life by Bruce Banner and is brought via a portal to the destroyed Avengers Compound to assist the Avengers in defeating an alternate 2014 Thanos. Parker reunites with Stark, who later sacrifices his life to save the universe; Parker attends his funeral and returns to high school, reuniting with Ned.

School vacation and encountering Mysterio[edit]

Eight months later in mid-2024, Parker still reeling from Stark’s death decides to take a break from vigilantism and goes on a school trip to Europe with Ned and other classmates, where he plans to reveal his romantic feelings towards his classmate MJ. In Venice, Parker and his classmates are attacked by a water monster but are saved by Quentin Beck. Parker is approached by Nick Fury, whose calls he had been fielding and who appoints Beck as his teammate in battling further element-based monsters (the «Elementals») throughout Europe. Fury gives Parker «E.D.I.T.H.», an artificial intelligence created by Stark to give to Parker. After defeating the Fire Elemental in Prague, Parker feels he «isn’t ready to be the next Iron Man» and gives E.D.I.T.H. to Beck, who unbeknownst to Parker is a former disgruntled employee of Stark’s.

Parker goes on a walk with MJ, and reveals his attraction to her and accidentally his identity as Spider-Man. The pair discover Beck used holographic projectors to visually create the Elementals, and Parker goes to Berlin to warn Fury about Beck’s deception. Beck catches wind of this and traps Parker in multiple illusions, and while impersonating Fury, tricks the latter into telling the names of the students that know his fraudulence. Parker is hit by a train and left for dead in the Netherlands, but calls Hogan and creates a new suit for himself using Stark’s technology as he enters London to stop Beck, who has created an amalgamated Elemental using Stark Industries drones. Ned and MJ evacuate the students and fight with Hogan while Parker destroys those drones and approaches Beck. Beck attempts to kill Parker using the drones, but Parker manages to get a drone to shoot him, Beck beginning to bleed. Parker gets E.D.I.T.H. back, as Beck seemingly dies, and disables the drones; Parker and his classmates return to New York City, with he and MJ planning a date the following week.

Exposed secret identity and multiversal crisis[edit]

After swinging through the city, Parker and MJ witness a broadcast from J. Jonah Jameson of TheDailyBugle.net showing an edited video of Beck incriminating Parker for the London attack and revealing his identity as Spider-Man, much to the latter’s shock.^[b] Parker, MJ, Ned, and May are interrogated by Damage Control, and the murder charges are dropped with lawyer Matt Murdock’s help, but Parker’s friends still grapple with negative publicity from Jameson and Beck supporters. Parker and May then move into Happy Hogan’s apartment for their safety. After his, Ned, and MJ’s applications to MIT are rejected in light of the controversy, Parker goes to the New York Sanctum to ask Stephen Strange for help; Strange, despite Wong’s warnings, attempts to cast a spell that would make everyone forget Parker is Spider-Man, though Parker repeatedly tampers with it. He tries to convince an MIT administrator to reconsider his and his friends’ applications before being attacked by Otto Octavius, who rips Parker’s nanotechnology from his Iron Spider suit, which bonds with his mechanical tentacles and allows Parker to disable them. As the Green Goblin arrives and attacks, Strange teleports Parker and Octavius to the Sanctum, where he explains that before he could contain the tampered spell, it summoned people from alternate universes who know Spider-Man’s identity and which allowed the multiverse to be broken open. Strange orders Parker, MJ, and Ned to find and capture multiversal visitors; they locate and retrieve Max Dillon and Flint Marko, and later, Parker retrieves Norman Osborn from a F.E.A.S.T. building and discovers that the latter, Dillon, and Octavius were pulled from their universes just before their deaths.^[c] He refuses to send the villains home to their deadly fates in their original realities and traps Strange in the Mirror Dimension, stealing the spell, takes the villains to Hogan’s apartment, and cures Octavius.

The Goblin persona takes control of Osborn, convinces the uncured villains to betray Parker, and a fight ensues which culminates with Goblin fatally injuring May before escaping. Before she dies, May tells Parker that «with great power, there must also come great responsibility». After May’s death, A bereaved Parker, whose guilt was accentuated by Jameson’s gaslighting reporting, is ready to give up and send the villains to die; he is comforted by his friends and meets two alternate versions of himself that are later nicknamed «Peter-Two» and «Peter-Three». The alternate Parkers share stories of losing loved ones and encourage Parker (later nicknamed «Peter-One») to fight in May’s honor. They develop cures for the villains and lure the Lizard, Dillon, and Marko to the Statue of Liberty, managing to cure them. The Goblin appears and unleashes the contained spell, and an enraged Peter-One tries to kill him before being stopped by Peter-Two. The former and Peter-Three inject the Goblin cure into him, restoring Osborn’s sanity.

Peter-One realizes that the only way to protect the multiverse is to erase Peter Parker from everyone’s memory and requests that Strange do so, while promising MJ and Ned that he will find them again. The spell is cast and everyone returns to their respective universes, with him saying goodbye to his alternate versions. A few weeks later, Parker visits MJ and Ned to reintroduce himself, but decides against it, not wanting to endanger them. While mourning at May’s grave, he has a conversation with Hogan and is inspired to carry on; Parker, having dropped out of school, starts studying to get his GED and makes a new suit to resume his super-heroics as Spider-Man, who is now re-considered as a hero, although a now unaware Jameson continues his smear campaign against him.

Alternate versions[edit]

What If…?[edit]

An alternate version of Peter Parker appears in the animated series What If…?, in which he is voiced by Hudson Thames.

Zombie outbreak[edit]

In an alternate 2018, Parker (marketed as Zombie Hunter Spider-Man) is among the survivors of a quantum virus outbreak which transforms the infected into zombies, and joins the other survivors in search of a cure at Camp Lehigh. After a fight with a zombified Wanda Maximoff, he escapes with T’Challa and Scott Lang, taking the Mind Stone to Wakanda to put an end to the virus. Unbeknownst to the trio however, a zombified Thanos has invaded Wakanda with his army.

Spider-Man: No Way Home[edit]

«Peter-Two»[edit]

Years following the events of Spider-Man 3 (2007), Peter Parker’s (portrayed by Tobey Maguire) relationship with Mary Jane «MJ» Watson had become complicated but eventually worked out. Due to Strange’s malfunctioned spell, Parker is brought into the MCU and subsequently begins searching for that universe’s Parker. After meeting an alternate version of himself and comforting «Peter-One»‘s loss of his aunt, the Spider-Men work together to cure the supervillains and Parker subsequently reunites with Octavius. Parker saves «Peter-One» from killing Green Goblin out of anger, having previously reminded him that revenge would not suffice May’s death, but this leads to him being stabbed in the back and injured by Goblin. Parker says goodbye to his alternate versions and returns to his universe.

«Peter-Three»[edit]

Following the events of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Peter Parker’s (portrayed by Andrew Garfield) failure to save Gwen Stacy caused him to become bitter and overly aggressive and vengeful towards criminals, devoting most of his time to being Spider-Man. After Strange’s malfunctioned spell, Parker is brought into the MCU and subsequently begins searching for that universe’s Parker. After meeting an alternate version of himself and comforting «Peter-One»‘s loss of his aunt, the Spider-Men work to cure the villains, with «Peter-One» curing Curt Connors and Parker reconciling with Dillon, who had been cured by Otto Octavius. After Green Goblin destroys the contained spell, MJ falls from the scaffolding but is saved by Parker, bringing closure to his failure. Parker and «Peter-One» inject Osborn with a cure «Peter-Two» developed, restoring his sanity. Parker says goodbye to his alternate versions and returns to his universe as a happier man.

Spider-Man: Freshman Year[edit]

Spider-Man: Freshman Year and its second season, subtitled Sophomore Year, will explore an alternate Peter Parker’s origin story and early days using the Spider-Man persona as he is mentored by Norman Osborn in his freshman and sophomore years of high school.^[5][6][7]

Concept and creation[edit]

Background and development[edit]

The Marvel Comics character Peter Parker / Spider-Man first appeared in the fifteenth and final issue of Marvel’s anthology comic book series Amazing Fantasy, which was published in August 1962.^[8] The issue was written by Marvel Comics editor and head writer Stan Lee and drawn and penciled by artist Steve Ditko; Lee wanted to create a character whom teens could identify with,^[9]: 1 and was influenced by pulp magazine crime fighter the Spider. He also took inspiration from seeing a spider climb up a wall.^[10] The character became popular during the 1960s, and was adapted into various forms of media–including five films by Sony Pictures from 2002 to 2014, starring Tobey Maguire in three films directed by Sam Raimi as Spider-Man and Andrew Garfield in two films directed by Marc Webb as the character.^[11][12]

Following the November 2014 hacking of Sony Pictures’ computers, emails between Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal and president Doug Belgrad were released stating that Marvel Studios wanted to include Spider-Man (whose film rights are licensed to Sony) in their Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain America: Civil War (2016), but talks between the studios concerning this were believed to have broken down.^[12] However, in February 2015, the studios reached a licensing deal for the use of Spider-Man in an MCU film,^[13] and reports indicated that the character would indeed appear in Civil War.^[14][15] According to the deal, Sony Pictures would continue to own, finance, distribute, and exercise final creative control over the Spider-Man films.^[13] Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige stated in April 2015 that they decided to not retell the character’s origins in Civil War since there had been two previous retellings with the Raimi and Webb films, so Marvel Studios was «going to take it for granted that people know that, and the specifics». Feige also stated that Marvel had been working to add Spider-Man to the MCU since at least October 2014.^[16] The following June, Feige clarified that the initial Sony deal does not allow the character to appear in any of the MCU television series, as it was «very specific… with a certain amount of back and forth allowed.»^[17]

By August 2019, Marvel Studios and its parent company The Walt Disney Studios had spent several months discussing expanding their deal with Sony. The existing deal had Marvel and Feige produce the Spider-Man films for Sony and receive 5% of their revenue. Sony wanted to expand the deal to include more films while keeping the same terms of the original agreement. Disney expressed concern with Feige’s workload producing the MCU already and asked for a 25–50% stake in any future films Feige produced for Sony.^[18][19][20] Unable to come to an agreement, Sony announced that it would be moving forward on the next Spider-Man film without Feige or Marvel’s involvement.^[19] The next month, Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tony Vinciquerra confirmed the character would be integrated with Sony’s own shared universe–Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU)–moving forward.^[21] MCU Spider-Man actor Tom Holland personally spoke to Disney CEO Bob Iger and Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman,^[22] partly making the companies return to negotiations.^[23] In late September, Sony and Disney announced a new agreement that would allow Marvel Studios and Feige to produce another MCU Spider-Man film–Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)–with Amy Pascal.^[24] Disney was reportedly co-financing 25% of No Way Home in exchange for 25% of the film’s profit, while retaining the character’s merchandising rights.^[24][23] The agreement also allowed Holland’s Spider-Man to appear in a future Marvel Studios film as well as crossing over to the SSU,^[24] with the latter interaction described as «a ‘call and answer’ between the two franchises as they acknowledge details between the two in what would loosely be described as a shared detailed universe.»

Casting and appearances[edit]

Sony was reportedly looking for an actor younger than Andrew Garfield to play Spider-Man,^[25] with Logan Lerman and Dylan O’Brien considered front-runners.^[26] Later in April 2015, Nat Wolff, Asa Butterfield, Tom Holland, Timothée Chalamet, and Liam James were under consideration by Sony and Marvel to play Spider-Man,^[27] with Holland and Butterfield as the front-runners.^[28] Butterfield, Holland, Judah Lewis, Matt Lintz, Charlie Plummer, and Charlie Rowe screen tested for the lead role against Robert Downey Jr., who portrays Tony Stark / Iron Man in the MCU, for «chemistry».^[29][30] The six were chosen out of a search of over 1,500 actors to test in front of Feige, Pascal, and the Russo brothers—the directors of Captain America: Civil War.^[30] Feige and Pascal narrowed the actors considered to Holland and Rowe, with both screen testing with Downey again. Holland also tested with Chris Evans, who portrays Steve Rogers / Captain America in the MCU, and emerged as the favorite.^[29] On June 23, Marvel and Sony officially announced that Holland would star as Spider-Man in the MCU in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).^[31][32] The Russos «were pretty vocal» about whom they wanted for the role, pushing to cast an actor close to the age of Peter Parker to differentiate from the previous portrayals. They also praised Holland for having a dancing and gymnastics background.^[33]

A scene in Iron Man 2 (2010) depicts a young boy in a child’s Iron Man mask targeted by Justin Hammer’s drones before being rescued by Stark; Max Favreau, the son of director Jon Favreau, plays the boy.^[34] In 2017, Watts said that he had suggested to Feige that they retroactively establish this child to be the introduction of a young Parker to the MCU,^[34] an idea that Holland supported;^[35] however, this notion has yet to be confirmed in any MCU film or television series.^[36] The first reference to Spider-Man within the MCU, following the deal with Sony, is at the end of Ant-Man (2015) according to its director Peyton Reed.^[37] The reference is made by a reporter to Sam Wilson / Falcon, who is looking for Ant-Man. The reporter states, «Well, we got everything nowadays. We got a guy who jumps, we got a guy who swings, we got a guy who crawls up the walls, you gotta be more specific.»

In February 2021, Holland said No Way Home was the final film under his contract but he hoped to continue playing Spider-Man in the future if asked.^[38] That October, Holland said No Way Home was being treated as «the end of a franchise» that began with Homecoming, with any additional solo films featuring the MCU Spider-Man characters to be different from the first trilogy of films and feature a tonal change.^[39] By November, Holland was unsure if he should continue making Spider-Man films and felt he would have «done something wrong» if he was still portraying the character in his thirties. He expressed interest in a film focusing on the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man instead. Despite this, Pascal hoped to continue working with Holland on future Spider-Man films.^[40] Later in November, Pascal said there were plans for another trilogy of Spider-Man films starring Holland, with work on the first of those about to begin,^[41] though Sony did not yet have official plans for further MCU Spider-Man films.^[42]

Tom Holland portrays Peter Parker in Captain America: Civil War,^[33] Spider-Man: Homecoming,^[31][32] Avengers: Infinity War,^[43][44][45] Avengers: Endgame,^[46] Spider-Man: Far From Home,^[47] and Spider-Man: No Way Home.^[24][48] A fourth MCU Spider-Man film is in development with Holland expected to reprise his role.^[41] Hudson Thames voices the character in the What If..? episode «What If… Zombies?!».^[49][50][51] The Disney+ animated series Spider-Man: Freshman Year explores an alternate Peter Parker in the MCU multiverse’s origin story and early days using the Spider-Man persona as he is mentored by Norman Osborn.^[5][6][7]

Design[edit]

On the Spider-Man suit seen in Civil War, Joe Russo described it as «a slightly more traditional, Steve Ditko influenced suit,» and that Civil War would explore the way the suit operates, particularly the mechanical eyes.^[52] This suit is primarily used during Homecoming, and has more technical improvements than the previous suits, including the logo on the chest being a remote drone, an AI system similar to Tony Stark’s J.A.R.V.I.S., a holographic interface, a parachute, a tracking device for Stark to track Parker, a heater, an airbag, the ability to light up, and the ability to augment reality with the eyepieces. Stark also builds in a «training wheels» protocol, to initially limit Parker’s access to all of its features. Homecoming co-producer Eric Hauserman Carroll noted Marvel Studios went through the comics and «pull[ed] out all the sort of fun and wacky things the suit did» to include in the Homecoming suit.^[53] Spider-Man’s web-shooters have various settings, first teased at the end of Civil War, which Carroll explained allowed him to «adjust the spray» to different settings like the spinning web, web ball, or ricochet web. He compared this to a DSLR camera.^[1] In The Moviemaking Magic of Marvel Studios: Spider-Man (2021), Holland says that «what [he] loves about the original web-shooters is they’re as real as they could be,» and compares them to Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man, saying that his web-shooters «[never made] much sense to [him].»^[54] Spider-Man’s Iron Spider armor, used by the character during the Civil War comic storyline, was also considered to appear in the Civil War film.^[55]

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) reuses two of Spider-Man’s costumes from the previous films: his main costume from Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming, and the Iron Spider suit from Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame. It also introduces two new costumes: a black «stealth» costume given to Parker by Nick Fury, and a new, upgraded Spider-Man suit that Parker designs for himself at the end of the film.^[56] Marvel Studios’ head of visual development Ryan Meinerding explained that Watts had wanted to include a suit inspired by the Spider-Man Noir version of the character, which led to the design of the more tactical stealth suit. He added that the suit represents Parker experimenting with being a new kind of superhero. Other tactical costumes from the comic books were looked at when developing this one, but Meinerding felt they looked less practical than the more straightforward Noir inspiration. The costume includes tactical goggles that can be flipped up. For Parker’s new self-designed costume, Meinerding originally designed it with the idea that it would be made from Parker’s webbing since that is the strongest material he has access to.^[57] Practical versions of the costumes were created by Ironhead Studio, who previously worked on The Amazing Spider-Man films. For Far From Home, Ironhead developed a skull cap for the costumes that has built-in fans to prevent the goggles from steaming up. They also developed a magnetic bellows system for connecting the goggles to the mask, so they could be easily removed but not fall off during action sequences.^[58]

Spider-Man suits featured in Spider-Man: Freshman Year (2024) include his homemade suit made from «gym pants, sneakers, goggles, a blue sweatshirt, red undershirt, knee pads, very clunky webshooters, and a red logo on the chest», a «beetle» costume, a yellow suit, a dark suit, a «classic 60s» red and blue suit, and a white and blue Oscorp suit.^[59]

List of MCU Spider-Man suits[edit]

• The Homemade suit is a suit developed by Peter Parker during his early months as Spider-Man. It appears briefly in Captain America: Civil War and is used for the climax of Spider-Man: Homecoming. Trixter applied a rigging, muscle and cloth system to Sony Pictures Imageworks’s homemade suit to «mimic the appearance of the rather loose training suit».^[60]
• The Homecoming suit was a suit developed by Tony Stark for Parker, described as an upgrade to the Homemade one. It first appears as Parker’s primary suit in Civil War and Homecoming, Parker ceases to use it in Avengers: Infinity War, and the suit is blown up in Spider-Man: Far From Home. A variation of this suit appears in What If…?
• The Iron Spider armor, also known as Item A17, was a suit developed by Stark that was made out of nanotechnology. The Department of Damage Control confiscate the charger in mid-2024, and Otto Octavius absorbs its nanites for his tentacles later that year; he eventually returns it to Parker. The armor appears at the end of Homecoming, is primarily used for Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, at the start of Far From Home, and one time in Spider-Man: No Way Home. For the suit’s first appearance, Framestore created models and textures in anticipation for future MCU projects, while Trixter created the «clean, high tech» vault that the suit appears in.^[60]
• The Stealth Suit is a suit made by Fury for Parker. Parker becomes the vigilante Night-Monkey, a «European rip-off of Spider-Man», to conceal his identity using this suit. A prison warden steals the mask in Netherlands. It appears in Spider-Man: Far From Home.^[56][57]
• The Upgraded Suit is a red-and-black Spider-Man suit created by Parker using the Stark Industries Fabricator. It also contains a white spider-emblem on the front and back. A burglar throws paint on the suit, which remains uncleanable until May Parker (Marisa Tomei) cleans it months later. It forms into the Integrated Suit when Octavius returns his stolen nanites he stole from the Iron Spider armor. It appears in Spider-Man: Far From Home and No Way Home.^[56][61]
• The Black and Gold Suit is the Upgraded Suit inside-out. Parker uses this suit to defeat Electro in No Way Home.^[61]
• The Integrated Suit is the Upgraded Suit combined with the Iron Spider armor’s nanites. It appears in No Way Home.^[61]
• Parker makes a new suit for himself at the end of No Way Home, inspired by the original red-and-blue suit of the early Spider-Man comics.^[61] A similar suit appears in Freshman Year.^[59]

Characterization[edit]

Parker is recruited by Stark in Civil War to help him arrest Rogers and his rogue Avengers. Feige said that Parker would be torn between superhero ideologies, saying, «Does he want to be like these other characters? Does he want nothing to do with these other characters? How does that impact his experience, being this grounded but super powerful hero? Those are all the things that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko played with in the first 10 years of his comics, and that now we can play with for the first time in a movie.»^[62] On aligning with Stark, Anthony Russo said that, despite entering the conflict after the two factions have formed and not having much political investment, Parker’s choice comes from «a very personal relationship» he develops with Stark.^[63][64] The Russos hoped «to take a very logical and realistic and naturalistic approach to the character» compared to the previous film portrayals. Anthony Russo added that the character’s introduction had to fit «that specific tonal stylistic world» of the MCU, as well as the tone established by the directors in Winter Soldier, saying, «It’s a little more grounded and a little more hard-core contemporary.» That was «coloring our choices a lot» with Parker.^[65]

Though the MCU films do not depict Parker’s origin story,^[16] Parker’s Uncle Ben, whose death was a significant event in both the comic books and previous film series, is indirectly referenced in Spider-Man: Homecoming.^[1][2] There was some discussion to include a direct reference to Ben when Peter is getting ready for his homecoming by the revelation that his wardrobe consisted of Ben’s clothes, but the writers desisted because they felt that the moment veered away from Parker’s character arc and made Ben’s death feel like a «throwaway line».^[3] The one exception is the animated What If…? episode «What If… Zombies?!», where an alternate version of Parker mentions everyone who has died in his life in the episode’s timeline.^[50]

Another change is Parker’s close paternal relationship with Stark. This was partially adapted from the limited series Civil War, its three-issue prelude on The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski, and the Ultimate Marvel comics where Stark and Parker share a trainer-trainee relationship.^{[66][67][citation needed]} Some critics disliked Parker’s reliance on Stark, as opposed to previous cinematic portrayals of Spider-Man showing the character as more self-reliant; several of Parker’s proper Spider-Man suits in the MCU are also designed by Stark, or built by Parker with Stark Industries technology, whereas in the comics Parker designed and constructed his first suit entirely by himself.^[68]

Parker’s relationships with Mary Jane «MJ» Watson or Gwen Stacy do not exist in the MCU, instead he falls in love with Michelle «MJ» Jones-Watson (Zendaya) a fellow school student after his previous crush, high school senior Liz, moves away. Although MJ is an original character,^[69] Spider-Man: Homecoming co-screenwriter John Francis Daley stated that she was intended as a reinvention of Mary Jane and that the nickname was an homage to her.^[70][69]

Reception[edit]

For their reviews of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Sara Stewart of the New York Post attributed much of the «heavy-lifting» to Holland’s performance and the «perfectly cast» Michael Keaton (Vulture). She also noted Watts’ focus on Parker’s human side,^[71] while Mike Ryan at Uproxx felt it was the best Spider-Man film yet, with one of his specific praises being the younger and more optimistic portrayal of Parker.^[72] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times praised its focus on the character’s school life and called Holland «terrific and well-cast»,^[73] while Owen Gleiberman of Variety highlighted Homecoming‘s focus on making Peter Parker a realistically youthful and grounded character. He found Holland to be likable in the role, but did criticize the vague take on Spider-Man’s origin and powers, but «the flying action has a casual flip buoyancy, and the movie does get you rooting for Peter.»^[74] At IndieWire, David Ehrlich praised the elements of the film that leaned into the high school life of Parker,^[75] while Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times criticized the «juvenile» depiction of Parker and Watts’ «unevenly orchestrated» direction.^[76] Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter‘s John DeFore praised Holland’s performance as «winning» despite the Homecoming script,^[77] and Mick LaSalle, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, said the film did not explore the human side of Spider-Man enough and instead focused on action that is «not thrilling».^[78] Robbie Collin of The Telegraph criticized Watts’ direction but was positive of Holland, Keaton, Tomei, and Zendaya.^[79]

For their reviews of Spider-Man: Far From Home, Gleiberman again praised Holland’s performance,^[80] along with Roeper,^[81] while Alonso Duralde of TheWrap highlighted the cast, including the chemistry between Holland, Zendaya, and Jacob Batalon (Ned Leeds).^[82] Ehrlich criticized the character development of Spider-Man in the film, feeling that he does not change throughout the film beyond becoming more confident.^[83] John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal also praised Holland and Zendaya’s performances.^[84]

Spider-Man: No Way Home features several characters from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy and Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man duology, including past Spider-Man actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as their respective Spider-Men.^[85] The multiverse aspect was widely praised by critics and audiences, and generated much speculation before the film’s release. In their reviews, Don Kaye, writing for Den of Geek, praised the performances and chemistry of the cast, stating that «No Way Home channels the entire spectrum of Spider-Man movies while setting the character on a course all his own at last»,^[86] while Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood praised Watts’s direction and wrote that Holland, Zendaya, and Batalon are «a priceless trio»;^[85]Jennifer Bisset of CNET praised the performances, writing: «A Russo Brothers influence can almost be felt ushering Holland’s third Spider-Man movie into new, weightier territory. If the character is to become the next Tony Stark, this is the way to etch a few more scars into a more interesting hero’s facade»;^[87] DeFore felt that the inclusion of «multiversal mayhem» in No Way Home addressed the «Iron Man-ification» of MCU Spider-Man that made Holland-centric films «least fun»;^[88] Roeper again praised the performances of Holland and Zendaya, writing that while there is «nothing new or particularly memorable about the serviceable CGI and practical effects,» he and the audience remain invested because Holland «remains the best of the cinematic Spider-Men».^[89]

Accolades[edit]

Holland has received numerous nominations and awards for his portrayal of Spider-Man.

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Golden Schmoes Awards	Breakthrough Performance of the Year	Won	[90]
Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Scene Stealer	Nominated	[91]
2017	Empire Awards	Best Male Newcomer	Nominated	[92]
Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Won	[93]
Spider-Man: Homecoming	London Film Critics’ Circle Awards	Young British/Irish Performer of the Year	Nominated	[94]
Teen Choice Awards	Choice Breakout Movie Star	Nominated	[95]
Choice Summer Movie Actor	Won
2018	Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Won	[96]
Avengers: Infinity War	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Action Movie Actor	Nominated	[97]
2019	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Summer Movie Actor	Won	[98]
Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Won	[99]
People’s Choice Awards	Male Movie Star of 2019	Nominated	[100]
Action Movie Star of 2019	Won
2022	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Critics’ Choice Super Awards	Best Actor in a Superhero Movie	Nominated	[101]
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actor	Won	[102]
MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Performance in a Movie	Won	[103]
Best Hero	Nominated
Best Kiss[d]	Nominated
Best Fight[e]	Nominated
Best Team[e]	Nominated
Saturn Awards	Best Actor	Nominated	[104]

In other media[edit]

Films[edit]

• At one point, the writers of the Sony Pictures Animation film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) wished to include a post-credits scene with cameos by Maguire, Garfield, and Holland, but this was cut as Sony felt such a moment at the time was too risky and would prove confusing.^[105] Holland recalls his cameo was as a passerby at a train station who says, «Hey, kid!» to Miles Morales.^[106]
• The MCU’s Spider-Man has made an appearance and been referenced in the SSU, a standalone media franchise and shared universe connected to the MCU through the multiverse. The films in the SSU focus on supporting characters featured in Spider-Man comics, with a particular emphasis on his rogues gallery.
  • Holland had filmed a cameo appearance as Peter Parker for Venom (2018), prior to Marvel Studios asking Sony to exclude it.^[107]
  • Holland makes a cameo appearance as Peter Parker in the mid-credits scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), where it is revealed that J. Jonah Jameson’s broadcast incriminating him as Mysterio’s «murderer» was witnessed by a universe-displaced Eddie Brock and his symbiote companion Venom,^[108] simultaneous with the events of No Way Home.
  • Spider-Man and the events of No Way Home are referenced and depicted in the mid and post-credit scenes of Morbius (2022), by the relevation of Adrian Toomes being transported from the MCU to the Sony’s Spider-Man Universe due to Strange’s second spell. Assuming Spider-Man was responsible, he constructs a new Vulture suit and approaches Dr. Michael Morbius in forming a team.^[109]

Comics[edit]

• An alternate Spider-Man wearing a version of the Homecoming Stark suit appears in the comics crossover event Spider-Geddon (2018), implied to be the MCU version of Spider-Man.^[110]
• An alternate Spider-Man wearing a version of the Infinity War Iron Spider suit appears in the third volume of the second Spider-Verse event (2019), alongside a version of the MCU Iron Man.^[111]

Video games[edit]

• All of the MCU Spider-Man suits, except the suit introduced at the end of No Way Home, are available in the 2018 video game Spider-Man, initially developed by Insomniac Games for PlayStation 4.^[112] The suits created for No Way Home, the Integrated and Black/Gold Suits, are exclusive to the PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Windows version of the game, Spider-Man Remastered (2020).^[113] The Homecoming suit is named the «Stark Suit» in-game,^[112] while the Integrated Suit is named the «Hybrid Suit».
• Holland’s Spider-Man and Zendaya’s MJ, based on their appearances in No Way Home, are purchasable outfits in Fortnite.^[114]
• The main suits from Homecoming and Far From Home, as well as the MCU’s version of the Iron Spider armor, are all featured as downloadable content (DLC) costumes for Spider-Man in Square Enix’s Avengers (2020) game on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.^[115][116]

Additionally, Holland reprises his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure, an interactive theme park screen ride at Disney California Adventure’s Avengers Campus and Walt Disney Studios Park.^[117]

See also[edit]

• Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Spider-Man in film

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Peter Parker on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
  • Zombie Outbreak Spider-Man on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
• Peter Parker on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki
• Peter Parker on Marvel.com

Spider-Man
[[|px]] GALLERY
Biographical Information
Full name	Peter Benjamin Parker
Year of Birth	August 27, 1993
Place of Birth	New York City, New York
Died	{{{died}}}
Current Alias	Spider-Man
Aliases	Scarlet Spider, Spider-Hulk, Spider-Lizard, Spider-Morphosis, Spider-Phoenix, Web-head, Webslinger, Wallcrawler, Man-Spider
Nicknames	Pete
Physical Information
Gender	Male
Height	5’10»
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Ethnicity	American
Species	Human (Mutate)
Unusual Features	No Information
Family Information
Family	Richard Parker (father, deceased) Mary Parker (mother, deceased) May Parker (aunt) Ben Parker (uncle, deceased)
Marital Status	Single
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Adventurer, freelance photographer for The Daily Bugle
Education	College Student
Status	Alive
Affiliation
Base Of Operations	New York City, New York
Affiliation	*Avengers X-Men
Episode Count
First Appearance	Pilot
Latest Appearance	No Information
Appearances	{{{Appearances}}}

«Whoa! I haven’t seen this many villains, thugs, and lowlifes in one place since I watched C-Span’s coverage of congress yesterday!«

―Spider-Man^[src]

Peter Parker is a college student and freelance photographer for The Daily Bugle, but is also secretly the vigilante, Spider-Man.

Early Life

‘ Peter Benjamin Parker was born in New York City, New York on August 27, 1993, where he was raised until the age of 6 when his parents were killed in an airplane crash overseas. He then went to live with his uncle and aunt Ben and May Parker, in Forest Hills, New York. Parker was extremely bright and became a high honors student at Midtown High School. Parker’s shyness and academic interest often made him a social outcast.

Season 1

«I’m done. Done accepting things the way we are. I swear to you… from now on… whenever I’m around, wherever I am… …No one dies!«

―Peter Parker^[src]

At At the beginning of his senior year in high school, Peter attended a public exhibition demonstrating the safe handling of nuclear laboratory waste materials sponsored by the General Techtronics Corporation. During the tour, Peter was bitten by a spider that had been irradiated by a particle accelerator used in the demonstration. Making his way home afterward, Peter discovered he had somehow gained incredible strength, agility, and the ability to cling to walls; spider-like traits that he immediately associated with the spider bite.

Encountering an ad offering a cash prize for staying in the ring for 3 minutes with a professional wrestler, Peter decided this would be a good way to test his powers. Wearing a mask to avoid potential embarrassment, Peter easily defeated his opponent. His performance was observed by a TV producer, who convinced him to go on television with his ‘act’. Peter Designed a costume and called himself Spider-Man, becoming an immediate sensation.

Following his first TV appearance, Peter failed to act to stop an escaping thief, claiming that it was not his responsibility. Peter forgot the incident as his fame rose, but one night he returned home to find his Uncle Ben had been murdered. Learning the police had the burglar responsible holed up in a warehouse, Peter easily captured him only to discover it was the same thief he had allowed to escape earlier. Filled with remorse, he realized that with power comes responsibility, and thus began the crime-fighting career of the Amazing Spider-Man.

Peter began to use his powers to fight crime, attempting to join the Fantastic Four in their formative stages, but was dismissed. As a solo hero, Parker took pictures of his fights as Spider-Man using an automatic camera and then sold the pictures to The Daily Bugle. Spider-Man rapidly became one of the most well-known citizens in New York City, although Bugle editor J. Jonah Jameson soon branded him a «menace». Parker’s main concern was for his Aunt May, who he feared would have a heart attack if she ever found out about his crime-fighting identity.

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Spider Physiology: Spider-Man possesses the proportionate powers of a spider, granted to him from an irradiated Common House Spider which bit Peter Parker that was already mutated from prior exposure to certain frequencies of radiation and received a final, lethal dose during Parker’s attendance of the exhibition. The radioactive, complex mutagenic enzymes in the spider’s blood that were transferred at the bite triggered numerous changes within Parker, granting him superhuman strength, speed, toughened flesh, and numerous arachnid-like abilities. Like many superhuman powers, the effectiveness of Spider-Man’s abilities varies based on the author and the needs of the story. His powers include:
  • Spider-Sense: Spider-Man possesses an extrasensory «danger» or «spider» sense which warns him of potential immediate danger by the manifestation of a tingling sensation in the back of his skull, and links with his superhuman kinesthetics, enabling him to evade most any injuries unless he cognitively overrides his automatic reflexes. The precise nature of this sense is unknown. It appears to be a simultaneous clairvoyant response to a wide variety of phenomena (everything from falling safes to speeding bullets to thrown punches), which has given several hundredths of a second warning, which is sufficient time for his reflexes to allow him to avoid injury. The sense also can create a general response on the order of several minutes: he cannot discern the nature of the threat by the sensation. He can, however, discern the severity of the danger by the strength of his response to it. Spider-Man’s spider-sense is directional and can guide him to or away from hidden weapons and enemies. Sudden and extreme threats can cause his spider sense to react with painful intensity. Spider-Man can also sense and dodge attacks directed randomly or by artificial intelligence. Using his spider-sense to time his enhanced reflexes, Spider-Man can casually dodge attacks up to and including automatic-weapons fire, provided there is sufficient distance. even though he has dodged gunfire at close range before via a combination of speed, agility, reflexes, even the spider-sense making the world seem in slow motion around him, His spider-sense is sufficiently well-linked to his reflexes to the point that a threat can trigger them even when Spider-Man is asleep or stunned. His spider sense has helped him preserve his secret identity since it alerts him to observers or cameras when changing into or out of his costume. The spider-sense does not react to those who Peter does not consider to be a threat, such as Aunt May. Spider-Man can ignore his spider sense, and distraction or fatigue diminishes its effectiveness. Spider-Man’s fighting style incorporates the advantage that his «spider-sense» provides him. His body begins to produce more adrenaline after the sense is triggered, an extension of the «fight or flight syndrome». Even when he does not have the use of his eyes Spider-Man can still similarly use his Spider-Sense to Daredevil’s Radar Sense to help him see by sensing the direction the danger is coming from by listening to the loudest noise around him. This was first used after Spider-Man was temporarily blinded by a device, and used a second time when blinded by a flash bomb, Spider-Man’s spider-sense has proved to be stronger, more effective, and more powerful than Daredevil’s radar sense because it isn’t reliant on sound or anything else, During a battle with a hitman called Headhunter, Spider-Man was not only blinded by fire but also deafened by defining walls and his spider-sense worked as not only another set of eyes but another set of ears and helped defeat the Headhunter, this was used again during a battle with Daredevil when they were surrounded by multiple car noises which scrambled Matt Murdock’s radar sense, Peter’s spider-sense worked with no problem, leaving Murdock vulnerable. Spider-Man’s spider-sense evolved through experience where he can now recognize sources of danger. This allows him to determine whether the danger is posed by a familiar source (such as an attack by a familiar foe) or is a new threat.
    • Radio Frequency Detection: Spider-Man’s spider-sense could also be used to detect certain radio frequencies. Spider-Man’s technical skill was such that he had designed spider tracers that broadcast a signal detectable by his spider-sense.
  • 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 other objects, 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.
  • Superhuman Senses: Spider-Man’s senses are heightened to superhuman levels, specifically his eyesight as he no longer needs his glasses after the spider’s bite, Spider-Man’s eyesight has been enhanced to superhuman levels (regenerated by his regenerative healing capabilities) leading him to relinquish the use of the spectacles long time ago. His field of eyesight has been augmented with impossible clarity and infallible detail enabling him to effortlessly exploit the full extent of his web-shooters and spider-tracers to be a proficient marksman as well as notice things people fail to observe, Peter can hear any danger, via spider-sense while he hears that it may also warn him of any danger, and can feel vibrations in both the air and the ground. Spider-Man’s senses can almost freeze time around him, for him, the seconds of the moments are frozen in time. His Spider-Sense perceives the world as paused frames on a VOR, where the action slows down. These moments, Spider-Man sometimes feels like hours, although they are moments, milliseconds, he can even perceive the events around him, such as the movement of a muscle, a breath of air when an object is moved the sound or sight (moving faster than the sound of any gun instantly) when someone pulls the trigger slightly, he can almost feel the bullet settle into the chamber. This shows Peter’s senses and physical abilities work at incredible speed levels.
  • Superhuman Strength: Spider-Man possesses superhuman strength enabling him to press lift approximately 10 tons. Spider-Man’s physical strength is sufficient to lift and throw objects as heavy as a semi-truck 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 knock out people with normal durability with as little as a tap to the head. He was able to physically overpower The Scorpion and The Rhino (despite their superior strength), able to physically hurt Venom and Carnage (despite their superior durability), punch and kick through the Lizard’s thick hard scaly skin, and even lifted tanks, supported fallen multistory buildings and freed himself from under tons of rubble, 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. Spider-Man demonstrated this when he leaped over 30 feet vertically into the air when he first leaped out of the way of an oncoming car; it should also be noted that when he first discovered his powers as a teenager, they hadn’t developed to that of his prime.
    • Superhuman Jumping and Leaping: As a result of the spider’s bite, Spider-Man can jump and leap much higher and further than normal humans, easily capable of jumping and leaping to a height of several stories in a single bound, easily capable of jumping and leaping from one building over a street to the next.
  • Superhuman Speed: Spider-Man can run and move at speeds beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. Spider-Man has shown to be fast enough to catch up to an accelerating car while on foot but prefers to travel by web. Spider-Man also moves faster than the eye can see, Spider-Man can also move faster than bullets even when they have already been fired, displaying his incredible speed and reflexes. Spider-Man is even able to intercept them with his webbing. Many may not know, but Spider-Man can run at superhuman speeds. On more than one occasion he has shown that he can go over 70 miles per hour, and his speed to run according to his superhuman class is around 200 miles per hour, That is, around more than 160 km./h, Olympic athletes only 22 mph. This ability may not be seen much of him because he generally prefers to jump or swing.
  • Superhuman Stamina: Spider-Man’s advanced musculature produces fewer fatigue toxins during physical activity than an ordinary human. This allows him to exert himself physically for much more extended periods before fatigue begins to impair him. At his peak, Spider-Man can physically exert himself at his peak capacity for several hours before the build-up of fatigue toxins in his blood begins to impair him. Several accounts depict Spider-Man as able to hold his breath for eight minutes or more.
  • 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 an opponent with super-strength, that would severely injure or kill a normal human with little to no discomfort. in the past, he has survived multiple blows from the likes of the Hulk, and his arm was strong enough to block Quicksilver while the speedster was in motion. Spider-Man’s body is durable to the point where tensing his super-strong muscles while being punched in the torso by a heavyweight-trained boxer caused the attacker’s wrists to break, also, he has stated that he must roll with punches thrown by people without similar strength or durability to avoid breaking their wrists.
  • 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 in gymnastics apparatus such as flying rings, climbing ropes, horizontal bars, and trampolines, and even surpass the likes of Daredevil, The Punisher, and Captain America.
  • Superhuman Flexibility: Spider-Man’s flexibility is similarly enhanced and is currently about 100 times greater than a normal human, Due to his incredible strength and flexibility, Spider-Man is extremely acrobatic and can perform high jumps, high leaps, somersaults, flips, etc.
  • 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 40 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, including gunfire, given sufficient distance. although he has dodged gunfire at close range before with a combination of speed, agility, reflexes, and spider sense making the world seem in slow motion around him. His reflexes and movements allow him to dodge almost any object that travels at high speeds: projectiles such as bullets, lasers, etc. his movement ability and reflexes are such that he is almost untouchable. His extraordinary agility, reflexes, and speed would allow him to escape SHIELD agents like nothing, taking others such as Mary Jane with him and dodging shots at the same time. Also, Spider-Man would easily dodge the Vulture who also possesses increased strength, reflexes, and speed far beyond normal limits. Spider-Man’s combination of agility, speed, and reflexes allows him to dodge attacks from even beings like Dazzler, and Lightmaster who by nature of his powers can be at light speed. Spider-Man mentioned his speed that when moves everything seems to be in slow motion, and he can also see Speed Demon’s movements. Uniting his speed, reflexes, agility, and, above all, his spider-sense, Spider-Man has always been able to face superhumans with speedster powers.
  • Regenerative Healing Factor: Spider-Man has a strong healing factor. While not as fast as Wolverine’s or Deadpool’s, it is sufficiently powerful enough to rapidly recover from even the most serious of physical injuries such as broken bones, ruptured organs, and large amounts of tissue damage in a matter of hours. After getting his powers, he soon discovered that he no longer needed his glasses and his vision was more acute without them, His eyesight was superhuman, During a battle with a villain called the Masked Marauder, Spider-Man was rendered completely blind, however, during a visit to an eye specialist, it was revealed that Spider-Man was already healing only mere hours of being blasted. after Spider-Man’s eyes were healed to perfection and his superhuman vision was restored, although they were sensitive for about an hour after, Due to his accelerated metabolism, Spider-Man has a higher tolerance for drugs and diseases than normal humans, and he can recover from the effects of larger doses rapidly. During an encounter with the Swarm, Spider-Man was incapacitated by thousands of bee stings but rapidly recovered in less than 24 hours. His resistance & recovery time to other toxins and diseases varies but is typically significantly higher than normal. Spider-Man’s unique physiology even allowed him to rapidly recover from lethal poisons in 12 hours. Spidey also made a rapid-paced full recovery when he was heavily drugged during when he was in an insane asylum known as the Mad Ward in less than 3 hours, his superhuman health and immune system even allowed him to rapidly recover from the effects of even Ethyl Chloride due to his radioactive blood, and Spider-Man’s regenerative capabilities are the reason how he was able to maintain and retain his athletic physique, However, despite all the feats, Spider-Man still has normal human tolerance for alcoholic beverages.

Abilities

• Indomitable Will: Spider-Man has a strong force of will, completely free from all known evil and temptation, he is incapable of doing anything evil or unjust and struggles against doing such things, He has struggled to balance his life as a student and a superhero. He can emerge from defeat even stronger.
• Gifted Intellect: Academically gifted, Peter displays an uncanny affinity for science that is nothing short of genius. Peter is very intelligent, specifically in chemistry and physics, He was able to perfect his webbing formula and construct mechanical web-shooters, Peter can easily understand and solve complex problems and build any piece of technology. Peter can put cartridges which he puts in complex Web-Shooters that spray the webbing in several different ways. He has developed, small tracking devices that can stick to anything, no matter how rough or slippery.
  • Science Major: He is a brilliant individual, with exceptional skill in every field of science, and is an excellent inventor. He is an accomplished chemist and physicist. He possesses enough confidence in this field his trademark web shooter.
• Skilled Photographer: Peter is a very skilled photographer, and works as a freelance photographer, under hire by J. Jonah Jameson, and he impressed Robbie Robertson.
• Skilled Marksman: In conjunction utilization with his superhumanly enhanced eyesight and spider-sense, Spider-Man becomes a formidable and consummate marksman with meticulous precision and keen marking. Therefore, this has granted him complete proficient mastery over his web shooters and spider tracers. it’s also combined with his spider-sense, giving omnipresent detection of his surroundings, allowing him to swing through New York without looking where he shoots his webbing, Spider-Man is a very skilled marksman.
• Master Acrobat: Thanks to his superhuman strength, agility, and phenomenal equilibrium, Peter 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. Due to his superhuman physical abilities, Spider-Man easily surpasses normal acrobats and can perform somersaults, flips, spins, cartwheels, etc.
• Master Combatant: Thanks to Peter’s amazing superhuman physiology, acrobatic powers, and spider-sense, he is a formidable hand-to-hand combatant using a fighting style derived from his spider-like abilities, he made his street style that could rival virtually any combatant out of sheer volatility to standard fighting techniques (eg webbing, wall-crawling, super reflexes, super strength to lift heavy objects, etc.) Using his superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, jumping, leaping, equilibrium, Spider-Sense, intelligence, and web shooters, Peter can utilize a devastating acrobatic fighting style that made him a dangerous opponent and allows him to easily take down thugs, cops (it be regular officers or SWAT officers), supervillains and even more skilled fighters such as Daredevil, The Punisher, and Captain America.
• Web-Slinging: Peter uses his web-shooters to travel by swinging on web lines, he uses his superhuman speed and agility to swing high and rapidly from place to place, it is unknown how fast he’s going, and his reflexes and spider-sense are also linked to his web-swinging so he does not bump into buildings or other objects while swinging so fast, he seems to be able to cover much of the city in a considerable amount of the time.
• Knitting: After starting his crime-fighting career, Peter was able to create his costume.

Personality

«Oh man, I’m going to toss my cookies, and… I haven’t even had any cookies. I’m going to go home and have cookies, just so I can toss them.«

―Peter Parker^[src]

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Spider-Man is commonly seen as a brave and righteous hero with an indomitable sense of justice and responsibility. Peter was shaken by his uncle’s tragic death, resulting in a vow of responsibility that led him to the path of heroism and humanitarian service. One of Spider-Man’s most prominent traits is his sense of humor, even in the face of certain death, Spider-Man can invariably crack a joke to the annoyance of both friends and foes. His reasons for this vary; either he wants to relieve the stress of a situation, or simply because he wants to hide how scared he is during a crisis, he also does this to get on the nerves of his opponents, since he knows that if they are angry, that they would normally lose themselves and be a vulnerable opponent. It is generally agreed, however, that whenever a life is in danger, he will stop telling jokes and take the current situation strictly seriously.

Spider-Man is also a loner, due to his individualistic style (having been a social outcast in his youth), Spider-Man finds it hard to work in teams. However, he gradually lessened over the years, to the point where Spider-Man is a member of the Avengers, the New Avengers, and the Future Foundation.

Relationships

• Relationships: Peter Parker/Relationships
• Family: Peter Parker/Family

Family

Romantic Life

Romantic Interests

• Mary Jane Watson
• Gwen Stacy
• Kitty Pryde

Friends

• Harry Osborn
• Bobby Drake
• Kitty Pryde
• Bobby Drake
• Johnny Storm

Notes

• As a teenager, Peter was bitten by a radioactive spider granting him spider-like superpowers. After the death of his Uncle Ben, a death he could have prevented, Peter learned that with great power comes great responsibility and vowed to never let another innocent get hurt, fighting crime like Spider-Man.

Links

• Peter Parker/Gallery
• Peter Parker/Quotes

References

1. ↑ Spider-Man

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См. также в других словарях:

Питер Паркер — Человек паук «The Amazing Spider Man» Том 2, № 50 (апрель 2003). Художники: Дж. Скотт Кэмпбелл и Тим Таунсенд. История Издатель Marvel Comics Дебют Amazing Fantasy № 15 (август 1962) Автор(ы) Стэн Ли, Стив Дитко … Википедия

Паркер, Питер — Питер Паркер, 1 й баронет Peter Parker, 1st Baronet … Википедия

Паркер — (англ. Parker) английская фамилия. Известные носители: Паркер, Алан (р. 1944) британский кинорежиссёр Паркер, Андреа (р. 1970) американская актриса, известная по телесериалам «Притворщик» и «Клава, давай!» Паркер … Википедия

Питер Галлахер — Peter Gallagher Дата рождения: 19 августа 1955 Место рождения: Армонк, штат Нью Йорк … Википедия

Паркер, Шон — Шон Паркер Sean Parker … Википедия

Паркер, Джонатан — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с такой фамилией, см. Паркер. Джонатан Паркер Jonathan Parker Страны … Википедия

Питер Шилтон — Общая информация Полное имя Питер Лесли Шилтон … Википедия

Берг, Питер — Питер Берг Peter Berg … Википедия

Бенчли, Питер — Питер Брэдфорд Бенчли Peter Bradford Benchley Имя при рождении: Peter Bradford Benchley Дата рождения: 8 мая 1940(1940 05 08) Место рождения: Нью Йорк … Википедия

Уэллс, Питер — Питер Уэллс Peter Wells В 2007 году Страны … Википедия

Миссис Паркер и порочный круг (фильм) — Миссис Паркер и порочный круг Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Жанр … Википедия

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18 Питер Шилтон

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20 Питер и Джек принадлежат к разным лагерям

См. также в других словарях:

Питер Паркер — Человек паук «The Amazing Spider Man» Том 2, № 50 (апрель 2003). Художники: Дж. Скотт Кэмпбелл и Тим Таунсенд. История Издатель Marvel Comics Дебют Amazing Fantasy № 15 (август 1962) Автор(ы) Стэн Ли, Стив Дитко … Википедия

Паркер, Питер — Питер Паркер, 1 й баронет Peter Parker, 1st Baronet … Википедия

Паркер — (англ. Parker) английская фамилия. Известные носители: Паркер, Алан (р. 1944) британский кинорежиссёр Паркер, Андреа (р. 1970) американская актриса, известная по телесериалам «Притворщик» и «Клава, давай!» Паркер … Википедия

Питер Галлахер — Peter Gallagher Дата рождения: 19 августа 1955 Место рождения: Армонк, штат Нью Йорк … Википедия

Паркер, Шон — Шон Паркер Sean Parker … Википедия

Паркер, Джонатан — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с такой фамилией, см. Паркер. Джонатан Паркер Jonathan Parker Страны … Википедия

Питер Шилтон — Общая информация Полное имя Питер Лесли Шилтон … Википедия

Берг, Питер — Питер Берг Peter Berg … Википедия

Бенчли, Питер — Питер Брэдфорд Бенчли Peter Bradford Benchley Имя при рождении: Peter Bradford Benchley Дата рождения: 8 мая 1940(1940 05 08) Место рождения: Нью Йорк … Википедия

Уэллс, Питер — Питер Уэллс Peter Wells В 2007 году Страны … Википедия

Миссис Паркер и порочный круг (фильм) — Миссис Паркер и порочный круг Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Жанр … Википедия

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См. также в других словарях:

Питер Паркер — Человек паук «The Amazing Spider Man» Том 2, № 50 (апрель 2003). Художники: Дж. Скотт Кэмпбелл и Тим Таунсенд. История Издатель Marvel Comics Дебют Amazing Fantasy № 15 (август 1962) Автор(ы) Стэн Ли, Стив Дитко … Википедия

Паркер, Питер — Питер Паркер, 1 й баронет Peter Parker, 1st Baronet … Википедия

Паркер — (англ. Parker) английская фамилия. Известные носители: Паркер, Алан (р. 1944) британский кинорежиссёр Паркер, Андреа (р. 1970) американская актриса, известная по телесериалам «Притворщик» и «Клава, давай!» Паркер … Википедия

Питер Галлахер — Peter Gallagher Дата рождения: 19 августа 1955 Место рождения: Армонк, штат Нью Йорк … Википедия

Паркер, Шон — Шон Паркер Sean Parker … Википедия

Паркер, Джонатан — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с такой фамилией, см. Паркер. Джонатан Паркер Jonathan Parker Страны … Википедия

Питер Шилтон — Общая информация Полное имя Питер Лесли Шилтон … Википедия

Берг, Питер — Питер Берг Peter Berg … Википедия

Бенчли, Питер — Питер Брэдфорд Бенчли Peter Bradford Benchley Имя при рождении: Peter Bradford Benchley Дата рождения: 8 мая 1940(1940 05 08) Место рождения: Нью Йорк … Википедия

Уэллс, Питер — Питер Уэллс Peter Wells В 2007 году Страны … Википедия

Миссис Паркер и порочный круг (фильм) — Миссис Паркер и порочный круг Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Жанр … Википедия

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16 Питер Форсберг

17 Питер Хэммил

18 Питер Шилтон

19 Питер Штясны

20 Питер и Джек принадлежат к разным лагерям

См. также в других словарях:

Питер Паркер — Человек паук «The Amazing Spider Man» Том 2, № 50 (апрель 2003). Художники: Дж. Скотт Кэмпбелл и Тим Таунсенд. История Издатель Marvel Comics Дебют Amazing Fantasy № 15 (август 1962) Автор(ы) Стэн Ли, Стив Дитко … Википедия

Паркер, Питер — Питер Паркер, 1 й баронет Peter Parker, 1st Baronet … Википедия

Паркер — (англ. Parker) английская фамилия. Известные носители: Паркер, Алан (р. 1944) британский кинорежиссёр Паркер, Андреа (р. 1970) американская актриса, известная по телесериалам «Притворщик» и «Клава, давай!» Паркер … Википедия

Питер Галлахер — Peter Gallagher Дата рождения: 19 августа 1955 Место рождения: Армонк, штат Нью Йорк … Википедия

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Peter Parker

Peter Parker is a freelance photographer for The Daily Bugle but is also secretly the vigilante, Spider-Man.

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Early Life

Peter Benjamin Parker was born in New York City, New York on December 28, 1995, where he was raised until the age of 6 when his parents were killed in an airplane crash overseas. He then went to live with his uncle and aunt Ben and May Parker, in Forest Hills, New York. Parker was extremely bright and became a high honors student at Midtown High School. Parker’s shyness and scholastic interest often made him a social outcast.

Season 1

At At the beginning of his senior year in high school, Peter attended a public exhibition demonstrating the safe handling of nuclear laboratory waste materials sponsored by the General Techtronics Corporation. During the tour, Peter was bitten by a spider that had been irradiated by a particle accelerator used in the demonstration. Making his way home afterward, Peter discovered he had somehow gained incredible strength, agility, spin webs, and the ability to cling to walls; spider-like traits that he immediately associated with the spider bite.

Encountering an ad offering a cash prize for staying in the ring 3 minutes with a professional wrestler, Peter decided this would be a good way to test his powers. Wearing a mask to avoid potential embarrassment, Peter easily defeated his opponent. His performance was observed by a TV producer, who convinced him to go on television with his ‘act’. Peter Designed a costume and called himself Spider-Man, becoming an immediate sensation.

Following his first TV appearance, Peter failed to act to stop an escaping thief, claiming that it was not his responsibility. Peter forgot the incident as his fame rose, but one night he returned home to find his Uncle Ben had been murdered. Learning the police had the burglar responsible holed up in a warehouse, Peter easily captured him only to discover it was the same thief he had allowed to escape earlier. Filled with remorse, he realized that with power comes responsibility, and thus began the crime-fighting career of the Amazing Spider-Man.

Peter began to use his powers to fight crime, attempting to join the Fantastic Four in their formative stages, but was dismissed. As a solo hero, Parker took pictures of his fights as Spider-Man using an automatic camera and then sold the pictures to The Daily Bugle. Spider-Man rapidly became one of the most well-known citizens in New York City, although Bugle editor J. Jonah Jameson soon branded him a «menace». Parker’s main concern was for his Aunt May, who he feared would have a heart attack if she ever found out about his crime-fighting identity.

Источник

Человек-паук

«The Amazing Spider-Man» Том 2, № 50 (апрель 2003). Художники: Дж. Скотт Кэмпбелл и Тим Таунсенд.

История

Издатель Marvel Comics Дебют Amazing Fantasy № 15 (август 1962) Автор(ы) Стэн Ли, Стив Дитко Характеристики Союзники Мстители, «Новая химическая четверка» Враги Зелёный Гоблин, Веном, Доктор Осьминог, Хищник и др. Особые силы Сверхчеловеческая сила, скорость, выносливость, ловкость и рефлексы. Способность прилипать к твёрдым поверхностям. Ясновидение («паучье чутье»). Видение в темноте. Ускоренное заживление ран. Способность создавать как органическую, так и синтетическую паутины.

Челове́к-пау́к (Пи́тер Бе́нджамин Па́ркер) — супергерой, персонаж комиксов компании Marvel, созданный Стэном Ли и Стивом Дитко. С момента своего первого появления на страницах комикса Amazing Fantasy № 15 («Удивительные фантазии», август 1962), он стал одним из самых популярных и коммерчески успешных супергероев.

До появления Человека-паука в 1960-х, персонажи подростков в комиксах о супергероях обычно были всего лишь их помощниками. Комиксы о Человеке-пауке разбили эти стереотипы, представив героем одинокого подростка, отвергаемого многими сверстниками. С увеличением своей популярности, Человек-паук вышел за пределы комиксов и стал появляться на телевидении, в видеоиграх и кинофильмах.

Marvel выпустила множество серий комиксов о Человеке-пауке, самой первой из которых стала The Amazing Spider-Man («Удивительный Человек-паук»), продолжающаяся до сих пор. За годы своего существования Питер Паркер был то робким учеником средней школы, то проблемным студентом колледжа, то женатым учителем и даже членом команды супергероев Новые Мстители.

История публикаций

Создание

В 1962 году после успеха Фантастической четверки и других супергероев редактор и сценарист Marvel Стэн Ли обдумывал идею нового супергероя. Он сказал, что идея Человека-паука пришла к нему из того, что подростки очень интересуются комиксами, и ему хотелось, чтобы главный герой тоже был подростком.^[1] В своей автобиографии Ли привел в качестве источника вдохновения персонажа одного журнала по кличке Паук, который не был супергероем, но боролся с преступностью,^[2]и признался, что основным толчком для появления самого героя стало наблюдение за мухой, карабкающейся по стене — Ли даже упомянул, что рассказывал эту историю так часто, что уже и не помнит, правда это или нет.^[3] Художник Стив Дитко в 1990 году в своей статье рассказал более прозаичную историю:

Ли пришел к Мартину Гудману из Marvel, чтобы получить одобрение персонажа. В интервью 1986, он рассказал в деталях свои аргументы на многочисленные возражения Гудмана.^[1a] В итоге Гудман позволил Ли испытать героя в будущем выпуске «Amazing Fantasy» № 15 («Удивительные фантазии», август 1962).^[5]

В интервью 1982 Джек Кирби заявил, что Ли практически не участвовал в создании персонажа и что Человек-паук был порожден Кирби и Джо Саймоном, которые в 1950 предлагали Crestwood включить в комикс Black Magic их персонажа по имени Серебряный паук, но этот издатель вскоре обанкротился. ^[1b]

Саймон оспорил причастие Кирби к Человеку-пауку в своей автобиографии, утверждая, что Black Magic не был причастен к созданию и что он (Саймон) придумал имя «Человек-паук» (которое позже изменили на «Серебряного паука»), пока Кирби обрисовывал историю и способности персонажа.

Историк комиксов Грег Трекстон сказал, что Ли, после получения одобрения от Гудмана, связался с Кирби. Кирби предложил Ли идею его Серебряного Паука/Человека-паука 1950-ого года, где обычный парень находит в паутине кольцо, которое придаёт ему суперспособности. Ли понравилась идея и он предложил Кирби нарисовать несколько страниц. Стив Дитко тогда занимался их раскрашиванием.^[6] Когда Кирби показал Ли готовый материал из шести страниц, Ли вспоминает «Я возненавидел того героя. Не то, чтобы все было плохо — просто это был не тот герой, которого я хотел; он был слишком героическим».^[7] Саймон позже написал, что Ли хотел получить «худого и молодого парня со сверхспособностями, а получил Капитана Америку, умеющего пулять паутиной».^[1c]

Ли привлек к работе Дитко, работа которого Ли понравилась, хотя Ли позже заменил обложку, сделанную Дитко на ту, что нарисовал Кирби. Дитко сказал,

Дитко также рассказал:

Дитко однажды рассказал о своем вкладе в героя Гари Мартину в «Comic Fan» #2 (лето 1965): «Стэн Ли придумал имя и концепцию. Я сделал костюм, пускатель паутины на запястье и эмблему паука».^[10] Также художник Эрик Стэнтон в одном интервью сказал, что хоть его вклад в комикс был почти нулевой, но он все же предложил несколько идей, хотя большую часть работы сделал Дитко.^[11]

Коммерческий успех

Через несколько месяцев после первого появления Человека-паука в „Amazing Fantasy“ № 15 (Август 1962), издатель Мартин Гудман увидел сколько заработал этот комикс и понял, что он стал одним из самых успешных комиксов, выпущенных Marvel.^[12] Вскоре комикс о Человеке-пауке стал самой прибыльной серией Marvel^[13], а главный герой — культурной иконой. Один читатель сказал, что ему нравится Человек-паук, потому что „у него бывают несчастья, проблемы с деньгами и он сталкивается с житейскими проблемами. Короче, он один из нас“.^[14]

В начале 1970-ых комиксы о Человеке-пауке также изменили сами законы о содержании комиксов — в частности запрет на любое упоминание о наркотиках, даже негативное. Тем не менее в 1970 Отдел здоровья, благосостояния и образования Никсона попросил Стэна Ли устроить рекламу против наркотиков в одном из популярных комиксов Marvel.^[15] Ли выбрал „The Amazing Spider-Man“; выпуски № 96-98 (Май-Июль 1971) были посвящены тому, что друг Паркера Гарри Осборн начинает принимать наркотики и стал настолько больным, что Человек-паук в очередной битве победил Зеленого Гоблина (Нормана Осборна) просто показав ему его сына.^[15]

Серии комиксов

После успешного дебюта Человек-паук получил собственную серию комиксов, которая продолжается и до сих пор, называемую «The Amazing Spider-Man» («Удивительный Человек-паук»), первый выпуск которой вышел в марте 1963.

В 1972 появился комикс с Человеком-пауком в главной роли под названием «Marvel Team-Up», в котором Человек-паук объединяется с другими супергероями. В 1976 начинается вторая серия, посвященная исключительно Человеку-пауку «Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man» (Питер Паркер, Грандиозный Человек-паук), которая шла параллельно основной серии; третья соло-серия «Web of Spider-Man» («Сеть Человека-паука») была запущена в 1985 и заменила собой «Marvel Team-Up». В 1990 было запущено четыре успешных ежемесячных серии, которыми занимался популярный художник Тодд Макфарлейн.^[16] Кроме этого вышло множество ограниченных серий и одиночных комиксов, а сам Человек-паук исполнял камео во многих других сериях комиксов.

На 2007 год Человек-паук регулярно появляется в «The Amazing Spider-Man», «New Avengers» (Новые мстители), «The Sensational Spider-Man» («Сенсационный Человек-паук»), «Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man» («Дружелюбный сосед Человек-паук)», «Spider-Man Family» («Семья Человека-паука») и различных ограниченных сериях и альтернативных вселенных Marvel, как например «Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane» («Человек-паук любит Мэри Джейн»), «Marvel Adventures Spider-Man» («Приключения Marvel: Человек-паук») и «Marvel Adventures: The Avengers» («Приключения Marvel: Мстители»).

Вымышленная биография

По оригинальной версии, Питер Паркер представлялся, как одаренный в науке подросток-сирота, который живет со своими дядей и тетей в Форест Хиллс, Квинс, Нью-Йорк. Он отличник, но из-за этого подвергается насмешкам сверстников, зовущих его «книжным червем». Однажды его кусает радиоактивный паук во время научной демонстрации. Благодаря этому он получает «паучьи» сверхспособности, как, например, суперсилу, способность передвигаться по стенам и феноменальную прыгучесть.

Как Человек-паук он становится известной телезвездой. Однажды на студии он не останавливает вора, который, скрываясь от полицейского, пробежал мимо. Тогда Паркер решил, что это «забота полиции, а не звезды». Спустя несколько недель дядя Бен убит, и разгневанный Человек-паук отправляется на поиски убийцы. Когда он его находит, он в ужасе понимает, что это тот самый вор, которого он отказался остановить. Осознав, что большая сила влечет за собой большую ответственность, Человек-паук решает лично бороться с преступностью.^[17]

После смерти дяди, чтобы прокормить себя и свою тетю Мэй, он начинает зарабатывать деньги, работая фотографом в издательстве газеты Daily Bugle, продавая фотографии Джону Дж. Джеймесону, который постоянно очерняет Человека-паука на страницах газеты.^[18] Вскоре Паркер понимает, что совмещать личную жизнь и войну с преступностью очень сложно, и даже пытается оставить карьеру Человека-паука^[19][20] К счастью, по ходу своих приключений Паук завел множество друзей и знакомых в сообществе супергероев, которые часто приходили к нему на помощь в ситуациях, с которыми он не мог справиться один.

Враги Паука часто подвергали опасности его близких ^[21]. В конце концов Зеленый Гоблин узнает личность Человека-паука и убивает его девушку, Гвен Стейси.^[22] Справившись с душевной трамвой Питер в итоге женится на Мэрри Джейн Уотсон и открывает миру свою личность, увеличивая свои и без того многочисленные проблемы.^[23] После окончания Гражданской войны, в которой Питер оказывается на стороне супергероев, восставших против закона о Регистрации, начинается серия Еще один день, в которой, Паркер вступает в соглашение с демоном Мефисто. В обмен на восстановление статуса кво его личности и воскрешения тети Мей все воспоминания о браке Питера и Мери-Джей стерты. Это вызывает изменения во временном потоке — таких как воскрешение Гарри Осборна и возвращение Паука к механическим вэб-шутерам. ^[24]

Способности и экипировка

Укус облученного паука во многом изменил тело Питера Паркера, придав ему сверхспособности. В оригинальных историях Ли и Дитко, Человек-паук умеет карабкаться по отвесным стенам, обладает сверхчеловеческой силой, шестым чувством («паучье чутье»), которое предупреждает его об опасности, отличным чувством равновесия, невероятной скоростью и ловкостью. В сюжетах 2005 и 2006 он также получает дополнительные паучьи способности включая биологические выпускатели паутины вместо старых механических, токсичные жала на его предплечьях, способность прилеплять кого-либо на свою спину, улучшенной чутье и ночное видение. Кроме того его сила и скорость гораздо возросли.

Метаболические процессы Человека-паука в несколько раз ускорены. Скелет, ткани, мышцы и нервная система также были улучшены, сделав его очень гибким и сильным. Чтобы полностью использовать все свои способности он создал свой собственный стиль боя.

Питер Паркер интеллектуально одаренный человек, отлично разбирающийся в прикладных науках, химии и физике. Он использует свои знания в дополнение к своим способностям. Чтобы перехитрить своих врагов, он конструирует различные приборы, которые дополняют его силы, самым примечательными из которых являются пускатели паутины, которые позволяют ему выпускать паутину в самых различных направлениях, чтобы быстро добраться до нужного места, либо атаковать врагов.

Несмотря на недостаток постоянных тренировок, Человек-паук один из самых опытных супергероев во вселенной Marvel. Он работал практически со всеми обществами супергероев. Благодаря опыту он побеждает врагов во многом превосходящих его в силах и способностях.

За всю историю своего существования Человек-паук несколько раз менял свой костюм. Но самыми примечательными являются три костюма — его традиционный красно-синий, черно-белый пришельца симбиота (После Гражданской войны Человек Паук надел черный костюм из обычной ткани ) и технологически продвинутый костюм из брони Старка, разработанный Тони Старком.

Враги

Комиксы о Человеке-пауке обладают одними из самых известных злодеев в комиксах. Самыми опасными считаются Веном, Карнаж,Зеленый Гоблин,^[25] Доктор Октопус. Кроме них также существуют Ящер, Хамелеон, Хобгоблин, Крэйвен охотник, Скорпион, Песочный человек, Носорог, Мистерио, Ястреб, Электро, Амбал и Шокер. Как и в случае с Человеком-пауком, злодеи получили свои невероятные способности в результате несчастных случаев, связанных с наукой и большая часть из них обладает способностями зверей. Время от времени злодеи собираются в группы, вроде Зловещей Шестерки, чтобы одолеть Человека-паука.

Второстепенные персонажи

Человек-паук задумывался, как обычный человек, обладающий невероятными способностями и поэтому комиксы часто изображают его повседневную жизнь, друзей, семью и любовные отношения.

Здесь список наиболее важных и известных людей в жизни Человека-паука:

• Тетя Мэй — любимая тетя Питера Паркера, которая воспитала его после смерти его родителей. После смерти ее мужа Бена Паркера, она стала фактически единственным родственником Питера. Они очень близки и Питер всегда старается помогать ей.
• Гвен Стэйси — школьная девушка Питера, которая трагически погибает от рук Зеленого Гоблина.
• Бетти Брант — секретарь в Daily Bugle, которая была влюблена в Питера.
• Джей Джона Джеймсон — вспыльчивый владелец газеты Daily Bugle. Он работодатель Питера Паркера, который платит ему за фотографии Человека-паука. Сам Джеймсон постоянно критикует Человека-паука и старается выставить его злодеем.
• Джозеф «Робби» Робертсон — редактор в Daily Bugle, умеренно влияющий на Джеймсона и фактически заменившей Питеру отца.
• Мэри Джейн Ватсон — первоначально конкурирующая с Гвен Стэйси, М Джей в итоге стала женой Питера.
• Флэш Томпсон — главный мучитель Питера Паркера в школе, который позже стал его ближайшим другом. Из-за повреждения мозга, он страдает амнезией, что несколько изменило его буйный характер.
• Гарри Озборн — лучший друг Питера в колледже, который становится вторым Зелёным Гоблином. (Green Goblin)
• Черная кошка, Фелиция Харди — исправившаяся воровка, в которую однажды влюбляется Человек Паук.

Другие версии

Кроме вселенной Marvel, Человек-паук также участвовал в других выдуманных вселенных

На других носителях

Человек-паук был адаптирован на различные другие медианосители.

Игры

Человек-паук участвовал в качестве героя во множестве компьютерных и видео игр.

Телевидение

Человек-паук несколько раз становился главным героем киносериалов и мультсериалов.

Фильмы

На данный момент снято три кинофильма о Человеке-пауке и готовится к съемкам четвертый. Питера Паркера в фильмах сыграл актёр Тоби Магуайр.

Библиография

В дополнение к «The Amazing Spider-Man», Человек-паук представлен во многих других комиксах.

Примечания

Ссылки

• Человек-паук(англ.) Marvel.com: официальный сайт. Биография

Человек-паук
Медиа
Эпизоды • Комиксы • Игры • Фильмы
Персонажи
Главные герои	Питер Паркер • Мэри Джейн Уотсон• Бен Паркер• Мэй Паркер• Гарри Осборн
Второстепенные персонажи	Фелиция Харди (Чёрная кошка) • Джон Джеймесон • Норман Осборн • Джордж Стеси • Бетти Брантд • Флеш Томсон
Злодеи
Зеленый Гоблин • Хищник • Песчаный Человек • Доктор Осьминог • Стервятник (Vulture) • Амбал • Хобгоблин • Носорог (Рино) • Веном • Громила (комикс) • Карнаж • Ящерица • Хамелеон • Загадочник • Скорпион
Фильмы
Человек-паук (2002) • Человек-паук 2 (2004)• Человек-паук 3 (2007)• Человек-паук 4 (2011)
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Перевод «Питер Паркер» на английский

Peter Parker

Charlie Parker

Казалось бы, Питер Паркер обычный мальчишка.

Питер Паркер вырос в эти годы борьбы и невзгод.

Peter Parker came of age during this time of struggle and hardship.

Вообще-то, Питер Паркер был фотокорреспондентом.

Когда этот герой просыпается утром, он Питер Паркер.

When that character wakes up in the morning, he’s Peter Parker.

Сэр, к вам пришел Питер Паркер.

Питер Паркер получил кучу фраз, которые сделали его смешным и милым.

Peter Parker was given a bunch of lines that made him funny and likable.

Еще один раз Питер Паркер встречается с наисильнейшим галактическим правонарушителем и существом-зверем и…

One more time Peter Parker meets with the most powerful galactic offender and creature-beast and other monsters.

Тихоня Питер Паркер продолжает неравную борьбу со своим даром и одновременно — проклятьем.

Quiet Peter Parker continues the unequal struggle with his gift and at the same time — a curse.

Нелегко быть таким, как Питер Паркер.

Обычный подросток Питер Паркер превращается в невероятного супергероя после случайного укуса радиоактивного паука.

Average teenager Peter Parker is transformed into an extraordinary super hero after he is accidentally bitten by a radioactive spider.

В последнем классе средней школы, Питер Паркер был укушен облученным пауком.

In his final year of high school, peter parker was bitten by an irradiated spider.

Питер Паркер — обычный старшеклассник, который становится супергероем.

Peter Parker is a high school student who becomes a superhero.

Питер Паркер был наукой студента, пока однажды он укусил радиоактивный паук.

Peter Parker was a science student until one day he was bitten by a radioactive spider.

Питер Паркер явно не простой чувак.

Скромный паренек по имени Питер Паркер встречает.

He plays a quiet teen-aged boy named Peter Parker.

Питер Паркер приобретает супер-способности после укуса генетически модифицированного паука.

Peter Parker develops super-spider powers after being bitten by a genetically altered spider.

Его главный герой — не Питер Паркер.

However, the main protagonist is not Peter Parker.

Питер Паркер, на первый взгляд, кажется самым обычным студентом.

Peter Parker, at first glance, seems like a normal high schooler.

Разумеется, в сюжете не фигурирует Питер Паркер.

Питер Паркер пытается навести порядок в своей жизни.

At the same time, Peter Parker is struggling to keep his life in order.

Ничего не найдено для этого значения.

Результатов: 541. Точных совпадений: 541. Затраченное время: 90 мс

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Ранние годы

Питер Паркер осиротел в возрасте шести лет, когда его родители погибли в авиакатастрофе. Питера приютили его дядя и тётя, Бен и Мэй Паркеры. Он был очень умным мальчиком, которого очень ценили учителя Средней школы Мидтауна, однако его застенчивость и интерес к учёбе часто превращали его в изгоя среди сверстников.

Мальчик, паук и грабитель

Корпорация «Дженерал Тектроникс» (General Techtronics) проводила выставку по безопасному обращению с радиацией, и Питер, как настоящий любитель науки, просто не мог её пропустить. На выставке его укусил паук, облучившийся радиацией в ускорителе элементарных частиц. По дороге домой Питер обнаружил, что он каким-то образом получил невероятную силу, ловкость и способность держаться на стенах, и сразу же понял, что это связано с укусом паука.

Увидев объявление, предлагающее денежный приз любому, кто продержится три минуты на ринге с профессиональным рестлером, Питер решил, что это хороший способ проверить свои силы. Чтобы избежать стыда в случае поражения, он соорудил себе маску. Паркер легко победил противника и был замечен телевизионным продюсером, который убедил его устроиться работать на телевидении. Сшив яркий костюм и сконструировав контейнеры, стреляющие паутиной, Питер назвался Человеком-Пауком и немедленно стал сенсацией.

После своего выступления на телевидении Питер отказался остановить вора, сказав, что это не его дело. Пит забыл об этом случае и продолжил купаться в лучах славы. Однажды вечером, вернувшись домой, он обнаружил, что дядя Бен был убит. Узнав от полиции, что преступник загнан в угол на старом складе, Питер отправился туда и легко победил его. Когда лицо преступника попало в лучи света, Паркер узнал в нём того самого грабителя, которого однажды отказался задержать. Переполненный угрызениями совести, Питер осознал, что с великой силой приходит великая ответственность. Вскоре он начал блестящую карьеру борца с преступностью в качестве Удивительного Человека-Паука.

Принятие великой ответственности

Сначала Человек-Паук хотел вступить в Фантастическую Четвёрку, но эта команда ему отказала. Тогда он стал срывать всяческие преступления в одиночку, а сделанные автоматической фотокамерой снимки продавал в газету «Дейли Бьюгл» (Daily Bugle). Человек-Паук быстро стал самым известным жителем Нью-Йорка, хотя издатель «Бьюгл» Джона Джеймсон вечно клеймил его и называл угрозой. Больше всего Паркер опасался за тётю Мэй: он думал, что если она узнает о его супергеройской деятельности, у неё случится сердечный приступ.

В начале своей карьеры Паук впервые сразился с Хамелеоном (Chameleon), Стервятником (Vulture), Тинкерером (Tinkerer), Крэйвеном-Охотником (Kraven the Hunter), Песочным Человеком (Sandman), Ящером (Lizard), Доктором Думом (Dr Doom), Мистерио (Misterio) и Зелёным Гоблином (Green Goblin). Но главным его врагом того времени был коварный Доктор Осьминог (Doc Ock). Именно он собрал нескольких из вышеперечисленных злодеев в команду «Зловещая Шестёрка» (Sinister Six) с единственной целью — уничтожить Человека-Паука.

В то время Питер встречался с Бетти Брант (Betty Brant), секетаршей из «Дейли Бьюгл». Бетти сильно ревновала Паркера к Лиз Аллан (Liz Allan), которая была в него влюблена. Тётя Мэй и соседка Паркеров Анна Уотсон (Anna Watson) надеялись, что Питер начнёт встречаться с Мэри Джейн (Mary Jane), племянницей Анны, однако молодые люди впервые увидели друг друга только через несколько месяцев.

Учёба в университете и жизнь после выпуска

Окончив школу, Питер поступил в Университет Эмпайр Стейт, и теперь ему приходилось совмещать учёбу, работу и подвиги. Вскоре Паркер подружился с Гарри Осборном, сыном Нормана Осборна, Зелёного Гоблина. Питер и Гарри вместе сняли квартиру, и Паркер помогал своему товарищу в учёбе и поддерживал его в моменты, когда отношения с отцом становились особенно тяжёлыми.

Зелёный Гоблин придумывал всё более хитроумные способы разделаться с Пауком, и вскоре он затмил своими выходками остальных врагов Верхолаза. Гоблин был не только первым злодеем, но и вообще первым человеком, узнавшим тайну личности Человека-Паука.

В университете Питер повстречал Гвен Стейси, и они полюбили друг друга. Однако после того, как отец Гвен, капитан полиции Джордж Стейси, погиб во время боя между Человеком-Пауком и Доктором Осьминогом, пытаясь спасти ребёнка, девушка возненавидела Паука и винила его в смерти отца. Питер не стал открывать ей тайну своей личности, боясь, что это разрушит их отношения.

Совместное счастье Питера и Гвен было недолгим. Однажды Зелёный Гоблин похитил её и сбросил с моста. Человек-Паук выпустил паутину и поймал Гвен за ноги, но от резкого рывка у неё сломался позвоночник. Потеря Гвен стала для Питера, пожалуй, страшнейшей трагедией с момента смерти дяди Бена.

Борьба со злодеями не заканчивалась. Пауку постоянно приходилось сталкиваться с Носорогом (Rhino), вторым Стервятником, Шокером (Shocker), Кингпином (Kingpin), Хищником (Prowler), и даже с вампиром Морбиусом (Morbius).

После гибели Гвен Стейси Мэри Джейн оказывала Питеру огромную моральную поддержку. Вскоре Питер полюбил её и даже сделал предложение, но Мэри Джейн отказала и на несколько месяцев исчезла из жизни Питера.

После окончания университета Питер продолжил свою карьеру фотографа и супергероя. Теперь он жил один, а тётя Мэй решила организовать в своём доме интернат для престарелых. Некоторое время у Паука были партнёрские и романтические отношения с Чёрной Кошкой (Black Cat). Однако Кошка интересовалась только Человеком-Пауком, а не Питером Паркером, и они расстались.

Симбиот, Мстители и свадьба

Когда таинственное существо, известное как потусторонний (Beyonder) похитило многочисленных героев и злодеев для организации «Секретных войн», Человек-Паук был среди них. Во время разных боёв костюм Питера был сильно повреждён, и он решил воспользоваться инопланетным механизмом для ремонта одежды. Однако механизм сработал не так, как ожидалось, и Паук обзавёлся чёрным симбиотическим костюмом. Этот костюм он использовал и после «Секретных войн», пока не заметил, что он (костюм) ведёт себя странно. Тогда Питер обратился к Риду Ричардсу (Reed Richards), который выяснил, что этот живой костюм постепенно порабощает своего носителя. Рид поместил костюм в особую ловушку, но в скором времени симбиот сбежал и слился с давним недругом Человека-Паука, репортёром Эдди Броком (Eddie Brock). Так появился один из опаснейших суперзлодеев — Веном (Venom).

Человеку-Пауку много раз приходилось сражаться бок о бок со всеми героями Манхеттена, если не мира. Однажды, узнав, что все члены команды Мстителей получают финансовое пособие, он решил вступить в их ряды. Вместе с Мстителями он устранил угрозу проекта «Пегас». Однако в итоге герои отказались принимать его в свою команду.

Спустя некоторое время в жизнь Питера вернулась Мэри Джейн. После его поединка с суперзлодеем Пумой она рассказала, что разгадала секрет двойной жизни Паркера ещё в начале его карьеры. Вскоре они поженились. Гарри Осборн арендовал для молодожёнов лофт в том же здании, где жил он сам. Одно время вместе с Паркерами жила двоюродная сестра Мэри Джейн, Кристи. Однако впоследствии Питер и Мэри Джейн переехали в Квинс к тёте Мэй из-за финансовых сложностей. 

Хотя Мстители не захотели принимать к себе Паучка, вскоре им снова пришлось действовать вместе, чтобы остановить суперзлодейку Туманность (Nebula), которая хотела уничтожить всю Вселенную. Непривыкший противостоять космическим угрозам Паук стал виновником того, что Туманность получила силу Бесконечного Союза (Infinity Union). К счастью, героям удалось одолеть злодейку, но Мстители вновь отказали Человуку-Пауку в принятии в команду. Впрочем, некоторое время спустя они всё же приняли его на временной основе.

Питер также некоторое время работал в качестве научного сотрудника в Университете Эмпайр Стейт. В этот период ему была дарована сила Капитана Вселенной, чтобы он мог победить многочисленных роботов, включая Стражей, предназначенных для охоты за мутантами. Когда угроза была устранена, сила Капитана Вселенной покинула Питера.

Сага о клонах

Когда у тёти Мэй случился сердечный приступ (впоследствии она так и не оправилась и умерла), повидаться с ней приехал Бен Райли, клон Питера Паркера, созданный злодеем Шакалом (Jackal). Питер и Бен однажды сражались, и Паук счёл клона погибшим. Однако теперь Райли вернулся с вполне дружескими намерениями. Он создал свой костюм супергероя и стал помогать Паркеру в его приключениях. «Дейли Бьюгл» прозвала его Алым Пауком, и он стал пользоваться этим прозвищем. Вместе с Паркером он боролся со злым клоном Человека-Паука — Кейном, а также с Шакалом. Вскоре Мэри Джейн забеременела, и они с Питером переехали в Портланд (штат Орегон). Пит отказался от своего Альтер-эго, чтобы максимум времени уделять семье.

После того, как второй Доктор Осьминог опозорил имя Алого Паука, Райли стал выступать как Человек-Паук. В это время у Мэри Джейн начались роды, и она была доставлена в больницу. Эта госпитализация была подстроена Норманом Осборном, который похитил новорожденную Мэй Паркер. Родителям было сказано, что девочка умерла во время родов. Затем Зелёный Гоблин попытался убить Паркера, но вовремя прибывший Бен Райли бросился на глайдер злодея и пожертвовал собой, чтобы спасти Питера.

Поскольку отпечатки пальцев Питера Паркера и Кейна совпадали, в убийствах, совершённых этим первым клоном Паука с обезображенной внешностью, обвинили именно Верхолаза. Чтобы продолжать карьеру борца с преступностью, Питер поочерёдно менял костюмы и в разное время называл себя Шершнем (Hornet), Сумраком (Dusk), Одарённым (Prodigy) и Рикошетом (Ricochet). Вернув себе доброе имя, он вновь вернулся к привычному образу. Через некоторое время герой Золотого века Чёрное Чудо (Black Marvel) раздал эти четыре костюма разным подросткам и сформировал из них команду «Прядильщики» (Slingers). Вскоре после этих событий Мстители пригласили Паука вновь вступить в их команду, но он отказался.

Как выяснилось позднее, тётя Мэй всё же была жива, а Паркеры похоронили её копию. Питер и Мэри Джейн вернулись в Нью-Йорк и поселились на Манхэттене. Питер пообещал Мэри Джейн покончить с карьерой Человека-Паука, однако по ночам вновь отправлялся на подвиги. Их брак начал распадаться. Вскоре Мэри Джейн попала в авиакатастрофу, и все сочли её погибшей. Через некоторое время оказалось, что она всё же выжила, но Мэри Джейн отказалась жить с Питером.

Первые встречи с Изекилем

Вскоре после того, как Мэри Джейн уехала в Калифорнию, Питер повстречал необычного человека по имени Изекиль Симс (Ezekiel Sims). Пятидесятишестилетний Изекиль обладал точно такими же способностями, как и Человек-Паук, за исключением Паучьего Чутья, и был одним из совладельцев крупной корпорации. Партнёры Симса по бизнесу также обладали способностями, напоминающими свойства различных животных, но с ними Питер так и не познакомился.

Изекиль нанял лучших частных детективов планеты, чтобы они раздобыли всевозможную информацию о Человеке-Пауке. Затем он сравнил результаты их независимых расследований и пришёл к выводу, что Человек-Паук — это Питер Паркер. Так началась их весьма странная дружба.

Изекиль рассказал Питеру о его связи с тотемическим источником силы — пауком. Из-за этой тесной связи он был превосходным кандидатом на роль добычи для древнего мистического создания по имени Морлан (Morlun). Та же опасность угрожала и самому Изекилю, но он, как и его друзья-сверхлюди был менее чистым источником тотемической энергии. Поэтому Симс предложил Паркеру скрыться от Морлана в специально оборудованном укрытии. Паук отказался и вступил в неравный бой с энергетическим вампиром. Когда он понял, что не сможет одолеть Морлана, на помощь к нему пришёл Изекиль, который неожиданным ударом смог разбить монстру нос. В последующем бою Изекиль, как показалось Питеру, утонул, но благодаря полученному образцу крови Человек-Паук смог узнать о единственной слабости Морлана — восприимчивости к радиации. Он отправился на атомную электростанцию, где повторил над собой эксперимент, когда-то превративший его в сверхчеловека (на этот раз паук не понадобился, Питер просто приготовил подходящий радиоактивный раствор). Это на несколько недель усилило все его способности. Кроме того, в организм Паука попало много радиации, и теперь он легко справился с Морланом, после чего ослабленного до предела монстра застрелил его собственный помощник Декс (Dex).

Спустя некоторое время выяснилось, что Изекиль не умер. Он вновь появился в жизни Человека-Паука, чтобы предупредить о приближении ещё одного чрезвычайно опасного мистического существа — суперзлодейки Шатры (Shatra). В дальнейшем он ещё не раз снабжал Питера ценнейшей информацией о разных врагах, имеющих оккультное происхождение.

Книга Изекиля

К тому времени, как раскрылись истинные намерения Изекиля, жизнь Человека-Паука уже успела несколько наладиться: к нему вернулась Мэри Джейн, а тётя Мэй узнала тайну Питера. И вот однажды Изекиль вновь появился в Нью-Йорке, чтобы предупредить о грядущем пришествии очередной мистической угрозы — Привратника. Как обычно, Питер отказался прятаться и вступил в бой с Привратником, но был побеждён. Очнувшись, Паук обнаружил, что находится в Южной Америке, а Изекиль собирается принести его в жертву. Оказалось, что Морлан, Шатра и другие мистические злодеи охотились именно за Изекилем, а вовсе не за Питером. А коварный Симс своими предупреждениями каждый раз заставлял ввязываться в бой.

Все эти злодеи охотились за Изекилем потому, что он не был достоин своей силы, полученной во время древнего ритуала Майя. Изекиль видел только один выход — принести в жертву своего «достойного» конкурента, Человека-Паука. Впрочем, уже совершая обряд жертвоприношения, Изекиль одумался и отдал себя на съедение кровожадным духам.

Меняющиеся способности

После встречи с очень странной суперзлодейкой, Королевой (Queen), Человек-Паук приобрёл способность выпускать паутину прямо из запястий, а его Паучье Чутьё и другие способности были значительно улучшены. Но это было только начало. Вскоре Питер умер и переродился, что ещё больше усилило его тотемическую связь с пауком, а заодно и способности.

Дружба с Железным Человеком и Гражданская Война

После усмирения бунта в тюрьме «Рафт» Человек-Паук вступил в команду «Новые Мстители» и сдружился с Железным Человеком. Старк всячески заботился о Питере: поселил семью Паркеров в Башне Мстителей, поддерживал Паука в тяжёлый период смерти и перерождения, подарил ему уникальную Красно-Золотую Паучью Броню, позволившую действовать ещё эффективнее. Тони считал Питера очень ценным союзником и заключил с ним соглашение: Пит негласно стал его главным помощником.

Когда в правительстве зашла речь о принятии Акта о Регистрации супергероев, Человек-Паук и Железный Человек вместе пытались убедить политиков отклонить законопроект. Это не дало результатов, и Тони объявил Пауку, что придётся действовать в поддержку Акта, чтобы контролировать ситуацию, будучи офицерами Щ.И.Т.а и не допустить начала массовой травли супергероев. Поскольку Паркер уже понял, что может доверять Старку, он согласился.

В начале Гражданской Войны Питер был одним из самых верных сторонников Железного Человека. Он даже согласился публично раскрыть тайну своей личности, а чуть позже помогал Старку координировать действия легальных героев и Щ.И.Т.а в бою с повстанцами Капитана Америки. Однако он всё сильнее сомневался, что выбрал правильный путь, и в конце концов решил перейти на сторону Кэпа. Возможно, Железному Человеку удалось бы переубедить его, но ворвавшиеся агенты Щ.И.Т.а открыли огонь, и Паук сбежал. Директор Щ.И.Т.а Мария Хилл отправила на его поимку нескольких суперзлодеев, в бою с которыми Паучья Броня была практически полностью уничтожена. Раненного Паука обнаружил Каратель, который отнёс его в штаб повстанцев. Остаток войны Питер провёл сражаясь на стороне Кэпа.

Ещё один день

Когда Капитан Америка сдался властям, а Гражданская Война закончилась, Человек-Паук оказался в очень сложном положении. Помимо того, что он был вне закона, теперь все суперзлодеи знали его настоящее имя. Находившийся в тюрьме Кингпин подослал наёмного убийцу, который смертельно ранил тётю Мэй. Питер и Мэри Джейн доставили её в больницу, но вердикт врачей был неутешителен: она проживёт ещё один день.

В отчаянии Человек-Паук обратился к Железному Человеку за помощью. Тони ответил, что ничем не будет помогать государственному преступнику, так как не хочет рисковать только что обретённой должностью директора Щ.И.Т.а. Он победил Питера и улетел. Но вернувшись в Башню Мстителей он выплатил своему дворецкому Джарвису премию в несколько миллионов долларов и попросил распоряжаться ей как угодно, намекнув на слабое здоровье их общей знакомой. Джарвис немедленно отправился в больницу, и Мэй получила самое лучшее лечение, которое можно купить за деньги. Но и этого оказалось недостаточно.

Когда Питер уже отчаялся спасти свою тётю, к нему явился Мефистофель и предложил сделку. Он пообещал вылечить Мэй и уладить ситуацию с тайной личности при условии, что Питер и Мэри Джейн больше не будут женаты. Супруги долго совещались. Прежде чем Мефисто успел совершить своё чёрное дело, Мэри Джейн заключила с ним свою сделку: она убедит Питера принять такие условия, а демон навсегда оставит его в покое.

Мефисто вернулся в прошлое, в канун свадьбы Паука и Эм-Джей. В образе птицы он освободил преступника, только что арестованного благодаря нашему герою. Этот преступник вновь добрался до Паука, в результате чего тот опоздал на свадьбу. Мэри Джейн решила, что Питер её не любит и порвала с ним.

Проблема с тайной личности решилась ещё проще: вскоре после Гражданской Войны на собрании Иллюминатов было принято решение: Доктор Стрэндж попросту сотрёт её из памяти всего мира. Когда Стрэндж произносил заклинание, Питер нарушил этот процесс, в результате чего Мэри Джейн по-прежнему помнила, кем был её несостоявшийся супруг.

Совершенно новый день

Итак, мир Питера Паркера сильно изменился. Дальше начались многочисленные сложности с работой, друзьями и врагами. Питер стал причиной сердечного приступа у Джоны Джеймсона, и его жена продала «Дейли Бьюгл» королю жёлтой прессы Декстеру Беннету, который вскоре уволил Паркера. Питер же сдружился с полицейским Вином Гонсалесом, ненавидящим Человека-Паука. Вместе они снимали квартиру, пока Вин не угодил в тюрьму по нелепому ложному обвинению. Место Вина в квартире заняла его кузина Мишель, с которой у Питера сложились необычные взаимоотношения — порой ненавистные, а порой романтические. Вернулся из небытия Гарри Осборн, и Паук познакомился с его девушкой Лили Холлистер (как позже выяснилось, она была суперзлодейкой Угрозой) и подругой Лили, Карли Купер.

Появились многочисленные новые враги — Угроза (Menace), Чокнутая (Screwball), Урод (Freak), Мистер Негатив (Mr Negative), новый Стервятник (Vulture) и многие другие. Не давали покоя и старые знакомые.

С поисками работы у Питера начались настоящие проблемы. Некоторое время он подрабатывал в газете «Фронтлайн» (Frontline) у своего старого друга Бена Уриха, затем немного побыл одним из помощников Джоны Джеймсона, которого избрали мэром Нью-Йорка.

Тёмное Владычество (подробнее)

После Тайного Вторжения Скруллов одним из самых влиятельных людей Америки стал старый враг Паука, Норман Осборн, бывший суперзлодей по прозвищу Зелёный Гоблин, а ныне директор М.О.Л.О.Т.а, лидер собственной команды Мстителей и псевдогерой Железный Патриот. Осборн решил сделать героя и из своего сына, сделав для Гарри облегчённую модель брони. Но Гарри не хотел попадать в зависимость от ненавистного отца. Он едва не убил Нормана, но был остановлен Человеком-Пауком.

Шед

Довольно долгое время доктору Курту Коннорсу удавалось контролировать себя и не превращаться в Ящера. Но в какой-то момент болезнь оказалась сильнее его. Личности Коннорса и Ящера слились воедино, образовав чудовищное создание по имени Шед (Shed). Тело монстра также подверглось изменениям, и он стал ещё более сильным и ловким, чем Ящер. Кроме того, он приобрёл способность телепатически влиять на сознание людей.

Шед сделал то, на что прежний Ящер никогда бы не пошёл — убил Билли Коннорса, сына Курта. После этого он столкнулся с Человеком-Пауком и впервые применил свои псионические силы: попытался разрушить «обезьянью» (по его собственному выражению) составляющую разума Питера, чтобы остался только разум ящера, который в первую очередь подчинялся бы низменным животным инстинктам и праву сильного. К счастью, Паук смог противиться этому влиянию, но тогда Шед принялся делать многочисленных жителей Нью-Йорка мыслящими именно таким образом. На улицах начался хаос.

В тяжёлом бою Человек-Паук победил Шеда и освободил людей от его влияния. Но некоторые сочли, что примитивные инстинкты и право сильного, предложенные чудищем, гораздо справедливее ханжеских людских законов. Вместе с Шедом они спустились в Нью-Йоркскую канализацию и до сих пор обитают где-то там.

Век Героев и Смертельная Охота

После Осады Асгарда Человека-Паука наконец-то вновь признали как героя. Он вступил в команды «Мстители» и «Новые Мстители», и его популярность неуклонно растёт. Однако не все этому рады.

Семья Кравиновых (жена и дети Сергея Кравинова, первого Крэйвена-Охотника) решила вернуть к жизни погибшего главу семьи. Они стали ловить всех людей с паучьими способностями, чтобы приносить их в жертву. Когда клон Питера Кейн (Kaine) предупредил его об этом, уже были пойманы Мадам Паутина (Madame Web), Арахна (Arachne), Аранья (Arana) и Женщина-Паук/Мэтти Франклин. Наконец, попался и Человек-Паук (его заманил в ловушку Хамелеон, притворившийся восставшим из мёртвых Изекилем).

Чтобы вернуть Крэйвена к жизни, хватило ритуального убийства Паука и Мэтти Франклин. Однако восставший из мёртвых Крэйвен был совсем не рад своему возрождению: он превратился в живой труп (правда, не разлагающийся). Оказалось, принесённый в жертву Паук не был настоящим: Кейн оглушил Питера и подменил его в костюме.

В ярости Саша Кравинова (жена Сергея) нанесла смертельную рану Мадам Паутине. Она умерла, оставив свой дар ясновидения в наследство Джулии Карпентер, Арахне. В поместье Кравиновых подоспел настоящий Человек-Паук. Он был необыкновенно зол из-за смерти своих друзей и готов был убить Крэйвена, но его остановила Арахна, показавшая ему альтернативное будущее, в котором Питер стал убивать врагов и превратился в настоящее чудовище.

Потерпевшие поражение Кравиновы отправились на Дикую Землю, где находятся до сих пор. Питер похоронил Мэтти Франклин, Мадам Паутину и Кейна. На могиле последнего написано: «Кейн Паркер. Брат.»

Один момент во времени

Мэри Джейн пришла к Питеру, и вместе они вспоминали подробности сделки с Мефистофелем. В конце разговора Мэри Джейн поцеловала Питера и сказала, что если им не суждено быть вместе, то он не должен думать только о ней, ведь тогда может не заметить настоящую любовь всей своей жизни. Они расстались, пообещав больше не вмешиваться в жизнь друг друга.

Личность

После смерти дяди Бена чувство ответственности Питера Паркера сильно обострилось. Зачастую он понапрасну винит себя в том, к чему не имеет практически никакого отношения. Например, он чувствовал вину в том, что Электро, один из «его» злодеев устроил побег из тюрьмы «Рафт». Тем не менее, в моменты угрозы для чьей-либо жизни Питер вовсе не похож на такого депрессивного нытика и сохраняет здравый рассудок и остроумие.

Репутация

Человек-Паук завоевал огромную известность как среди других супергероев, так и среди злодеев и гражданских лиц. Как было однажды замечено, половина Земли-616 любит Паука, другая половина ненавидит, но говорят о нём все. Тётя Мэй однажды прочитала в Интернете, что Питер спас жизнь более 10 000 человек, не считая обезвреженных бомб и подвигов, совершённых вместе с другими героями.

Среди злодеев к Человеку-Пауку бытует совершенно особое отношение. Когда в Баре Без Названия (Bar with No Name) принимались ставки на победу Паука в очередном бою, многие злодеи утверждали, что Верхолаз всегда побеждает новичков. А когда Колпак (Hood) только начинал свою карьеру, один из злодеев посмеялся над ним, сказав: «Ты даже ещё с Человеком-Пауком не дрался».

Силы и способности

Силы

Первоночальные (они же нынешние) силы:

• Паучье Чутьё: Человек-Паук обладает экстрасенсорным чувством, заранее предупреждающим его об опасности покалыванием в задней части черепа. Это позволяет ему избежать большинства ранений. К сожалению, иногда сильные эмоции Питера мешают ему распознать сигналы Паучьего Чутья. Природа Чутья неизвестна: Изекиль Симс называл её мистической, а разумных научных объяснений нет. Сигналы могут поступать как непосредственно в момент опасности, так и за минуты и даже часы до него. Чем сильнее степень угрозы, тем раньше Питер о ней узнаёт. Чутьё не даёт представления о сущности угрозы, зато указывает точное направление, из которого она исходит. Внезапные и очень опасные обстоятельства могут привести к болезненной реакции Чутья. Шестое чувство Питера работает даже когда он без сознания или спит. Оно предупреждает его обо всём, что он считает опасным. В частности, реагирует на наличие наблюдателей или камер, которые могут зафиксировать, как Пит переодевается в Паука, но не реагирует на тётю Мэй, даже если она вот-вот может узнать о тайне своего племянника. Человек-Паук настолько хорошо обучился распознавать сигналы своего органа экстрасенсорного восприятия, что даже когда противники ослепляют его, он может продолжать бой, ориентируясь по сигналам Паучьего Чутья.

• Принятие радиосигналов: Паучье Чутьё улавливает радиоволны определённой частоты. Пользуясь этим его свойством, Питер сконструировал Паучьи Радиомаячки (Spider Tracers), испускающие сигналы на этой частоте. Он использует радиомаячки, чтобы следить за кем-либо.

• Лазание по стенам: Одно из изменений в организме Питера после укуса паука произошло в мозжечке. Теперь он может мысленно контролировать притяжение между атомами с помощью электростатических сил. Это нарушает границу между поверхностями соприкасающихся предметов на субатомарном уровне. Проще говоря, происходит диффузия нескольких верхних слоёв атомов разных объектов. Пока неизвестно, каким образом разум Человека-Паука может влиять на поведение атомов. До сих пор способность изменять силу их притяжения друг к другу ограничивалась контролем над притяжением между предметами и телом Питера (главным образом ладоней и ступней). С помощью этой способности он может удерживать груз весом в несколько тонн «пристыкованным» к своим пальцам.

• Сверхчеловеческая сила: Особое строение мышц позволяет Человеку-Пауку поднимать груз массой до десяти тонн. В бою он вынужден сдерживать свои удары (если только не сражается с кем-либо равным или превосходящим его по выносливости). В противном случае его удары были бы смертельны для человека без суперспособностей. Он продемонстрировал, что достаточно силён, чтобы нокаутировать человека простым шлепком по голове. Также во время Тайного Вторжения, в бою на Дикой Земле, он победил тираннозавра рекс одним ударом. Разумеется, физическая сила Паука распространяется и на его ноги, что позволяет ему совершать огромные прыжки. В день, когда его укусил Паук, Питер едва не угодил под машину, но спасся, подпрыгнув приблизительно на десять метров вертикально вверх (именно так он и обнаружил свои способности). Следует отметить, что в тот момент его силы ещё не развились на полную мощь.

• Сверхчеловеческая скорость: Человек-Паук способен бегать и двигаться со скоростями, во много раз превышающие доступную даже самому натренированному человеку скорость. Он показал, что легко может пешком обогнать автомобиль, но предпочитает путешествовать на паутине.

• Сверхчеловеческая стойкость: В улучшенной мускулатуре Питера токсины усталости вырабатываются гораздо медленнее, чем у обычного человека. Это позволяет ему действовать на пике своих сил в течение долгих часов. Его дыхательный аппарат также значительно улучшен: его почти никогда не видели запыхавшимся, к тому же Паук способен задержать дыхание более чем на восемь минут.

• Сверхчеловеческая выносливость: Тело Человека-Паука значительно более устойчиво к различным травмам, чем у других людей. Он способен пережить воздействие, которое могло бы серьёзно ранить или убить обычного человека практически без всякого дискомфорта. Если Паук напряжёт свои сверхсильные мышцы, человек без суперспособностей не может причинить ему почти никакой вред голыми руками. Сам Питер говорил, что старается уворачиваться от ударов противников, не обладающих как минимум такой же силой и выносливостью, иначе они могут вывихнуть или сломать себе запястье.

• Сверхчеловеческая ловкость: Ловкость, баланс и координация движений Паркера выходят далеко за доступные человеку пределы. Его соединительные ткани и сухожилия примерно в два раза более гибкие и подвижные, но при этом и более прочные. Паук может побить любой олимпийский рекорд по упражнениям на таких гимнастических снарядах, как кольца, брусья, и т.д.

• Сверхчеловеческое чувство равновесия: Человек-Паук может сохранять равновесие в любой позиции, которую только можно себе вообразить, и на любой опоре, даже самой малой и узкой.

• Сверхчеловеческие рефлексы: быстродействие всех условных и безусловных рефлексов Питера примерно в сорок раз выше, чем у обычного человека. В сочетании с Паучьим Чутьём они позволяют ему уклониться от практически любой атаки. В некоторых случаях было показано, как Человек-Паук уворачивался от пуль только с помощью своих рефлексов, вовсе не пользуясь Чутьём.

• Регенеративный исцеляющий фактор: Хотя регенерация у Паука не так заметна, как у Росомахи или Дэдпула, она достаточно мощная, чтобы оправиться от сильных травм, переломов и обширных повреждений тканей за удивительно короткий срок. Получив свою силу, он вскоре обнаружил, что его слабое зрение улучшилось, и отпала необходимость носить очки. Во время битвы со злодеем по имени Мародёр в Маске (Masked Marauder) Человек-Паук был полностью ослеплён, однако уже через два дня всё прекрасно видел (хотя ещё целые сутки его глаза были легко раздражимыми). Его ускоренный метаболизм обеспечивает высочайшую устойчивость к наркотикам: действие даже самых больших доз быстро прекращается, не вызывая зависимости. Во время встречи с Роем (Swarm) Питер получил тысячи пчелиных укусов, но уже на следующий день был в полном порядке. Его сопротивление и скорость восстановления от других токсинов и болезней варьируется, но как правило значительно выше, чем у обычных людей. Человек-Паук смог полностью восстановить свои глаза, пострадавшие от выплюнутой ему в лицо новым Стервятником кислоты, хотя, возможно, степень ущерба была ниже, чем ему сначала показалось.

• Защищённая тайна личности: Благодаря магии Доктора Стрэнджа, никто не может случайно или намеренно узнать тайну личности Человека-Паука, если этого не захочет сам Питер. Любые доказательства того, что Паук — это Питер Паркер (даже прямые свидетельства в средствах массовой информации времён Гражданской Войны) либо непонятны людям, либо приводят к неверным выводам. Узнать, кто скрывается под маской, возможно, только если это расскажет сам Питер.

Утраченные силы:

Мутация после встречи с Королевой наделила Паука следующими силами:

• Повышенная сила: Теперь предельная масса груза, который он мог поднять, составляла не 10, а 15 тонн.

• Телепатическая связь с членистоногими: Развившееся Паучье чутьё помогало связываться с пауками и насекомыми, используя их как дистанционный источник информации, и даже управлять их поведением. Однажды пауки добровольно скрыли находившегося без сознания Человека-Паука от Шатры, и таким образом спасли его.

• Биологическая/органическая выработка паутины: На запястьях Питера появились железы, которые могли вырабатывать и выпускать паутину. Эта паутина имела практически те же свойства, что и выпускаемая из контейнеров, только распадалась не за два часа, а за неделю.

После смерти и перерождения силы Питера вновь возросли:

• Ещё более повышенная сила: Новым пределом поднимаемой массы стала отметка в 20 тонн.

• Повышенная ловкость, выносливость, скорость и реакция: В бою с Мистерио Паук отметил существенное улучшение всех этих показателей.

• Усовершенствованное Паучье Чутьё: Питер смог воспринимать всё, что происходило вокруг него, а не только источники опасности.

• Ночное зрение: Человек-Паук научился видеть в темноте при наличии хотя бы самого слабого источника света.

• Чувство вибрации и воздушных потоков через волосы и паутину: Эта способность позволила ему найти выход из-под обломков рухнувшего здания.

• Улучшенный исцеляющий фактор: Восстановление после любого ущерба для организма стало происходить в несколько раз быстрее.

• Исцеление в «спящем режиме»: Именно так произошло его перерождение: Питер вошёл в бессознательное состояние, свил кокон, впал в спячку, исцелился и получил новые силы. Его загадочная «болезнь» и кратковременные утраты суперспособностей были первыми попытками организма войти в это состояние. Неизвестно, может ли Питер повторить это ещё хотя бы один раз.

• Жала: На запястьях Человека-Паука были расположены острые выдвижные жала. Они выпускали полиаминовый яд, способный на несколько часов парализовать взрослого человека. А для почти неуязвимого Морлана ранения этими жалами оказались смертельными.

Способности

• Несгибаемая сила воли: На протяжении многих лет Питер вёл двойную жизнь, полную потерь и поражений, но это не сломило его, и из коротких моментов слабости он выходил ещё более сильным человеком. Его воля оказалась достаточно сильна, чтобы противостоять попыткам Венома, а позднее нанороботов Доктора Осьминога и телепатии Шеда подчинить себе его разум.

• Интеллектуальная одарённость: Питер неоднократно демонстрировал выдающиеся интеллектуальные способности, которые помогли ему стать отличным учёным и часто помогают в борьбе с врагами.

• Научная осведомлённость: Питер блестяще разбирается практически во всех областях науки. Наиболее опытен он в физике и химии. Также Питер является превосходным изобретателем.

• Опытный фотограф: За годы работы в «Дейли Бьюгл» Паркер научился делать замечательные снимки. Один из его коллег-конкурентов так отозвался о его работах: «Они резкие, смелые, правдивые… Как сама жизнь. Настоящее искусство.»

• Мастерский акробат: Используя свою удивительную ловкость, Паук выучил множество акробатических трюков.

• Опытный боец: В многочисленных боях с не менее многочисленными врагами Питер развил хорошие боевые навыки. Опираясь на свои паучьи силы, он создал свой собственный неповторимый стиль рукопашной борьбы и успешно комбинирует его с приёмами, которым научили его такие выдающиеся бойцы, как Капитан Америка.

Уровень силы

Питер способен поднять груз массой до десяти тонн. Благодаря своим удивительным суперспособностям, а также находчивости и везению он неоднократно побеждал противников, значительно более могущественных, чем он сам.

Слабости

• Блокировка Паучьего Чутья: Помимо сильных эмоций Паркера, его Чутьё может быть заблокировано с помощью некоторых приборов и токсинов. Кроме того, Паучье Чутьё не реагирует на симбиотов и клонов Человека-Паука, которых не считает угрозой.

• Близость Анти-Венома: Неудачная попытка Анти-Венома «вылечить» Человека-Паука от радиации в крови (и, следовательно, от суперсил) привела к тому, что в непосредственной близости от него способности Питера постепенно исчезают.

Экипировка

• Устройства для стрельбы паутиной и контейнеры к ним: Ещё в самом начале своей карьеры Человек-Паук создал парные устройства и сменные контейнеры к ним, предназначенные для стрельбы паутиной. Нажатие на кнопку на ладони открывает небольшое отверстие в контейнере, и находящаяся под давлением паутинная жидкость вылетает, застывая в воздухе и превращаясь в волокно.

• Паутинная жидкость: В контейнере она сжата давлением почти до твёрдого состояния. Волокно, которым она становится при контакте с воздухом, имеет высокую прочность — приблизительно 55 кг на квадратный миллиметр сечения. Точная формула и способ изготовления держатся Питером в строжайшем секрете.

• Пояс: На поясе Паук носит запасные контейнеры с паутиной, а также Паучий Сигнал (который можно использовать и как фонарик).

Первое Появление

Вместе с великой Силой приходит великая Ответственность.

— Дядя Бен

Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962)

Ключевые Номера

• Первый кросс-овер с Фантастической Четверкой (Amazing Spider-Man #1, 1963);
• Джей Джона Джеймсон объяснил, почему он ненавидит Человека-Паука (Amazing Spider-Man #10, 1964);
• Человек-Паук и Зеленый Гоблин раскрыли личности друг друга, Зеленый Гоблин утратил память (Amazing Spider-Man #40, 1966);
• Зеленый Гоблин вспомнил личность Человека-Паука (Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #2, 1968);
• Питер узнал правду о прошлом родителей и причине смерти (Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5, 1968);
• Зеленый Гоблин убил Гвен Стейси (Amazing Spider-Man #121, 1973);
• Гарри Осборн раскрыл личность Человека-Паука (Amazing Spider-Man #134, 1974);
• Питер встретил первого клона Гвен Стейси (Amazing Spider-Man #143, 1975);
• Впервые появился клон Человека-Паука — Бен Райли (Amazing Spider-Man #149, 1975);
• Оригинальная история Питера пересказана (Amazing Spider-Man #181, 1978);
• Питер впервые сделал предложение Мэри Джейн (Amazing Spider-Man #182, 1978);
• Первое появление симбиота (Secret Wars #8/Amazing Spider-Man #252, 1984);
• Питер сделал предложение Мэри Джейн во второй раз (Amazing Spider-Man #290, 1987);
• Мэри Джейн приняла предложение Питера о замужестве (Amazing Spider-Man #292, 1987);
• Питер Паркер и Мэри Джейн Уотсон поженились (Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, 1987);
• Мэри Джейн объявила, что она беременна (Spectacular Spider-Man #220, 1995);
• Питер Паркер временно перестал быть Человеком-Пауком (Spectacular Spider-Man #229, 1995);
• Тётя Мэй выяснила, что Питер — Человек-Паук (Amazing Spider-Man #35, 2001);
• Присоединился к Новым Мстителям (New Avengers #3, 2005);
• Погиб после сражения с Морланом (Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3, 2006);
• Возрожден (Amazing Spider-Man #527, 2006);
• Открыл новые силы (Amazing Spider-Man #529, 2006);
• Получил новый костюм от Тони Старка (Amazing Spider-Man #529, 2006), публично раскрыл свою личность (Civil War #2, 2006)
• Начал поддерживать бунт Капитана Америки (Civil War #4, 2006)
• Стал членом двух команд Мстителей (Avengers #1 и New Avengers #1, 2010)