Peter Parker

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Peter Parker
Aliases:	Spider-Man; Peter Benjamin Parker; Spidey The Liar ^[1]
Continuity:	Spider-Man
Notability:	Main character
Type:	Superhero
Gender:	Male
Race:	Altered human
Location:	Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York
Associations:	Avengers Empire State University Midtown High School Parker Industries
Relatives:	Richard Parker (father, deceased); Mary Parker (mother, deceased); May Reilly-Parker (aunt); Ben Parker (uncle, deceased); Mary Jane Watson (wife); May Parker (daughter; status unknown); Philip Watson (father-in-law); Madeline Watson (mother-in-law); Gayle Watson-Byrnes (sister-in-law)
Status:	Alive
First:	Amazing Fantasy, Volume 1 #15
Actor:	Paul Soles^[2] Danny Seagren^[3] Nicholas Hammond^[4] Ted Schwartz^[5] Dan Gilvezan^[6] Christopher Daniel Barnes^[7] Rino Romano^[8] Tobey Maguire^[9] Neil Patrick Harris^[10]Josh Keaton^[11] Drake Bell^[12] Andrew Garfield^[13] Tom Holland ^[14]

Peter Parker is a fictional comic book super-hero who is best known by the code name Spider-Man. He was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko for Marvel Comics in 1962. Spider-Man was introduced in issue #15 of the anthology series Amazing Fantasy and became an overnight sensation appearing in his own ongoing comic book series The Amazing Spider-Man in March of the following year. The character has been featured in a live-action television series, a live-action children's skit, numerous animated projects and two different film franchises. In the film series directed by Sam Raimi, Spider-Man was played by actor Tobey Maguire. In the 2012 reboot The Amazing Spider-Man he was played by Andrew Garfield. The character was finally brought over to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2016 in the film Captain America: Civil War, where he was now played by actor Tom Holland. He took the spotlight in his own film, Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017, which was followed by appearances in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame before returning to his own solo film, Spider-Man: Far from Home in 2019.

Overview[]

Spider-Man's real name is Peter Parker - a nerdy teenage boy from Forest Hills in Queens who lives with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben. An ill-fated visit to a science expo finds Peter being bitten by a radioactive spider, which grants him the proportionate strength of a spider as well as the ability to scale walls and a psionic early warning system which he refers to his as his spider-sense. Initially using his newfound abilities for the sake of profit, Peter fails to take notice of a common criminal who would later murder his Uncle Ben. Peter's attitude changes and he adopts his uncle's credo, "With great power comes great responsibility" as his personal mantra. After outfitting himself with a red and blue costume and a set of mechanical web-shooters, Peter Parker - the Amazing Spider-Man swings off into the pages of history as one of the most infamous and recognizable pop culture icons of all time.

Personality[]

Biography[]

Powers[]

Equipment[]

Spider-tracer: A spider-tracer is a small device developed by Peter Parker as part of his crime-fighting arsenal. As Spider-Man, Peter can throw it or place it upon a moving target whereupon it automatically attached itself. From there, he can use his spider-sense to home in on the tracer, and by extension, track its movement.

Web-shooters: Web-shooters were developed by fifteen-year-old Peter Parker, , shortly after he developed superhuman powers when he was bitten by a radioactive spider. The shooters consist of a wrist-band fitted with eight cartridges filled with web-fluid, which is a formula of Parker's own invention. The trigger mechanism and cut-off valve are part of a palm device attached to the gauntlets by a small tube.

Love interests[]

Notes & Trivia[]

Spider-Man was once a special guest on The Tonight Show hosted by Johnny Carson. He spoke at length about the importance of prison reform. ^[15]

Once, in a bid to rid himself of the burden of "power and responsibility", Peter concocted a serum designed to remove his spider-powers. The end result however was that he grew four extra arms! ^[16]