Spider-Man
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Bitten by a Radioactive spider, Spider-Man was granted amazing powers, and now uses them to fight evil.
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[edit] Marvel Universe
Peter Benjamin Parker was born to Richard Parker and his wife Mary Fitzpatrick-Parker, both of whom were agents of the Central Intelligence Agency and later of S.H.I.E.L.D. (a fictional secret agency). Their last assignment was the infiltration as double-agents of the organization of Albert Malik, who had taken on the name of Red Skull in the absence of the original. Malik found out about their plans and arranged a plane-crash that resulted in their deaths.
[edit] History
After his parents' deaths, the infant Peter Parker was left in the care of his Uncle Ben and Aunt May (Richard's older brother Benjamin Parker and his wife May Reilly Parker), who lived in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens, New York City. Though Peter was always loved by the aging couple, he was unpopular among those of his own age. Over time he grew to be a lonely, timid teenager. The exceptionally bright Peter showed more interest in his studies, especially science, than in any kind of social life. He was often the target of jokes by more popular fellow students like Flash Thompson, the high school's star athlete. In addition, Aunt May made him wear non-prescription glasses to protect his eyes, since she was worried that his constant reading would have a negative effect on his eyesight. When these glasses were broken in a schoolyard fight with Flash Thompson, he didn't bother to get new ones, since they were never really needed in the first place and only made him look awkward.
When he was 15 years old, Parker attended a science exhibit where he was bitten by a radioactive spider. The spider bite gave Parker an array of spider-like powers. In addition to his physical powers, Spider-Man used mechanical web shooters of his own design to spin webs in a variety of ways.
Upon the discovery of his powers, Parker designed a costume and adopted the identity of Spider-Man in order to win money as an entertainer. Debuting as a wrestler, Spider-Man quickly hired an agent and began making lucrative television appearances. One night, after a show, Spider-Man refused to help stop a thief that ran past him in the hallway, insisting that he was only going to look out for "number one." But his beloved Uncle Ben was later killed by the same thug he had allowed to escape. Realizing that stopping the thug when he had been given the chance would have prevented his uncle's murder, Spider-Man devoted himself to fighting injustice, driven by the realization that "with great power there must also come great responsibility".
Spider-Man consistently tries to do the right thing, but is viewed with suspicion by many authority figures. He is often considered little more than a lawbreaker himself, thanks largely to a smear campaign by J. Jonah Jameson, publisher of the daily newspaper the Daily Bugle. Ironically, Parker works as a freelance photographer for Jameson, selling photographs of himself as Spider-Man.
He continued working as a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle and living with his elderly and somewhat fragile Aunt May until he graduated from high school. He enrolled in the Empire State University where he befriended Harry Osborn — who was in fact the son of his arch-enemy the Green Goblin — and Gwen Stacy, with whom he would have a lengthy romance before she was killed by the original Green Goblin.
After a lengthy on-again off-again relationship with cat burglar and sometime crimefighter Black Cat, Parker eventually wed his long-time girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson, a fashion model and actress. Later, the stresses of Parker's dual identity, combined with Mary Jane's tempestuous career, led to a separation, but the couple later reconciled.
Currently, Parker works as a science teacher for his old high school. Recently, an altercation with a former classmate turned superhuman, Charlie Weiderman, led to the arson of both his apartment and his aunt May's house. Thanks to Spider-Man's membership in the Avengers, Peter, Mary Jane and Aunt May were able to move into Tony Stark's Avengers Tower.
[edit] Powers and Equipment
A bite from an irradiated spider causes a variety of changes in Peter Parker's body, giving him superpowers. In the original Lee-Ditko stories, Spider-Man has the ability to cling to walls, superhuman strength, a sixth sense ("spider-sense") that alerts him to danger, perfect balance and equilibrium, as well as superhuman speed and agility. In story-lines published in 2005 and 2006 (such as The Other), he develops additional spider-like abilities including biological web-shooters, toxic stingers that extend from his forearms, the ability to stick individuals to his back, better control over Spider-sense for detection, and night vision. Spider-Man's strength and speed have also increased beyond his original limits.
Spider-Man's overall metabolic efficiency has been greatly increased, and the composition of his skeleton, inter-connected tissues, and nervous system have all been enhanced. Spider-Man's musculature has been augmented so that he is superhumanly strong and flexible. He has developed a unique fighting style that makes full use of his agility, strength, and equilibrium.
Peter Parker is intellectually gifted, excelling in applied science, chemistry and physics. He uses his wits in addition to his powers. Besides outsmarting his foes, he constructs many devices that complement his powers, most notably mechanical web-shooters (ejecting an advanced adhesive compound which dissolves after two hours[30]), which he developed in his teenage years. They are capable of releasing web-fluid in a variety of configurations, including a single strand to swing from, a net, and a simple glob to foul machinery or blind an opponent. He can also weave the web material into simple forms like a shield, a spherical protection or hemi-spherical barrier, a club, or a hang-glider wing. Other equipment includes spider-tracers (spider-shaped adhesive homing beacons keyed to his own spider-sense), a light beacon which can either be used as a flashlight or project a "Spider-Signal" design, a specially modified camera that can take pictures automatically. He has also used an invention of Ben Reilly's (a clone of Peter Parker), called "impact webbing": a pellet that explodes on impact into a wrap-around net of webbing.
Though lacking in directed training, Spider-Man is one of the most experienced superheroes in the Marvel Universe. He has worked with virtually everyone in the superhero community at one time or another. Due to this experience, he has beaten foes with far greater powers and abilities. His fighting style is purely freestyle, which incorporates his speed, agility, strength and spider-sense. A very large part of his combat ability is improvisation and using his wits to out-think his opponents. One constant is his habit of using jokes, puns and insults. This not only causes his adversaries to become angry and distracted, but it also helps Spider-Man deal with any fears or doubts that he might have during a battle.
Spider-Man has had a few costume changes over his history, with three notable costumes -- his traditional red-and-blue costume, the black-and-white alien symbiote (later developed into a regular costume for stealth) and the technologically advanced Stark Armor costume designed by Tony Stark. In early comics and sporadically throughout his run depending on a given artist's interpretation, Spider-Man's costume included webbing that extended from his underarms to his torso. Although the eyes of the costume are made of fabric, in some continuities the eyes will change depending on Peter's facial expression.
[edit] Movies
[edit] Spider-Man
Student Peter Parker is taking a field trip to the Columbia University Research and Development Lab, by the time he leaves the lab, he has already been bitten by insane "fusion spider". When he goes home he stomps up the stairs into his room and slowy passes out, the next morning, he awakes to a big surprise, he has huge musceles! He also didn't need his glasses. When he gets to school,he rescues Mary Jane Watson (and her lunch) and effectively socks Flash Thompson in the head, sending him flying through a hallway.
He later signs up to wrestle "Bone Saw" McGraw. He pinned him in 2 out of the 3 minutes for that the promoter only gave him $100. Seeing this as unfair, Peter allows an un-named thief,(later known as a man named Carradine) to get away with the promoter's money. When the promoter asks why he didn't stop him, Peter replies: "I miss the part where that's my problem." This is copied off the promoter when Peter fumes about the cash.
The thief then supposeably killed Peter's Uncle Ben and Peter avenges his Uncle's death by standing by as the thief fell 50 stories off of the under-construction building they were fighting in, and dies. Peter graduates and then becomes Spider-Man. And first stops petty crimes and also "pulled six people of a subway car". J. Jonah Jameson took immediate unliking to the wall-crawler. Peter gets a job with him.
Peter Parker's best friend, Harry Osborn's father is Norman Osborn. Norman is head of a large company by the name of OsCorp. In an effort to save his job, Norman tests a mutant serum on himself, trasnforming him into viscious Green Goblin. During the World Unity Day Festival, the Green Goblin shows and Spider-Man stops him from causing any more harm than the balcony he blew up and the OsCorp Board Memebers he killed. Spider-Man rescues MJ and carries her to the Rockefeller Rooftop Garden.
Peter is in the Bugle office when the Goblin shows and snatches up Jameson, Peter promtly chaneged into Spider-Man and is hit by the Goblin's knock-out gas. He is then offered partnership from the Goblin but he refuses during a battle in a burning building, this happened after he rescued MJ again from thugs. She kisses Spider-Man who is upside-down before he swings off.
The final battle occured during the Queensboro Bridge. The Goblin released MJ and the cable attached to a transport tram carrying children. Spidey saves MJ and the tram and he and the Goblin have an intense hand-to-hand fight. After Spidey seemingly wins, an unmasked Goblin (Norman Osborn) calls on his glider, which has sharp blades coming out the front. Thanks to Peter's Spidey Sense, he dodges the blades and the blades are trushed into Norman, and he is killed.
Peter was at Norman's funeral and Harry claimed that "one day I swear on my father's grave Spider-Man will pay". (thinking Spider-Man had intentionally murdered him) MJ admits she loves Peter and Peter then goes off to swing through NYC.
[edit] Spider-Man 2
Peter Parker continues his quest to defeat evil in New York City, while struggling with his personal life, which includes keeping his job and keeping his relationship with Mary Jane Watson. The main villain in this film is Doctor Octopus. It basically begins with Peter trying to deliver a pizza in a certain amount of time, but fails. He is fired and is forced to keep his underpaying job at the Daily Bugle. Forgetting it's his birthday, Peter goes home to find Harry Osborn, Mary-Jane, and his Aunt May have thrown him a surprise party. Harry interrogates Peter if he knew who Spider-Man was, but is interrupted by Mary-Jane.
The next day, Dr. Otto Octavius, a brilliant scientist now working for OsCorp, presents his invention of concealing the power of the Sun "in the palm of his hand". His invention begins to work, but then begins to practially explode--reddish loops of the rays were crushing bricks and electrical equiptment. Peter quickly dresses up as Spider-Man and saves Harry when a large peice of electrical equiptment almost hits him. Harry still hated Spider-Man for his father's death though. Octavius claims his invention would soon become safe, and attempts to stop Spider-Man from shutting it down. But Spider-Man succeeds, and a loop of the "Sun" strikes Octavius's neck, weilding the four mechanical tentacles to his body, and he becomes Doctor Octopus. (Doc Ock)
Then Peter and Aunt May go to the bank, trying to get enough money for Aunt May to live on, but Doc Ock barges in and tries to steal money from the vault. Peter dresses up as Spider-Man again and has a dramatic fight with Ock. Ock then takes Aunt May hostage and climbs a building, followed by Spider-Man. Aunt May hits Ock on the side of his head with an umbrella, breaking his glasses, and causing him to drop her. Spider-Man quickly jumps and rescues Aunt May, then swings off when Ock escapes.
It is later that night that Spidey begins to lose his powers (although it is unclear why) and chooses to give up beng Spider-Man. The next night (wishing he were Spider-Man again) he helped save a toddler from a burning building. Then the next morning he meets Mary-Jane at a cafe, and MJ asks if Peter if he loves her or not. Peter, for some reason, lies and says no. Then Doc Ock returns and breaks into the cafe with a taxi cab, the cab just missing MJ and Peter's heads. Ock gets Peter in a chokehold and says he wants to speak with his friend Spider-Man and then throws him into a wall and takes MJ hostage.
Peter becomes Spider-Man once again to defeat Ock and rescue MJ. He and Ock have an intense battle on top of a very high building, and eventually fall on a train. Ock breaks the train's control panel with his tentacles, causing the train to go super fast non-stop. Ockruns away as Spider-Manattempts to fix the panel. His mask is hit with a zap of electricity and he removes it in pain and attempts to stop the train manually with his web. He succeeds, but the strain was so much, he turns unconscious, and the people in the train take him inside. Two children come up to him with his mask, swearing not to tell anyone. Peter puts back on his mask, but Ock returns and breaks into the train car. The weak Spider-Man attempts to fight back but is immediately knocked out when hit in the head with one of Ock's tentacles.
That night, Ock brings Spidey's body to Harry. In return, Harry gives Ock the ingredients needed to re-create his "Sun" experiment. After Ock leaves, Harry grabs a knife and unmasks Spider-Man. When he sees it's Peter, he drops the knife in astonishment, mumbling why Peter would kill his father. Peter breaks out of the chains holding him to a sofa, and says that Ock has MJ captive and that they would settle this another time. Harry just sits there, still dazed, as Peter puts back on his mask and goes to save MJ.
MJ is tied to a steel pole in an old warehouse on a river. Ock begins to recreate his experiment and sees Spidey in the corner of his eye and smiles as he attempts to rescue MJ, but pretends he doesn't notice him. When Spidey tries to untie MJ, he turns around and hits Spidey in the chest with one of his tentacles, and rants how Harry wouldn't have the spine to kill Spidey. They have a very fierce fight, more intense than both of their fights put together, while MJ tries to unlock the chains holding her to the pole. When Ock has Spidey in a chokehold, MJ succeeds in picking the lock and picks up a heavy metal pole, and tries to hit Ock in the head, but Ock sees it coming and hits her with one of his tentacles. This sets Spider-Man off, and he escapes the chokehold and really beats Ock up. Water engulfs an area of the warehouse and Ock is thrown into it, which means his electronical tentacles begin to "die". Spider-Man reveals himself to be Peter and speaks with Ock about how "intelligence should be used for the good of mankind". Ock agrees, and uses the last bit of energy in him to destroy his invention, which was going to destroy the entire city. A giant peice of debrit almost hits MJ but the unmasked Spider-Man saves her. MJ realizes Spider-Man is Peter and smiles. Peter says that he lied in the cafe and he really did love her. Then Ock is shown taking down his invention, but his invention was so huge it entraps him in the river, and he is drowned and dies.
After it is all over, Peter and MJ kiss on a huge web. The police come and MJ's fiancee comes and hugs her. But the next day, she leaves him at the altar and runs to Peter's apartment, and they kiss again. Sirens are heard and MJ tells Peter to go get them. Peter (now Spider-Man) swings after the cop cars, and MJ looks out at him, in love.
[edit] Spider-Man 3
Peter Parker has begun to feel secure in his life and plans to propose to Mary Jane. One night in a park, while Peter and Mary Jane are on a date, a small meteorite crashes nearby, and an alien symbiote oozes out, attaching itself to Peter's moped. Meanwhile, escaped convict Flint Marko falls into a particle accelerator, which fuses his body with the surrounding sand. The result allows him to shape shift at will, and he becomes the all-powerful Sandman.
Peter's best friend, Harry Osborn, who seeks vengeance for his father's death, which he believes Peter caused, attacks him. The battle leaves Harry with short-term amnesia, making him forget his vendetta.
Later, during a festival honoring Spider-Man for saving Gwen Stacy’s life, Sandman attempts to rob an armored car, and overpowers Spider-Man. Captain Stacy later informs Peter and Aunt May that Marko/Sandman is the one who killed Ben Parker, and a vengeful Peter waits for Marko to strike again. The symbiote bonds with his costume while he is asleep; Peter discovers that not only has his costume changed, but his powers have been enhanced as well. The black suit also alters Peter's personality, making him more violent, exemplified by a near lethal attack on Marko during a battle underground.
The shift in Peter's personality alienates Mary Jane, whose stage career is floundering, and she finds solace with Harry. Harry recovers from his amnesia, and, urged on by an apparition of his dead father, forces MJ to break up with Peter. After Mary Jane leaves Peter, stating she is in love with another man, Harry meets him at a restaurant and claims to be the other man. Later, Peter finds him at the Osborn mansion. With the help of the black suit, Peter is victorious in a brutal fight, which leaves Harry's face disfigured. Influenced by the suit, Peter exposes and humiliates Eddie Brock Jr., a rival photographer at the Daily Bugle, who sells fake pictures of Spider-Man.
In an effort to make MJ jealous, Peter brings Gwen to the nightclub where Mary Jane works and Peter gets into a fight. In the scuffle, he accidentally knocks MJ to the floor. Peter realizes the symbiote-suit is changing him for the worse. He runs out of the nightclub and goes to a church bell tower to be rid of it. Initially he is unable to pull the suit off, but the sound waves from the church bells weaken the symbiote, freeing Peter. Eddie Brock is at the same church praying for Peter’s death when the symbiote falls from the tower and takes over his body. The newly-powered Brock (calling himself "Venom") finds Marko and suggests that they join forces to destroy Spider-Man.
The pair use Mary Jane as bait to force Spider-Man to confront them. Peter approaches Harry for help, but is turned down and leaves. However, Harry learns the truth about his father's death and arrives in time to rescue Peter, teaming up against Sandman and Venom. As the fight progresses, Brock attempts to impale Peter with the glider, but Harry sacrifices himself and is fatally wounded. Peter recalls how the church bell's toll weakened the symbiote, and frees Eddie from it by clanging several pipes together. Peter throws a pumpkin bomb at the symbiote just as Eddie, who has grown attached to its power, attempts to re-bond with it. Eddie and the symbiote are destroyed in the explosion.
After the battle, Marko tells Peter that he had no intention of killing Ben Parker, and that it was an accident born out of a desperate attempt to save his daughter's life. Peter forgives Flint, who dissipates and floats away. Peter and Harry forgive each other as Harry dies with Mary Jane and Peter by his side. After Harry's funeral, Peter and Mary Jane begin to mend their relationship.
[edit] Spider-Man 4
Spider-Man 4 is confirmed, but has no plot confirmations known of yet.
