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Spider-Man Spider-Man is a fictional superhero created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in the anthology comic book "Amazing Fantasy" #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, as well as in a number of movies, television shows, and video game adaptations set in the Marvel Universe. In the stories, Spider-Man is the alias of Peter Parker, an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker were killed in a plane
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Spider-Man Spider-Man is a fictional superhero created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in the anthology comic book "Amazing Fantasy" #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, as well as in a number of movies, television shows, and video game adaptations set in the Marvel Universe. In the stories, Spider-Man is the alias of Peter Parker, an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker were killed in a plane
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Berger, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. "Turn Off the Dark" is currently the most expensive musical in Broadway history, costing an estimated $70 million. In addition, the show's unusually high running costs are reported to have been about $1.2 million per week. Spider-Man Spider-Man is a fictional superhero created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in the anthology comic book "Amazing Fantasy" #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, as well as in a number of movies, television shows, and video game adaptations set in
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Uncle Ben Benjamin "Ben" Parker, usually called Uncle Ben, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Spider-Man. He is the husband of May Parker and paternal uncle of Peter Parker, AKA Spider-Man. Uncle Ben first appeared in "Amazing Fantasy" #15 (August 1962) and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. Modeled after American founding father Benjamin Franklin, the character plays an influential role in the Spider-Man comic books. Uncle Ben first appeared in "Amazing Fantasy" #15 (August 1962) and was killed in the very same
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Alain Robert Alain Robert (born as Robert Alain Philippe on 7 August 1962) is a French rock climber and urban climber, from Digoin, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. Known as "the French Spider-Man" (after the comic character Spider-Man) or "the Human Spider," Robert is famous for his free solo climbing, scaling skyscrapers using no climbing equipment except for a small bag of chalk and a pair of climbing shoes. Because authorities did not normally give him permission for such dangerous exploits, Robert would appear at dawn on the site of whichever giant skyscraper he has chosen to climb. His exploits attract crowds
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Jackpot (comics) Jackpot is the codename shared by two fictional superheroes, Sara Ehret and Alana Jobson, appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character have been primarily appearing in Spider-Man's stories. Jackpot's first appearance was in the Free Comic Book Day giveaway "Spider-Man: Swing Shift", released on May 5, 2007 and set in the storyline. The character Jackpot, first appeared in the Free Comic Book Day issue "Spider-Man: Swing Shift" released on May 5, 2007 and written by Dan Slott with art by Phil Jimenez. Following the character's debut, Jackpot would appear in several "The Amazing Spider-Man"
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Enforcers (comics) The Enforcers are a fictional team of villains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Steve Ditko, the team's first appearance was in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #10 (March 1964). The Enforcers appear often in the early issues of "The Amazing Spider-Man", debuting in #10, and returning in #14 and #18–19, in the latter two issues teaming with the supervillain Sandman. The team would go on to appear in "Daredevil" #356–357, and "Dazzler" #7–8, and fight Spider-Man again in "Marvel Team-Up" #39–40 and #138, "The Spectacular Spider-Man" #19–20,
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Screwball (comics) Screwball is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The world's first "live streaming super-villain", she commits crimes to get more hits on her web page and is an enemy of Spider-Man. Screwball first appears in "Amazing Spider-Man" #559 and was created by Dan Slott and Marcos Martín. Not much is known about Screwball's past. Screwball would commit crimes while a film crew filmed her so that she can get more hits on her videos by having Spider-Man appear on it. She first encountered Spider-Man while he was tracing the "Spider-Tracer Killer." Screwball
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Screwball (comics) Screwball is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The world's first "live streaming super-villain", she commits crimes to get more hits on her web page and is an enemy of Spider-Man. Screwball first appears in "Amazing Spider-Man" #559 and was created by Dan Slott and Marcos Martín. Not much is known about Screwball's past. Screwball would commit crimes while a film crew filmed her so that she can get more hits on her videos by having Spider-Man appear on it. She first encountered Spider-Man while he was tracing the "Spider-Tracer Killer." Screwball
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"Jack's Father" at the end of the film (Jack being a boy that Spider-Man rescues on the Williamsburg Bridge) but he is referred to as Troy by one of his fellow construction workers in the film itself. Unlike the previous films, J. Jonah Jameson does not appear. "Spider-Man" co-creator Stan Lee has a cameo appearance, as he did in the previous films. At the 2011 Dallas Comic Con, Lee detailed that he plays a librarian listening to music on his headphones while stamping books, oblivious to the ongoing battle. Michael Massee plays the mysterious man in the shadows who talks
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the Brooklyn gangs. The Enforcers appear when Mayday/Spider-Girl ended up within the mind of her father, observing his first encounter with the original Green Goblin. In the alternate universe Ultimate Marvel continuity, the Enforcers were re-imagined as hit men for the Kingpin, and pitted against Spider-Man. The following changes took place: After losing three times to Spider-Man, along with unofficial member Electro, the Enforcers supposedly disbanded. Much later, they came back together to work for Hammerhead. This pitted them directly against their former employer. Enforcers (comics) The Enforcers are a fictional team of villains appearing in American comic books published
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Life Foundation The Life Foundation is a fictional survivalist group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Primarily an enemy of Spider-Man, the organization exists within Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe. Created by writer David Michelinie and artist Todd McFarlane, it first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" Vol. 1, #298 (March 1988). The Life Foundation was introduced in "The Amazing Spider-Man" Vol. 1, #298-299 and went on to appear in Issues #320-321, #324, and #351-352, as well as the "Hero Killers" storyline that ran through "The Amazing Spider-Man Annual" Vol. 1, #26, "The Spectacular
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Looter (comics) The Looter is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appears in the Spider-Man comic books. The character first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #36 (May 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The character subsequently appears in "Marvel Team-Up" #33-34 (May–June 1975), "Defenders" #63-64 (September–October 1978), "Spectacular Spider-Man" #41 (April 1980), "Web of Spider-Man" #39 (June 1988), "The Amazing Spider-Man Annual" #26 (1992), "Amazing Scarlet Spider" #1 (November 1995), "Spectacular Scarlet Spider" #1 (November 1995), "Web of Scarlet Spider" #2 (December 1995), "The Sensational Spider-Man"
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Man-Bull Man-Bull is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Man-Bull first appeared in "Daredevil" #78-79 (July–August 1971), and was created by Gerry Conway and Gary Friedrich. The character subsequently appeared in "Daredevil" #95-96 (January–February 1973), "Claws of the Cat" #4 (June 1973), "Iron Man" #72 (January 1975), "Daredevil" #129 (January 1976), and "Daredevil" #144 (April 1977). The character did not appear again for some time, until "The Incredible Hulk" #341 (March 1988), and he then appeared in "Marvel Year-in-Review '92", "The Amazing Spider-Man: Chaos in Calgary" #4 (February 1993), "Captain America" #413
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Jim Mahfood Jim Mahfood (born March 29, 1975), a.k.a. Food One, is an American comic book creator. Apart from his creator-owned comic book series "Grrl Scouts" and his comic strip "Stupid Comics" (which appears weekly in the "Phoenix New Times") he also did work for Marvel Comics on various Spider-Man titles, including "Ultimate Marvel Team-Up" and "Spectacular Spider-Man". His big break came when Oni Press hired him to illustrate two comic books based on Kevin Smith's movie "Clerks" from scripts by Smith, following his work on Marvel Comics "Generation X Underground Special". At the age of 18 Mahfood attended the
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was initially a two-issue magazine published by Marvel in 1968, as an experiment in entering the black-and-white comic-magazine market successfully pioneered by Warren Publishing and others. It sold for 35 cents when standard comic books cost 12 cents and annuals and giants 25 cents. It represented the first Spider-Man spin-off publication aside from the original series' summer annuals, begun in 1964. The first issue (cover-dated July 1968) featured a painted, color cover by men's adventure-magazine artist Harry Rosenbaum, in acrylic paint on illustration board, over layouts by "The Amazing Spider-Man" artist John Romita Sr.. The 52-page black-and-white Spider-Man story, "Lo,
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been instrumental in Marvel's shift towards including codes to receive free digital copies of the comic with purchased print comic books. The format of the series was very similar to the "Marvel Team-Up" comic book where Spider-Man teams up with another character in every issue. The first and second volumes of "Marvel Team-Up" primarily (but not exclusively) featured Spider-Man whereas "Avenging Spider-Man" exclusively features Spider-Man. Marvel announced the publication in June 2011. The first issue was released 9 November 2011, with Zeb Wells as the writer, Joe Madureira as the penciller, and Ferran Daniel as the colorist. The first issue
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Spider-Man in literature Since the characters inception in the 1960s Spider-Man has appeared in multiple forms of media, including several novels, short stories, comic strips, graphic novels, light novels and children's books. The main form of literature which in Spider-man has appeared in is comic books. There have been over 200 separate Spider-Man comic book series, both ongoing series and limited series ranging from two to 500 issues. There have been several published graphic novels with the character in the main role, including "The Amazing Spider-Man: Hooky" from 1986, "The Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives" from 1989, "The Amazing Spider-Man: Spirits
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Modern Publishing and Tri-Coastal. Spider-Man in literature Since the characters inception in the 1960s Spider-Man has appeared in multiple forms of media, including several novels, short stories, comic strips, graphic novels, light novels and children's books. The main form of literature which in Spider-man has appeared in is comic books. There have been over 200 separate Spider-Man comic book series, both ongoing series and limited series ranging from two to 500 issues. There have been several published graphic novels with the character in the main role, including "The Amazing Spider-Man: Hooky" from 1986, "The Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives" from 1989,
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Firearms is killed by the aliens there when he attempts to return to Earth prematurely. Larcenous Three The Larcenous Three is a fictional team of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The three villains Badd Axe, Firearms, and Vampiro formed a loose partnership of supervillains. The three battled Spider-Man, but when their activities threatened the lives of Nova's parents, Nova helped Spider-Man defeat them. Badd Axe, Firearms, and Vampiro appear as members of Norman Osborn's new at Camp H.A.M.M.E.R.. Vampiro is quickly killed by the Hood for insubordination, but Badd Axe and Firearms are shown as
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worked for Dan Slott in the "Spider-Verse" comic, and became the lead writer because Slott was busy writing the "Tony Stark: Iron Man" and "Fantastic Four" comic books. The publishers also clarified in the New York Comic Con that the lead character would be Miles Morales, and not Peter Parker as usual. The first published comics were the "Edge of Spider-Geddon" ones, featuring side stories of alternate versions of Spider-Man. "Spider-Geddon" #0 introduced the character from the "Spider-Man" 2018 video game into comics, and set up the plot for the game's sequel. Both the video game and the comic are
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is calm, he can cause them to disappear. Goldballs Goldballs (Fabio Medina) is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as a member of the X-Men or as a supporting character in stories featuring the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man. Fabio Medina is a teenaged mutant whose powers first appear when he was the victim of an attempted robbery on the streets of San Diego. After manifesting his abilities, the bouncing balls emanating from his body frighten onlookers, and he is taken into custody by the San Diego Police Department. However, Cyclops
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the Reistance into attacking the Spider Queen's lair. Carlie Cooper Carlie Cooper is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appears in comic books centered on Spider-Man. She is named after Joe Quesada's daughter. Carlie is friends with Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Harry Osborn, Vin Gonzales, and Lily Hollister. She is one of the first potential romantic interests for Parker following his long relationship with Mary Jane Watson in the "" story arc and eventually becomes his girlfriend for a time. Carlie Cooper first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #545 (December 2007) and was
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Larcenous Three The Larcenous Three is a fictional team of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The three villains Badd Axe, Firearms, and Vampiro formed a loose partnership of supervillains. The three battled Spider-Man, but when their activities threatened the lives of Nova's parents, Nova helped Spider-Man defeat them. Badd Axe, Firearms, and Vampiro appear as members of Norman Osborn's new at Camp H.A.M.M.E.R.. Vampiro is quickly killed by the Hood for insubordination, but Badd Axe and Firearms are shown as members of the new . They accompany the team to liberate the Negative Zone prison.
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Massacre (Marvel Comics) Massacre is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He primarily appears in Spider-Man related publications. The character is responsible for the murder of Ashley Kafka, a supporting character in various Spider-Man comic books and adapted media. The character's first appearance was in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #655 (published April 2011), during the "" storyline and was created by Dan Slott and Marcos Martin. The character also appeared in the following issue. Massacre would go on to make his return in the fourth issue of the "Superior Spider-Man" series. He was killed by
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a different way. I think the Rocksteady guys did a good job at providing what was required to make a great Batman game, and we're doing everything we need to this time to make a great Spider-Man game." Players can collect full, vintage comic books, such as "Amazing Fantasy" #15, as they collect comic covers throughout the game. It also uses a unique damage system—the more damage Spider-Man takes, the more his suit is damaged; returning to the "safehouse" repairs the suit. finding different spider symbols in certain parts of New York and taking photos of them, alternate costumes can
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of the many Marvel characters to be re-imagined for the Marvel 2099 comic book line that showed future versions of classic Marvel characters living in the year 2099, a century after the current Marvel Universe time period (the Marvel 2099 timeline began its run in 1992, approximately 107 years prior to the year in which the new books would take place). Spider-Man 2099 was first featured in a five-page sneak preview of the first issue of his then-upcoming series in the 30th-anniversary issue of "The Amazing Spider-Man". The "Spider-Man 2099" series' first issue appeared shortly afterward. When originally published, the
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Goldballs Goldballs (Fabio Medina) is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as a member of the X-Men or as a supporting character in stories featuring the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man. Fabio Medina is a teenaged mutant whose powers first appear when he was the victim of an attempted robbery on the streets of San Diego. After manifesting his abilities, the bouncing balls emanating from his body frighten onlookers, and he is taken into custody by the San Diego Police Department. However, Cyclops and his group of X-Men arrive just in
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interview, believed, "I was fired off "Spider-Man" because it was felt at the upper editorial level that a novice comic-book writer shouldn't be handling the adventures of Marvel's flagship character". Former series writer Gerry Conway, who additionally wrote "Web of Spider-Man" from 1988 to 1990, returned to "Spectacular" after which he left both books to become a story editor on the TV series "Father Dowling Mysteries". Conway stated in 1991 that "I understand the character a lot better now than I did when I was nineteen. And one of the nice things about the Marvel characters is that you can
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He used a "Dazzle Gun" (a gun that could create a dazzling light and a quick getaway) and a helium balloon in his first appearance; these also appeared in "Spider-Man Family" #7. In "Sensational Spider-Man" #8, he used weapons from Stilt-Man, the Shocker, the Unicorn, the Trapster, and the Mauler. Other weapons include a Wave-Motion gun and a "Meteor-Powered" gun (although this did not actually work). In "Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane", Mary Jane's high school counselor Mr. Limke uses the identity of the Looter. Looter (comics) The Looter is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published
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Carlie Cooper Carlie Cooper is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appears in comic books centered on Spider-Man. She is named after Joe Quesada's daughter. Carlie is friends with Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Harry Osborn, Vin Gonzales, and Lily Hollister. She is one of the first potential romantic interests for Parker following his long relationship with Mary Jane Watson in the "" story arc and eventually becomes his girlfriend for a time. Carlie Cooper first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #545 (December 2007) and was created by Dan Slott and Joe Quesada. Carlie
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Spider-Man (Ultimate Marvel character) Spider-Man (Peter Parker) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is an alternate version of Spider-Man, a character first created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962. The Ultimate version of the character originated in Ultimate Marvel, a line of books created in 2000 that are set in a parallel universe with a narrative continuity separate and independent from the main continuity of Marvel Comics stories that began in the 1960s. "Ultimate Spider-Man", the first and flagship title of the Ultimate line, was created by writer Brian Michael
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"Spider-Man 3" are based on the film series that they are named after. Although he does not psychically appear, this version of Parker is referenced in the Marvel Comics event, "Spider-Verse", which featured many interpretations of the character from many different media. The main Earth-616 Spider-Man notes that, when unmasked, one of the other Spider-Men looks "just like the guy from "Seabiscuit"," a film starring Maguire released around the same time as "Spider-Man". Peter Parker (Spider-Man film series) Peter Parker (Spider-Man) is a film based fictional character of the comic book character of the same name; portrayed by Tobey Maguire
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Sara Pichelli. The direct edition of "Ultimate Spider-Man" #1 is a highly sought after comic book and considered to be one of the most valuable comic books of the Modern Age. "Ultimate Spider-Man" was the first series to be published in the Ultimate Marvel line. Publisher Bill Jemas wanted to reinvent the Marvel Universe because he felt that, with over 40 years of back-story, it had become inaccessible to new readers, and he wanted to start with a reinvented Spider-Man. Initially, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada was skeptical because 1998's "", a previous attempt at re-envisioning Spider-Man's early adventures, had failed
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guilt upon not being strong enough to save him. His grave was visited by the main reality's Spider-Man and Miles Morales before both Green Goblins attacked. Spider-Man (Ultimate Marvel character) Spider-Man (Peter Parker) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is an alternate version of Spider-Man, a character first created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962. The Ultimate version of the character originated in Ultimate Marvel, a line of books created in 2000 that are set in a parallel universe with a narrative continuity separate and independent from the main continuity
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of Spider-Man" comic book series from 1995 to 1997 which was also written by Kurt Busiek. This book was also edited by Stan Lee. There have been more than 20 Spider-Man novels, ranging from original works to adaptions of unused comic scripts to novelizations of his films. The character has also appeared in several other novels not about him specifically such as novelizations of well known comic events such as "Civil War". There are six major book series with the character of Spider-Man as the main focus. The "Duane trilogy" is a trilogy of Spider-Man books by Diane Duane, "Spider-Man
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Doctor Octopus Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A highly intelligent mad scientist, Doctor Octopus is typically portrayed as a stocky, myopic man who utilizes four powerful, mechanical appendages, and is obsessed with proving his own genius and destroying the superhero Spider-Man. The character has appeared in numerous Spider-Man cartoons and video games, and is portrayed by Alfred Molina in the 2004 film "Spider-Man 2". In 2009, Doctor Octopus was ranked as IGN's 28th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. His first brief appearance as the Superior Spider-Man
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crash. Lee and Ditko had the character deal with the struggles of adolescence and financial issues, and accompanied him with many supporting characters, such as J. Jonah Jameson, Flash Thompson, Harry Osborn, romantic interests Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson, and foes such as Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin and Venom. His origin story has him acquiring spider-related abilities after a bite from a radioactive spider; these include clinging to surfaces, shooting spider-webs from wrist-mounted devices, and detecting danger with his "spider-sense". When Spider-Man first appeared in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to the role
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Overdrive (comics) Overdrive is a fictional supervillain, appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as an enemy of Spider-Man Created by Dan Slott and Phil Jimenez, Overdrive first appeared in "Amazing Spider-Man: Swing Shift" (May 2007), a Free Comic Book Day issue set after the events of the "" storyline. Something of a throwaway joke character, Overdrive made a few inconsequential appearances throughout Dan Slott's run on "The Amazing Spider-Man". As part of Marvel NOW! and the "Superior Spider-Man" relaunch, Overdrive joined the Sinister Six and featured as one of the main characters in "Superior Foes of
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the first iteration of "", the show was narrated by the Geek Chorus, Spider-Man fans who were in the process of writing the most extreme and ultimate Spider-Man story ever. One of them claims the name Jimmy-6. The role was played by Gideon Glick. Jimmy-6 Giachomo "Jimmy-6" Fortunato is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is featured in the Marvel Universe, and is commonly associated with Spider-Man. He first appeared in "" #70. When the Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) lost control of New York's underworld, crime lord Don Fortunato filled the power void;
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feature most of Spider-Ham's original cast and origin, but incorporates the Mary Crane Watsow character from "Amazing Spider-Man Family" rather than her original counterpart. Earth-8311 featured anthropomorphic parodies of a variety of other Marvel characters. In August 2009, "TIME" listed Spider-Ham as one of the "Top 10 Oddest Marvel Characters". Spider-Ham Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic funny animal parody of Spider-Man, and was created by Tom DeFalco and Mark Armstrong. He first appeared in the one-shot humor comic book "Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker,
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licensing revenue of Batman, Superman, and the Avengers combined. Spider-Man is also one of the highest-grossing franchise titles being the highest-grossing American comic book superhero worldwide. Spider-Man joined the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from 1987 to 1998 as one of the balloon floats, designed by John Romita Sr., one of the character's signature artists. A new, different Spider-Man balloon float is scheduled to appear from at least 2009 to 2011. When Marvel wanted to issue a story dealing with the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the company chose the December 2001 issue of "The Amazing Spider-Man". In 2006,
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Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin) Spider-Woman (Martha "Mattie" Franklin) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the third character to be called Spider-Woman. The character first appeared in "Spectacular Spider-Man" #262 (in the shadows), in November 1998. Her first full appearance was in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #441 (1998), and her first appearance as Spider-Woman was in "The Amazing Spider-Man" vol. 2 #5 (1999), the beginning of a three-part crossover which lead directly into the launch of her own "Spider-Woman" series. Like "Spider-Woman" volume 1, "Spider-Woman" volume 3 pitted the protagonist against macabre and grotesque
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The Spectacular Spider-Man The Spectacular Spider-Man is the name of several comic books and one magazine series starring Spider-Man and published by Marvel Comics. Following the success of Spider-Man's original series, "The Amazing Spider-Man", Marvel felt the character could support more than one title. This led the company in 1968 to launch a short-lived magazine, the first to bear the "Spectacular" name. In 1972, Marvel more successfully launched a second Spider-Man ongoing series, "Marvel Team-Up", in which he was paired with other Marvel heroes. A third monthly ongoing series, "Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man", debuted in 1976. The Spectacular Spider-Man
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Mister Negative Mister Negative (Martin Li) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as an enemy of Spider-Man, the Punisher and Cloak and Dagger. Created by Dan Slott and Phil Jimenez, Mister Negative first appeared in a cameo in the history "Swing Shift" of "Free Comic Book Day (Spider-Man)", an issue set after the events of the "" storyline. Mister Negative's first full appearance came in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #546 (January 2008); the start of the "" storyline. Martin Li is an illegal Chinese immigrant from Fujian province who attempted to
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Interactions (The Spectacular Spider-Man) "Interactions" is the second episode of the animated television series "The Spectacular Spider-Man," based on the comic book character Spider-Man created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The episode sees Spider-Man confronting the supervillain Electro, whose body was corrupted with electricity after a freak lab accident. Directed by Troy Adomitis, "Interactions" was written by Kevin Hopps, who researched all the available comic books he had that featured Electro. The character's appearance in the episode draws on his traditional comic book style, though designer Victor Cook emphasized the color green and removed the character's customary star-shaped mask.
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Parker to Jameson) and the Spider-Slayer, controlled by Jameson. Jameson realizes how irrational his hatred of Spider-Man is, and decides to help his adopted son fight crime using the Spider-Slayer. Spider-Slayer The Spider-Slayers are a series of fictional robots appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The robots are depicted as being specifically designed to hunt down, capture, or kill Spider-Man. The Spider-Slayers first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #25 and were created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The first series of robots were originally designed and built by Dr. Spencer Smythe with the financial backing of
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"Spider-Man Cartoon Maker", released in 1995 by Knowledge Adventure, is a software package that allowed the user to create films by using an archive of backdrops, animations and props from the "Spider-Man" animated series. The game featured the voice of Christopher Daniel Barnes, who played Spider-Man in the series. That same year Marvel attempted to release classic comic books onto CD-ROM. Only four were ever produced, based on Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man and the Fantastic Four. The Spider-Man one titled, "Marvel CD-ROM Comics featuring Spider-Man" included animation from the series, trivia games, and four complete issues of the comic
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Astonishing Spider-Man The Astonishing Spider-Man is a comic book series being published by Panini Comics in the United Kingdom every fortnight as part of Marvel UK's 'Collectors Edition' line. It reprints selected Spider-Man stories and material from the American comic books. It features two crossover storylines, "Spider-Verse" and "Secret Wars". Comics that weren't published were: They also published Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #148 - #152. Issue 1: 100-PAGE-SPECIAL! Issue 2: Issue 3: Issue 4: Issue 5: Issue 6: "Astonishing Spider-Man" began in November 1995 after Panini Comics obtained Marvel UK's licence to reprint Marvel US's comics internationally. 150 issues were
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Daily Bugle The Daily Bugle (at one time The DB) is a fictional New York City tabloid newspaper appearing as a plot element in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The "Daily Bugle" is a regular fixture in the Marvel Universe, most prominently in Spider-Man comic titles and their derivative media. The newspaper first appeared in "Fantastic Four" #2 (January 1962), and its offices in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #1 (March 1963). The "Daily Bugle" was first featured on film in the 2002 film "Spider-Man". The fictional newspaper is meant to be a pastiche of both the New York "Daily
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versus Sabretooth" motion comic, voiced by Adrian Holmes and Mariee Devereux respectively. Cloak and Dagger (comics) Cloak (Tyrone "Ty" Johnson) and Dagger (Tandy Bowen) are a fictional superhero duo appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They were created by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Ed Hannigan, and first appeared in "Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man" #64 (March 1982). In April 2016, Marvel Television announced that the duo would appear in their own live-action television series, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Aubrey Joseph as Johnson and Olivia Holt as Bowen. The 10-episode first season debuted in
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Spider-Man Live! Spider-Man Live! - A Stunt Spectacular was the first full length, live-action stage show based on the Marvel comic book character, Spider-Man, to appear in the United States. Written and directed by Kevin Shinick and produced by Ultimate Shows & Entertainment and Marvel Enterprises, Inc, the show combined state of the art flying illusions, acrobatic and trapeze stunts, pyrotechnics and multimedia special effects into a theatrical production that embarked on a 40 city U.S. tour from 2002 - 2003. The show portrays Spider-Man's history from the day that he gets bitten by the radioactive spider and throughout his
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the Avengers and the Horsemen (Spider-Man, Wolverine, Scarlet Witch and Red Hulk, who have been infected with the techno-virus and fused with their mounts). Due to the temporal chaos, the fight ends when the villains are teleported away back into the timestream. In the final issue of "X-Men '92" tying into the 2015 "Secret Wars" comic book event, Baron Robert Kelly (Baron of Westchester), Bastion, Exodus and Mystique are revealed as Apocalypse's current Horsemen. Horsemen of Apocalypse The Horsemen of Apocalypse are a team of fictional supervillain characters that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Horsemen of
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Moondark Moondark is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Moondark first appeared in "Marvel Team-Up" #12 (August 1973), and was created by Gerry Conway, Len Wein, and Ross Andru. The character subsequently appears in "Marvel Team-Up" #91 (March 1980), "Ghost Rider" #56 (May 1981), #59 (August 1981), and "Web of Spider-Man Annual" #3 (1987). Moondark received an entry in the "All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update" #2 (2007). Moondark operated as a stage magician in San Francisco, and when Spider-Man came to town he feared that Spider-Man would interfere
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Jonas Harrow Jonas Harrow is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man. Jonas Harrow's first appearance was in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #114 (October 1972), and he was created by Gerry Conway and John Romita Sr. Conway recounted that the idea for the character "derived from the first Spider-Stalker story [sic; Conway is referring to the Spider-Slayer story from "The Amazing Spider-Man" #25], with the scientist who provides Jonah a machine to attack Spider-Man himself. I thought, 'Let's extend that. What if there's a guy out
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Book 3: The Future" (1998). Written by Adam-Troy Castro. Consists of the books "Spider-Man: The Gathering of the Sinister Six" (1999), "Spider-Man: Revenge of the Sinister Six" (2001) and "Spider-Man: Secret of the Sinister Six" (2002). Written by Peter David. Written by Peter David. Written by Peter David. Written by Neil Kleid this is an adaption of the well known comic storyline "Kraven's Last Hunt". A young adult novel written by Judith O'Brien A sequel to the first Mary Jane book, also written by Judith O'Brien Spider-Man in novels Since the characters inception in the 1960s Spider-Man has appeared in
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Spider-Slayer The Spider-Slayers are a series of fictional robots appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The robots are depicted as being specifically designed to hunt down, capture, or kill Spider-Man. The Spider-Slayers first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #25 and were created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The first series of robots were originally designed and built by Dr. Spencer Smythe with the financial backing of J. Jonah Jameson who piloted them for the pleasure of personally hunting the superhero he hated for capture. However, Spider-Man always managed to defeat each robot in turn. Smythe's continual
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Untold Tales of Spider-Man Untold Tales of Spider-Man is an American comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 26 issues (#1–25, and a -1 issue between #s 22 and 23) from September 1995 to October 1997. The comic was part of an experiment for Marvel where they published a number of new titles for only 99 cents, in the hope that they would attract new, young readers who might have been put off by the then US$1.50/1.95 standard prices for comic books. Uniquely among those titles, "Untold Tales"' stories presented new stories set in Spider-Man's early super-hero
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Farley Stillwell Farley Stillwell is a fictional scientist appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Farley Stillwell first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #20 and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. When J. Jonah Jameson first hired Peter Parker, he was amazed at how he managed to obtain pictures of Spider-Man. He hired private investigator Mac Gargan to look into this. When J. Jonah Jameson saw an article about inducing animal mutations into humans, he visited the scientist that established this experiment: Dr. Farley Stillwell. Jameson first thought Stillwell was a crack-pot, but later saw him
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many other versions of Spider-Man outside of comic books. Some in film, in television or in video games among countless other media. Some characters have crossed over in the comic book canon as one of the separate incarnations such as the "Ultimate Spider-Man" animated series version and the live-action Japanese show version appearing in "Spider-Verse". Also, one of the alternate Spider-Men from the series final of the 90s TV Show appeared in "Spider-Verse" as a background character, and the two live-action versions from the original trilogy and Amazing Spider-Man series are mentioned. The 2018 animated film "" adapts the "Spider-Verse"
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the mystical nature of totems, and once told Peter the legend of the first "Spider-Man". During the "Spider-Verse" storyline, different versions of Ezekiel are featured: Ezekiel (comics) Ezekiel Sims was a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as a supporting character in stories featuring Spider-Man. Ezekiel first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" vol. 2 #30 and was created by J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita Jr. Ezekiel Sims was a rich businessman who, in his younger years, ritualistically gained powers similar to those of Spider-Man. He wanted to use his powers to be a
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deduce Spider-Man's identity, however two students decide to use the robot to steal for them. However they accidentally switch him into defense mode, tearing through the school, until de-activated by Spider-Man. The Living Brain appears among the villains defeated by Spider-Man in "What If?: J. Jonah Jameson Adopted Spider-Man?" Living Brain The Living Brain is a fictional character and robot appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character first appears in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #8 and has made few subsequent appearances since. A foe of the hero Spider-Man, the
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Spider-Men Spider-Men is a five-issue, 2012 superhero comic book miniseries published by Marvel Comics, featuring Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, and Miles Morales, the second and current Ultimate Marvel version of Spider-Man, who appear together in a crossover storyline that involves the two alternate universes from which they each originate. The series is written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Sara Pichelli. It marks the first time that characters from the original Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Universe have crossed over since the latter debuted in 2000. While out web-swinging, Spider-Man sees a brilliant purple light from a distant
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own comic, "The Complete Fantastic Four". With issue #254 (Dec. 21, 1977), the Captain Britain feature was dropped and the Captain America stories continued; the book's title became simply "Super Spider-Man", retaining that name until issue #310. In 1978, British editor Dez Skinn was hired by Stan Lee to take over the now ailing Marvel UK. Skinn revamped all of Marvel UK's titles, including "Super Spider-Man". He changed the title to "Spider-Man Comic" and gave it a new look, more similar to the outward appearance of "traditional" British comic books. Although original US artwork was reprinted, as in previous publications,
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Avengers Tower appears as a landmark. The Avengers appear as the main characters in the live-action stage show "". The line-up in the show features Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye, the Black Widow, the Falcon, and Captain Marvel, with Wolverine and Spider-Man assisting them in the crisis. Avengers (comics) in other media The Avengers are a fictional superhero team created by Marvel Comics that appear in comic books. Aside from comics, the Avengers appear in various forms of media such as in novels, television shows, movies, videogames and stage shows. The Avengers are a common narrative plot
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film "". In the primary continuity of the comic books comprising the Marvel Universe, college-student Gwen Stacy was the girlfriend of Peter Parker, whom she was unaware was also Spider-Man. This primary version of Gwen Stacy was killed in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #121 (June 1973). The concept of an alternate-universe, spider-powered Gwen Stacy was first conceptualized by longtime Spider-Man writer Dan Slott for the "Spider-Verse" story arc across multiple series. Slott had suggested "Gwen Stacy as a Spider-Woman" to Spider-Man editor Nick Lowe, who then approached Jason Latour to write a series based on that character. Latour was concerned about
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the others that he revived the Inheritors as babies as Spider-Man arranged for the same thing to be done to Morlun. Spider-Ma'am takes in the baby Inheritors as foster children. Comic Book Resources placed the Inheritors as number fourteen of their choices of potential "powerful" supervillains for the next Marvel Cinematic Universe phase. Inheritors (comics) The Inheritors is the name of a fictional supervillain group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They make their first appearance in "The Superior Spider-Man" #33 as part of the "Spider-Verse" storyline and are created by Christos N. Gage and M.A. Sepulveda.
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Frederick Foswell Frederick Foswell, also known as the Big Man and Patch, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Frederick Foswell first appeared, as the Big Man, in "The Amazing Spider-Man #10" (March 1964), and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The character subsequently appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man Annual" #1 (1964), "Amazing Spider-Man" #23-27 (April–August 1965), #29-34 (October 1965-March 1966), #37 (June 1966), "Amazing Spider-Man Annual" #3 (1966), "Amazing Spider-Man" #42-47 (November 1966-April 1967), #49-52 (June–September 1967). The Big Man also made appearances in "Marvel Team-Up" #40 (December 1975) and "Marvels"
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Sandman (Marvel Comics) Sandman (William Baker a.k.a. Flint Marko) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A shapeshifter endowed through an accident with the ability to turn himself into sand, he began as a villain and later became an ally of Spider-Man. The character has been adapted into various other media incarnations of Spider-Man, including animated cartoons and the 2007 film "Spider-Man 3", in which he is portrayed by Thomas Haden Church. In 2009, Sandman was ranked as IGN's 72nd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. The Sandman first appeared in "The Amazing
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arm into a misshapen, extended form with elongated fingers and claws. In the "House of M" reality, William Bates was killed by Shashenka Popova when she stabbed him when William was trying to prevent her from fleeing the scene of a Sapien League attack. In "Ultimate Spider-Man" episode "Doomed," there is a female version of Porcupine named Lady Porcupine that is on the S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted database and had been defeated by Spider-Man. Porcupine (comics) Porcupine is the name used by three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first Porcupine first appeared in "Tales
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Spider-Man 2099 Spider-Man 2099 is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Peter David and Rick Leonardi in 1992 for Marvel's Marvel 2099 comic book line, and is a futuristic re-imagining of his namesake created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Miguel O'Hara, a brilliant geneticist living in New York in the year 2099 A.D. attempts to recreate the abilities of the original Spider-Man in other people and later suffers a related accident that causes half his DNA to be re-written with a spider's genetic code. Spider-Man 2099 was one
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The Incredible Hulk (1982 TV series) The Incredible Hulk is an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The series ran for 13 episodes on NBC in 1982, part of a combined hour with "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" (as The Incredible Hulk and the Amazing Spider-Man). Compared to the live-action "The Incredible Hulk" television series from Universal, this series followed the Hulk comic books much more closely, particularly with regard to the Hulk's origin, the supporting cast (though Rio and his daughter Rita do not appear in the comics), and the heavy use
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creative and editorial team that Norman Osborn would be the father. Grey Goblin appears in "Spider-Man Unlimited" as an alternative version of Green Goblin. Gabriel Stacy and Sarah Stacy Gabriel Stacy and Sarah Stacy are the fictional twin children of Norman Osborn and Gwen Stacy appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Both first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #509 (August 2004) and appeared in "The Spectacular Spider-Man", while the former only appeared in the limited series "Amazing Spider-Man presents: American Son". The story arc "Sins Past" by J. Michael Straczynski in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #509-514 (August 2004
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Chameleon (comics) The Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Commonly depicted as a master of disguise and the half-brother of Kraven the Hunter, the Chameleon is known as being the first supervillain for Spider-Man to face by first appearing in the original issue of "The Amazing Spider-Man". Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #1 (March 1963), making him the first member of Spider-Man's rogues' gallery, based on issue publication date, excluding the burglar who murdered Ben Parker
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genius surgeon, geneticist, cyberneticist and machinesmith. He requires medication for a heart condition. Jonas Harrow Jonas Harrow is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man. Jonas Harrow's first appearance was in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #114 (October 1972), and he was created by Gerry Conway and John Romita Sr. Conway recounted that the idea for the character "derived from the first Spider-Stalker story [sic; Conway is referring to the Spider-Slayer story from "The Amazing Spider-Man" #25], with the scientist who provides Jonah a machine to attack
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High School years and relationship with Mary Jane Watson. By the end he has to save her from the Green Goblin. Spider-Man Live! Spider-Man Live! - A Stunt Spectacular was the first full length, live-action stage show based on the Marvel comic book character, Spider-Man, to appear in the United States. Written and directed by Kevin Shinick and produced by Ultimate Shows & Entertainment and Marvel Enterprises, Inc, the show combined state of the art flying illusions, acrobatic and trapeze stunts, pyrotechnics and multimedia special effects into a theatrical production that embarked on a 40 city U.S. tour from 2002
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Ox (comics) Ox is the alias of fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Ox is originally one of the Enforcers, who usually works for the Kingpin, Mister Fear, or Hammerhead. The Raymond Bloch incarnation of Ox first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #10 (March 1964), and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The character subsequently appears in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #14 (July 1964), #19 (December 1964), "The Amazing Spider-Man Annual" #1 (1964), "Daredevil" #15 (April 1966), and #86 (April 1972) The Ronald Bloch incarnation of Ox first appeared in "The Spectacular Spider-Man"
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Spider-Ham Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic funny animal parody of Spider-Man, and was created by Tom DeFalco and Mark Armstrong. He first appeared in the one-shot humor comic book "Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham" (November 1983), which was then followed by an ongoing bi-monthly series, "Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham", under Marvel's Star Comics imprint. The character existed on Larval Earth, which was an anthropomorphic universe. Spider-Ham made his feature film debut in "" (2018), voiced by John Mulaney. Peter Porker
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Annex (comics) Annex (Alexander Ellis) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as associated with Spider-Man. His first appearance was in "The Amazing Spider-Man Annual" #27 (May 1993). With powers resulting from prosthetics through computer technology, he possesses the ability to increase his physical abilities, as well as create any weapon he requires. Annex was created by writer Jack C. Harris and artist Tom Lyle and first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man Annual" #27 (1993) as an enemy of Spider-Man, but went on to become an ally. His next
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Spider-Gwen. Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy) Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy; colloquial: "Spider-Gwen", "White Widow" or "Ghost Spider") is a fictional superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was created by Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez. The character debuted in "Edge of Spider-Verse" #2 as part of the 2014–15 "Spider-Verse" comic book storyline, leading to the ongoing series "Spider-Gwen" that commenced in 2015. Spider-Woman is a variant of Spider-Man and an alternate-universe version of Gwen Stacy. She resides in what Marvel dubs Earth-65, where Gwen Stacy is bitten by a radioactive spider and becomes a superheroine instead of Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man.
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to play both hero Spider-Man and fan-favorite villain Venom in their own storylines. The game also introduces the new Comic Inking Animation technology, cel shading that makes the entire game appear as if it were a living comic-book. The writing and art design for Ultimate Spider-Man were done by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, respectively, who both have worked on the comic book series of the same name since it was launched. The game's plot line also supposedly fits into the USM chronology, with issues 86 - 88 being advertised dealing with the aftermath of the events of the
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Kaine Parker Kaine Parker is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as a superhero and former supervillain who serves as an ally, an enemy, and a foil of Spider-Man (Peter Parker) and Ben Reilly. Created by Terry Kavanagh and Steven Butler, the character first appeared in "Web of Spider-Man" #118 as the Jackal's first failed attempt of a clone of Spider-Man. He later appeared as the new Scarlet Spider in the "Marvel Point One" one-shot in November 2011 before starring in his own series. Kaine is the Jackal's first
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Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy) Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy; colloquial: "Spider-Gwen", "White Widow" or "Ghost Spider") is a fictional superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was created by Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez. The character debuted in "Edge of Spider-Verse" #2 as part of the 2014–15 "Spider-Verse" comic book storyline, leading to the ongoing series "Spider-Gwen" that commenced in 2015. Spider-Woman is a variant of Spider-Man and an alternate-universe version of Gwen Stacy. She resides in what Marvel dubs Earth-65, where Gwen Stacy is bitten by a radioactive spider and becomes a superheroine instead of Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man. The
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Jackal (Marvel Comics) The Jackal is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man. There are two incarnations of the character: the first and most well-known is Miles Warren, while the second, Ben Reilly, later returns to his previous persona of the Scarlet Spider. The character first appears in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #129 (Feb. 1974), and was created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Ross Andru. In "The Amazing Spider-Man" #148 (Sep. 1975), the identity of the Jackal was revealed to be Professor Miles Warren, who first
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Calypso (comics) Calypso Ezili is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Calypso first appeared in "Amazing Spider-Man" #209 and was created by Denny O'Neil and Alan Weiss. Calypso initially appeared as a minor character "The Amazing Spider-Man" #209 and "Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man" #65, where she was an ally of Spider-Man's enemy Kraven the Hunter. After Kraven's death, Calypso bewitched the Lizard into helping her attack Spider-Man in "" Vol. 1, #1-5, then made guest appearances in "Daredevil" Vol. 1, #310-311 and "Daredevil Annual" Vol. 1, #9. Calypso next appeared in
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pack". Calypso (comics) Calypso Ezili is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Calypso first appeared in "Amazing Spider-Man" #209 and was created by Denny O'Neil and Alan Weiss. Calypso initially appeared as a minor character "The Amazing Spider-Man" #209 and "Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man" #65, where she was an ally of Spider-Man's enemy Kraven the Hunter. After Kraven's death, Calypso bewitched the Lizard into helping her attack Spider-Man in "" Vol. 1, #1-5, then made guest appearances in "Daredevil" Vol. 1, #310-311 and "Daredevil Annual" Vol. 1, #9. Calypso next appeared
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Sinister Six The Sinister Six is a group of supervillains appearing in Spider-Man comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are drawn from Spider-Man's list of enemies. The original incarnation of the group was organized by Doctor Octopus. The Sinister Six first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man Annual" #1 (January 1964). After suffering three defeats in a row from Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus is separated from his tentacle pack. After his tentacle pack breaks free and helps Doctor Octopus get out of prison, he contacts every known supervillain who had crossed paths with Spider-Man. Only Electro, Kraven the Hunter, the original
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Alistair Smythe Alistair Smythe () is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was one of Spider-Man's enemies and the son of Spencer Smythe. At one point, Alistair used a wheelchair, but he later gained the ability to walk after transforming himself into what he called the Ultimate Spider-Slayer. Alistair Smythe first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" Annual 19 (November 1985), created by Louise Simonson and Mary Wilshire. Alistair Smythe died in "The Superior Spider-Man" #13 (September 2013). The Spider-Slayers were a series of robots that sought to destroy Spider-Man. The initial generation of
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Ben Reilly Benjamin "Ben" Reilly (), also known as Scarlet Spider, Spider-Man, Spider-Carnage, and Jackal, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a clone and ally of the original Spider-Man (Peter Parker) and is prominent in the 1994–96 "Clone Saga" storyline, which led to his murder by the Green Goblin (Norman Osborn). Created by writer Gerry Conway, the character first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #149 (October 1975). During the "Clone Saga" storyline, he came to wear a makeshift costume similar to Spider-Man's consisting of a blue sleeveless hoodie sweatshirt adorned with
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weekly British comic "2000 AD", especially on "Judge Dredd". He has also produced work for the games company Wizards of the Coast and drawn numerous comic book characters including Batman and Spider-Man. Staples has illustrated cards for the "" collectible card game and for "". Staples did the cover art for "Dungeons & Dragons" books "Races of Faerûn" (2003), and "" (2006). Comics work includes: Greg Staples Greg Staples (born 27 May 1970 in Sheffield) is an English comic book artist. Greg Staples' first job on leaving school was as a trainee draftsman in an architects office in Sheffield. He
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Spider-Girl (Mayday Parker) May "Mayday" Parker is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She has been referred to as both Spider-Girl and Spider-Woman. The character appears in the MC2 universe. The character was created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz as the teenage daughter of Peter Parker (Spider-Man) and Mary Jane Watson, and first appeared in "What If" (vol. 2) #105 (February 1998). She later acquired her own ongoing comic book, "Spider-Girl", written by DeFalco and drawn by Frenz and Pat Olliffe, which was the longest-running superhero book with a lead female character ever
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The Amazing Spider-Man (comic strip) The Amazing Spider-Man is a daily comic strip featuring the character Spider-Man. It is a dramatic, soap opera style strip with story arcs which typically run for 8 to 12 weeks. While the strip uses many of the same characters as the Spider-Man comic book, the storylines are nearly all originals and do not share the same continuity. A consistently popular strip, it has been published since 1977. A Spider-Man comic strip was first proposed in 1970. Two weeks' worth of strips were written by Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee and illustrated by John Romita Sr.,
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Hornet (comics) Hornet is an identity used by three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters appear in the Marvel Universe, one villain, and two heroes. Both the first and third versions have suffered from physical disabilities. Although the armor of the third Hornet first appeared in Spider-Man as one of the four new superheroes Peter Parker had taken on, this version first appeared in "Slingers" #0 and was created by Joseph Harris, Todd DeZago, and Mike Wieringo. Speculation that the deceased Hornet in "Wolverine" #23 was not Eddie, but instead someone else who
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is cornered, Venom is stopped by Spider-Man. When the Venom symbiote leaves Brock and attaches to Spider-Man, Beetle escapes in the confusion. Disguised as a civilian which Brock least expected, Beetle later captures Venom to deliver to Latveria. Beetle's suit is later seen being repaired by the Tinkerer (Elijah Stern) when a group of villains arrives for weapons against Spider-Man. Beetle (comics) The Beetle is the name used by multiple fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is also the name of the three versions of high tech armor used by seven separate characters. The
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Madame Web Madame Web (Cassandra Webb) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Madame Web first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #210, published November 1980, and was created by writer Denny O'Neil and artist John Romita Jr. She is usually depicted as a supporting character in the "Spider-Man" comic book series. She is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition Madame Web never actively fought any villains. Madame Web was a
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prepares to kill the man, Oliver is defeated by the new Spider-Man. Kangaroo (comics) Kangaroo is the name of two fictional characters, supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Both are noted for their leaping ability. The first Kangaroo was introduced in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #81 in 1970. The second Kangaroo was first seen in "Cage" #13 in 1993 and made his debut in "The Spectacular Spider-Man" #242 in 1997. Frank Oliver was born in Sydney, Australia. As a young man, he studied kangaroos in his native Australia. Oliver lived, ate and traveled with the kangaroos, developing
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them going for 10.600 in March. The comic is one of the most rare ever made and ranked nr 6 on CoverBrowser's top 10 list. The issue is also commonly considered an easy choice for sellers all over to have graded because of its status as being considered an obvious classic among fans and collectors of comic books. InvestComics rates the issue as one of the most sought after issues of "The Amazing Spider-Man" ever and ComicBookInvest ranks it as the most valuable Punisher comic ever. In 2015 David Tosh, author of "Picker's Pocket Guide Comic Books: How to Pick
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Superior Spider-Month "Superior Spider-Month" is a 2013 comic book branding that ran through all "Spider-Man" family of books published by Marvel Comics. It began in July 2013, marking a major change in the status quo of the "Spider-Man" storylines in the aftermath of "Superior Spider-Man" #13 and saw "Superior Spider-Man" sporting a new costume, getting a new headquarters and recruiting henchmen. In addition three new titles "Superior Spider-Man Team-Up", "Superior Foes of Spider-Man" and "Superior Carnage" also debuted while "Superior Spider-Man" and "" were also bannered. In March 2013, Marvel released a teaser titled "Superior Spider-Week" which consisted of five
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is the known membership of the Sinister Syndicate: Sinister Syndicate is also the generic name of affiliation in the Marvel VS System card game for Spider-Man's various villains, as well as many of Spider-Man's major foes in the Marvel HeroClix game. Sinister Syndicate The Sinister Syndicate is a fictional group of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters serve as a collection of lesser-known Spider-Man villains. It was the focus of the 1991 "Deadly Foes of Spider-Man" mini-series. The Sinister Syndicate first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #280 and was created by Tom DeFalco and
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Nightwatch (comics) Nightwatch is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He exists in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe. Nightwatch's alter ego, Dr. Kevin Barry Trench, first appeared in 1993, in "Web of Spider-Man" #97. Trench took on the Nightwatch identity two issues later, in "Web of Spider-Man" #99. Most of his appearances came in the 1990s in various titles starring Spider-Man and in his own short lived, self-titled series. One of his more prominent roles was in the Maximum Carnage crossover, a fourteen part miniseries that ran in the "Spider-Man"
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Judas Traveller Dr. Judas Traveller is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in "Web of Spider-Man" #117 (October 1994). He was created by writer Terry Kavanagh and artist Steven Butler. Judas Traveller was introduced in the infamous Clone Saga. The character's agenda was to analyze the true nature of evil. Taking interest in Spider-Man and his clone, Traveller with his ally Scrier and his Host (a group of 4 of his students) pit Spider-Man both teaming and against his clone in a test of motivation. He was described by "Spider-Man" writer
Judas Traveller