“Hope you were watching, Uncle Ben. 'Cause I did that for you. Kept everyone safe. Kept them from being scared. And I made it fun. It doesn't matter that most of 'em wouldn't have lifted a finger for Peter Parker. That's not why you do it. You do it 'cause it's the right thing to do. Because it's what you would've done. You were more than a father to me, Ben Parker. More than a role model... You were my hero. Now it's my turn. Because from now on, I'm going to be yours! You'll see. I'm going to give it my all! We'll have fun! I'll never quit--and it's going to be amazing!”
―Spider-Man
Spider-Man (real name Peter Benjamin Parker) is one of the main protagonists of the Marvel Comics who is the titular main protagonist of the comic book series Spider-Man and has appeared as a supporting character in Daredevil, Mary Jane Watson, The Avengers, Venom, and X-Men. Raised by his aunt and uncle, Peter is the son of spies Mary and Richard Parker and, in recent comic books the older brother of Teresa Parker, the nephew of Ben and May Parker (the brother and sister-in-law of his father, the primary love interest of Mary Jane Watson and the best friend of Harry Osborn. After being bitten by a radioactive spider and gaining super powers, Peter becomes a superhero after failing to save his uncle from a robbery. He has several arch-enemies, such as Vulture, Norman Osborn, and Doctor Octopus.
Peter Benjamin Parker was born to international spies Richard and Mary Parker . At a young age, Peter was orphaned when his parents died in a plane crash and left to be raised by his father's brother, Ben and his wife, May. Despite Peter being their nephew, Ben and May treated him as if he were their own son. During high school, Peter became best friends with rich boy, Harry Osborn. However, he used to be bullied by Eugene "Flash" Thompson and his band of friends. During a field trip, Peter was bitten by a radioactive spider and gained arachnid-based powers.
Personality
“Whether a law is right or wrong, moral or immoral, is an idea, a personal philosophy... but it always seems that fights over ideas skip over the barrier into the real world and become battles of real violence.”
―Peter Parker
Before his powers, Peter was nerdy, awkward and antisocial and often the target for Flash Thompson's bullying. The worst thing is he didn't have any friends until he reached high school. At fifteen, he was bitten by a radioactive spider and changed significantly after becoming Spider-Man. At first reckless with his powers, Peter learned to be more responsible after his uncle was shot and killed by a robber. Despite most of his heroics, his reputation was destroyed by Jonah Jameson for being a menace.
He also makes quips at his enemies, and giving them embarrassing nicknames. However, the night Gwen Stacy was killed by the Green Goblin changed Peter's perspective as he lost the first woman he ever loved. Peter also deeply hates symbiotes, especially to Venom & Carnage.
Deadpool is one of Spider-Man's best friend in the comics despite getting on each other's nerves. Peter disapproves of Wade's methods as a vigilante such as unintentionally harming an innocent. It is also implied Wade may have a romantic attraction to Peter but they never advance past a friendship.
Romances
Gwen Stacy
Former Girlfriend
Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy in Ultimate Marvel.
Peter's most famous love interest was his first girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, his fellow classmates at Empire State University. At the time, Peter was already dating MJ. Due to Peter taking care of his aunt May when she was in the hospital, he rejected Gwen's advances. She dated both Flash Thompson and Harry Osborn to make Peter jealous. Eventually, Peter realized his feelings for Gwen, after breaking up with Mary Jane, both coming to value each othe to their intellect and the two began dating. However when Spider-Man failed to save her father, Gwen found she could not forgive him. She did want Peter to ask her to marry him, but his guilt prevented him. After finding herself, Gwen's love for Peter overcame her fears and she returned to new York, rekindling her romance with him. She never found out that Peter and Spider-Man until her own demise.
Unfortunately, Gwen and Peter's happy relationship was not meant to last. During the events of The Amazing Spider-Man #121, the Green Goblin takes over Norman Osborn and abducts Gwen. He then gloats at Peter and pushes Gwen off the bridge. Spider-Man shoots a web strand at his girlfriend's legs and catches her, but her neck is broken by the whiplash from her sudden stop. Her death forever haunted Peter, as he continues to blame himself for what happened and only strengthen his hatred for Norman.
In the Superior Spider-Man #3 storyline, Peter, trapped in Doc Ock's dying body), met Gwen and George in the afterlife. He blames himself for failing to save them both; however, Gwen comforted him with the knowledge she never blamed Peter for failing to save her.
Peter Parker and Felicia Hardy had an on/off relationship.
“When i hold her like this... every things seems so right!”
―Peter on his romance with Felicia
Felicia Hardy's Black Cat has been a recurring both an enemy and lover for Peter Parker's Spider-Man. Initially, Peter thought of her as just another criminal and they fought want other every time they encountered one another. Overtime, however, Felicia and Peter developed a mutual attraction to each other. However, Mary did not approve of Felicia when she started dating Peter, considering her a bad influence on her below.
After a lifetime career of fighting burglars and thieves, Peter learned how to pick locks himself, owning several lockpicks that Felicia gave him. Unfortunately Peter and Felicia's relationship wasn't meant to be because during The Superior Spider-Man story arc it fell through mostly because Dr Octopus switched bodies with Peter Parker and pretended to be Spider-Man. Because "Peter" was acting as an entirely different person, when Parker was returned to his original body, Felicia was drawn away from him and fell back into a life of crime. Instead, she had been in love with Spider-Man and not the boy underneath. During the 2022 Amazing Spider-Manstoryline, Felicia was one of the few people who understood Peter was suffering from a broken heart die to most of his friends and family keeping their fiance from him due to an unknown incident.
Silver Sable
“On behalf of the people of Skymkaria, please accept this reward.”
―Silver Sable before she kisses Spider-Man
Silver Sable is one of the girls that Peter Parker has found both a friend and an enemy in. However, they are more on the line of friends. They first met in Amazing Spider-Man #265 when Peter foiled the Black Fox's reign of terror, but Silver was less-concerned with Spider-Man's antics and activities as a vigilante. Because of their different views on justice, Peter and Silver often clash with each other, mostly due to her being a mercenary and Peter being a vigilante. They come together when facing a common enemy, holding a level of professionalism when they were teaming up. This was evident when both came together to fighting off Doctor Octopus.
Silver kisses Spider-Man in front of everyone
She later revealed in Amazing Spider-Man #679 that she had developed romantic feelings for Spider-Man. She pulled his mask up and kissing Peter on the lips in front of Jonah Jameson and an entire crew. She seemingly sacrificed herself to save him during the "Ends of the Earth" storyline, urging him to be Spider-Man to save people.
In The Amazing Spider-Man duology, Parker is portrayed by Andrew Garfield. He later reprised his role for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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