Real name: Peter Parker
Occupation: Student, Web-site designer, adventurer
Group affiliation: None
Base of operations: General New York area
First appearance: Ultimate Spider-Man #1 (2000)
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Brown
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Raised
by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, Peter Parker is a kind-hearted 15-year-old
who tries to make it through every day of his high-school career without
getting picked on too badly. But Peter has a secret: At night, he sheds
his studious trappings and dons the garb of the city's mysterious new protector:
the amazing Spider-Man!
Powers: Spider-Man possesses superhuman strength.
reflexes and equilibrium; the ability to cling to most
surfaces; and a sixth sense that warns him of impending
danger.
Weapons:
Spider-Man's wrist-mounted web-shooters discharge thin strands of web-fluid
at high pressure. On contact with air, the long-chain polymer knits
and forms an extremely tough, flexible fiber with extraordinary adhesive
qualities.
History:
On a class field trip to Osborn Industries, Peter Parker was bitten
by one of the test animals: a spider. He soon found he had strength
and speed he didn't know he possessed, and developed a sixth sense that
would warn him of danger. Most shocking of all, he woke up in the middle
of the night and discovered he could crawl on walls.
At first, Peter felt like a freak and didn't know where to turn. He
found his new powers hard to cope with and control. He fought Flash
Thompson, the school bully, and accidentally broke the boy's hand.
He began experiencing mood swings, lashing out at his Uncle Ben and
Aunt May. And he used his fledgling abilities to join the basketball
team and become a pro wrestler.
His ego inflated by the heady feeling of wrestling stardom, Peter chose
to mind his own business when he encountered a criminal fleeing the
scene of a robbery -- though he could have captured the thief easily
with his newfound spider-powers. A few nights later, a burglar entered
the Parker home and demanded the family's money. When Ben quipped that
the thief probably had more than they did, the man shot him at point-blank range.
Meanwhile, Peter had vowed to share his secret with the people who had
raised him like a son. Returning home, he found police cars surrounding
the house. Aunt May was hysterical.
When he overheard a police bulletin saying Ben's murderer had been
cornered in a nearby warehouse, Peter donned his wresting costume and
dashed off to avenge his uncle's death. Upon seeing the hoodlum's face,
he recognized him as the crook he had allowed to escape days earlier.
The moment Peter realized he could have saved his uncle, he understood
the words Ben had spoken to him that night: "With great power,
there must come great responsibility."
Peter would never forget those words, and he set forth to use his powers
to help others. So was born the sensational Spider-Man!
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