Full Name:
Peter Richard Parker
Alias:
•
The Arachnid
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Spider-Guy
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The Human Spider
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Kid Arachnid
• Spider-Man
Spider-Man?
Spider-Man
The "Amazing" Spider-Man
The costume comes fully equipped with;
Web-Shooters: Parker's brilliance at physical science allowed him to create web-shooters for use when he became Spider-Man. The twin devices worn on his wrists are able to shoot thin strands of a special "web fluid" at high pressure. It also comes with customizable settings to produce different 'web-variations' (ie. Web Bombs, Web-Lines, Web-Blankets, etc) which become helpful in different situations.
Enhanced Durability: Being made from an advanced bio-material with properties similar to Vibranium, Spider-Man's suit offers him further protection from blows that otherwise would be fatal with his average strength. As a result, he is capable of taking more serious beatings for longer without worrying about his costume tearing or being destroyed.
Utility Belt: Upon first entering the super-hero world, Peter created a utility belt that held extra clips of webbing, Spider-Tracers, and his Spider-Signal. Recently, he upgraded his utility belt to hold cartridges of different types of webbing, freeze capsules, new Spider-Tracers as well as a newly upgraded Spider-Signal that has a UV light setting for forensic analysis.
Spider-Tracers: Spider-Man uses small electronic "Spider-Tracers" of his own design that allow him to track objects or individuals. Typically, Spider-Man plants or throws one on a departing enemy and follows the target to their hideout. He also uses a launching device in his web-shooters for better range and accuracy. He originally used an electronic receiver to follow the signals of the tracers but later modifies their signal so he can follow it with his spider-sense. He can follow the signal within a 100-yard radius.
Spider-Signal: A powerful light emitted from Spider-Man's utility belt to announce his arrival to criminals. Peter later updated his Spider-Signal with a UV light setting for forensic analysis.
Web Wings: An upgrade that allows Spider-Man to glide in the air with a pair of wings that spread from his armpits and extend to his upper arms and thighs. They can be retracted for when he doesn't need them, and are typically only used for when he's too high or not enough places for him to swing from.
Reconnaissance Drone: In addition to altering the suit's size, the spider emblem on his chest is capable of detaching from its socket, utilizing a miniature propulsion engine from its tail section that allows it to fly through the air independent of Spider-Man's control. It has a tracker mode which allows it to fly onto a target and relay its position to the Spider-Man Suit, allowing Peter to follow targets through the interface of his Web-Shooters.
Hometown:
Queens, New York
Grade:
10th
Side activities/clubs:
Member of the Debate Team, Member of the Science-Club, Captain of the Improv Club ("The Laff-Engers").
Powers:
(First half taken from the Marvel Wiki, last half concerning 'self-biogenetic webbing' is my own).
Wall-Crawling: Spider-Man's exposure to the mutated spider venom induced a mutagenic, cerebellum-wide alteration of his engrams resulting in the ability to mentally control the flux of inter-atomic attraction (electrostatic force) between molecular boundary layers. This overcomes the outer electron shell's normal behavior of mutual repulsion with other outer electron shells and permits the tremendous potential for electron attraction to prevail. The mentally controlled sub-atomic particle responsible for this has yet to be identified. This ability to affect the attraction between surfaces is so far limited to Spider-Man's body (especially concentrated in his hands and feet) and another object, with an upper limit of several tons per finger. At one point, Spider-Man was able to prevent Anti-Venom from taking his mask off by making it stick to his face.
Superhuman Strength: Spider-Man possesses superhuman strength enabling him to press lift many tons. Spider-Man's physical strength is sufficient enough to enable him to lift and throw objects as heavy as a big rig semi truck with ease. He must also pull his punches and kicks unless fighting someone of similar or greater physical durability. Otherwise, his blows would prove fatal to a normal human being. He has demonstrated that he is strong enough to knock out people with normal durability with as little as a tap to the head. As such, he rarely lets himself use all of his strength. Spider-Man's physical strength also extends into his legs, enabling him to be able to jump to a height of several stories in a single bound. Spider-Man demonstrated this when he leaped over thirty feet vertically into the air when he first leaped out of the way of an oncoming car; it should also be noted that when he first discovered his powers as a teenager, they had not developed to that of his prime.
Superhuman Speed: Spider-Man is capable of running and moving at speeds that are far beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. Spider-Man has shown to be fast enough to catch up to an accelerating car while on foot, but prefers to travel by webs. Spider-Man moves faster than the eye can follow, he has even moved so fast he appears as a blur. Spider-Man was able to easily outrun multiple goblin masquerade on goblin gliders, and outmaneuver their ranged attacks at the same time.
Superhuman Stamina: Spider-Man's advanced musculature produces less fatigue toxins during physical activity than an ordinary human. This allows him to exert himself physically for much longer periods of time before fatigue begins to impair him. At his peak, Spider-Man can physically exert himself at his peak capacity for several hours before the buildup of fatigue toxins in his blood begins to impair him. Several accounts depict Spider-Man as able to hold his breath for eight minutes or more.
Superhuman Durability: Spider-Man's body is physically tougher and more resistant to some types of injury than the body of a normal human. His body is more resistant to impact forces than anything else. He can withstand great impacts, such as falling from a height of several stories or being struck by an opponent with super strength, that would severely injure or kill a normal human with little to no discomfort. Spider-Man's body is durable to the point where tensing his super-strong muscles while being punched in the torso by a trained heavyweight boxer caused the attacker's wrists to break; also, Spider-Man has stated that he must roll with punches thrown by people without similar strength or durability to avoid breaking their wrists.
Superhuman Agility: Spider-Man's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are all enhanced to levels that are far beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. Spider-Man is extraordinarily limber and his tendons and connective tissues are twice as elastic as the average human being's, despite their enhanced strength. He has the combined agility and acrobatic prowess of the most accomplished circus aerialists and acrobats. He can also perform any complicated sequence of gymnastic stunts such as flips, rolls, and springs. He can easily match or top any Olympic record at gymnastics apparatus such as flying rings, climbing ropes, horizontal bars, trampolines, and even surpass the likes of Captain America and Daredevil.
Regenerative Healing Factor: Spider-Man has a low-level rapid healing factor. While not on Wolverine's level, it is sufficiently powerful enough to recover from severe injuries from broken bones and large amounts of tissue damage in a matter of hours.
Contaminant Immunity: Due to his accelerated metabolism, Spider-Man has a higher tolerance for drugs and diseases than normal humans, and he can recover from the effects of larger doses rapidly. His resistance and recovery time to other toxins and diseases varies, but is typically significantly higher than normal. However, Spider-Man has the normal human tolerance for alcoholic beverages.
Superhuman Equilibrium: Spider-Man possesses the ability to achieve a state of perfect equilibrium in any position imaginable. He seems able to adjust his position by instinct, which enables him to balance himself on virtually any object, no matter how small or narrow.
Superhuman Reflexes: Spider-Man's reflexes are similarly enhanced and are currently about forty times greater than those of an ordinary human. In combination with his spider-sense, the speed of his reflexes allows him to dodge almost any attack, or even gunfire, given sufficient distance. Spider-Man has even been shown in some cases, to be able to dodge gunfire using just his reflexes without his Spider-Sense.
Spider-Sense: Spider-Man possesses an extrasensory "danger" or "spider" sense which warns him of potential immediate danger by the manifestation of a tingling sensation in the back of his skull, and links with his superhuman kinesthetics, enabling him to evade most any injuries, unless he cognitively overrides his automatic reflexes. The precise nature of this sense is unknown, though it appears to be a simultaneous clairvoyant response to a wide variety of phenomena (everything from falling safes to speeding bullets to thrown punches), which has given several hundredths of a second warning, which is sufficient time for his reflexes to allow him to avoid injury. The sense also can create a general response on the order of several minutes: he cannot discern the nature of the threat by the sensation. He can, however, discern the severity of the danger by the strength of his response to it. Spider-Man's spider-sense is directional and can guide him to or away from hidden weapons and enemies.Sudden and extreme threats can cause his spider-sense to react with painful intensity. Spider-Man can also sense and dodge attacks directed randomly or by an artificial intelligence. Using his spider-sense to time his enhanced reflexes, Spider-Man can casually dodge attacks up to and including automatic-weapons fire, provided there is sufficient distance. His spider-sense is sufficiently well-linked to his reflexes to the point that a threat can trigger them even when Spider-Man is asleep or stunned. His spider-sense has helped him preserve his secret identity since it alerts him to observers or cameras when changing into or out of his costume. The spider-sense does react to those who Peter does not consider to be a threat, such as Aunt May, or when a fellow hero makes a bluff while playing poker. Spider-Man can choose to ignore his spider-sense, and distraction or fatigue diminish its effectiveness. Spider-Man's fighting style incorporates the advantage that his "spider-sense" provides him. His body begins to produce more adrenaline after the sense is triggered, an extension of the 'fight or flight syndrome.' Even when he does not have the use of his eyes, Spider-Man can still use his Spider Sense in a similar fashion to Daredevil's Radar Sense to help him see by sensing the direction the danger is coming from by listening on the loudest noise around him.
Radio Frequency Detection: Peter's spider-sense also enables him to track certain radio frequencies, which he has used to his advantage via his Spider-Tracers.
Organic Webbing: On top of being able to fire webs from his web shooters, his body can also produce natural webbing that is about 10X stronger then the artificial stuff, but he rarely uses it for two important reasons:
1. It requires him to squeeze down on his wrist with his other hand, applying pressure depending on how far he wants the webs to go. On top of the pressure, he needs to continuously press down in order to keep the webs coming.
2. The webs that are produced naturally come directly from an area in his wrists (like the way they were produced in the 1st Spider-Man movie) and as they are fired, they cause a massive burning sensation in his wrist, which usually drains him of energy.
He only uses his natural webs when needed (ex. Pinning down the Hulk or gargantuan villains so they can't squash the Spider, creating an extremely durable temporary shield that will hold a falling building so he can try to rescue as many of its residents as possible, etc.)
Skills:
(Taken from the Marvel Wiki. Bear in mind that not all references to the comics are in canon with this Spider-Man as he exists now, but can be developed over the course of a story).
Genius-Level Intellect: With an IQ north of 250, Peter is easily one of the most intelligent men on Earth. Some of the Earth's most brilliant minds such as Reed Richards and Hank Pym have acknowledged Peter's intellect, with the former acknowledging him as an intellectual equal whose potential rivals his own.
Skilled Photographer: Peter is a very skilled photographer and has worked for the Daily Bugle and the Front Line as a photographer.
Master Acrobat: Thanks to his great strength and phenomenal equilibrium, Parker is an excellent athlete, excelling in all gymnastic fields and being able to perform every acrobatic stunt ever performed, including others that can never be performed by even an Olympic acrobat.
Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Due to his life being bullied and pranked as a young teenager to acquiring amazing superhuman capabilities and combining them with his scientifically adept and creative mind, Parker has through time become an excellent hand-to-hand combatant utilizing a fighting style that directly complements his superhuman abilities. His methods are volatile, enabling him to rival practically all types of combatants. Peter has even been trained by Captain America in unarmed combat.
Bio:
~~ Peter's Early Life ~~
Ever since he was a kid, Peter didn't know much about his parents. They were both very secretive and kept their work lives completely separate from their personal lives. The most he knew about them was that his father worked for OSCORP as a researcher in the Biogenetics Lab, and his mother worked for the government... Or was it something to do with being outside of the government? They were peacekeepers, but... But that's about all Peter actually knew about their respective lines of work. He does, however, know just how much they loved him;
Enough to drop him off at his Aunt and Uncle's house without so much as a 'goodbye' when he was only five years old.
One moment, he was at home playing a game of hide and go seek with his father, Richard, when all of a sudden Richard came running out from his study, demanding that Mary pack up their things and help Peter get ready to leave. As it turned out, somebody had broken into the house and tore apart Richard's study, but luckily, nothing of value was stolen. Although Peter was only five, he still knew that a burglary required police attention. But before he knew it, he had a suitcase and a backpack stuffed with his toys, clothes, and the rest of his things. Once Mary made sure Peter was alright, Richard quickly got his family into their car and drove off into the storming night. Soon, they arrived at the home of Peter's Uncle Ben and Aunt May, both of whom took Peter in without a second word. While the grown-ups tried to talk in private, Peter listened in. From what he gathered, there was more to the break-in and their home wasn't safe anymore. Richard and Mary had already made arrangements to go somewhere, but for one reason or another, they couldn't bring Peter, fearing for his safety.
As they left, Peter's mother wished him a tearful goodbye and his father gave him a reassuring smile. His aunt and uncle did their best to comfort him in the moment, but Peter was inconsolable as he silently watched his parents drive away for the last time, never to be seen again until their deaths were published in the news a few months later.
From that point on, Peter tried to live a relatively normal life. He made friends, studied hard for his classes, had crushes on cute girls, and even got in a few fights with some of the other kids his age over 'what was right', but there was always a sense of emptiness that continuously weighed down his heart. What was so important that his parents would just up and abandon their only son? Why couldn't he go with them? But most importantly... Who were they trying to protect by leaving him behind? Themselves, or Peter?
Eventually, Peter managed to get past this feeling and had a relatively healthy development period from being a child to becoming a teenager. His aunt and uncle were always there for him and, since they couldn't have children of their own, treated Peter like the son they never had. Peter was always grateful to them for taking him in at a point in his life when things weren't really making sense and always did what he could to make them proud of him, be it offering to clean the house or even just keeping up with his studies. But eventually, another tragedy within his family would shake the very foundations of Peter's life and force his life down a path he never expected to go.
~~ Spider-Man's Origin Story ~~
When he was 15, Peter was involved in a serious accident. His high school was taking a field trip to the world-renowned OSCORP Research and Development building, the same place where his father had once worked. During the tour, Peter got distracted by taking some photographs and found himself split from his school's tour group. While trying to find his way back, he was bitten by an odd-looking spider, which he now suspects was the same species as a breed of experimental 'super-spiders' OSCORP was developing at the time. The program was to be terminated after the investors backed out of the project, but during the transfer to the incinerator, one must've gotten loose and found its way to Peter. Although he thought nothing of it at the time, Peter grew seriously ill the night following the tour and was rushed to a hospital. Despite being in utter agony, the doctor's said there was nothing wrong with him medically, but prescribed some mild pain-killers to help him out. The following morning, however, the pain was gone and all Peter had left was a small lump on the back of his neck from where the spider had bit him.
In the weeks that followed, Peter began to notice some strange occurrences. During a gym class in which he was required to play dodge ball, Peter discovered his reflexes had enhanced overnight by 100%. He was faster, stronger, and more agile. He also felt this strange feeling in the back of his skull, almost like a tingle. Peter soon realized that the tingle told him when something negative (such as being hit) was about to happen to him. After a dodge that forced him into a wall, he opened his eyes to see the students staring at him with disbelief. Peter thought he had seriously hurt himself because he was seeing things as if he were lying on the floor sideways. Then, he glanced to the floor and saw that was apparently stuck to the wall, hanging onto the padding like a frightened cat. He quickly dropped off the walls while the students begged him to teach them how to hold onto a flat surface like that. Immediately after discovering these advancements to his body, he decided to test out his new skills when he got home. After some more tests, Peter discovered he could also fire a thin, sticky substance that resembled thread from his wrist. Upon further inspection, he discovered that the threads were actually webs, like that of a... Spider.
After a while, he realized he could probably make some money off of his new 'talents', which allowed for most tasks to be handled rather quickly and efficiently. But, he couldn't just go wandering around New York showing off his abilities without having to worry about either somebody he knew recognizing him, or the possibility that either OSCORP or the government would want to capture and dissect/analyze him for research purposes. Seeing as how he didn't want to spend the rest of his life in an examination room, Peter decided he would make an alter-ego to keep himself from being recognized. So, one trip to the craft store and a sewing class at the Rec. Centre later, Peter finally created his
first costume.
It wasn't exactly the easiest thing on the eyes, but Peter was darn-proud of it. At first, he offered 'superhero services' such as themed birthday parties or even basic tasks like cleaning somebody's garage or delivering a pizza (knocking on the door of a frat-house while in costume with a hat reading "Tony's Pizza" was literally the low-point of his superhero career). But after a period of three weeks since his last job, Peter saw an ad on the Internet for a pro-wrestling competition; twenty contestants would be put in the ring with the legendary "Bonesaw McGraw" and if they managed to last ten minutes, they would win a cash prize of $2000. Without even thinking he signed up, only to realize that the day of the competition was the day Uncle Ben wanted to take him to the NYPD precinct he worked at for Take your Son to Work Day. As a result, Peter lied about having to attend the contest, claiming he had to take care of some school stuff with a friend at the library. So, around the time the contest started, Ben drove Peter to the library and the two had a brief conversation in the car concerning Peter's odd behavior lately. Although Ben reminded Peter that he and his aunt still loved him, there were certain things that the young man needed to learn as he became a man in his own right.
"With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility."
Trying to avoid an awkward moment or confrontation before he existed the car, Peter told his uncle that he'd 'be more responsible in the future' and left for the contest. While almost every contestant before him failed, Peter was able to hold his own as 'the Human Spider', managing not only to stay conscious in the ring, but he also managed to knock-out Bonesaw in the process.
But when he was to be paid, Peter only received $200 from the original amount. As the owner of the arena saw it, Peter managed to knock out Bonesaw in two minutes as opposed to just staying in the ring for ten, so he got a smaller cut of the money as a result. Disgruntled and frustrated for wasting his time, Peter started on his way out of the building when he was suddenly alerted to the presence of a robber. One of the audience members, apparently desperate for cash, had held the arena owner at gunpoint and taken the rest of the prize money for himself. As a guard tried to apprehend him, Peter allowed the criminal to slip by without interruption. When the owner confronted him about this, Peter retorted that it wasn't his problem.
After he got changed and was ready to call his uncle to pick him up, Peter was alerted to the sight of a police chase. Apparently, a group of criminals had hijacked an undercover police vehicle and were firing upon their pursuers as they tried to flee the scene. Initially thinking nothing of it because he was still angry about being ripped off, Peter eventually found out that the chase concerned him more than anybody once he realized who the police officer who's car had been hijacked was; Uncle Ben.
Desperately pushing through the crowd that gathered to meet his uncle, Peter held the dying man's hand while the paramedics tried their best to save him. Ben had been shot point-blank by the hijacker after refusing to hand over his keys and wrestle the gun away from him, all because he was waiting for Peter to meet him in the library parking lot. The paramedics had only just arrived at the scene and were trying their best to save the fallen officer. But despite their efforts, Ben succumbed to his wounds and passed away with his nephew desperately gripping his hand. Although Peter felt crippling grief over his uncle's death, the urge for revenge was much greater. Donning his costume once more, Peter decided to take matters into his own hands and joined the police pursuit of the hijackers.
Peter followed the police to a warehouse close to the docks and spent no time dawdling around. The criminals had holed themselves up inside the warehouse, waiting for their backup to get rid of the cops. But in a rather horrific fashion, one by one they were picked off, strung up with a series of biodegradable webbing and beaten brutally until only one was left; the one with the gun that matched the witness description. Enraged, Peter confronted this goon, only to discover that it was the same robber from the arena before; the one he let go free. Horrified at this revelation, Peter nearly allowed himself to get killed before he began to wail on the criminal, almost beating him to death before the police managed to break into the building. Fearing what the cops would do to him if they discovered him in the warehouse, Peter webbed up the robber and fled the scene, heading back home to comfort his aunt.
Understanding his role in how the events of that night played out, Peter's guilt began to eat him up. He had let the hijacker, a man by the name of Cletus Kasady, go and now that he had been identified as the 'Carnage Killer', a formally unidentified schizophrenic serial killer who had been known to leave horrifyingly mutilated corpses at the scene of his crimes, Kasady would be getting the proper jail time he deserved. But still, the thought that if he had just grabbed Kasady at the arena rather than letting him escape haunted Peter. Nightmares tormented him about that night for months to come. In the dream, Peter would jump around from place to place, but no matter where he was he'd always be in clear view of the murder. Although Peter only saw the aftermath, witness reports of what happened allowed his brain to re-create the events of that night. Kasady would run out of the arena and over to Uncle Ben's car, aiming a gun at the man's head. Uncle Ben would notice the gun and open the door to his car slowly at first, but quickly, he would slam it into Kasady's chest and jump to his feet while the criminal was down. The two would wrestle for the gun for a bit before Kasady pulled the trigger, shooting Uncle Ben in the chest. As Uncle Ben collapsed, Kasady would get up and run over to the car before driving off, not caring that anyone had witnessed the murder.
During his dreams Peter was unable to move, unable to scream. He could only watch and silently weep as the primary father figure in his life was repeatedly gunned down every night in cold blood. Each time he awoke, his eyes would be wet from the tears he shed while asleep and his stomach would ache with the feeling of guilt for having allowed Kasady to escape. Aunt May tried her best to console him and he tried therapy for a while, but nothing seem to work.
One day during the winter season as he was walking home from school, he saw a group of men follow a woman down an alleyway. At first she screamed, but she was soon silenced and the men proceed to--
That's when Peter, wearing the red-ski mask previously belonging to "the Human Spider" jumped into the fray, screaming at the woman's assaulters to let her go. As they turned to try and knock him out, the he began to do incredible things. He clung to walls, shot strange web-like threading from his wrists, and seemed to know when and where the thugs were going to be as he gracefully dodged their attacks. It took no time at all before the thugs were beaten and laid out on the ground, tired from the ass-whopping they had just received. Peter, realizing what he had just done, promptly told the woman to call the police before dashing away from the scene, terrified that he would be labeled as some kind of a freak. He imagined that the authorities would see him as a monster and if OSCORP learned of his connection to their serum, they likely would have wanted to capture him. Peter didn't want to be a lab rat, so he ran.
But as he dashed away from the scene, Peter realized that what he had just done, although stupid and brash, was heroic nonetheless. If he hadn't done anything, she would have been in serious trouble. Although he believed that vigilantism was not a viable option for doling out 'justice', Peter thought back to the heroes of his childhood comic books. Technically in the eyes of the law, they could still be classified as vigilantes, but they fought for truth, honor and justice.
Realizing that, like those heroes, he could use his powers to try and protect those who didn't have incredible abilities, the 'little guy' so to speak, then he could do his best to protect others and be a hero. As Uncle Ben had once said;
"With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility!"
So, with this new mindset and view on his situation, Peter got to work and became
The Amazing Spider-Man.
Shortly afterwards, he was found by S.H.I.E.L.D. and recruited into the Manhattan Academy.
Notes:
• Peter got his new suit from the 'special programs' at Manhattan High, but has made many modifications on his own.
• Peter has contact lens, but often chooses to just wear his bulky prescription glasses. The eyes of "Spider-Man" can actually be customized for this prescription and updated if it requires changing.
• Spider-Man may have some supporters across the city, but for the most part, people hate his guts. It also doesn't help that J. Jonah Jameson keeps printing slanderous content that does nothing but damage the web-head's reputation. Despite all the hate he gets, Peter still finds a reason (most of the time) to protect the people of New York City and ensure their safety against super villains and criminals.
• Peter was given the knowledge on how to create artificial webbing via a genetic trait passed on from the spider's DNA fusing with his (much like how regular spiders know how to create webbing via natural instincts).
• Peter physically can't be around other 'Spider-people' of the opposite gender for too long, otherwise his hormones begin to go nuts as part of a biological response caused by his 'other half'. As a result, he tries to distance himself from Gwen, despite not being the biggest fan of hers to begin with.
