Peter Parker (Earth-1610)

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Contents 1 History 1.1 Early Years 1.2 Spider-Man 1.3 Death of a Goblin 1.4 Ultimatum 1.5 Post-Ultimatum 2 Powers and Abilities 2.1 Powers 2.2 Abilities 2.3 Strength level 2.4 Weaknesses 3 Paraphernalia 3.1 Equipment 3.2 Transportation 3.3 Weapons 4 Notes 5 Links 5.1 Discover and Discuss

History

Early Years

Richard Parker was a scientist who was working with S.H.I.E.L.D. However, years ago, both he and his wife, Mary, and the parents of Eddie Brock who is now Venom, were killed in a plane crash.

Following the death of his parents, Peter was raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben as if he were their own child. Alongside his neighbor Mary Jane Watson and tutoring subject Harry Osborn, Parker found few friends in high school and was often the butt of jokes by bullies Flash Thompson and Kong.

Spider-Man

Peter Parker gained his powers on a high school field trip to Osborn Industries, Inc. where he was bitten by a spider exposed to the Oz Compound, a super soldier serum. Imbuing him with the proportionate powers of a spider, he gained superhuman strength, speed, agility and stamina and the ability to stick to and crawl surfaces.

After that fateful day at Oscorp Industries, Parker put his new found abilities to fight and won a local wrestling challenge. The promoter of the fight gave Peter a new costume and Peter was given the name Spider-Man. His wrestling career ended when he was accused of stealing the promoter's money. In a bad mood, Peter allowed a burglar he encountered on his way home to escape from a robbery. His actions would later haunt him.

Arguing with his uncle over poor grades and a bad attitude, Peter ran off to cool down. When Peter returned home, he learned that the same burglar from the robbery had murdered Uncle Ben in his absence. So guilty of his inactions which led to the death of a loved one, Parker vowed that as long as he was capable he would serve and protect others. As Uncle Ben once said to him, "With great power there must come great responsibility."

Peter took a job at the Daily Bugle working as a web designer.

Since gaining his new powers and a new aim in life, Peter defeated the self-created Green Goblin; Norman Osborn, created with Oscorp Industries' experimental 'Oz' formula, who seemingly disappeared into the river.

Spidey learned of the Kingpin of crime, and tried continuously to bring him down. He battled Electro and the Enforcers in the process.

Confessing his secret identity to Mary Jane, the pair embarked on a relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend.

The Webslinger fought Doctor Octopus, witnessed the return of the 'Oz' addicted Norman Osborn and encountered Rhino and Iron Man.

The arrival of Gwen Stacy at Midtown High School put pressure on his relationship with MJ but it survived. Spidey was impersonated by an imposter and then hunted by the police. Spidey battled the imposter, who had killed Gwen Stacy's father, Captain Stacy.

Peter met his long-lost childhood friend, Eddie Brock Jr., after discovering boxes of old documents and video tapes in a hidden room in his basement, indicating both their fathers worked on the 'Venom Project'. Eddie was a student at ESU, and showed Peter 'their inheritance'. Peter swung back to ESU to take back a sample of the suit, but spilled some onto him, and formed into the black costume.

When Peter raced after an armed robber, the suit took a turn for the worse, recollecting the death of Uncle Ben, Peter lost control and fell off a building onto some electricity cables. Due to his superpowers, he survived. Peter returned to ESU, confronting Eddie and revealing his identity. He destroyed the rest of the formula. Eddie then pulled another flask from storage, and transformed into Ultimate Venom. He tracked Peter down to Midtown High and the two battled, and Eddie stepped on a loose power cable, vaporizing him instantly.

After Peter defeated Eddie, Peter confronted Nick Fury about the death of his parents. Fury lied and denied having to do anything with Richard's and Mary's deaths.

Spidey then faced Sandman, helped the Ultimates battle the 'Ultimate Six' (Green Goblin, Electro, Doc Ock, Sandman, Kraven, and (supposedly) Spider-Man), met the incredibly illusive Black Cat; Felicia Hardy (who seemed to be killed by Elektra), re-battled Doc Ock, had a movie made about him (from which he didn't get a penny), fought the Punisher and Boomerang.

During a big fight with the huge Gladiator, Spidey was badly hurt, and had to go to Doc Conners for medical treatment. This left Conners with a sample of Peter's mutated blood.

Over the course of several months, Conners and his assistant, Ben Reilly, started to create some sort of semi-clone, combining Peter's DNA with his own, that escaped early in its incubation process. " Little Ben" started feeding off people to grow quickly in strength and size, consuming it's victims while showing a small child-like face to the victim. The creature mimicked the moves of Spider-Man to swing to the Parker house, where it found and consumed Gwen Stacy. Peter confronted Conners outside his home, and he confessed to the DNA splicing.

Peter fought Carnage throughout the city, and when it consumed two more victims, it formed into an almost human form, looking incredibly like Peter's own father. The fighting continued, and Peter finally tricked the creature into jumping down an industrial chimney.

Fearing her safety and constantly at odds with her placing herself in danger, Peter broke off his relationship with Mary Jane.

Peter 'body-swapped' with the X-Man Wolverine, met Johnny Storm; The Human Torch, encountered Doctor Strange, fought Harry Osborn who had become the Hobgoblin, discovered the Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) was still alive, and battled Hammerhead, Elektra, Moon Knight, Iron Fist and Shang Chi.

Peter began "dating" Kitty Pryde from the X-Men. However, Peter resumed his relationship with Mary Jane Watson, much to Kitty's dismay.^[1] Kitty and Peter later teamed up again^[2].

Death of a Goblin

Peter started off his day normally (with a quick encounter with the Shocker), and went to school. Peter and Kitty were paired in a homework assignment, with Mary Jane commiserating about the project. As Flash taunted Kitty and Peter about their child (the homework assignment: raising a baby doll) saying that it was half spas, half mutant (a 'Spasmutant'), Kenny McFarlane hit Flash and told him to apologize. Kitty seemed to take an interest to Kenny. Meanwhile, at the Triskelion, Carol Danvers (taking over for Nick Fury as he was trapped in the Squadron Supreme's universe) talked to Norman Osborn, as Fury promised his freedom for his scientific knowledge. Danvers turned his deal down, with Osborn seething in anger. Later during a check of the inmates in the Triskelion, an explosion occured, with Osborn and many other inmates escaping from the prison, including the clone of Gwen Stacy. Osborn briefly battled Octavious, before being incapacitated by Electro. Osborn attacked more SHIELD agents, and took down two Helicopters, and killing numerous civilians. Osborn then escaped to the media networks saying that Fury put him away without trial, and that Fury wrongfully took away his son. Peter and MJ saw this while passing by an electronics store, and MJ ran away in panic. After Peter reassured her, they went back home, with Mary's mother exclaiming that they were leaving town, due to Osborn's escape. Peter interrupted his aunt's date with Miles Warren saying that she should get as far away as possible. Peter then went to Norman's penthouse to see if he was there but battled Electro instead. Both of them were taken into SHIELD custody. Kitty Pryde then saw Peter's capture and went to rescue him. They both escaped, but Danvers stated that she was using Peter as bait. The two and SHIELD agents responded to an emergency call to an apartment where Osborn currently was. SHIELD and Peter battled Osborn, but they both fell from the apartment. Kitty phased Peter through the street and they both headed home. Peter had one surprise though: Osborn had beaten him to his home. Peter then responded to a SHIELD note saying to turn on CNN where Harry Osborn was exposing the truth about his father. The broadcast was a ploy to attract Osborn to the Helicarrier. Harry then transformed into the Hobgboblin and battled his father along with Peter and SHIELD. After beating Harry to death, Osborn told Danvers to kill him. She responded by saying "Gladly". Peter then yells furiously at Danvers, "STAY AWAY FROM ME!! YOUR NOT FURY, AND I DON'T KNOW YOU!! STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!!". The next day, Peter informed of his class of Harry's demise, and stated that Harry was a hero.

Peter and Kitty continued their crime-fighting partnership. One night in the Bronx, they took down the Screamers, who were using the drug Banshee. Wolverine took out the last one, who came for Peter's help in figuring out why he was positive for Banshee. Peter was able to determine that Logan's DNA was used as a basis for Banshee.

Ultimatum

Main article: Ultimatum

When Magneto activated his "Doomsday Protocols" by altering the planet's magnetic poles, he unleashed a series of geological disasters all across the globe. Manhattan was pounded by a gigantic tide of ocean water that killed millions. This disaster quickly became known as the "Ultimatum Wave". Spider-Man and his closest friends miraculously survived the tidal wave, and he quickly sprung into action, diving into the worst of the flood zones to rescue drowning citizens. ^[3] J. Jonah Jameson, one of Spidey's fiercest detractors, witnessed his unparalleled acts of heroism and publicly recanted all of the negative publicity he had attributed to the wallcrawler since he first came on the scene.

During these rescue operations, Spider-Man discovered the body the late super-hero Daredevil, another casualty of the Ultimatum Wave. ^[4] It was also at this time that Spidey encountered something almost as dangerous as Magneto's Doomsday Protocols -- the Hulk. The Hulk was rampaging through the ruins of New York, but Spider-Man managed to convince him to aid in the rescue efforts. The Hulk quickly proved to be an unreliable ally and caused more harm than good.

Spider-Man swung over to Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum only to find that the mystic seal used to keep the evil forces of alternate dimensions at bay had been broken. From the growing rift emerged Dormammu and a cadre of demonic followers. Spider-Man was caught in the wake of a massive explosion of mystical energy. The only thing left behind were the tattered ruins of his mask.^[5][6] Afterwards, the military and the surviving Ultimates searched for survivors of Magneto's attack in Manhattan, and Captain America found the unconscious Peter Parker within the ruins of the city, who was still alive.

Post-Ultimatum

Six months later, Peter took a temporary career at Burger Frog, a fast food restaurant, as the Daily Bugle office had not yet recovered from Magneto's attack. He developed a relationship with Gwen Stacy, who still lived with the Parkers, and his previous relationship with Mary Jane had somehow deteriorated. Also he was surprised to discover that Johnny Storm, who's team disbanded after the Ultimatum, decided to live in Peter's home as he no longer felt able to return to the Baxter Building due to the death of his father.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Spider-Man possesses superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, durability, reflexes, recuperative powers, balance, coordination, and sense of equilibrium.

Spider-Man's hands and feet have the ability to manipulate the inter-atomic binding forces of matter, allowing him to form temporary molecular bonds between his body and another object. This enables him to cling to solid surfaces and scale walls simply by placing his hands on them. He also possesses a "spider-sense" which alerts him to danger. This takes the form of a tingling sensation at the base of his skull. Through experience, Spider-Man has learned how to sense differences in the various tingles he feels, determining whether a danger is potential or immediate, how intense a threat it is, what direction it is coming from, etc.

• Superhuman Strength: Spider-Man possesses superhuman strength enabling him to press lift approximately 6 tons. Spider-Man's physical strength is sufficient to lift and throw objects as heavy as most standard automobiles 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 strong enough enable him to knock out people with normal durability with as little as a tap to the head. 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.

• Superhuman Speed: Spider-Man can run and move at speeds that are beyond the physical limits of the finest human athlete.

• 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 for several hours before the build up of fatigue toxins in his blood begins to impair him.

• 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 a superhumanly strong opponent, that would severely injure or kill a normal human with little to no discomfort,Spiderman's durability is sufficient that he survived with no serious injury other than a sore body being electrocuted by Electro and then thrown out of Kingpin's skyscraper .

• Superhuman Agility: Spider-Man's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are all enhanced to levels that are 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.

• 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. He has developed a unique fighting style that made full use of his agility, strength, and equilibrium.

• Superhuman Reflexes: Spider-Man's reflexes are similarly enhanced and are currently about 15 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, even direct gunfire, if he is far enough away.

• 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. Limits to this ability seem to be psychosomatic, and the full nature of this ability has yet to be established.

  Abilities

Peter is an accomplished scientist, completing his father's research on adhesives at age 15. His uncle said he was "as smart as they come."

Thanks to the spider venom that courses in his veins, it makes him immune to vampire bites.

Strength level

As Spider-Man has not fully grown to adulthood, he is not as strong as his Earth-616 counterpart yet, however he is portrayed as being sufficiently strong enough to lift and throw conventional vehicles and cars , it should also be noted that he has been shown to be significantly stronger than Captain America as he overpowers him as they wrestled each other over footing. Spider-Man is currently capable of lifting 5 tons like the Ultimate Spiderwoman a clone of himself. However, when Peter reaches adulthood it is assumed that he will be able to lift 10 tons like his Earth-616 counterpart.

Weaknesses

Mortality, over-protective, short-tempered.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Spider-Man's wrist-mounted web-shooters discharge thin strands of web-fluid at high pressure. On contact with air, the long-chain polymer from the web-shooters knits and forms an extremely tough but flexible fiber with extraordinary adhesive qualities.

Transportation

Spider-Man moves through locations by shooting a web-line and attaching it to an object (most often a building). He then swings, shoots another web-line, attaches it, and repeats the process.

Weapons

Spider-Man's webs can be used to ensnare and immobilize his opponents.

Notes

• The origin of the Ultimate Universe Spider-Man is inherently similar to that of the original with a few modern updates and stylings.
• Peter is currently 15 years old and expected to turn 16 in issue 100 of the Ultimate Spider-Man series.
• In Ultimate Spider-Man, most of the superheroes and numerous super villains know Peter is Spider-Man.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]} And many have seen him unmasked, but doesn't know him or even his actual identity.^{[18][19][20][21]} This is in contrast to the regular Marvel version of Spider-Man, whose identity was completely secret prior to the "Civil War" storyline in which Peter Parker unmasked, and is again completely secret after the "One More Day" storyline in which a retcon plot device was employed.

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