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This article is about Spider-Man, the main and original version of the superhero.

For other uses, see Spider-Man (disambiguation). For other versions, see List of
incarnations of Spider-Man and Alternative versions of Spider-Man.
"Spidey" and "Peter Parker" redirect here. For other uses, see Spidey
(disambiguation) and Peter Parker (disambiguation).
"Web Slinger" and "Webslinger" redirect here. For an alternate version of Spider-
Man with this codename, see Alternative versions of Spider-Man § Web-Slinger
(Earth-31913).
Peter Parker
Spider-Man
A drawing of Spider-Man crouched, looking up to the camera stricking a pose on a
street-sign
Virgin cover of Web of Spider-Man #129.1
(October 2012), by Mike McKone and Morry Hollowell
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962)
Created by Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
In-story information
Full name Peter Benjamin Parker
Species Human mutate[a]
Place of origin Queens, New York City
Team affiliations
Avengers
Fantastic Four
X-Men
Secret Defenders
Future Foundation
Daily Bugle
Heroes for Hire
Mighty Avengers
New Avengers
Spider-Army / Web-Warriors
Partnerships
Black Cat
Spider-Man (Miles Morales)
Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy)
Silk
Supporting character of Mary Jane Watson
Notable aliases Spidey
The Amazing Spider-Man
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Webhead
Webslinger
Wall-Crawler
Masked Marvel
Webspinner
Webswinger
Ricochet[1]
Dusk[2]
Prodigy[3]
Hornet[4]
Ben Reilly[5]
Scarlet Spider[6]
Captain Universe[7]
Abilities
Superhuman strength, agility, reflexes, stamina and durability
Absolute perfect equilibrium
Ability to cling to solid surfaces
Precognitive spider-sense
Genius-level intellect
Proficient scientist and engineer
Utilizes wrist-mounted web-shooters
Master martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant
Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel
Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared
in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of
Comic Books. He has been featured in comic books, television shows, films, video
games, novels, and plays.

Spider-Man's secret identity is Peter Benjamin Parker. Initially, Peter was


depicted as a teenage high-school student and an orphan raised by his Aunt May and
Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker died in a
plane crash. Lee and Ditko had the character deal with the struggles of adolescence
and financial issues and gave him many supporting characters, such as Flash
Thompson, J. Jonah Jameson, and Harry Osborn; romantic interests Gwen Stacy, Mary
Jane Watson, and the Black Cat; and enemies such as the Green Goblin, Doctor
Octopus, and Venom. In his origin story, Spider-Man gets his superhuman spider-
powers and abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider. These powers
include superhuman strength, agility, reflexes, stamina, durability, coordination,
and balance; clinging to surfaces and ceilings like a spider; and detecting danger
with his precognition ability called "spider-sense". He builds wrist-mounted "web-
shooter" devices that shoot artificial spider-webs of his own design, which he uses
both for fighting and for web-swinging across the city. Peter Parker originally
used his powers for his own personal gain, but after his Uncle Ben was killed by a
thief that Peter could not stop, he began to use his powers to fight crime by
becoming Spider-Man.

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