Peter Parker

"--And get back to the ol' grind!"

"It's a dirty, rotten, filthy job... but someone's got to do it."

Sometimes scientist and sometimes photographer, Peter Parker is a full-time super hero better known as the web-slinging and wall-crawling Spider-Man.

As an orphaned child, Peter was raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. At a science expo, Peter was bitten by an errant radioactive spider which granted him an array of arachnid-based powers. He initially became Spider-Man to use his powers as an entertainer, growing so conceited he did not bother stopping a passerby burglar.

In a twist of fate, the same burglar wound up killing Peter's Uncle Ben, leading him to realize that he needed to use his powers responsibly. From then on, Spider-Man became a crime-fighting vigilante.

Mary Jane was determined not to let lies come between her and Peter. She finally told him she had known for some time about his secret identity.

With Spider-Man’s secret finally out in the open, Peter and Mary Jane’s relationship found new depth. As Spider-Man, Peter faced the death of his good friend, police captain Jean DeWolff, at the hands of the Sin-Eater. He watched as Flash Thompson was taken for a criminal, and Ned Leeds killed, both for their involvement with the Hobgoblin.

But life was different now: he had Mary Jane by his side. Peter proposed for a second time, and she accepted. As newlyweds, Peter and Mary Jane shared happiness, but also faced many dangers.