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"Spider-Man" is the name of several superheroes in the Marvel Universe. The first titular and main protagonist is Peter Parker, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Other characters have adopted the alias over the years in the Earth 616 universe such as Ben Reilly and Otto Octavius. There also consists of alternate universe versions of the web-slinger such as May "Mayday" Parker and Miguel O'Hara.

Characters named Spider-Man

Peter Parker

Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man, is the mainstream and original Earth-616 incarnation of the character and appears in almost every piece of Spider-Man related media. All other "spider-men" are derived from him.

Ben Reilly

Ben Reilly is a clone of Peter Parker, who also briefly fought crime as the Scarlet Spider. He also took over as Spider-Man (with a new costume) when Peter retired to settle down with a new family. This lasted until the original Green Goblin returned and murdered him.

Spider-X

Spider-X (Brian Kornfield), created by Mort Todd, first appeared in '' Midnight Sons Unlimited'' #3 (Oct. 1993). As Spider-X was seen by many wearing Spider-Man's costume, he is initially believed to be Spider-Man himself, mutated by the '' Darkhold'', until his mother learned the truth and explained this to the titular group. Kornfield grew up off Broadway in New York City raised by his mother, with his father having been killed at an unknown time period. He had a very active imagination and idolized all superheroes, even writing letters to as many as he could. After his mother is brutally assaulted and mugged, Brian becomes obsessed with being a superhero so he could find and take down the muggers. Brian was met by the Dwarf (an agent of Chthon) offering him the power to be like his idol Spider-Man via a page of the ''Darkhold''. Brian accepted the offer and was transformed into Spider-X. His desire for vengeance was twisted by the ''Darkhold'''s magic and Brian saw himself as the ultimate arbitrator of justice, willing to mete out punishment that no one else would.

In other media

Spider-X appears as a playable character in '' Spider-Man Unlimited''.

Mac Gargan

While possessing the Venom symbiote, Mac Gargan posed as Spider-Man as a member of the Dark Avengers until his capture at the end of the "Siege" storyline.

Mattie Franklin

The niece of J. Jonah Jameson. After being granted spider-powers by "The Gathering of Five", she filled in for Peter Parker during one of his temporary retirements and later became Spider-Woman when he reclaimed the role. She was killed by the Kravinoff family during "The Gauntlet" and "Grim Hunt" storylines. During the " Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy" storyline, she was briefly resurrected, only to die again at the end of the storyline.

Anansi

A member of the Vodu pantheon, he was the very first Spider-Man, according to Ezekiel Sims and the Ashanti tribe in Ghana.

Ai Apaec

Ai Apaec is the Marvel Comics version of the chief deity of Moche culture, and a supervillain in the Marvel Universe.

Ai Apaec first appeared in the first issue of the 2011 '' Osborn'' miniseries, and was created by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Jamie McKelvie.

Ai Apaec began appearing as a regular character in the ''Dark Avengers'' series, beginning with issue #175.

Ai Apaec is a chimeric being that has the head, torso, and arms of a human, the lower half being a spider's body, snakes for hair, and long sharp fangs. He was worshipped by the Moche people of Peru. He was eventually captured by government officials and held in a secret government base somewhere underwater. Ai Apaec ends up meeting Norman Osborn when he ends up transferred to the secret base from the Raft. He joins Osborn, June Covington, Kingmaker, and Carny Rives into staging a break-out. The inmates secure an escape pod to get to the surface. Afterwards, Ai Apaec returns to the jungle.

Ai Apaec has superhuman strength as well as venomous fangs, spider legs that enable him to cling to solid walls and surfaces, and the ability to generate a bell-shaped web that enables him to breathe underwater.

In other media

Ai Apaec appears as a playable character in '' Spider-Man Unlimited''.

Otto Octavius

Otto Octavius swapped bodies with Peter Parker during the '' Dying Wish'' storyline, with Peter dying in his body. Possessing Peter's body and memories, Otto aims to become a superior replacement to him as the Superior Spider-Man, but is eventually forced to sacrifice himself to restore his host when he inadvertently allows the Goblin King to take control of New York City.

Miles Morales

Miles Morales, a half Puerto Rican and half Black teenager from the Ultimate Marvel universe (Earth-1610), has an origin almost identical to Peter Parker, but possesses the additional ability to generate electricity and become invisible. After he and his family are transported to the mainstream 616 universe during ''Secret Wars'', Miles continues fighting crime as Spider-Man.

Kurt Wagner

Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) was loaned a spare Spider-Man suit while on the run from Orchis. He later becomes the Uncanny Spider-Man ("Spinnenmann"/"Creepy Crawler") to atone for his actions under Orchis' control.

Other versions of Spider-Man

* The Scarlet Spider is an alias of four characters that are similar in powers and abilities to Spider-Man.
* Other clones of Peter Parker have also appeared, such as Kaine, the degenerated first clone, and Spidercide, the shape-shifting third clone.
* The Blood Spider is an evil version of Spider-Man hired by the Red Skull and trained by the Taskmaster alongside Jagged Bow and Death-Shield (evil counterpart of Hawkeye and Captain America). The trio attempted to kill Agent Venom under Lord Ogre's command.
* The Doppelganger is a six-armed evil version of Spider-Man created by the Magus during the Infinity War.
* Ezekiel Sims has powers similar to those of Spider-Man, but mystical in origin. He is a member of the Spider Society and its front organization, WebCorps.
* The Tarantula: Several characters have used this identity; see the main article for details.
* The Steel Spider is Ollie Osnick, originally a teenager who idolized Doctor Octopus and designed his own mechanical tentacles. Later, he was so impressed by Spider-Man that he modified his tentacles into spider-legs.
* Web-Man is one of several evil clones of Spider-Man created by Doctor Doom in an '' Electric Company'' comic book. They are later killed when Spider-Man destroys Doom's cloning machine.
* Several characters have used the Spider-Woman identity: Jessica Drew, Julia Carpenter (also called Arachne), Mattie Franklin, and Charlotte Witter. There is a version of Spider-Woman in the Ultimate Universe, a female clone of Peter Parker.
* Madame Web, a precognitive ally of Spider-Man and the Spider-Women.
* Anya Corazon, a young Latina Latino-American heroine with spider-powers, formerly an employee of WebCorps.
* Silk, a Korean-American girl who was bitten by the same radioactive spider as Peter Parker.
* Spider-Gwen is an alternate universe version of Gwen Stacy from Earth-65 who was bitten by the radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker, who became the Lizard.
* The Symbiotes, Venom and all of his descendants possess the powers of Spider-Man.

Other examples

* The Timespinner is a robotic clone of Spider-Man created by Kang the Conqueror who possesses the ability to drain temporal energy. It is destroyed by Ben Reilly and the Avengers.
* Spider-Man villains such as the Chameleon, Mysterio, and Kraven the Hunter have all masqueraded as Spider-Man.
* Deadpool briefly masqueraded as Spider-Man.
* Several Skrulls have disguised themselves as Spider-Man, including Hulkling.''Young Avengers'' (vol. 2) #1. Marvel Comics

Alternative versions

Outside of the mainstream Marvel Universe of Earth-616, there exists many versions of Spider-Man.

References

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Groups of fictional characters
Lists of Spider-Man characters

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