History Characters / SpiderManFamily

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->'''Debut:''' ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15

->'''Debut:''' ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15

->'''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Annual #5

->'''Debut:''' Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business #1

->'''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #15

-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #149

->'''Debut:''' ''Web of Spider-Man'' #115

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* AntiHero: In his 2017 series. Ironically, Kaine of all people is actually the moderating influence on him.
* AntiVillain: In ''ComicBook/DeadNoMoreTheCloneConspiracy'', he fills this role as [[spoiler: the Jackal, actually trying to resurrect dead people's loved ones.]]
* ArtificialFamilyMember: He's Peter's clone, but both consider themselves brothers.
* BadassBiker: During "The Lost Years" Mini and "The Clone Saga" revamp.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Or at least leaves you with a few screws loose.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Just like Peter. ''Not'' played for laughs like usual. In "The Lost Years", a few drinks causes him to start trashing the bar and encouraging the bouncer to put him out of his misery.
* CivvieSpandex: The Scarlet Spider costume was simply a red spandex suit and mask with and a sleeveless hoodie with a spider on it. The point was Ben didn't have a lot of money and made his costume out of what he could afford (which wasn't much).
* CloningBlues: Was cloned from Peter Parker by the Jackal.
* CoolLoser: Sometimes, especially when compared to Peter.
* DamagedSoul: After being killed and resurrected by Miles Warren so many times his soul is blackened and cracked, which causes his shaky moral compass. It can heal with time and good moral acts, but one more resurrection would destroy it and permanently tip him towards evil.
* DisappearedDad: To [[spoiler: Darkdevil]] in ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl''.
* DrivenToSuicide: Heavily implied to be his reaction to [[CloningBlues finding out he's a clone]]. Luckily, he snaps out of it after rescuing a man suffering from the same feelings.
* DyeHard: InUniverse. He dyes his hair blond to differentiate himself from Parker.
* TheGhost: In ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl''.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Following his return in the ''ComicBook/DeadNoMoreTheCloneConspiracy'', he's been going back and forth through this, since it's quite clear that the resurrection process did a number on his sanity. This is because [[spoiler: the original Jackal resurrected and killed him around 27 times in a number of painful and inventive ways.]] While he's not exactly a bad guy, he's missing a few of his marbles.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Clearly he was active during his wanderings. He was known to have encountered - and possibly fought the demonic villain D'spayre in the past, but the details were never revealed. Other adventures were hinted at.
* ImportantHaircut: Decides to wear his hair in a different style and bleach it blond to differentiate himself from Peter.
* HeroicSacrifice: Throws himself between Peter and the Green Goblin.
* LegacyCharacter Intended to be one for Peter. [[spoiler:Now Kaine is one for him.]]
* MeaningfulName: His first name is that of Peter's uncle, while his surname is Aunt May's maiden name.
* NerdsAreSexy: Just as much of a ChickMagnet as Peter. He even hooks up with MJ [[ComfortingTheWidow after Peter dies]] in one AlternateUniverse.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Because he's a clone. Until he settles on a job at the Daily Grind, anyway.
* NotSoDifferent[=/=]YouAreNotAlone: Towards Kaine, eventually starting a HeelFaceTurn.
* RummageSaleReject: His first two costumes -- the first when he answers Judas Traveller's challenge at the beginning of the Clone Saga, and the other when he went up against Venom. {{Justified|Trope}} in that he was pressed for time in both cases. He ended up wearing the second costume for a long time before he finally got a proper costume.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The '"Director's Cut" miniseries of "The Clone Saga" sees both him and Baby May survive the events of the story.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Inverted; this is how he and "cousin" Peter explain [[CloningBlues why they look so much alike]]. [[spoiler:And in ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'', we find out he and his son are identical, [[FieryRedhead save for one feature]]]].
* WalkingTheEarth: What he did before the Clone Saga; he returned to New York because Aunt May was dying.

* NinetiesAntiHero: Was physically huge, especially in comparison to the leaner Peter and Ben, had long hair and wore a blade-studded black-and-grey bodysuit and a tattered red cape during the 1990s and wasn't shy about killing others.
* AbusiveParents: The Jackal.
* AntiHero: As the second Scarlet Spider, of the Pragmatic Anti-Hero persuasion. He's willing to kill, thinks of himself as a monster and will put villains down with much more brutal means (like nearly lobotomizing Carnage) but will ultimately always end up listening to his "Parker Genes" and prioritize trying to help people.
* ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire: As the Scarlet Spider. Taken to a new level following his second resurrection.
* ArtificialFamilyMember: Like Ben Reilly, Peter considers Kaine his brother and refers to him as such. Following his HeroicSacrifice at the end of ''Grim Hunt'', he's even given a proper burial under the name Kaine Parker.
* TheAtoner: After he became the ''ComicBook/ScarletSpider''. He doesn't try to dwell on it, but his past does eat at him from time to time, leading him to be this whether he likes it or not.
* AtrociousAlias: Just like his little brother, he doesn't like the name "Scarlet Spider". In Kaine's case though, it's not because he thinks it's a lame name, it's that he doesn't feel like he's worthy of his brother's legacy. He doesn't like being called Spider-Man for much the same reason.
* BadassLongcoat: Part of his ensemble in the 1990s.
* BerserkButton: ''Don't'' confuse him with Spider-Man.
* BigOlEyebrows: His eyebrows are a lot bigger than Peter and Ben's for... some reason. And they're darker, too.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Just like Peter once had, Kaine has two Stingers that retract from his wrists. Because just like Peter once was, Kaine is the chosen avatar of the Other, a Totemic Spider-God.
* BrokenPedestal: Considers Peter [[spoiler: actually Otto in his body]] to be one after Issue #20.
** Became this himself at the end of his series. Kraven severely injuring his friend Meland, coupled with finding out Kaine's criminal past, caused Meland's husband Layton to declare Kaine a monster and attempt to arrest him. The subsequent fight with Shathra, causing Kaine to publicly give in to the Other to defeat her, led Annabelle and a bunch of bystanders to be ''terrified'' of him. Time seemed to heal the wounds, as when he ends up back in Houston, Layton apologizes and the police do treat him as a hero.
* CainAndAbel: Literally plays the "Cain" to Peter and Ben's Abel. Of course, they're all Abels to Spidercide.
* CameBackStrong: Kaine is resurrected ''twice'', both times with enhanced spider-powers and both times by [[TheWormThatWalks Ero]], who is revealed to be the totemic spider deity Peter encountered in ''The Other''.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Just like Peter and Ben. Issue #12 has him passed out after THREE beers.
* ChameleonCamouflage: His Scarlet Spider suit - which is actually Peter's ''Big Time'' Stealth Costume - is able to turn invisible or change colors for camouflage. It's usually just stuck in the Scarlet Spider mode because Madame Web is TheGadfly.
* TheChampion: He's this to Aracely, who is heavily implied to either be the reincarnation of, or at the least the human host to, the Aztec God of War.
* CharacterDevelopment: In spades. He goes from a hardcore murderous AntiHero[=/=]AntiVillain to a man who could be described as a HeroicNeutral at best who nevertheless pulled a HeroicSacrifice for his brother, to a ruthless but ultimately noble ReluctantHero and member of the New Warriors, who was willing to make a HeroicSacrifice to save the world. It speaks volumes of his CharacterDevelopment that he's actually the moderating influence on Ben (whose resurrection left a few screws loose and rattling) in the latest ''ComicBook/ScarletSpider'' series.
* TheChosenOne: Kaine is this twice over; He's the chosen avatar and current host of the totemic Spider-God, the Other, and he's the chosen champion of the Aztec war god Huitzilopochtli. This isn't even counting his role in ''Spider-Island'', where Madame Web comes to believe Kaine is actually the chosen one of her visions, which he seemingly proves by being the one to slay the Spider-Queen, though he argues that it was only done because of a moment provided by Peter, in a suit designed by Peter, while Peter saved thousands of lives.
* CloneDegeneration: Main reason why his powers and his physical appearance looked so different before his resurrection during ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland''. [[spoiler:As of issue #20, it seems to be back, but is actually an illusion instead.]]
* CloningBlues: Like Ben Reilly, he was a clone of Spider-Man.
* CooldownHug: On the receiving end from Aracely after he became the Other and tried to eat her. Her refusal to lose faith in him and her insistence that Kaine isn't a monster, he's her champion, is what gives him the strength to keep going and regain control.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Kaine sleeping with Zoe and then discovering that the supervillain he just put down afterwards was her father eventually lead to her blowing up Kaine's hotel room with an RPG and nearly killing Annabelle and Wally.
* CursedWithAwesome:
** Kaine's Spider-Sense is much, much stronger than his brothers, but it came at the cost of having CloneDegeneration.
** His "Mark of Kaine" was also said to be an amplified wall-crawling trait, specifically using his wall-crawling/clinging powers to stick his hand to someone and then rip it off, leaving a perfect hand-shaped mark. Of course, Peter Parker's "stick-em" powers are powerful enough to do the same (and he actually does it in ''Grim Hunt'', taking revenge on behalf of Kaine), but most of his opponents only have their face exposed, so the results could be very gruesome.
* DeathSeeker: Why he sacrifices himself in ''Grim Hunt''. After his resurrection in ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'', he switches to the other end of the scale, resolving to enjoy life, before hovering closer to this trope again.
* DealWithTheDevil: Kaine makes one when he is killed by the Lobos, becoming the avatar of the totemic spider-god the Other, just like Peter once did, allowing him to return to life and save Aracely, but at the cost of becoming a monster like he always claimed he was.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: After seeing Kaine transform into his monstrous Other form, Annabelle is too horrified of him to even look at him and runs away. By the time Peter comes to Houston looking for him, she's come to actually hate him.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Kaine has a habit of leaping before looking, and his remaining DeathSeeker behaviour makes him reckless.
* DirtyCoward: During the "Grim Hunt" storyline, he's so terrified of the Kravinoffs that after they capture Araña and Arachne, Kaine insists to Peter that they can't win and their best option is to "run and screw the rest." Spidey responds by decking Kaine in the face and giving him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, absolutely disgusted that Kaine shares his DNA and memories yet acts like a selfish coward. This actually reaches Kaine, who subsequently knocks Peter out, dons his costume, and dies fighting the Kravinoff family in his place.
* DiscardAndDraw: On his second resurrection, at the start of ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'', he loses his Spider-Sense - which had developed into full on precognition - and gains stingers and the ability to talk to spiders.
* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: The Lobo siblings do this to him. He returns from the dead as the Other and returns the favour]].
* EvilTwin: While he's not truly evil anymore, Kaine refers to himself as Peter's evil twin.
* FreudianTrio: In the Scarlet Spiders team, Kaine is the Id to Ben Reilly (Earth-94)'s ego and Jessica Drew (Earth-1610)'s superego.
* FriendOnTheForce: Wally Layton, up until Kraven the Hunter finally tracks Kaine down and begins to threaten Kaine's friends to goad him into giving Kraven the death he wants. Kaine refuses to commit murder after his character development, and stops his heart long enough to sever their connection, allowing Kraven to die by any means again, not just the hands of the Spider, but he isn't able to stop Kraven from goring Wally's husband Donald Meland. Wally blames Kaine, and holds him up with a shotgun, in part of a series of events that ultimately leave Kaine in self-exile from Houston. He and Wally bury the hatchet when Justice forces Kaine to return to his old home.
* GoodIsNotNice: Kaine's first heroic act in Houston, saving a granny from being squashed by a truck, is followed by him yelling and swearing at her for being stupid enough to walk in the road in the first place - and when Peter visits Houston after Kaine leaves, Meland remarks that he thought that Kaine had actually come back... then noticed that he wasn't yelling and swearing at everybody. He's also a very reluctant superhero, frequently expressing a desire to simply sit on a beach and sip margaritas. When he actually gets round to doing this, it doesn't last and Aracely (a psychic, among many other things) points out that he doesn't really want to do that, deep down, despite his insistence to the contrary.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Believes in putting criminals down ''hard''. This is especially notable in that he and Water Snake are the only members of the New Warriors to deal with their enemies aggressively.
* HeelFaceTurn: Starts during ''Spider-Man: Redemption''. Ends in a HeroicSacrifice in ''Grim Hunt'', though he is resurrected.
* HeroicSacrifice: In ''Grim Hunt''. Fortunately he gets better in ''Spider-Island''.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Once he became the Scarlet Spider, he refuses to see himself as a hero, constantly puts himself down, and thinks of himself as a horrible monster, especially after becoming the avatar of the Other and after the brother he idolized (who was actually replaced by the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan) told him that all clones were genetic abominations that didn't deserve to live. He starts to get over it during his time with the New Warriors, when Justice tells him that if he feels like a monster and a bad person, the best thing he can do is surround himself with people who care about him and will force him to be better, like his fellow Warriors.
* HotBlooded: Much more so than Peter or Ben, Kaine is fairly aggressive and much more likely to get into fights and shouting matches with anyone or anything.
* IAmAMonster: Almost a catchphrase of his. Aracely starts to help him get over it, and Justice is able to finish the job.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Kaine uses his stingers to stab Wolverine straight through the heart, knowing that he'd get better. He's less kind to Carnage, who he stabs through the brain, turning him into a vegetable. If it weren't for Agent Venom, he would have gone further too. He also projects multiple spines to skewer Daemos of the Inheritors.
* ImportantHaircut: During ''Grim Hunt'', he finally carves away his long, unkempt "villain hair" to a haircut more like Ben and Peter's. It symbolizes his HeelFaceTurn as he's preparing to sacrifice his life to save Peter's.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Kaine's suit, not only does it allow him to turn invisible and several other features, but it is able to regenerate -which is good because Kaine tends to take massive amounts of ClothingDamage.
* ImNotAHeroIm: Kaine believes he is cursed by those [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Parker genes]], and considers himself a monster.
* InhumanHuman: Both times after being resurrected he is brought back as an anthropomorphic spider.
* InSeriesNickname: "Not-Spider-Man" from Carnage.
* InsistentTerminology: Kaine Parker is ''not'' a hero, and he sure as hell isn't a "Superhero". [[ComicBook/NewWarriors He's sure as hell not "Spider-Man" either.]]
* KidSidekick: Aracely, who becomes the superhero Hummingbird to go on more "fun" adventures with Kaine. She joins the New Warriors, at least in part to help Kaine overcome his HeroicSelfDeprecation and drags him along with her.
* KnightInSourArmor: Extremely bitter and cynical, but he'll fight to his last breath to save people and protect his new family.
* LegacyCharacter: Becomes the new Scarlet Spider after ''Spider-Island''.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Being the avatar of the Other grants Kaine a number of grotesque powers.
* MoralityPet: Aracely keeps him set on the moral path.
* MyGreatestFailure: Killing the love of his life in ''The Lost Years'' because she was a DirtyCop. Not to mention losing his "brother" Ben.
* NameOfCain: He chose it to evoke the Biblical figure.
* NextTierPowerUp: Kaine went through the same changes his "brother" Peter, did: following Spider-Island he possessed the same powers Peter had after his first encounter with the Queen, and after being killed by the Lobos siblings he was resurrected by the Other, who bestowed upon him the same powers it once had given Peter.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Before he became the Scarlet Spider, these were just about all he gave out. Once he became a superhero, he reserved them for enemies who crossed the line, notably the Lobos after they brutally killed him to get to Aracely, Carnage after failing to stop his killing sprees before he could rack up a body count, and Ana Kravinoff and her father Kraven the Hunter after Kraven manipulated and drugged him to think his degeneration was coming back and that Ben Reilly was alive and wanted to kill him for stealing his life away. Then they captured, tortured, and nearly killed Kaine's only friends, all while rubbing his attempts to be a hero in his face.
* NotSoDifferent: With Ben. It's what starts his HeelFaceTurn.
* NotQuiteDead:
** He died near the end of ''The Clone Saga'', though the Jackal revived him by placing him in a regenerative pod, which fell into the hands of the organizers of the Great Game.
** After ''The Clone Saga'', Kaine went to Europe to combat Norman Osborn's forces; an agent of Osborn later ominously reassures his boss that Kaine has been "dealt with".
** He sabotaged the ritual to revive Kraven in ''Grim Hunt'' by tricking the Kravinoffs into sacrificing him instead of Peter. He's resurrected by the Other, with the help of the Jackal.
** He gets mauled by the Lobos, but is once again brought back by the Other.
** Finally, after channeling the Other to kill Solus, he's brought down by Morlun, though at the end of the event a hand is shown shooting out of his Man-Spider corpse. He comes back completely during Clone Conspiracy, however, the Other dies in his stead.
* OneWingedAngel: Once he dies and is brought back as the avatar of the Other, he's able to transform into a horrifying Spider Monster. He loses nearly all human thought during it, referring to other people as "prey" and usually needing Aracely to calm him back down. Transforming into it to save his new friends is a big factor in what alienates them enough to drive him from Houston. [[spoiler:When on Earth-001, Kaine unleashes the full power of the Other and transforms into a massive version of Man-Spider, causing Morlun to admit that Peter-as-the-Other was nothing compared to Kaine.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Used to do this back before his HeelFaceTurn, and still has moments where he thinks about going back to this mindset.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Sacrifices himself to save Peter, but is resurrected during the ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'' arc.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Unlike Aracely, Kaine responds to Justice's offer to join the New Warriors with a deadpan "No". He helps them solve the problem he's immediately wrapped up in, but as soon as it's resolved he leaves. When Justice takes him to Houston to talk him down from quitting, he only claims that you can't quit what you've never actually joined. He (and Houston) get through to him, and he becomes a full-time member in the end.
* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler:After he's resurrected at the expense of the Other, Kaine's degeneration returns. He and Karn discuss that he only has a little time left, but keep it a secret from Gwen.]]
* [[{{Seers}} Seer]]: He used to have unpredictable, painful visions, but he seems to have lost this ability following his rebirth.
* ShadowArchetype: To Ben Reilly, and Peter to a lesser extent.
* SirSwearsalot: Kaine is constantly swearing, though he starts to pull it back some when Aracely starts demanding money for her Swear Jar for it.
* SociopathicHero: Kaine tries to do good but has very little problem using underhanded and almost villainous methods to get the job done.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: His attitude toward most superheroes and their issues endangering his new home town of Houston.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:After Ero persuades Kaine to embrace his Inner Spider like Peter did in ''The Other'', he risks losing control of it and transforming into a feral humanoid spider not-so-coincidentally called "The Other".]]
* TheTeamBenefactor: Kaine funds his operations, his expensive hotel suite where he houses Aracely, and his and Aracely's self-exile to Mexico by stealing money from drug dealers and human traffickers.
* TokenAdult: Subverted. He ''acts'' like this with the New Warriors, and appears to be the oldest member of the mostly teen super team, but he's actually only a couple years old since he's an aged up clone. It doesn't stop the fan nickname of "Grumpy Uncle Kaine".
* {{Tsundere}}: He's Tsun to everyone and everything. He tries exceptionally hard to hide his Dere side from Aracely, Annabelle, and Peter, to varying degrees of failure, especially since the former can read his mind.
* UpToEleven: As implied in the comics and later confirmed by WordOfGod, some of Kaine's powers are actually augmented spider-powers - the Mark of Kaine for [[WallCrawl wall-crawling]] and premonitions for SpiderSense.
** Played straight when he gains the same augmented powers Peter did in ''The Other'' during ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland''.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Sometimes with Ben and Peter, when they weren't trying to kill each other. Since he got his own series, is this with Officer Layton.
* {{Yandere}}: He claimed the reason he murdered ComicBook/DoctorOctopus and the Grim Hunter was because he wanted to ''protect'' Peter, claiming he felt a brotherly bond with him.
* YouAreNumberSix: According to the Jackal, he is "Parker 3.0".
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[[folder:Spider Girl (May Parker)]]
May "Mayday" Parker is the child of Peter and Mary Jane Parker in a future of the alternate [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 MC2]] continuity. Here they were reunited with their baby daughter by Kaine, who found the child living with Alison Mongraine, the con artist who had kidnapped the baby on instruction from the Green Goblin. See [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl her personal page]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Spiderling (Anna-May "Annie" Parker)]]
Anna-May "Annie" Parker is the child of Peter and Mary Jane Parker in the future of another alternate continuity. Here, Annie grew up having to hide her powers from a villain known as the Regent until his defeat enabled Annie and her parents to resume her normal lives and even adopt her own costumed identity with her family. See ''ComicBook/RenewYourVows'' for more info.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the origin issue, and in flashbacks, he and Peter are shown having a warm and loving relationship and while Peter had a chip on his shoulder for time in school, Uncle Ben and he were always close. In the Raimi Trilogy and in Ultimate Spider-Man and other versions, they add in some teen rebelling against parents drama between Peter and Ben to make Uncle Ben's death more tragic and heartbreaking (since their final conversation was them fighting and so on).

* MaidenAunt

* RetiredBadass: Ben Parker was originally a World War II veteran, although recent comics have downplayed this owing to the timeline issues.

* PapaWolf: One flashback to Peter's childhood has him chasing off a few bullies harassing Peter with a baseball bat.

* CartwrightCurse: While Peter's infamous [[ILetGwenStacyDie for losing one certain love interest]], May seems to have even worse luck when it comes to them. Her first husband [[DeathByOriginStory had a fateful run-in with a burglar]]], her fiancee Nathan contracted inoperable cancer and then suffered a heart attack as a result of a hostage situation, and her second husband passed away from a disease. The Parker luck seems to run in the family.

* ProgressivelyPrettier: In the earlier issues, May looked very wizened and wrinkled. Over time, artists have drawn her as less so. They even modernized her hairdo from the classic old ladies' bun to short, shagged hair (which is her default style in the Ultimate Universe). In terms of adaptations, May gets younger all the time, to the point that her Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse incarnation is played by Creator/MarisaTomei, of all people.[[note]]which was a rather deliberate attempt to also invoke YoungerAndHipper, since such a large gap between her and a teenage Peter would not be as realistic half a decade after Spider-Man was created[[/note]]

Peter's uncle and father figure.

** When {{Wolverine}} complains about letting Jarvis have the morning off (with May picking up the slack making breakfast), May grabs his cigar from his hand and extinguishes it in his beer. Wolverine just stares at her for a couple of seconds, then announces he's just going to get doughnuts.

* DudeMagnet: Despite her age, she dated numerous different men after Ben's death: Octo Octavius (ComicBook/DoctorOctopus), Nathan Lubensky, Willie Lumpkin, Jarvis ([[spoiler: that was a skrull]]) and JJJ dad that marry her.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: For a long time, she considered Spider-Man to be "awful", and thought Doctor Octopus was a "gentleman" (Even after he held her hostage). She was even like this in her youth: She almost got engaged to a criminal named Johnny Jerome, refusing to listen to Ben Parker when he tried to tell her the truth about him, thinking he was slandering Johnny out of jealousy. It was only when he showed her hard evidence that her engagement ring had been stolen that she believed him.

* ProgressivelyPrettier: In the earlier issues, May looked very wizened and wrinkled. Over time, artists have drawn her as less so. They even modernized her hairdo from the classic old ladies' bun to short, shagged hair. In terms of adaptations, May gets younger all the time.

* SupremeChef: May is very skilled in cooking with baked goods

* CoolOldLady:

** Later during the Civil War when everyone knew who Peter Parker was and was out to get him, became a downright cool old lady, even going so far as to appear clueless when the Chameleon impersonated Peter while simultaneously tricking him into thinking he'd been poisoned with cookies full of sleeping pills and ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny knitting a sweater with the word "GOTCHA" in big letters the whole time.]]''

* DeathSeeker: Why he sacrifices himself in ''Grim Hunt''. After his resurrection in ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'', he switches to the other end of the scale, resolving to enjoy life, before hovering closer to this trobe again.

->'''Aunt May''':"Now you listen to me, Peter Parker...!! Even though I'm an old woman, I'm not a quitter! A person needs gumption---the will to live---to fight---you mustn't worry about me so much, Peter dear! We Parkers are tougher than people think!"

Mary Jane (or MJ) was the wife of Peter Parker until ComicBook/OneMoreDay retconned this (in other universe, like ''[[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 MC2 universe]]'' or ''ComicBook/RenewYourVows'', they are again married). During their marriage, she legally added Parker to her surname. See [[ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson her personal page]] on info relative to her.

* ParentsInDistress: Peter will ''kill you'' if you even threaten Aunt May. Just ask Aunt May.
* ParentalSubstitute: She is as a mother for Peter.

* ScatterbrainedSenior: Early incarnations of her suggested this, although she has become more with it, even more so than Peter as time has gone on.
* ShipperOnDeck: Is usually a pretty vocal Peter[=/=]MJ shipper, and conspired with Anna to set them up on their first date.

[[folder:Mary Jane Watson]]
Mary Jane (or MJ) was the wife of Peter Parker until ComicBook/OneMoreDay retconned this (in other universe, like ''[[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 MC2 universe]]'' or ''ComicBook/RenewYourVows'', they are again married). See [[ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson her personal page]] on info relative to her.

* CoolOldGuy: In quite a few flashbacks he's been shown to have had his hip and happening side. Because Peter had a FriendlessBackground, Uncle Ben wasn't just his dad and uncle, he was also his best friend growing up.

* CoolOldGuy: In quite a few flashbacks he's been shown to have had his hip and happening side.

* PosthumousCharacter: He's been dead since the first issue.

* DeathByOriginStory: His murder set Peter down the path of using his powers for good.
* HappilyMarried: To Aunt May, until his death.

* BewareTheNiceOnes

* CoolOldLady: During the Civil War when everyone knew who Peter Parker was and was out to get him, became a downright cool old lady, even going so far as to appear clueless when the Chameleon impersonated Peter while simultaneously tricking him into thinking he'd been poisoned with cookies full of sleeping pills and ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny knitting a sweater with the word "GOTCHA" in big letters the whole time.]]''

** And of course to Ben before his DeathByOriginStory

* TheMatchMaker: For Peter and MJ. ComicBook/OneMoreDay aside, it works!

* MamaBear: She has demonstrated this line of abilities when somebody messes with her dear nephew and adopted son, Peter. When the Chameleon, a ruthless assassin and skilled infiltrator, tries to take Peter's place, she not only manages to subdue him in an undeniably classy fashion, she also scares the bejeezus outta him in the process.

* ParentsInDistress: Peter will ''kill you'' if you even threaten Aunt May.

* ProgressivelyPrettier: In the earlier issues, May looked very wizened and wrinkled. Over time, artists have drawn her as less so. They even modernized her hairdo from the classic old ladies' bun to short, shagged hair.

* ActionDad[=/=]ActionMom[=/=]BadassNormal: DependingOnTheWriter, mind you, but they've been shown doing some pretty awesome things, and they took on the ''Red Skull'', for pete's sake, even if it did result in their deaths, but they died protecting their country, which Peter takes some measure of pride in. More recently in the standalone story ''Family Business'', in particular, they're shown operating some [[{{BFG}} rather powerful weaponry.]]

[[folder:Mary Jane Watson]]
Mary Jane (or MJ) was the wife of Peter Parker until ComicBook/OneMoreDay retconned this (in other universe, like ''[[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 MC2 universe]]'' or ''ComicBook/RenewYourVows'', they are again married). See [[ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson her personal page]] on info relative to her.