History Characters / SpiderManTheCharacter

* SuperToughness: Peter's durability is such that he can withstand ''a lot'' of damage, even from big shot Marvel characters such as Rhino, the Hulk, and the Juggernaut. He can usually walk away with only a headache at least, and at most he would be temporarily KO. This also explains how he can web swing like he does without ripping his arms from their sockets.

* TheHeart: Of the Marvel Universe.
* TheHero: The Marvel U's greatest. See [[BigGood Big Good]].

* HasAType:
** It's hard to boil it down, but in general Peter tends to be drawn to girls who are independent, opinionated, and a little more forthright and outspoken than he is, and given the fact that he tends to be the one who gets dumped more than vice-versa, he's generally not the kind who likes to wear the pants in a relationship, which is [[WeaknessTurnsHerOn what attract women to him in the first place]].
** DependingOnTheWriter, some have claimed that Peter tends to be drawn to girls who value him for his smarts (which was often parroted by characters during his romance with Carlie). But in fact, after breaking up with Betty Brant (his first girlfriend), Peter got soured on the idea of girls valuing him for his brains and not his other qualities, or otherwise typing him to just one bracket as in the scene in Issue #36,
--> '''Sally Green''' : I was hoping you'd come, because I'm so anxious to have at least one boy with brains, instead of all those brawny athletic types!\\
'''Peter Parker''' (thought bubbles): Oh no! Will I always be thought of as nothing but an Egghead?

** Cable has also mentioned that Spider-Man was remembered in his time as ''the greatest hero in the history of the world.''

* AmazonChaser: Has shown an interest in heroines he's worked with, especially the kind who can fight as well, if not better, than he can. He had a one-sided interest in Black Widow when she had amnesia, he seems to have an attraction to Jessica Drew, went out with and had a budding relationship with Carol Danvers and briefly dated Mockingbird. There is also Black Cat, who is also a pretty scrappy fighter like him.

The main character of the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' comics is detailed here.

* InSeriesNickname: "Spidey", "Webhead", "Webslinger" or "Wall-Crawler", "Your Friendly Neighberhood SpiderMan" or any combination thereof.

* CostumeEvolution: Spider-Man's first costume, as drawn by Steve Ditko in 1962, was red and black with under-arm webbing. In 1966, John Romita Sr. changed Peter's costume to what is considered his classic look: red and blue with no underarm webbing. In 1984, Peter acquired the [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} black suit]] but returned to his classic look. In 1989 he became the host of the Uni-Power and became Captain Universe, with the lower part of his mask staying the same. In 1990, Todd [=McFarlane=] made the blue parts of Spider-Man's costume darker and re-added the under-arm webbing, though in the wake of the Clone Saga he returned to his classic look. His 2004 Secret War outfit was black with blue spider-leg like stripes, his 2006 Iron Spider costume was red and metallic gold with a large spider-emblem, and his 2010 Future Foundation outfit was white with black sides, eye-pieces, and spider-emblems. His 2011 "Big Time" Stealth Suit was black with white/green/red TronLines. At present he's wearing the Spider-Armor Mark IV, which is metallic red and blue with underarm webbing and a glowing outline around the spider-emblem.

Peter's life since then has been full of ups and downs. He graduated from high school to college, he worked at the Daily Bugle as a freelance photographer for his boss J. Jonah Jameson who just happens to despise Spider-Man. He has fallen in love with a few girls, dating Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, and Felicia Hardy, before marrying Mary Jane for 20 real-time years until a retcon. He has graduated college but has yet to fully escape grad school and complete his thesis. In addition to photographer, Peter has worked several small time jobs, before working for extensive periods of time as a high school teacher, a scientist for Horizon Labs, business owner of Parker Industries.

* {{Superhero}}: Peter is of Marvel's flagship characters. He initially only wanted to use his powers for personal gain, but after Uncle Ben's murder he began acting for the common good as Spider-Man. He has also assumed other hero identities, including Prodigy, Ricochet, Hornet, and Dusk.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Are you kidding? He's arguably Marvel's definitive example of this trope.

* HealingFactor: Peter heals A LOT faster than normal people, though it's pretty slow one by Marvel standards. An example would be that any time he gets his bones broken, expect them to heal in less than a week. He also one time had his eyes completely burn out... and woke up with 20/20 vision the next day.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: The TropeCodifier. He saves countless people, the entire city, and even the entire universe many, many, many, times, but he will still not get the credit he deserves.

* SuperStrength: Peter can lift approximately 10 tons (which might seem small, but a car is roughly 1 and a half tons so he can lift about six of them), punch through steel and concrete effortlessly, pick up and crush a tank with his bare hands, and KO a mutant T-Rex in one hit. He has to actively hold back to avoid killing the thugs he pummels on a daily basis. His strength was boosted to 20 tons following ''The Other'', but this has been reverted following ''One More Day''.

Peter's life since then has been feel of ups and downs. He graduated from high school to college, he worked at the Daily Bugle as a freelance photographer for his boss J. Jonah Jameson who just happens to despise Spider-Man. He has fallen in love with a few girls, dating Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, and Felicia Hardy, before marrying Mary Jane for 20 real-time years until a retcon. He has graduated college but has yet to fully escape grad school and complete his thesis. In addition to photographer, Peter has worked several small time jobs, before working for extensive periods of time as a high school teacher, a scientist for Horizon Labs, business owner of Parker Industries.

Peter Parker was a shy, timid, asocial and bullied science genius, described as "Midtown High's Professional Wallflower". During a science exhibition with some isotope generators, a little spider was hit by a radioactive rays generated in the middle of two arcs. This spider crawled away and bit Peter Parker before dying. In a short while, Peter found out, to his initial delight, that he had gained super-strength, the ability to crawl on walls and other abilities. He was also able to use his genius to create a special web fluid and a pair of web shooters. Peter, who lived with his Uncle Ben and Aunt May, attempted to use these abilities to get some money for his poor family, but he chose to do so by courting fame and celebrity as a professional wrestler and TV showman. His success went to his head and one night after a performance, he let a burglar escape after one of his shows, only for this same burglar to kill his Uncle Ben a few days later. After this tragic event, he vowed to dedicate his life to helping innocent people with his powers to atone for his big mistake and to honor his uncle's beliefs in justice and responsibility.

Peter Parker was your typical genius student in Midtown High School, but one day everything changed. During a science exhibition, a little spider was hit by a radioactive ray and before dying it bit poor Peter Parker, granting him all its abilities. Peter attempted to use these abilities to get some money for his poor family, but full of resentment towards everyone except his aunt and uncle, he let a burglar escape after one of his shows, only for this same burglar to kill his Uncle Ben a few days later. After this tragic event, he vowed to dedicate his life to helping innocent people with his powers to atone for his big mistake and to honor his uncle's beliefs in justice and responsibility.

The life of Peter Parker is full of ups and downs: in his most well-known life period, he lived with his Aunt May, worked as a photographer for the Daily Bugle, was distrusted by half of New York thanks to his old boss J. Jonah Jameson, and dated (subsequently married) ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson.

After the Superior Spider-Man [[GrandTheftMe hijacked his body]], Peter spent a short stint being OnlyMostlyDead, until Superior gave up and handed the reins back to Peter.

Eventually, Peter created his own company: Parker Industries. Although it had a rough start, it ended up becoming a multi-million multinational corporation that turned Peter into a worldwide tech celebrity. However, he's determined to not to let that fame get to his head, and keeps being the humble, honest, down-to-earth kid from Queens he's always been. For a year, he made the world believe that Spider-Man was his personal bodyguard in exchange for him making the multiple gadgets he uses for crime fighting. However, a string of mistakes on Peter's part, including aiding in liberating ComicBook/SilverSable's home country of Symkaria, [[ComicBook/DeadNoMoreTheCloneConspiracy the New U incident]] and [[ComicBook/SecretEmpire HYDRA's takeover of the United States]], Parker Industries was ruined and became a defunct company. Even worse, Peter is now finding himself caught up in a plagiarizing scandal when it was revealed that the work that got him a doctorate degree in Empire State University was copied work of Otto Octavius, no one but Peter knowing that Otto himself copied the work in Peter's body.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He once beat up Fire-Lord. Fire-Lord, a former Herald of Galactus, and therefore completely out of Peter's weight class. Admittedly, part of this was because Spidey had taken him by surprise, and just wouldn't ''stop''.

* KidHeroAllGrownUp: He's the original KidHero, starting when he was in high school. Over the course of the series, he grows up from that, to a college student, to a schoolteacher, to the leader of his own company, all while keeping up his superheroics. At the very least, ten years have passed in Spider-Man's 616 Continuity despite the floating time scale. And Peter's gone from the age of 15 to, as per Nick Spencer's run, in his "mid 20s".

* KidHeroAllGrownUp: He's the original KidHero, starting when he was in high school. Over the course of the series, he grows up from that, to a college student, to a schoolteacher, to the leader of his own company, all while keeping up his superheroics.

* FriendToAllChildren: Spider-Man has to deal with a lot of crap from adults, but not kids. Kids love their Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. He also finds himself serving as a mentor for inexperienced young superheroes. He's also considered an honorary uncle of sorts by Franklin Richards, who considers him ''way cooler'' than his actual uncle, the Human Torch.