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A group of Spider-Men from alternate universes.
- All in the Manual: The designations of their universes are on the Marvel wiki.
- Alliance of Alternates: Barring Spider-Carnage, who's the reason the group exists to fight, and the actor Spider-Man (who's from "our world"note ), the group is composed of Spider-Men from different universes.
- Decomposite Character: Outside of Peter keeping the extra arms and the actor, all of these versions — donning silver-and-black armor, using a set of Dr. Octopus's tentacles, and, of course, The Clone Saga — happened to the same Peter. Here, they happened to alternate universe versions of Peter.
- Hero of Another Story: Except for the powerless Spider-Man, they were all trained by Madame Web and subjected to various lessons. Each was ultimately tested with the Secret Wars to see how they'd perform as leaders.
- Last Episode, New Character: They are introduced in the Grand Finale of the series, where they assist Mainstream Spider-Man to stop Spider-Carnage from destroying the universe.
Peter Parker / Iron Spider-Man
Peter Parker / Iron Spider-Man
- Voiced by: Christopher Daniel Barnes
"In my world I'm a multi-billionaire. Aren't you?"
The Spider-Man of Earth-31198 which is a world where Uncle Ben didn't die, the public accepts him, J. Jonah Jameson is his godfather, and he's a multi-billionaire. Also a raging ego trip.
- The Ace: A wealthy, well-respected superhero with high tech weapons. He's dating Gwen Stacy and Jameson likes him. Naturally, he has the confidence to match (read: insufferable).
- Adaptational Badass: In the comics, the Spider-Armor was just merely a suit of armor Peter created to take on a version of the Enforcers that included Dragon Man, Plantman, the Super-Adaptoid, and Mr. Fear that ended up destroyed. Here, it's Powered Armor.
- Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome: While other Peters usually have to deal with a lot of emotional baggage (with one of them even falling into desperation and becoming a supervillain) and try to keep a low profile in order to preserve their Secret Identity, this Spider-Man never experienced a significant loss in his life and achieved fame among the public (with even J. Jonah Jameson admiring him!), becoming a multi-billionaire and a hi-tech magnate in his world. Of course, all of this comes at price of overly high self-confidence, which proves to be his downfall during his mission in the Spider-Carnage world.
- Born Lucky: One suspects he got all of the other Spider-Men's luck, especially Scarlet Spider and Spider-Carnage's.
- Composite Character: He's loosely based on a version of Spider-Man from What If? vol. 1 #19, who also didn't lose his Uncle Ben, ended up becoming a multi-billionaire, has a public superhero identity, and has a massive ego problem, but he fights crime in Powered Armor, which combined with his wealth and arrogance makes him very similar to Iron Man, leading to his nickname "Iron Spider-Man".
- Expy: Of Tony Stark.
- Fatal Flaw: His ego leads him to being defeated.
- Foil: He contrasts Spider-Carnage the most out of all the Spider-Men. While he is The Ace who was Born Lucky and has never failed, therefore leading him to become arrogant and overconfident, Spider-Carnage was Born Unlucky and suffered failure after failure as well as a tragic case of Clone Angst that led him to becoming a supervillain. Iron Spider-Man also uses advanced technology he invented using his incredible wealth, while Spider-Carnage uses an alien symbiote to make himself more powerful.
- Freudian Excuse: Everything has always gone his way. Of course he's a jackass. Our Spider-Man lampshades this.
- Hidden Depths: As much of an ass he is, even with Uncle Ben still alive, and everything going his way, he's still a superhero. The Uncle Ben bit is notable because our Peter had to be spurred on by his death to actually start his superhero career instead of competing in prize fights. Also, it's heavily implied he and Gwen Stacy are very much in love with each other, since the latter immediately figured that both our Pete and Spider-Carnage weren't her boyfriend.
- Horrible Judge of Character: He has Kingpin, of all people, as his lawyer.
- Humongous Mecha: Owns a giant-spider robot.
- Jerkass: He's completely insensitive, acts like he's God's gift to the world, and has no regard for his teammates' lives. Most of this stems from never having lost before; even his disregard for others' lives is more based around his own belief that since he's never lost before he won't lose anyone now rather than just not caring about the other Spiders.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Whatever else you might say about him, he's still a superhero, is still dedicated to doing the right thing, and honestly seems to care about his world and his girlfriend, Gwen Stacy.
- Lethally Stupid: Everything has always worked out for him, which makes him highly reckless during the attack on Kingpin's base.Prime Spider-Man: That foolhardy nut! It's as if he doesn't even consider failure!
- Mr. Vice Guy: He's a hero who also happens to be a bit of a narcissistic jerk.
- Mythology Gag: On multiple levels:
- His basic concept homages a version of Spider-Man from What If? vol. 1 #19.
- The Powered Armor he wears is styled after a special bullet-proof armored costume that Spidey used to defeat villains called the New Enforcers in "Web of Spider-Man" issue #100.
- He has a voice-commanded Humongous Mecha styled after himself, which homages the 1978 Japanese toku series, where Spider-Man piloted a Humongous Mecha named Leopardon.
- Powered Armor: After becoming a billionaire, he left his old costume and acquired a powered armor similar to those of Iron Man.
- Pride: The Armored Spider-Man is very arrogant, loves to brag about his achievements in his world and doesn't believe that he can experience a failure. His overconfidence and disregard for his companions ends up making him hit the Octopus Spider-Man along with the Hobgoblin with a gas missile and his rash behavior during the fight with the Green Goblin leads to him being paralyzed, leaving him out of the game.
- What If?: He's what would've happened if Peter had never had his ego deflated after gaining his powers. Which itself leads to a "Eureka!" Moment for regular Spider-Man, as he realizes this probably means his Uncle Ben is still alive.
Man-Spider / Six Armed Spider-Man
Man-Spider/Six Armed Spider-Man
- Voiced by: Christopher Daniel Barnes, Jim Cummings (as Man-Spider, uncredited)
"I'm having a little mutation problem right now."
Like the main universe Spider-Man, the Spider-Man of Earth-39811 suffered from a mutation that gave him four extra arms. Instead of trying to undo the mutation he decided on giving them web shooters. However, when he joined the Spider-Men he mutated further into the Man-Spider beast, attacking the others. He was returned to his own dimension and as such unable to help the others any further.
- Animorphism: Par the course, part-man part-spider.
- The Big Guy: He's this for The Team, thanks to his extra arms and extra web shooters.
- Hope Spot: He's about to take down Spider-Carnage with some sonic grenades, but then his mutation disease flares up.
- Involuntary Shapeshifting: Like his main universe counterpart, he eventually turns into the Man-Spider. He already had the extra limbs by the time Spidey met him.
- Multiarmed And Dangerous: He has four arms because of his mutation problem.
- Mythology Gag: Besides being a Call-Back to Spider-Man's mutation issue and trnsformation into Man-Spider in season 2, he also references What If? volume 2, issue #42, which presents a universe were Spidey never cured himself of his six arms, but instead embraced them and became a fighter for mutant rights.
- Outside-Context Problem: His Man-Spider mutation takes Scarlet Spider completely by surprise. Evidently, the Spider-Man of this world never experienced the Neogenic Nightmare that our Spider-Man did.
- Painful Transformation: His transformation into Man-Spider is pretty agonizing for him.
- Super-Strength: Once he fully transforms into the Man-Spider Beast his strength increases ten fold.
- Unstoppable Rage: Once he's fully transformed, he goes into a rage and attacks all around him.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He is last seen in his Man-Spider form, being teleported away by the Beyonder. What became of him after is unknown.
Peter Parker / Mechanical Armed Spider-Man
Peter Parker / Mechanical Armed Spider-Man
- Voiced by: Christopher Daniel Barnes
"Don't let these (mechanical arms) worry you, Pete, they're just a little souvenir from my last fight with Doc Ock."
The Spider-Man of Earth-11983 defeated his universe's Doctor Octopus and took his arms. He also built a visor so that he could control the arms.
- The Cameo: This character, or at least a version of him, can be seen in the background of a panel in the Spider-Verse comic. He's actually the only one of the alternate Spider-Men to appear in the comic, as the write Dan Slott had considered having the team appear but decided that Six Armed Spider-Man and Iron Spider-Man would cause confusion as similar versions were shown to have been killed previously.
- Combat Pragmatist: Not above stealing his enemies' tech, as Doc Ock would no doubt attest.
- Combat Tentacles: He wields a wearable harness that sports four tentacle-like mechanical limbs, whih he explains was stolen from Doc Ock.
- Cool Shades: Sports a large, tinted-glass visor as part of the control mechanism for his cyber-harness.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Must be in order to get those mechanical arms to work.
- Multiarmed And Dangerous: Like Six-Armed Spider-Man, he possesses multiple limbs, although he uses a cybernetic harness outfitted with Combat Tentacles stolen from Doctor Octopus rather than having mutated his own extra arms.
- Mythology Gag: He is actually based on a 4-issue mini-series called "Funeral for an Octopus", which spun off of "The Spectacular Spider-Man", Volume #1, Issue #221, during the Clone Saga. During this arc, Spider-Man temporarily gains control of Doctor Octopus' last set of tentacles after the Doctor is killed, only to have to destroy them when the control unit was blasted and they went berserk.
- Out of Focus: Compared to the other Spider-Men he got the least amount of screen time.
- Tentacle Rope: One of his primary tactics is to grapple and ensnare victims with his Combat Tentacles.
- We Are "Team Cannon Fodder": He's the first of Team Spider-Men to fall before being rescued by the Beyonder, though in all fairness it was Iron Spider-Man's fault.
Unknown / Spider-Man
Unknown / Spider-Man Actor
- Voiced by: Christopher Daniel Barnes
"I'm the actor who plays you on T.V."
This Spider-Man is a completely powerless mundane human from Earth-38119, and as such has no powers of his own. In his world Spider-Man is a creation of Stan Lee and this man is simply an actor who plays Spider-Man. Though the other Spider-Men asked him to stay behind, he was later able to help stop the destruction of the multiverse.
- Badass Normal: He is the only Spider-Man to lack any sort of power and yet he was still recruited for The Team that is trying to save the universe from supernatural evil.
- The Everyman: The most normal member of the Spider-Men team, what with being an actor and all.
- The Faceless: He is never seen unmasked (possibly because he doesn't share Peter's face as the others do).
- Guile Hero: He managed to fool both Spider-Carnage and Kingpin into believing he was the real Spider-Man, even if it was only for a few moments.
- I Just Want to Be Special: While a bit overwhelmed at first, he never hesitated in offering to help his fellow Spider-Men. Which goes a long way into explaining why he was one of the chosen in the first place.
- Nice Guy: Very polite and soft-spoken for an actor.
- No Name Given: We never learn about his real name or who he is behind the mask of his Spider-Man costume.note
- Non-Action Guy: Due to his lack of Super Powers, though being an actor still allows him to snark with the best of Spider-Men when he has too.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: Justified since he's a normal person without power.
- The Team Normal: He's the only Spider-Man on the team without any superpowers.
Ben Reilly / The Scarlet Spider
Ben Reilly / The Scarlet Spider
- Voiced by: Christopher Daniel Barnes
"My name is Ben Reilly. I'm related to this reality's Peter Parker. I'm his clone - or maybe he's my clone. We're not sure."
Coming from Earth-98311 he is a clone of his universe's Spider-Man (maybe) created by Doctor Miles Warren, and he eventually changed his name to Ben Reilly and pursued his own career as a superhero known as the Scarlet Spider.
- Ambiguous Situation: Whether or not he's actually the clone is left in the air, though it's worth noting that in the comics while Ben was led to believe he was the original it was eventually revealed he was in fact a clone.
- Cain and Abel: Abel to Spider-Carnage's Cain.
- The Cameo: Before this show, he made a quick cameo in a season 2 episode of Fantastic Four: The Animated Seriesnote . He also appeared in the X-Men: The Animated Series adaption of ''Days of Future Past', revealing that in that Bad Future to the main universe he would have eventually been created.
- Clones Are People, Too: Whether he is a clone or not, he doesn't have problems with acknowledging this fact and got used to his new identity as Ben Reilly.
- Deadpan Snarker: All of the Spidey's are
- Decomposite Character: In the comics, it was Ben, during his first brief tenure as Spider-Man, who was bonded to the Carnage symbiote and became Spider-Carnage, not Peter.
- Good Counterpart: To Spider-Carnage; they're genetically identical individuals with the exact same memories of trauma and suffering, but whereas Spider-Carnage became an Omnicidal Maniac throwing a Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum, Scarlet Spider remained a hero dedicated to protecting others.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Being either a clone or even the real Peter Parker, the Scarlet Spider doesn't doesn't sport a natural blond haircut, but it still fits his kind nature.
- The Lancer: Acts as one to our Spider-Man throughout the arc.
- Nice Guy: The Scarlet Spider has a friendly and well mannered attitude, which is rather remarkable considering how his counterpart ended up under the same circumstances.
- Trauma Conga Line: Has been through the same hell that Spider-Carnage has. Although unlike Spider-Carnage, it didn't drive Ben insane.
Peter Parker / Spider-Carnage
Peter Parker / Spider-Carnage
- Voiced by: Christopher Daniel Barnes
"Ever since that spider bit me, the world has misunderstood me and tormented me. But now, it's my turn. I'm gonna obliterate you all!"
The Spider-Man of Earth-98311, he lost both Aunt May and Uncle Ben at an early age. His rivalry with the Scarlet Spider (whom he believed to be his clone) only worsened his tenuous grip on reality, and the revelation that he himself might actually be the clone drove him into a homicidal rage. Following his subsequent possession by the Carnage symbiote he now actively seeks to end all life in the multiverse.
- Alas, Poor Villain: He goes through a positively overwhelming sequence of events that destroy his mind before being merged with the Carnage symbiote. By the time he regains his mind and is able to fight off its influence, the merge has become so permanent that attempting to separate becomes agonizing enough for him to commit suicide in order to keep himself from being taken over again.
- Ambiguous Situation:
- Whether he is really Peter Parker or a clone, though it's worth noting that in the comics while Peter at one point did believe he was the clone it was eventually revealed he was the original.
- It's unknown if the Carnage symbiote is the same exact one from the main Spider-Man's universe or another universe's Carnage. If the symbiote is from the main universe, does Spider-Carnage retain the memories of it's previous user Kasady, and know about the main Spider-Man? But due to how short the finale was and the fact Spider-Carnage is crazy, it's never known.
- Apocalypse How: Class Z. Plans to combine portal technology with explosives to destroy not only Earth, not only the universe, but the totality of reality. When this plan fails he rants that he will destroy every universe in existence if he has to do it one dimension at a time.
- Arc Villain: He's the villain of Spider Wars, the third and final major arc of season 5 and the finale of the entire show. Peter's mental instability and Carnage's malevolence combine to create an unhinged monster seeking to wipe out the multiverse, causing Madame Web and the Beyonder to seek out other Spider-Men to stop him.
- Ax-Crazy: He is badly, badly unhinged.
- Beta Test Baddie: Whether he's the clone or not, Spider-Carnage clearly feels deeply insecure about his identity, which only contributes to his mental instability.
- Born Unlucky: More than just about any other Spider-Man ever. He not only suffered the same personal tragedies and bad publicity as most of his counterparts, but he also lost his Aunt May and was driven off the deep end by possibly being a clone.
- Cain and Abel: With all the Spider-Men, but especially Scarlet Spider.
- Clone Angst: Whether he's the clone or not, the simple fact that one exists has unbalanced his mind.
- Combat Tentacles: He is capable of using parts of his symbiote as combat tentacles.
- Composite Character: Spider-Carnage is created when the Carnage symbiote merges with an alternate universe version of Peter Parker, unlike in the comics, where Spider-Carnage was the result of a merger between the symbiote and Ben Reilly.
- Evil Doppelgänger: He's our Spider-Man from a parallel universe, with just a little more rotten luck and a bad case of Clone Angst. "I'm more you, than you'll ever admit!"
- Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: The only Spider-Man with no sense of humor whatsoever.
- Evil Knockoff: How he views all the other Spider-Men. "And now, my dear clone..."
- Final Boss: The final villain of the series. Spider-Man's encounters with Madame Web throughout the show were all building up to his greatest challenge, an ultimate battle for the fate of existence itself.
- Foil: He's an Evil Counterpart to all the Spider-Men, but he contrasts the Iron Spider-Man the most. While he is The Ace who was Born Lucky and has never failed, therefore leading him to become arrogant and overconfident, Spider-Carnage was Born Unlucky and suffered failure after failure as well as a tragic case of Clone Angst that led him to becoming a supervillain. Iron Spider-Man also uses advanced technology he invented using his incredible wealth, while Spider-Carnage uses an alien symbiote to make himself more powerful.
- Freudian Excuse: Have you read this entry? He has several: his parents dying, his substitute parents dying, spider power alienating himself, identity issues due to the cloning thing, the symbiote.
- From Nobody to Nightmare: Take one unstable kid. Give him Spider-Man's powers. Throw in the Carnage symbiote for good measure. Run.
- Giggling Villain: His high-pitched nervous laugh is horrifically disturbing.
- Greater-Scope Villain: He is the "horror beyond belief" that Madame Web occasionally alludes to when she begins mentoring and training the regular Spider-Man in Season 3. Spidey doesn't have the slightest idea who or what that is until the penultimate episode of the series, but all the advice from Madame Web and the Secret Wars test were to prepare him for this guy.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He undergoes a Heel Realization, comes to the conclusion that he cannot fight the symbiote off, and rather than letting it take control of him again, decides that suicide is the best option, and disintegrates himself by leaping into an unstable vortex.
- The Hyena: His laugh.
- Large Ham: Are you surprised?
- The Mentally Disturbed: Suffers from self-loathing, misplaced envy, and suicidal depression, coupled with aggression issues and a need to lash out at the world. It isn't pretty and is played entirely for tragedy.
- More Teeth than the Osmond Family: Not surprising considering the fact that he is bonded to a version of the Carnage Symbiote.
- Motive Rant: Gets a pretty epic one near the end.
- Near-Villain Victory:
- Unbelievably near. Only an intervention from an alternate universe Uncle Ben stops him.
- Even before that, he actually succeeded in detonating his reality-destroying bomb. Only the intervention of the Beyonder (who had no choice but to roll back time) was able to save the multiverse.
- Omnicidal Maniac: Towards the end of the show, he goes psycho and tries to destroy all the Universes: "I'm gonna destroy all reality!"
- Outside-Context Problem: The way Ben Reilly describes the Carnage symbiote (such as noting it "somehow" bonded with Peter) implies that in their world, Spider-Man never encountered any symbiotes before, or at least any equivalent to Carnage.
- Redemption Equals Death: Realizes what he has become, and kills himself and the symbiote rather than letting it go through with the Evil Plan.
- Shapeshifter Weapon: Like the original Carnage, he's able to morph his symbiote into a wide variety of weaponry, including extendable claws, Combat Tentacles, axes, and a shield.
- Spot the Impostor: According to Gwen Stacy this was easy. "He's nutty as a fruitcake."
- Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum: He obviously wants to die, but everybody else is going first.
- The Symbiote: He's possessed by the Carnage symbiote.
- Talking the Monster to Death: Done successfully to him by Iron Spider-Man's Uncle Ben.
- Terms of Endangerment: Likes to use faux-affectionate terms and a sinisterly sweet tone of voice when talking to his clones.
- That Man Is Dead: His attitude towards the old Peter Parker.
- Trauma Conga Line: His entire life is a mess of pain.
- Voice of the Legion: Comes with being bonded with a symbiote.
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: His Spider-powers, coupled with his already severe emotional fragility and the Carnage symbiote have pushed him totally around the bend.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: He watched first Uncle Ben, and then Aunt May die in rapid succession. The creation of his clone, Ben Reilly, only worsened his mental stability, and the revelation that he, and not Ben, might be the clone drove him almost completely over the edge, leading to an attempt on the latter's life. What firmly pushes him into this trope though, is what happens following his possession by an alternate version of the Carnage symbiote. Driven out of his mind, Spider-Carnage combines the Spot's portal technology with a disintegration bomb that will destroy not only his own world, and not only the Universe, but the totality of the multiverse. As he puts it: "I'm gonna destroy all reality!"
