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This is a Character Sheet for the new incarnations of Spider-Man introduced in Spider-Verse and its sequels, as well as any supporting characters important to them. For other incarnations, such as Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man 2099, or MC2 Spider-Girl, please add to their respective character pages. Beware of unmarked spoilers

In cases where redundant names exist, the Secret Identity of the Spider will be listed as well.

For characters as they appear in Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Verse film series, see its page.

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Gods and Deities

    Neith 
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The Great Spinner and Weaver of Humankind’s Destiny

AKA: The Great Weaver
Debut: Has yet to make a true appearance in the present, despite being mentioned several times across Spider-verse related books, but we first see her in a flashback vision in Edge of Spider-Verse (2022) #2

The mythical "Great Weaver" who became responsible for weaving out the web of life and destiny, which was a role that was originally given to her older sister Shathra. Her current fate is unknown, but she used to reside on Earth-001, which is what became the home of the Inheritors.

  • Annoying Younger Sibling: She was this to Shathra long ago in the past. She kept pestering Shathra to play with her, but she was too busy with weaving the course of the destiny of the universe. She wasn’t malicious about it, but Shathra still saw her as this.
  • Cain and Abel: With her older sister Shathra.
  • Cosmic Entity: The cosmic multiversal goddess responsible for having first weaved the web of life and destiny across the multiverse.
  • Distaff Counterpart: Downplayed and Zigzagged. Personality-wise, she shares a lot of similarities with the Peter Parker of the main universe. They both like to create things, they both like making jokes and quips to mess with people, they’re both naturally curious about the world around them, and they’re both creative in how they use their abilities. What makes her special is that in real-life, it’s played straight, but in-universe, it’s inverted. In real life, she’s definitely not the first female Spider-Totem we’re introduced to either. But in-universe, it’s inverted because since she’s the first Spider-Totem, that means she’s been around far longer than Peter and he is actually her Spear Counterpart. The way they shoot their webs is pretty similar too. Neith has golden bracelets that look like Peter’s web shooters, she makes the same hand gesture when she shoots webs, and her webs even make the same "thwip" sound effect that Peter’s web-shooters do too.
  • Divine Delegation: She created the Web of Life and Destiny to be maintained by her Spiders, partially out of compassion for mortals to determine their own fates but also because she was still young and wanted free time to play.
  • Greater-Scope Paragon: She is the goddess responsible for creating the web of life and destiny, as well as for creating the Spider-Totems across the multiverse. She is technically also the very first Spider-Totem herself too.
  • Little Miss Snarker: Like a lot of her Spider-Totems, she could be prone to making sarcastic remarks when she was in the mood.
  • The Maker: She’s the one who weaved the web of life and destiny spanning across the multiverse. She is also responsible for creating the spiders who would become the first spider-totems after her, thus making her their great progenitor.
  • Order Versus Chaos: The chaos to Shathra’s order. Whereas Shathra wanted humanity to live out a mapped out destiny where everything is "perfect", Neith wanted humanity to chart out its own destiny and choose what it wants for itself.
  • Projectile Webbing: Like most of her "children" the Spider-Totems, she can shoot webs out of her wrists. Hers is golden and glowy. Her bracelets even look like Peter’s web-shooters and her webs make the same "thwip" sound when she makes them.
  • Retcon: Originally, "the great weaver" was established as being an Eldritch Abomination avatar of the Kwaku Anansi, the spider trickster from African folklore (his character sheet can be seen here), but it was later revealed that she was the true great weaver and the very first Spider-Totem. Or the very least she's the original "Great Weaver". When creating the Web of Life and Destiny, Neith also created the Spiders to traverse and maintain the web, literally so that they'd do all the work and she could go off and play.

    Shathra 
The older sister of Neith and the goddess who was originally tasked with weaving out the destiny of humanity. She originally hailed from Earth-001, which is what became the home of the Inheritors. Click here to see her character sheet.

Spider-People of the Multiverse

    Anansi 
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AKA: Kwaku Anansi
Debut: Spider-Man: Fairy Tales #2

  • Alternate Self: Earth-616 has its own version of Anansi, who is an Orisha, but this one is from Earth-7082.
  • Physical God: He's the mischievous spider-god of West Africa.
  • The Storyteller: In his own words, he is the "Teller of Tales", and he cryptically warns Spider-UK that stories cannot be interrupted without cataclysmic consequences.
  • Troll: He deliberately antagonizes the other deities for his amusement.
  • You Didn't Ask: His response to Spider-UK asking why the real sheep can talk, whereas he was told not to say a word.

    Spider 
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AKA: Izumi
Debut: Spider-Man: Fairy Tales #3

  • Bishōnen Line: As he transforms into a tsuchigumo he starts becoming a Man-Spider-like monster, but after recalling his Uncle Masaru's sage advice, he reverts to a more humanoid form.
  • Multi-Armed and Dangerous: As his mutation progresses, he sprouts four extra blade-tipped spider-like legs.
  • Revenge: His motivation for going after the yokai that killed his parents.
  • Viral Transformation: After being bitten by a black tsuchigumo he starts transforming into a red tsuchigumo as his hatred of yokai consumes him.
  • Warrior Monk: He was raised as a Buddhist priest, but became a half-spider warrior.

    Prince of Arachne 
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AKA: Peter Parker
Debut: Spider-Man: Fairy Tales #4

    Spider-Cyborg 
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AKA: Peter Parker
Debut: The Superior Spider-Man #33

  • Arm Cannon: He has a massive gun for a right arm.
  • Chest Blaster: He has a sonic cannon in his back.
  • Composite Character: Seems to be amalgamation of Spider-Man and Deathlok.
  • Cyborg: How much of him is organic is unknown.
  • Faking the Dead: He pretends to be dying after Karn impales him, then blasts the Inheritor once he lets his guard down.
  • Mythology Gag: A crossover with Deathlok had the mainstream Spider-Man be temporarily turned into a borderline cyborg in order to save his life.
  • Retractable Weapon: When he first appears he looks identical to normal Spider-Man, but then transforms to reveal himself as a cyborg.
  • Robotic Reveal:
    Spider-Cyborg: Ya got me, pardner… right in the sonic cannon. Sucker.
  • Telescoping Robot: He has a BFG for a left arm and a huge robotic claw for his left arm, and that's not counting how he kept his true form disguised as normal Spider-Man.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: He only appeared twice before Daemos killed him.

    Spider-Woman 
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AKA: Gwendolyne Stacy
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse #2

The Night Gwen Stacy Died is easily one of the best-known Comic Book stories of all time, infamous for killing off Gwen Stacy, girlfriend of Spider-Man at the time. Though she's continued to live on in the Marvel Universe since dying—usually in different forms and alternate universes—she's almost always been defined by her death being used as a means for Peter's character development.

But what happens when the script is flipped and their places are reversed? In the Earth-65 reality, it was Gwen who got bitten by the radioactive spider and Peter who died on her watch. Here she's known as the Spider-Woman—or, "Spider-Gwen".

For more information, please refer to her page.

    Spider-UK 
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AKA: William Braddock
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse #2

A spider themed hero from Earth-833 and a member of the Captain Britain Corps.

    The Spider-Man 
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AKA: Aaron Aikman
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse #3

On Earth-31411, Aaron Aikman secretly underwent an experimental treatment that resequenced his DNA with that of a genetically-altered spider, developing superhuman abilities that allowed him to fight the villain Redeye. Since then he has fought a number of villains but his latest foe Naamurah has proven to be the most dangerous and has some sort of connection to his former girlfriend...

  • Alliterative Name: Aaron Aikman
  • Back from the Dead: Like the rest of Morlun's victims, he is revived when Silk cuts Morlun with the Totem Dagger.
  • Create Your Own Villain: The life support technology he built for Hannah Ikegami is what enabled Naamurah to possess her.
  • Gadgeteer Genius: He's built himself a suit of Spider-Armor that, while bulkier than anything 616 Spider-Man's come up with, augments his powers.
  • Jumped at the Call: He found a way to give himself superpowers and did it so he could become a hero, making him an exception to the usual case of spider-themed heroes getting their powers due to chance.
  • Killed Offscreen: The Secret Wars (2015) databook revealed that Morlun killed him off-panel, though he is later restored to life in End of the Spider-Verse.
  • The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life: His time spent as the Spider-Man led him to become aloof towards Kaori Ikegami, his boss and girlfriend.
  • Oh, Crap!: When he realized he inadvertently facilitated an extra-dimensional army's invasion of his dimension, and when he runs headlong into Morlun.
  • Office Romance: He became romantically involved with his boss, Kaori Ikegami, after volunteering to help her daughter Hannah, who'd been left in a coma after being hit by a truck.
  • Omnidisciplinary Scientist: He is a geneticist specializing in the medical applications of venom, but he's evidently very skilled in engineering and robotics.
  • Powered Armor: He built himself a suit of Spider-Armor with bulky boots and gauntlets.
  • Science Hero: Along with his Gadgeteer Genius credentials, he developed the formula which granted him spider powers and deliberately used it himself with the intent of becoming a hero.
  • Spring Jump: His armor is equipped with spring-boots.

    Spider-Monster 
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AKA: Patton Parnel
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse #4

A twisted analogue to Peter Parker from Earth-51412. Patton was raised by his abusive uncle Ted who due to the actions of his crush Sara Jane is bitten by a spider that gives him amazing powers...and slowly transforms him into a monster.

  • All of the Other Reindeer: Bullied in school, just like Peter was.
  • Alliterative Name: Patton Parnel
  • Asshole Victim: Killed by Morlun, but since he was such a twisted and sadistic monstrosity, Morlun did a good thing for once by killing a Totem.
  • Bald of Evil: Patton loses his hair in his monstrous form.
  • Back from the Dead: Like the rest of Morlun's victims, he is presumably revived when Silk cuts Morlun with the Totem Dagger.
  • Deconstruction: Of the infamous "misanthrope" characterization that The Amazing Spider-Man often gets stuck with. Patton shows off just how worse it could've been if Peter truly was as misanthropic as people said.
  • The Dog Bites Back: After being whipped by his Uncle Ted, Patton awakens his spider powers. After testing them on some animals, the first thing he does is attack his uncle and use him as a host for his offspring.
  • Do Not Go Gentle: He put up a fight against Morlun, but ultimately lost.
  • Dogged Nice Guy: Yearns for Sara Jane, despite the fact that she is dating his bully. This becomes ugly once Patton gets his powers.
  • Dropped a Bridge on Him: Gets killed off before he can interact with other members of the Spider-Verse.
  • Evil Doppelgänger: Patton was described as being an evil version of Peter who made the opposite choices in his life. Instead, he's an evil version of Peter who transforms into an alternate version of Man-Spider before being killed.
  • Evil Versus Evil/The Killer Becomes the Killed: His reign of terror is cut short by Morlun.
  • Extra Eyes: In his monstrous form Patton has a total of eight red compound eyes.
  • Fangs Are Evil: Patton could turn his teeth into shark-like fangs and protrude venomous chelicerae from his mouth.
  • Freudian Excuse: Subverted. While Uncle Ted's abuse would be your stock Freudian Excuse, it's made clear Patton would have been warped and cruel even if Ted was like Uncle Ben.
  • Horror Hunger: As his powers develop, Patton is afflicted with an appetite for flesh, eating a rat, a pigeon, a dog, and who-knows-who-or-what-else.
  • Humanoid Abomination: As a result of fully embracing his inner spider, he transformed into a four-legged, four-armed creature with eight compound eyes, fangs, and chelicerae.
  • I Am a Humanitarian: After getting his powers, Patton thinks of other humans as nothing more than meat sacks for him to feed on.
  • Man Bites Man: He learns he can infect others with his offspring by biting them, and does so to his Uncle and neighbor/crush Sara Jane. He tries to take a bite out of Morlun, who just laughs it off and rips his chelicerae out.
  • Mister Seahorse: He learns that the spider that bit him can transmit eggs through its bite, and that he inherited this ability.
  • Multi-Armed and Dangerous: In his monstrous form, Patton has four arms.
  • My Death Is Just the Beginning: Before being killed by Morlun, he managed to implant his offspring into several others, including alternate versions of Uncle Ben and Mary Jane.
  • Nephewism: After his parents died, Patton was shunted off by social services to live with his abusive Uncle Ted.
  • No Social Skills: Even less than the mainstream Peter Parker, as Patton often prefers to keep to himself and experiments on insects and pets while labeling them and humans as "test subjects", and it doesn't help that he has a less stable upbringing with his abusive uncle Ted.
  • Overly-Long Tongue: In his monstrous form he has a long, pointed tongue.
  • The Peeping Tom: He spies on his next-door neighbor, Sara Jane, while she's getting dressed.
  • Poisonous Person: His chelicerae could secrete potent venom that liquefies his prey's organs.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: Patton's blue eyes turn monochromatic red when using his powers.
  • Shadow Archetype: Patton represents what Peter would be like if he lacked a stable upbringing, has less emotional intelligence, and if his powers were more horrifying.
  • Slasher Smile: After eating a mouse, Patton flashes a sinister grin, revealing his now shark-like teeth.
  • The Sociopath: He "experiments" on animals, and after he gets his powers he becomes a cannibalistic serial killer.
  • Spell My Name With An S: An interview spelled his last name as "Parnell", but the comic itself spells it as "Parnel".
  • Took a Level in Jerkass: Before getting his powers, Patton was merely a socially awkward and quiet, if somewhat disturbed, kid. Afterward, his new powers slowly warp his morality into that of a spider.
  • Transhuman Treachery: Immediately after awakening his powers, Patton starts referring to other humans as food. Even before his transformation, he would refer to other people as "test subjects".
  • Unskilled, but Strong: Morlun states that he could sense Patton from "the furthest dimension" despite him having only recently acquired his powers.
  • Villain Protagonist: He was a troubled, bullied kid who, when given power, discarded his humanity and became a monster.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: He's only "Spider-Man" for three days in-universe before Morlun eats him.

    SP//dr 
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AKA: Peni Parker and SP//dr
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse #5

Peni Parker is a 14 year old girl and pilot of a mech suit called SP//dr from Earth-14512. The machine only responds to the pilot that has the right DNA. In the mech suit's head, there is a radioactive spider that shares a psychic link with the pilot.

  • Abhorrent Admirer: Her universe's version of Mysterio is a groupie who sends her CD mixes.
  • Ace Pilot: Peni's been piloting the SP//dr mech since she was nine years old. Part of this has something to do with her genetic compatibility with the spider that makes up the second half of the mech's wetware drive, but the fact that she's so proficient at piloting the armor at such a young age is nothing short of impressive to say the least.
  • Arch-Enemy: It revealed in the 2019 Spider-Verse miniseries that Nathan Essex is this to Peni, who in her universe is a rogue scientist who became digruntled over how the SP//dr Program was chosen to be funded by the Goverment over his "Weapon Six" project and has been empowering criminals like Kraven specifically so they can bring ruin to everyone associated with SP//dr and Ben Parker. After Peni and Miles successfully defeat Kraven, Essex threatens to send even more Weapon Six Enhanciles to assassinate them.
  • Autobots, Rock Out!: She invokes this by listening to music when she fights. Ironically, she beats up the person sending her the CD's she plays.
  • Batman Gambit: When Peni gets led into an ambush by her world's Kraven the Hunter, who is a Cop Killer with a twisted code of honor that keeps him from harming children, she quickly realizes that the only reason he's attacking her is because he thinks its still her father piloting the mech. So Peni decides to take advantage by exiting SP//dr to reveal that she's Just a Kid, leaving Kraven in shock long enough for Miles Morales to take him down.
  • Bond Creatures: SP//dr is this, only able to properly sync with Peni due to the genetic compatibility she inherited from her father. As such, the two are practically inseparable, as the spider can be seen hanging out with her at school, on the subway, etc. Wherever Peni goes, SP//dr goes as well.
  • Characterization Marches On: In the her debut issue, Peni was rather stoic, even from a young age, and came off as unusually contemplative for a 14 year old. Once she gets another focus issue, Peni acts more like an average teenager who gets easily upset and is a lot more expressive. This characterization stuck with her in a further appearance.
  • Child Soldiers: For all intents and purposes, Peni is this by virtue of being a law-enforcement operative who is deployed to handle eveything from violent gangs like the Capsules to Kaiju-sized abominations like her world's Morbius.
  • Composite Character: Seeing as much of her universe is a Shout-Out to Japanese Cyberpunk (specifically Evangelion), Peni has a number of character traits and design particulars that echo strongly with characters from that genre, as well as elements of the original Spider-Man. Personality wise, her proclivity to self-introspection and musings on the nature of the world and her place therein is similar to that of Shinji, Rei, or possibly even The Major. Likewise, her situation largely resembles that of Shinji's own, though she seems more well-adjusted than he is (possibly due to the fact that her burden isn't as great as his was). Design-wise, Peni's hairstyle and normally even expression is similar to that of Lain Iwakura from Serial Experiments Lain, though again, she is much more emotive than Lain.
  • Expy: Of the anime mech pilots she goes to school with. In particular, she first comes off as a more emotive Rei.
  • Gender Flip: Another female version of Peter Parker, though that's probably the least notable about her.
  • Kid Hero: She's been the SP//dr armor's pilot since she was just a child, though she's currently 14.
  • Legacy Character: She succeeded her father as the pilot of SP//dr.
  • Mini-Mecha: The SP//dr armor is a lot bigger than your average suit of Powered Armor.
  • Mushroom Samba: After getting dosed with Mysterio's hallucinogenic gas, she sees him as a multi-eyed… thing, with herself being clad in a six-armed version of the Iron Spider armor.
  • My Parents Are Dead: Her father died in the line of duty while her Aunt May was consumed by VEN#m alongside its pilot Addie Brock. When Peni was recruited during the events of Spider-Geddon immediatley after the latter incident, she had a very low tolerance for the in-fighting between Spider-People since she was still grappling with the grief of loosing another parental figue.
  • No One Gets Left Behind: When Verna was devouring Betty Brant Spider-Girl's life-force, Peni came charging in to make the save. It's hard to tell whether SP//dr was able to do a successful Big Damn Heroes moment, but Peni definitely carried Brant's body with her through a dimension portal rather than leave it behind with Verna and her Hounds.
  • Proper Tights with a Skirt: Peni wears black tights underneath her skirt.
  • Race Lift: She and her Uncle Ben are changed to be Japanese-Americans in this universe.
  • Ret-Canon: Her character design and personality is adjusted in the Spider-Verse Unlimited Infinity to be closer to how she was in the movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, though in End of the Spider-Verse she and SP//dr are depicted in their original appearances.
  • Sailor Fuku: She wears a black one with a blue skirt as civilian attire.
  • Shoulders of Doom: The Sp//dr armor has pauldrons that channel the Varia Suit and sport small Vertical Mecha Fins.
  • Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Peni gets over the fact that she's talking to Spider-Ham and Last Stand Spider-Man pretty quickly, although that's mostly because SP//dr trusts them. She also doesn't question why Miles Morales shows up in her universe out of the blue, primarily because she's already grown accustomed to this sort of dimension-hopping shenanigans and could use his help saving her Daredevil from captivity.
  • Wake Up, Go to School & Save the World: All in a day's work for your typical mech-pilot.
  • Wetware CPU: A radioactive spider called… SP//dr serves as ½ of the armor's CPU. Peni serves as the other half.
  • Worf Effect: SP//dr is certainly impressive looking but as a battle mech with its pilot safely inside an armored cockpit, SP//dr is prime material for some worfing. In the Spiderverse comics if a Spider-Totem needs to get its ass kicked but not killed, that job falls to Peni. Even mooks like the Rhino-clone get to knock her around.

    Old Man Spider 
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AKA: Ezekiel Sims
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse #5

A version of Ezekiel Sims from Earth-4, who succeeded Peter as a hero after he was killed by Morlun.

  • Alternate Self: He's an alternate version of the Ezekiel who Peter met.
  • Big Good: He was the most knowledgeable about the Inheritors, and was Spider-UK's right hand.
  • My Greatest Failure: He failed to save his universe's Peter from Morlun, and took up the moniker of Spider-Man in his place.
  • Old Superhero: He was the oldest and most knowledgeable of the Spider-Totems.
  • Red Herring: Knowledgeable fans were expecting Old Man Spider to be a variation of the future Spider-Man, if not the same version. Instead he was a version of Ezekiel Sims, who was part of the story that introduced Spider-Totems and Morlun.
  • Shut Up, Hannibal!: Outright snaps at Otto to shut up and listen… just before his neck is broken.
  • Whole Costume Reference: He wore the same costume as Peter's future self from Earth-312500.

    Captain Universe 
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AKA: Peter Parker
Debut: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 #9

The Peter Parker of Earth-13, who unlike his counterpart from Earth-616 retained the power of the Enigma Force.

  • Alternate Self: Not only is he one to Peter Parker, but he's one to the Peter Parker who appeared in What If? Vol. 2 #31. What differentiates them is that the Captain Universe of Earth-91110 eventually lost both his Enigma Force and Spider-Man powers after confrontation with a Doombot.
  • Captain Superhero: Captain Universe.
  • Celestial Body: He manifests one while fighting.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: When the Inheritors attack, he flash-fries Jennix. However, Solus turns the tables on him and kills him despite his god-like power.
  • Flight: He's most commonly seen hovering or levitating.
  • God's Hands Are Tied: As much as he'd like to smite the Inheritors, if he were to leave Earth-13 he'd lose his cosmic powers and be just another Spider-Man.
  • Magical Nanny: Took care of Benjy whenever May was away.
  • Physical God: Unlike the mainstream Spider-Man, he kept the Uni-Power/Enigma Force and is for all intents and purposes a god in his home dimension.
  • Worf Had the Flu: Spider-Geddon shows Solus only killed him so easily by taking him off guard, as Miles as Captain Universe is more than capable of matching Solus when he's ready for him.

    Lady Spider 
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AKA: May Reilly
Debut: Spider-Verse #1

  • Alternate Self: She is her universe's version of Spider-Woman and possibly Aunt May.
  • Badass Normal: She has no powers outside of her equipment, which's why Daemos was so disgusted when he attempted to eat her, briefly thinking she might just be a "pretender". She may be a spider-totem, but there's almost nothing to gain from her.
  • Gadgeteer Genius: Her response to coming across the wreckage of Leopardon after Solus destroyed it? "Let's fix it." And she does. Very quickly at that.
  • Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Like SpOck, she has retractable mechanical spider-legs attached to her back.
  • Of Corsets Sexy: Her uniform features a red corset with a black spider emblem on it.
  • Opaque Lenses: Her aviator goggles have mirrored lenses.
  • Steampunk: She comes from a 19th Century era dominated by advanced steam-powered technology, complete with Victorian versions of classic heroes and villains.

    The Anarchic Spider-Man 
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AKA: Hobart "Hobie" Brown
Debut: Spider-Verse #1

The Hobie Brown of Earth-138 who leads an army of the poor and downtrodden against corrupt figures like Norman Osborn.

    Spider-Girl 
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AKA: Penelope Parker
Debut: Spider-Verse #1

A female version of Peter from Earth-11.

    Hobgoblin 
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AKA: Peter Parker
Debut: Spider-Verse Team-Up Vol. 1 #2

The Peter Parker of Earth-21205, whose life diverged from his Earth-616 counterpart after the death of Gwen Stacy.

    Uncle Ben 
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AKA: Benjamin "Ben" Parker
Debut: Spider-Verse #1

  • Alternate Self: He's a version of Uncle Ben who was bitten instead of Peter.
  • Beam Me Up, Scotty!:invoked Discussed when Mayday snaps that her father's Uncle Ben taught him to live by "With great power comes great responsibility." Ben retorts that the correct phrasing is "With great power there must also come great responsibility." which makes a subtle but profound difference, since there's no guaranteed link between the two.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: He briefly appeared in the prologue of Spider-Verse #1 before returning as a proper character in The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 #12.
  • For Want Of A Nail: He becomes his universe's Spider-Man because he decided to take the day off and spend time with Peter at the fateful exhibition that would irradiate the spider that bites him.
  • I Choose to Stay: After spending some time in Earth-982, Ben decides to stay in that dimension and become a grandpa to Mayday and Benjy.
  • Old Superhero: He was middle-aged when he became a superhero.
  • Retired Badass: He quit being Spider-Man after the Emerald Elf killed his wife and nephew. Subsequently, he accepted Ezekiel's offer to hide from Morlun, and was thus unable to prevent Otto Octavius from accidentally setting off a nuclear holocaust.
  • Sealed Good in a Can: He locked himself in one of Ezekiel's bunkers, and it's a good thing too, since the NYC of his world was ground zero for a thermonuclear war.

    Arachnido Jr. 
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The Spirit of the Streets
Junior
AKA: Unknown, referred to as "Junior"
Debut: Spider-Verse #2

  • Action Dad: His father was a beloved and well-known lucha libre wrestler. Unfortunately, he met his match in what appears to be an alternate version of Venom.
  • Batman Cold Open: His comic opens with him quickly dispatching of a number of armed goons before going into his backstory.
  • Blue Is Heroic: Junior's costume, which is clearly based on his father's wrestling outfit, features far more blue than most other versions of Spider-Man to the point of bearing a passing resemblance to Spider-Man 2099.
  • Book Ends: The comic book starts with Junior dropping in on a pair of crooks who are buying tacos. The comic ends with Junior offering to buy the girl he rescued a burrito for helping him out.
  • Brainy Brunette: He is an alternate version of Peter Parker after all.
  • Casual Danger Dialogue: Wouldn't be a Spider-Man without it.
    Junior: [flinging a manhole cover hard enough to flip a car] Watch out for open drains!
  • Civvie Spandex: The pants of his uniform are loose and baggy compared to the rest of his form-fitting suit, since it's implied that they were originally part of his father's wrestling uniform.
  • Combat Pragmatist: He drops in on very nearly all of his foes when they least expect it, webbing them up when they're ordering tacos or are delivering food to a hostage.
  • Death by Origin Story: Junior's father's murder in the ring is what caused him to take up his costume as a vigilante.
  • Give a Man a Fish...: Tries to get the girl he rescued to overcome her fear of common crooks by having her help him subdue one by tying the criminal's shoelaces together. It's implied that he's been trying to do this for a lot of people to get them to stop living in fear of the crime that plagues the city.
    Junior: See? These clowns are nothing to be afraid of. Now you've earned yourself a nice hot burrito before I drop you off at your folks!
  • Expressive Mask: Junior's mask continues in the tradition of many other Spider-Men before him, the white leans widening and narrowing as necessary.
  • The Faceless: Junior's father is never seen without his mask.
  • Gratuitous Spanish: Unlike all of the other comics in the anthology, his comic is entirely in Spanish, to the point that there is a free online version in English that takes numerous creative liberties to make it more readable for non-Spanish speakers while preserving some of the Spanish words in the original script. Justified by the fact that unlike most iterations of Spider-Man, it takes place in Mexico City rather than New York City.
  • I Let Gwen Stacy Die: Junior certainly seems to feel that way given that he didn't do anything to help his father and the implication that he had obtained his spider powers beforehand given that his Spider-Sense triggered as soon as the doctor was about to give him the bad news.
  • Inexplicably Awesome: It's never explained how Junior got his Spider powers.
  • It's Personal: While Uncle Ben was killed by a common crook out of panic, The Arachnid's death was implied to have been engineered by the organized crime that runs rampant throughout Latin America even in real life. Thus saving people from the mob and taking crooks down resonates with Junior on a personal level.
    Junior: Crime has ruined enough families in this city.
  • Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Puts a crook in a gradually loosening wrestling hold high off the ground to get him to talk.
  • Kid Hero: Junior is portrayed as rather young, short, and scrawny-looking in all the flashbacks where he is out of costume, albeit two years before the main story takes place.
  • Muscles Are Meaningless: Portrayed as rather lithe even by Spider-Man standards, made especially prominent by his well-built father, but he can still easily restrain people well above his weight class through his Spider-Strength. He also flipped a car by throwing a manhole cover at it with his webbing.
  • Nerd Glasses: Junior has especially large, round glasses ala Harry Potter, and is seen studying what appears to be physics or chemistry textbook while at his father's bedside. If he's anything like Peter Parker, he also created his web-shooters from scratch.
  • No Name Given: He's never actually called Arachnido Jr. within the comic itself, but it's common for lucha libre wrestlers to pass their stage names down to their sons on top of him always being referred to as "Junior" in his civilian identity. His name was confirmed in the Spider-Man Unlimited mobile game.
  • Race Lift: An alternate Mexican version of Peter Parker.
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge: His motivation to become Spider-Man was to clean up the streets of Mexico City and get revenge on the men who broke his father's back, particularly this universe's version of Scorpion, who sat back and watched despite being his father's wrestling partner and was implied to have been paid off by an organized crime group, and this universe's version of Venom, who did the deed.
    Junior: [While crying Manly Tears] This can't stand.
  • Time Skip: A newspaper says, "Filme de Arachnido: A 2 Anos De Su Muerte", or "Film about The Arachnid: 2 Years Since his Death", implying that two years passed between Junior's flashback at the present day.
  • Wrestler in All of Us: His father was a famous and popular lucha libre wrestler known as "The Arachnid". When fighting crime, he is rarely shown punching and kicking his opponents, instead preferring to simply web them up or use some rather creative looking holds that are clear holdovers from his father's wrestling background.

    Spider Hero 
AKA: Hobie Brown
Debut: Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders #1

A version of Hobie Brown who witnessed his world's Peter Parker be killed by Morlun, and vowed to take up the mantle of Spider-Man in his name, only for his world to be destroyed by an Incursion.

  • Amnesiac Hero: As with everyone who wound up on Battleworld, most of his memories were suppressed.
  • Amnesia Missed a Spot: A few details bleed through, such as his memory of Peter's death, and that Peter had "spider sense", which the other Defenders don't get.
  • Badass Normal: Hobie, unlike most, has no actual super-powers, but gets by using his inventions. That said, he's on a team with Iron Man and She-Hulk and is able to keep up with them.
  • The Bus Came Back: Reappears in Spider-Man vol. 4 alongside the other Spider folk.
  • Costume Copycat: As Spider Hero, his outfit is a mix of his Prowler outfit and Peter's Spider-Man outfit.
  • Dude, Where's My Respect?: Part of how he wound up with the name "Spider Hero". Shortly after he began operating as Spider-Man, the Daily Bugle published a headline about how he was a new hero, "definitely not Spider-Man".
  • I Let Gwen Stacy Die: Blamed himself for being unable to save his world's Peter from Morlun.
  • Mythology Gag: His alias is one to the disguise Blade briefly used in Al Ewing's Mighty Avengers, which similarly had no hyphen in the name.

    Spider-Norman 
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AKA: Norman Osborn
Debut: Edge of Spider-Geddon #4

A version of Norman Osborn that was bitten by the radioactive spider. This turned out as well as you might expect.

  • Archnemesis Dad: To Harry because he killed Peter.
  • Arch-Enemy: To Otto in the second volume of Superior Spider-Man.
  • Big "NO!": In Edge of Spider-Geddon #4, Norman lets out a "Noooo!" when he realizes that Harry just shot the Cosmic Cube, and that the Cube is about to blow up in both their faces.
  • Dimensional Traveler: Before he got involved in Spider-Geddon, Norman was working on a secret project that would have let him travel to different parts of the multiverse. Harry tried to sabotage this project, only to inadvertently give Norman access to the multiverse... just in time for the Anarchic Spider-Man to recruit him for the Spider-Army.
  • Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He has two extra pairs of arms, making him a deadly fighter.

    Spiders-Man 
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Debut: Spider-Geddon #3

A colony of spiders that believe themselves to be Peter Parker.

  • Ambiguous Situation: Spiders-Man is pretty sure that they are just the radioactive spider colony and that they killed Peter and absorbed his memories. Some of the other characters are inclined to believe that they do still preserve Peter's personhood.
  • Creepy Good: They might be a colony of man-eating spiders, but they're just as heroic as any other individual Spider-Man.
  • Good Counterpart:
    • To Carl King, better known as Thousand, the other man made of hive-minded spiders. As a human the Thousand found and ate the same spider that gave 616's Peter his powers only for his body to break down into a swarm of them.
    • He's also a counterpart to the 616 villain Swarm, a Nazi who was devoured by bees which absorbed his mind and consciousness.
  • I Am a Humanitarian: Being made of spiders that ate a human alive, Spiders-Man does see humans as edible and often points that out before making a verbal backspace and saying ...And That Would Be Wrong.
  • I Just Want to Be Normal: He's so horrified by himself that he doesn't think he can be normal again and rejects an offer to find a way to turn him back.
  • Pronoun Trouble: Whether Spiders-Man is a 'he' or a plural 'they' is flexible.
  • The Swarm: The spiders that make him up can and do leave the man-shape to attack enemies sometimes.
  • The Worm That Walks: He's a colony of spiders that animate and control a Spider-Man suit.

    Spider-Ben and Petey 
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A spider-duo consisting of Peter Parker and his uncle Ben Parker, who survived being shot in this universe by receiving a blood transfusion from Peter that imbued him with spider powers.

  • Buried Alive: Ben punches his way out of a grave he was put in by Kraven the Hunter, who believed he could Kill and Replace him as Spider-Man.
  • Civvie Spandex: Spider-Ben's costume is just work clothes, including heavy gloves and boots, and a Zorro-style mask covering his eyes.
  • Killed Off for Real: Petey died somehow after the events of Spider-Geddon, with the details left vague. Ben just mentions that May never found out he was Spider-Man until after he died.
  • Old Superhero: Ben appeared to be in his late middle age and had already suffered a heart attack before the mugging that resulted in him getting spider powers. He doesn't hesitate to tie on a mask and fight crime alongside his nephew, and carries on long after Petey is killed. This is Ben Parker, after all.
  • Race Lift: Aunt May in this universe is Hispanic, meaning Peter most likely is as well.
  • Tragic Keepsake: Ben keeps the deceased Petey's old smartphone, with the wallpaper set to a picture of the pair smiling.

    Spider-Kid 
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A version of Peter Parker hailing from Earth-218.

    Sakura Spider 
AKA: Haruka Hida
Debut: Deadpool: Samurai

A Japanese high-school girl hailing from Earth-346, debuting in a manga collaboration between Marvel and Shueisha before becoming official Marvel canon. Click here for her character sheet.

    Spinstress 
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AKA: Princess Petra
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse Vol 2 #4

A Princess of a magical kingdom on Earth-423, raised by a controlling mother, but who desires to see the outside world and experience something amazing and spectacular. Eventually gains spider powers thanks to a magical deal with a fairy gob-mother.

  • Action Dress Rip: She's forced to rip her fancy ballgown in order to effectively fight the Mysterious Empress.
  • Affectionate Parody: Petra, and her entire universe, are one for Disney's movies.
  • Composite Character: Of Peter Parker, along with Disney's Cinderella, Jasmine, Tiana and Rapunzel.
  • Disappeared Dad: He died many years ago under ambiguous circumstances.
  • Expecting Someone Taller: In a send-up to Flynn from Tangled her wanted poster in her second story defeats its purpose by depicting her as far more monstrous than she actually is. When Kraven the Hunter shows up, he's surprised to find out what she really looks like because he was expecting, hoping even, for a terrible beast to test his mettle against.
  • Hero with Bad Publicity: She's a Spider-Person, alright. When she gets back from multiversal shenanigans, she finds she's wanted for the whole "kicked the Queen in the face" business.
  • King Incognito: She tries, but doesn't really get the idea that if you're supposed to be incognito, you shouldn't sing about who you are. Bishop Octopus recognizes her in an instant.
  • Mistaken for Murderer: Queen Mysteria thinks she's an assassin come to get her, failing to notice how the young woman in the mask calls her "mom", and more importantly isn't trying to kill her.
  • Musical World Hypothesis: Part and parcel of the whole Disney Princess package; she regularly breaks out into song. Outside her universe this is noted by other characters, with Web-Weaver in particular enjoying it quite a lot.
  • Non-Human Sidekick: Like some Disney Princesses she has one, this one being a red and blue spider. She's been friends with it long before she ever got her powers.
  • Not His Sled: Even though she has a pet spider she doesn't get her power from his bite. Instead it serves as inspiration for her wish when offered superpowers.
  • Paper-Thin Disguise: An elaborate mask and a slightly different hairstyle, and no-one can recognize her. Not even her own mom. Only James the bard knows.
  • Related in the Adaptation: Her universe's version of Mysterio is her mother, the queen.
  • Sadistic Choice: Her deal with Norma comes with a cost - at the stroke of midnight (natch), she can keep her powers, but give up the chance of ever finding love. Of course, she sticks with the powers to stop her mother.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Norma wanted a pawn to charge her crystal ball with negative emotion and someone bring it to her. Petra and her mother were convenient means to that end.

    Sun-Spider 
AKA: Charlotte "Charlie" Webber
Debut: Spider-Verse Vol 3 #3 (preview), #6 (in-story)

A high-school student diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a genetic disorder that requires her to move around with a wheelchair or specialized crutches that shoot webs. She was created as a Spider-Sona in the wake of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and became her own canon character.

  • Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Gets pretty bad tempered when she thinks her friends are condescending to her.
  • Super Wheelchair: A variation. Her crutches are equipped with web-shooters, allowing her to swing around despite her disorder.

    Web-Weaver 
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AKA: Cooper Coen
Debut: Edge of the Spider-Verse Vol 2 #5

A fashion designer who was bitten by the radioactive spider while trying to protect his friend Peter Parker from the same fate. He was disowned by his parents after they discovered his homosexuality. After being taken in by his much more supportive aunts, he was inspired by their kindness and community activism to become the superhero Web-Weaver.

  • All Gays Love Theater: Cooper is a gay man who enjoys Spinstress's constant Disney Princess-esque singing.
  • All Webbed Up: Cooper doesn't use web-shooters or spinnerets like most spider heroes. His webs magically appear between his fingers and he can weave them into any shape he can imagine, hence his superhero name. This lets him make more elaborate web structures like parachutes, nets, and booby traps very quickly.
  • Amicable Exes: Zigzagged. Cooper broke up with his boyfriend, Albert Moon, after Albert left Cooper and joined a rival fashion company, North Star. Cooper clearly holds some enmity for Albert for "backstabbing" him to this day, but still holds enough of a flame for him to kiss him before leaving with Spider-UK to aid the other spider heroes in End of the Spider-Verse.
  • Camp Gay: Cooper is a homosexual man with an unabashed love of fashion and fashion designing. He dresses provocatively in often feminine elements like fishnets while wearing designer bags and plenty of jewelry. His superhero outfit also features a frilled, high collar and pronounced eyelashes.
  • Childhood Friends: While Cooper initially refers to Peter as his "dorky classmate", later appearances show that Cooper has known Peter since they were kids. They became best friends after Peter volunteered himself as Cooper's "bro date" after Cooper was stood up at prom. They stuck together through thick and thin ever since, with Peter leaving a potential career in the sciences to follow Cooper into the fashion world as a photographer.
  • Distracted by the Sexy: He has to remind himself not to stare at Albert Moon while watching a fashion show for an inevitable supervillain attack.
  • The Fashionista: Cooper is a professional fashion designer. As such, his costume is much more elaborate and detailed than most other spiders, including a high collar, structured shoulders like a blazer, flowing sleeves, and a shoulder cape. He also wears a different outfit in each of his civilian appearances.
  • Odd Friendship: Cooper and Peter are complete opposites in terms of personality. Cooper is The Fashionista and Camp Gay who puts a great deal of effort into appearances. He's also gone on many, many dates since his falling out with Albert Moon and is a Fiery Redhead who is passionate about his work. Meanwhile, Peter is clumsy, mellow, and dorky. His fashion sense is tacky enough to get him mocked on TV news even while he's being kidnapped. Even so, his kindness constantly earns Cooper's respect even through some awkward moments like accidentally ripping up Cooper's final project.
  • Parental Abandonment: Cooper's parents threw him out on the street when they learned of his homosexuality.

Villains

    The Inheritors 

    Lizard 
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AKA: Peter Parker
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse Vol 1 #2

"'Pathetic Parker.' I'll show them who's pathetic. Ssshoooow them all."

Tired of constantly being bullied, the Peter Parker of Gwen "Spider-Woman" Stacy's Universe sought revenge on his tormenters by giving himself superpowers through means that turned him into the Lizard. The mutated Peter came into conflict with Spider-Woman, and he died in her arms, presumably due to complications brought on by his transformation.

  • Anti-Villain: Peter wasn't evil, just sick of being bullied and teased over a girl protecting him.
  • Death Equals Redemption: Spider-Woman is held entirely accountable for his death. No one seems to care about the whole "turned himself into rampaging beast beforehand" thing.
  • Evil Laugh: He lets one out as he mutates. It comes complete with technicolor font.
  • Gone Horribly Wrong: While it's unknown if Peter intended to turn himself into the Lizard, he certainly didn't intend to die from his attempt to give himself superpowers.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: Gets upset when he realized that Harry Osborn asked Gwen out on date.
  • I Just Want to Be Special: His last words, in which he expresses jealousy of Gwen's powers and admitted he wanted to be just like her.
  • Lizard Folk: He's his world's version of the Lizard.
  • Mythology Gag: This Lizard had a purple shirt instead of the usual purple pants.
  • Scary Shiny Glasses: He has these right before he injects himself with the Lizard formula.
  • Secret-Keeper: The 2015 Re-launch of Spider-Gwen reveals that Peter was aware of Gwen's powers.

    Rhino 
AKA: Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse #2

Another villain of Gwen Stacy's. A hulking man with greyish-blue skin and an abnormally thick skull, Aleksei Sytsevich was hired by Matt Murdock, an agent of The Kingpin, to assassinate Captain George Stacy, believing they'd be doing Spider-Woman a favor.

  • Abhorrent Admirer: He flirts with Spider-Woman while fighting her.
  • Big Eater: When meeting with Matt Murdock, Aleksei orders an enormous meal.
  • The Brute: He's much smarter than the mainstream Rhino, but still used as dumb muscle.
  • Professional Killer: He's a Russian assassin, and he's hired to kill Gwen's father.
  • Tap on the Head: Gwen defeats him by drumming on his head.
  • You No Take Candle: He has a very thick Russian accent and his English isn't very good, but he's surprisingly eloquent.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: When Spider-Woman attacks him, he tries to call her out when he's only trying to "help" her.

    Red Eye 
AKA: Rick Landress
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse #3 (The Spider-Man #1 in-universe)

An astronaut sent on the first manned mission to Jupiter, Commander Rick Landress was the sole surviving member of his crew, presumed dead after his escape pod was exposed to cosmic radiation and fell into Jupiter. He returned to Earth with the power to generate powerful gusts of wind and storms, and was the first villain Aaron Aikman faced.

    Naamurah 
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Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse #3 (The Terrible Hulk #50 in-universe)

"I've come through the door in the dark. More like me wait. You, little spider, will make great food for them. This world—will—fall."

A mysterious young woman of Japanese descent and clad in cybernetic armor, Naamurah easily defeated Aaron Aikman when they first fought, leaving him with a cryptic warning before vanishing. Connected to a string of kidnappings, she is revealed to be the first of an army of extra-dimensional beings that possess people in their sleep and seek to overrun the Multiverse.

    Mysterio 
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse #5

  • Abhorrent Admirer: He's a SP//dr groupie and sends Peni CD mixes.
  • Bomb Throwing Anarchist: He tries to poison New York with hallucinogenic gas while ranting about terror and panic and chaos.
  • Cool Ship: He's piloting a giant sphere-shaped ship that sprays hallucinogenic gas.
  • Empowered Badass Normal: He was biologically augmented, greatly enhancing every aspect of his physicality, especially his intellect. He still got taken out in one punch by SP//dr, though.
  • Evil Old Folks: He's a balding old guy with liverspots on his face.
  • Faceless Eye: His ship is meant to evoke this, as is the design on his fishbowl-helmet.
  • Mushroom Samba: His gas really sends Peni for a loop.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: It's unknown if he's his universe's Quentin Beck, or someone else entirely.
  • Too Dumb to Live: He doses SP//dr with some hallucinogenic gas. Rather than finish her off, he whips out his smartphone and starts taking photos.
  • Self-Deprecation: He became Mysterio out of a loathing of his own voice and a desire to get closer to his idol, SP//dr.

    The Six Men of Sinistry 
AKA: Lord Osborne; Max Dillon; Quentin Beck; Sergei Kravinoff; Otto Octavius; Adrian Toomes
Debut: Spider-Verse #1

  • Combat Tentacles: Doc Ock has pipework tentacles he powers with radioactive material and manipulates with a switchboard/control panel strapped to his chest.
  • Egomaniac Hunter: Kraven, as usual, is meant to invoke this.
  • Failed a Spot Check: Lord Osborne should have taken his broach off, since it's what gives away his civilian identity.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Electro ends up reviving Leopardon, who proceeds to kick his and the Vulture's ass.
  • Offing the Offspring: Norman coldly shoots his son Harry when he comes across him in the Goblin costume.
  • Steampunk: They're steampunk versions of the Green Goblin, Electro, Mysterio, Kraven the Hunter, Doctor Octopus, and the Vulture.
  • Straw Misogynist: The villains, especially the Green Goblin, are very much politically incorrect.
  • The Topic of Cancer: Otto didn't shield the primitive nuclear reactor powering his tentacles. After defeating him, Spider-Man 2099 muses that he would've been killed by cancer in a year or so.
  • Villain Team-Up: They're an alternate version of the Sinister Six, led this time by Mysterio. It's close to the original line-up, but with the Green Goblin instead of the Sandman.

    Kang the Conglomerator 
Debut: Edge of Spider-Geddon #1

A crooked businessman from the year 2099 of Earth-138. Kang has traveled back in time to acquire one of the hottest commodities of the modern day, the anarchic Spider-Man, and bring him back to the future to make Kang more money.

  • Badass in a Nice Suit: He wears a stylish purple business suit and is powerful enough to take on anything short of the Hulk without breaking a sweat.
  • Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: He makes his entrance by vaporizing Thunderstrike, who is a Neo Nazi and minion of the Red Skull in this universe, and whom Spider-Man had just defeated but left alive.
  • Corrupt Corporate Executive: This version of Kang owns what is implied to be a massive megacorporation, and he has no qualms about traveling back in time to kidnap someone for his own profit.
  • Disney Owns This Trope: He owns the image rights of every hero from the modern era, and has merchandized the hell out of them in his own time. Spider-Man is his biggest moneymaker.
  • Self-Deprecation: At one point remarks that the superhero movies are more profitable than the comics, a not-so-subtle riff on how the Marvel Cinematic Universe has greatly overshadowed the comics in public popularity.
  • Villain: Exit, Stage Left: He retreats to his own time after a sound thrashing from the Hulk.

    Mysterious Empress 
AKA: Queen Mysteria
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse vol 2 #4

The queen of a mystical kingdom in Earth-423, with some severely unconventional views on good parenting skills.

  • Adaptational Nice Guy: The characters she's a mush-up of are nigh-uniformly evil. While Mysteria is a bad guy, she's less evil than they are.
  • Big Bad: She's the main villain of Spinstress's story.
  • Composite Character: Of Mary Parker, Mysterio, the Evil Queen, and Mother Gothel. Her second story adds a bit of Snow White.
  • The Corruptible: Norma gave her the Goblin Orb, knowing it would amplifying the worst in her. Fortunately, once the Orb is destroyed a second time, the corruption wears off.
  • God Save Us from the Queen!: With hefty Lampshade Hanging in song, no less. She feels she's unfairly maligned, even though she is doing some pretty bad things.
  • High Collar of Doom: When she shows up to the ball to start her plan, she's suddenly sporting a massive collar, much like Mysterio's and the Evil Queen's.
  • Knight Templar Parent: Everything she does, she claims is to protect Petra. Including using dark magic to attack the heads of neighbouring kingdoms and her own daughter.
  • Never My Fault: When she accuses the heads of the Six Kingdoms of having assassinated her husband, one shoots back that she did it tinkering in dark magic, which she violently denies.
  • Parental Obliviousness: Fails to notice or even consider why the young woman who looks like her daughter is calling her "mom" mid-fight, even though Petra's an only child.

    Bishop Octopus 
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse vol 2 #4
  • Combat Tentacles: Being a half-octopus man, he uses his tentacles to grab people.
  • Composite Character: Doc Ock, mixed with Judge Frollo and Ursula.
  • The Dragon: Turns out to be working for the Mysterious Empress.
  • Scary Shiny Glasses: As with Otto, his eyes are usually hidden behind a pair of glasses. One panel in Spider-Verse vol. 3 has them looking particularly sinister.
  • Sinister Minister: He's apparently a bishop, but appears to worship some sort of tentacled god. He also has no problem threatening people to get what he wants.
  • Tyrant Takes the Helm: Oddly subverted. When Petra returns she finds he's taken the crown, thanks to the Queen going into a coma, but while he has labelled Spinstress an outlaw, he apparently stands down when her majesty recovers, and never actually does anything to antagonize Petra herself.
  • Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Curiously, nobody seems to be perturbed by the fact he's half-octopus.
  • Villain: Exit, Stage Left: The first time he appears, he squirts everyone with octopus ink and escapes.

    Kraven the Huntsman 
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse vol 3 #2

A boisterous but not particularly bright hunter (or huntsman) who comes after Spinstress

  • Composite Character: Of Kraven, the Huntsman from Snow White, and Gaston from Beauty and The Beast.
  • The Ditz: Fails to realize he's fighting Spinstress when she's right there, simply because her wanted posters have a dramatically exaggerated portrayal of her.
  • Funny Foreigner: Exactly where Spinstress's adventures take place on is deliberately vague (besides "Disney Fantasy Land"), but Kraven's obviously not a local to wherever that is, having some difficulty with the local language.
  • Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a scar over one eye.
  • Laughably Evil: He's the villain of the piece, but between his general stupidity and his over-the-top manner, he's not very menacing.
  • Non-Human Sidekick: Like Petra he also has an animal sidekick, a giant vulture.
  • Villain Song: Gets one, about why he hunts. According to James, it's terrible.

Supporting Characters

    Captain George Stacy 
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse vol 1 #2

Gwen's loving father... and the one leading the manhunt against Spider-Woman.

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    Doctor Kaori Ikegami 
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Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse vol 1 #3

The head of the Ikegami Medical Center. After her beloved daughter Hannah was left in a coma after being run over by a truck, Kaori Ikegami fell in love with Aaron Aikman when he helped build a life-support system for her. However, she suddenly grew aloof towards him, leading him to speculate that her daughter died. The truth, however, is far more sinister.

  • Anti-Villain: Naamurah manipulated her love for Hannah in order to get her to mass-produce the life-support units.
  • Freak Out: When Aaron asks her if Hannah died, she abruptly starts yelling at him and then runs away.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: She eventually realizes that Naamurah was only using her love for her daughter to manipulate her and breaks down in tears when confronted by Aaron.
  • Office Romance: She fell in love with her employee, Aaron Aikman, when he helped build a life-support system for her comatose daughter.

    Sara Jane 
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse #4

Patton Parnel's classmate and next-door neighbor. Sara Jane shanghais Patton into helping her free animals being used as test subjects at Alcorp, leading to his transformation into the monstrous Spider-Man.

    Ted Parnel 
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse #4

    Daredevil 
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse vol 1 #5

"Quiet breaks, shatters down, so the city reaches out. Listens.. Waiting... Another station for a signal, and we're all some kind of noise. Be the good kind, Peni."

    Kobold 
AKA: Harry Osborn
First Appearance: Edge of Spider-Geddon #4
The estranged son of Spider-Norman. Harry has long opposed his father from the shadows while outwardly playing the part of a dutiful son, but when Norman's schemes cause the death of his best friend Peter, Harry decides to confront his father directly as the Kobold.
  • Badass Normal: Even without the Kobold suit, Harry is no slouch at physical combat. When three Oscorp security guards herd him into an elevator to bring him to Norman, he takes two of them out with a pair of concealed tasers before thrashing the last one with a set of brass knuckles.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: His confrontation with Norman is short, brutal, and utterly one-sided in Norman's favor. Harry gets beaten within an inch of his life in what's implied to be seconds, without landing so much as a scratch on his father.
  • Energy Weapon: The Kobold suit has wrist-mounted energy blasters.
  • Evil Doppelgänger: Inverted. The Kobold suit and its associated equipment make Harry a dead ringer for the various Goblin-themed villains that have fought Spider-Man in countless other universes. Unlike most of them, he's a heroic character fighting an evil Spider-Man.
  • Exactly What I Aimed At: He uses the last of his strength to fire an energy blast in Norman's general direction, which seemingly goes wide. Norman mocks Harry for missing, only to realize that Harry was actually shooting at the damaged Cosmic Cube which is the lynchpin of Norman's plans—a lynchpin which is now about to explode.
  • Go Out with a Smile: He is last seen smiling at death's door, seemingly looking forward to being reunited with Peter. It's unclear if he actually died, however.
  • Revenge: He's fighting Norman not to save the world, but to avenge Peter's death at his hands.
  • Uncertain Doom: It's implied, but not confirmed, that he died in the explosion caused by him shooting the Cosmic Cube.

    Norma the Fairy Gob-Mother 
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse vol 2 #4

A fairy gob-mother who appears to the young Princess Petra, offering her power, but at a price.

  • Ambiguously Evil: The characters she's made up from are, save the Fairy Godmother, villains, and while her bargain with Petra is unfair and cruel, it does allow her to thwart Queen Mysteria, who it should be noted stole a magical artifact from her. Blown out the water in her second appearance, where she unsurprisingly turns out to be evil, and the one who gave Mysteria the Orb in the first place.
  • Artifact of Doom: Her evil plan revolves around her Goblin Orb, a crystal ball that's charged with mystical energy by negative human emotion, but also corrupts humans with those same emotions. After using Queen Mysteria to charge it she manipulates Petra into retrieving it for her.
  • Bad Samaritan: Appears to Petra seemingly to provide altruistic magical aid against Mysteria, but is later revealed to have been manipulating them both towards her own ends. It's entirely possible that this is how she appeared to Queen Mysteria and offered the Orb that corrupted her.
  • Composite Character: Of Norman Osborn, the Fairy Godmother, and a tiny bit of Maleficent.
  • Decomposite Character: Visually modeled after Maleficent, but having Petra sign a shady contract for magical aid is taken from Ursula, who Bishop Octopus takes more after.
  • Everyone Has Standards: Standard fine print for her deals include "no deals with the devil".
  • Fairy Godmother: Well, almost.
  • Forced Transformation: Offers to turn Petra's spider friend Webster into a carriage, at no extra cost.
  • The Man Behind the Man: She's the one who hired Kraven, not Bishop Octopus, as part of the very deal she struck with Petra saying if she didn't, Norma could send a huntsman to kill her.
  • Meta Guy: Spinstress's entire story is an Affectionate Parody as is, but Norma also makes a few meta-comments to herself, such as leaving out clones, deals with devils, and "magicians undoing everything".

    Merry James 
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse vol. 2 #4

A good-looking bard who Princess Petra runs into, and later assists her in thwarting the Mysterious Empress.

  • And Then John Was a Zombie: Turns out there's a cost for smashing an evil magical artifact. James finds himself turning into a Venom shortly afterward.
  • Badass Bystander: Clobbers Bishop Octopus with a lute during the ballroom attack.
  • Composite Character: Of Mary-Jane Watson and the Prince from Snow White.
  • Damsel in Distress: Kraven abducts him because he realizes James knows who Spinstress is, so if he kidnaps him, Kraven will get Spinstress.
  • Secret-Keeper: One of the few to notice or recognize Petra is Spinstress, but he keeps it to himself.

    Peter Parker (Earth-71490) 
Debut: Edge of Spider-Verse vol. 2 #5

The Peter Parker of Earth-71490 and Cooper Coen's Best Friend. He entered the world of fashion instead of the sciences as a photographer.

  • Best Friend: Peter has been Cooper's closest friend ever since he volunteered himself as a "bro date" after Cooper was stood up at prom. They've been through thick and thin together even when times were tough after college.
  • Camera Fiend: Rather than working for the Daily Bugle, Peter works for Van Dyne as a photographer for its models.
  • Endearingly Dorky: Peter is a nerd and a terrible dancer with awful fashion sense. He once ripped up Cooper's final project by accident and offered to do it for him once he taught himself how to sew. But these same traits endear Peter to Cooper and they've been best friends since high school.
  • Nerd Glasses: Peter wears thick, boxy glasses and is still a "nerd" to Cooper despite leaving the sciences to photograph fashion.
  • Nice Guy: Peter is nothing but kind and outgoing to others. Cooper calls him "the gentlest guy I know" and Peter is constantly apologetic while being whipped around by a Vulturion drone even though it's not his fault.
  • Shipper on Deck: He's unaware of Cooper's double life believes that Cooper and Web-Weaver would make a great couple, telling Cooper that he's found "the perfect guy" for him.

Alternative Title(s): Spider Geddon, Edge Of Spider Verse 2022, End Of The Spider Verse, Edge Of Spider Verse 2014, Edge Of Spider Verse 2023

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