History ComicBook / SpiderHam

Debuting in a comedic one-shot comic entitled ''Marvel Tails'' in 1983, Spider-Ham was created by writer Creator/TomDeFalco and artist Mark Armstrong as an animal-based parody of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. Hailing from [[AlternateUniverse Earth-8311]], Peter Porker is an anthropomorphic pig who actually began life as a common house spider [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext who was bitten by a radioactive pig scientist after an atomic-powered hairdryer accident]]. Upon being bitten and transformed, he found that he retained all his spider abilities in addition to gaining the genius of scientist May Porker, who now believes herself to be Peter's aunt. After coming to terms with these changes, the arachnid-turned-pig decided to become a superhero and use these talents to fight crime. Spider-Ham proved popular enough to get his own series published by Creator/MarvelComics subsidiary Creator/StarComics, a short-lived imprint of the company focused on children's comics, with this solo series lasting for 17 issues and featuring back-up material starring anthropomorphic animal versions of other Marvel heroes. After that, Spider-Ham made a few appearances in ''Marvel Tales'' and humor magazine ''What The--?!'' before fading into obscurity during the 1990s.

* DependingOnTheWriter: While Ham (obviously) and the Scavengers have stayed consistent in what animal they are, what animal counterparts to certain Marvel characters are is constantly fluctuating. In some stories, Mary Jane is a water buffalo, in others she's also a pig. The counterparts of the X-Men were initially all bugs, but in more modern times they are of various species.

Spider-Ham gained newfound prominence during the 2010s thanks to an unexpected cameo in the video game ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions''. He would return to comics as a supporting character in the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' crossover event a few years later, after which he became a main member of the dimension-hopping ''ComicBook/WebWarriors'' team. The character's popularity was further bolstered by his cinematic debut in 2018's ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', where he is transformed into a ''Franchise/LooneyTunes''-inspired character voiced by Creator/JohnMulaney; Mulaney would reprise the role in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderHamCaughtInAHam'', a short included as a special feature in the film's home release. At the tail end of 2019, he got a new miniseries, and in 2021, a graphic novel called ''Spider-Ham: Great Power, No Responsibility'' was released under Scholastic's "Graphix" imprint.

* LiteralBookworm: The Bookworm is an enemy of Spider-Ham that appears in "TV or Not TV, [[EitherOrTitle Or... Read a Good Book Lately?]]". He's an earthworm whose parents were librarians and instilled him with a deep love for books. He became a librarian himself, but had to close down the library when television sets became a household standard. Some time thereafter, a book fell on his head and The Bookworm became a low-key RealityWarper with the skill to summon literary figures into existence, order them around, and dismiss them out of existence. In order, he summons [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers The Three Muskrateers]], Literature/TheRaven, and [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasidodo]] to ruin the [[UsefulNotes/EmmyAward Eggy Awards]], destroy the state-of-the-art dish of a new television network, and kill Spider-Ham. Spider-Ham defeats The Bookworm by dropping another book on his head to remove his powers.

* UltimateUniverse: Miles Morhames of Ultimate Larval Earth is introduced in the finale arc of ''Comicbook/UltimateFF''.

Spider-Ham gained newfound prominence during the 2010s thanks to an unexpected cameo in the video game ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions''. He would return to comics as a supporting character in the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' crossover event a few years later, after which he became a main member of the dimension-hopping ''ComicBook/WebWarriors'' team. The character's popularity was further bolstered by his cinematic debut in 2018's ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', where he is transformed into a ''Franchise/LooneyTunes''-inspired character voiced by Creator/JohnMulaney. He also got a companion short with the home video release of that film, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderHamCaughtInAHam''. At the tail end of 2019, he got a new miniseries, and in 2021 a graphic novel called ''Spider-Ham: Great Power, No Responsibility'' was released under Creator/{{Scholastic}}'s "Graphix" imprint.

Debuting in a comedic one-shot comic entitled ''Marvel Tails'' in 1983, Spider-Ham was created by writer Creator/TomDeFalco and artist Mark Armstrong as an animal-based parody of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. Hailing from [[AlternateUniverse Earth-8311]], Peter Porker is an anthropomorphic pig who actually began life as a common house spider [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext who was bitten by a radioactive pig scientist after an atomic-powered hairdryer accident]]. Upon being bitten and transformed, he found that he retained all his spider abilities in addition to gaining the genius of scientist May Porker, who now believes herself to be Peter's aunt. After coming to terms with these changes, the arachnid-turned-pig decided to become a superhero and use these talents to fight crime. Spider-Ham proved popular enough to get his own series published by Creator/MarvelComics subsidiary Star Comics, a short-lived imprint of the company focused on children's comics, with this solo series lasting for 17 issues and featuring back-up material starring anthropomorphic animal versions of other Marvel heroes. After that, Spider-Ham made a few appearances in ''Marvel Tales'' and humor magazine ''What The--?!'' before fading into obscurity during the 1990s.

* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Just about everyone in this universe is an anthropomorphic animal with humanoid limbs and torsos. (Originally, they were all different animals — e.g., Hulk Bunny, Captain Americat, Deerdevil, etc — but in more recent depictions they're all pigs with "Ham" in their names, like Green Ham and Captain Hamerica)

Spider-Ham gained newfound prominence during the 2010s thanks to an unexpected cameo in the video game ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions''. He would return to comics as a supporting character in the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' crossover event a few years later, after which he became a main member of the dimension-hopping ''ComicBook/WebWarriors'' team. The character's popularity was further bolstered by his cinematic debut in 2018's ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', where he is transformed into a ''Franchise/LooneyTunes''-inspired character voiced by Creator/JohnMulaney. He also got a companion short with the home video release of that film, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderHamCaughtInAHam''. At the tail end of 2019, he got a new miniseries.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Peter Porker eventually in his own series gained a love interest named Mary Jane Waterbuffalo, this reality's version of Mary Jane Watson. She hasn't been seen since the story "The Pig from Porker's Past, Part 1" from the 224th issue of the second volume of ''Marvel Tales'', being replaced in the stories from ''Amazing Spider-Man Family'' and the ''Spider-Ham 25th Anniversary Special'' one-shot by a different character named Mary Crane Watsow.

* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Just about everyone in this universe is an anthropomorphic animal with humanoid limbs and torsos.

Debuting in a comedic one-shot comic entitled ''Marvel Tails'' in 1983, Spider-Ham was created by writer Creator/TomDeFalco and artist Mark Armstrong as an animal-based parody of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. Hailing from [[AlternateUniverse Earth-8311]], Peter Porker is an anthropomorphic pig who actually began life as a common house spider [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext who was bitten by a radioactive pig scientist after an atomic-powered hairdryer accident]]. Upon being bitten and transformed, he found that he retained all his spider abilities in addition to gaining the genius of scientist May Porker, who now believes herself to be Peter's aunt. After coming to terms with these changes, the arachnid-turned-pig decided to become a superhero and use these talents to fight crime. Spider-Ham proved popular enough to get his own series published by Creator/MarvelComics subsidiary Star Comics, a short-lived imprint of the company focused on children's comics, with this solo series lasting for 17 issues and featuring back-up material starring anthropomorphic animal versions of other Marvel heroes. After that, Spider-Ham made a few appearances in ''Marvel Tales'' and humor magazine ''What The--?!'' before fading into obscurity during the 1990s.

* MythologyGag: A scene in the 2019 mini is closely based on the climatic battle of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', although with the BigDamnHeroes moment made ''somewhat'' less dramatic by Spider-Ham [[YourOtherLeft getting his left and right mixed up]]. It even riffs on Movie Cap's SignatureLine, with Captain Americat saying he could do this all day, if they stopped for a catnap first.

* LegacyCharacter: One ''What The--?'' story introduced Piguel O'Malley, Spider-Ham [[Comicbook/Marvel2099 2099]].

* UltimateUniverse: Eventually a Miles Morhames is introduced. Also another Ultimate Larval Earth is introduced in the finale arc of Ultimate FF.

* FishbowlHelmet: Mysterio's parody in this world IS a fish swimming inside the fishbowl helmet, called "Fish-Terio".

* TakeThat: It's made evident that whoever wrote the "Awful Flight" story doesn't have a high opinion of ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'', since they're portrayed as incompetent and useless.

Spider-Ham gained newfound prominence during the 2010s thanks to an unexpected cameo in the video game ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions''. He would return to comics as a supporting character in the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' crossover event a few years later, after which he became a main member of the dimension-hopping ''ComicBook/WebWarriors'' team. The character's popularity was further bolstered by his cinematic debut in 2018's ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', where he is transformed into a ''Franchise/LooneyTunes''-inspired character voiced by Creator/JohnMulaney. He also got a companion short with the home video release of that film, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderHamCaughtInAHam. At the tail end of 2019, he got a new miniseries.

Debuting in a comedic one-shot comic entitled ''Marvel Tails'' in 1983, Spider-Ham was created by writer Creator/TomDeFalco and artist Mark Armstrong as an animal-based parody of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. Hailing from [[AlternateUniverse Earth-8311]], Peter Porker is an anthropomorphic pig who actually began life as a common house spider [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext who was bitten by a radioactive pig scientist after an atomic-powered hairdryer accident]]. Upon being bitten and transformed, he found that he retained all his spider abilities in addition to gaining the genius of scientist May Porker, who now believes herself to Peter's aunt. After coming to terms with these changes, the arachnid-turned-pig decided to become a superhero and use these talents to fight crime. Spider-Ham proved popular enough to get his own series published by Creator/MarvelComics subsidiary Star Comics, a short-lived imprint of the company focused on children's comics, with this solo series lasting for 17 issues and featuring back-up material starring anthropomorphic animal versions of other Marvel heroes. After that, Spider-Ham made a few appearances in ''Marvel Tales'' and humor magazine ''What The--?!'' before fading into obscurity during the 1990s.

Spider-Ham gained newfound prominence during the 2010s thanks to an unexpected cameo in the video game ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions''. He would return to comics as a supporting character in the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' crossover event a few years later, after which he became a main member of the dimension-hopping ''ComicBook/WebWarriors'' team. The character's popularity was further bolstered by his cinematic debut in 2018's ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', where he is transformed into a ''Franchise/LooneyTunes''-inspired character voiced by Creator/JohnMulaney. He also got a companion short with the home video release of that film, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderHamCaughtInAHam''.

Spider-Ham gained newfound prominence during the 2010s thanks to an unexpected cameo in the video game ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions''. He would return to comics as a supporting character in the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' crossover event a few years later, after which he became a main member of the dimension-hopping ''ComicBook/WebWarriors'' team. The character's popularity was further bolstered by his cinematic debut in 2018's ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', where he is transformed into a ''Franchise/LooneyTunes''-inspired character voiced by Creator/JohnMulaney.

Spider-Ham gained newfound prominence during the 2010s thanks to an unexpected cameo in the video game ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions''. He would return to comics as a supporting character in the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' crossover event a few years later, after which he became a main member of the dimension-hopping ''ComicBook/WebWarriors'' team. The character's popularity was further bolstered by his cinematic debut in 2018's ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', where he is voiced by Creator/JohnMulaney.