List of Spider-Man supporting characters

A list of friends, associates, and enemies of the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man.

Family

Immediate family

• Richard Parker (father, deceased)
• Mary Parker (mother, née Fitzpatrick, deceased)
• Ben Parker (uncle, deceased)
• May Parker (aunt, née Reilly) – Peter Parker's loving aunt, who raises him after his parents died. After the murder of her husband, Ben (Peter's Uncle), May is virtually his only family, and they are very close.
• Mary Jane Watson-Parker (wife) – originally merely Gwen Stacy's competition, M.J. eventually became Peter's best friend and wife. After Peter and Mary-Jane made a deal with Mephisto to save Aunt May's life, their marriage is erased from official continuity.
• May Parker (daughter)
• Benjy Parker (son)
• Zoe Parker, (Peter's cousin) -Information unknown.
• Will Fitzpatrick (grandfather) - Mary Parker's father and Peter Parker's grandfather

Clones

• Ben Reilly aka Scarlet Spider, and the second Spider-Man (cloned brother, Deceased)
• Kaine (clone brother)
• Spidercide (clone brother, deceased)
• Doppelganger (mystic duplicate)

Mary Jane's family

• Anna Watson — Mary Jane's aunt and Aunt May's best friend.
• Madeline Watson (mother, deceased)
• Phillip Watson (father)
• Kristy Watson (cousin)
• Gayle Watson-Byrnes (sister)
• Timothy Byrnes (Gayle's ex-husband)
• Kevin and Tommy Byrnes (Gayle's sons, nephews)
• Frank Brown (Madeline's cousin)
• Mary MacLeod (distant aunt)

May Parker's Family

• Albert Reilly (father)
• Claire Reilly (mother)
• Horace Reilly (uncle)
• Bill Reilly (uncle)
• Claudia Reilly (aunt) - Bill Reilly's wife
• Sam Reilly (cousin) - Bill and Claudia's son
• Julia Reilly (cousin) - Bill and Claudia's daughter (married last name unrevealed)
• Jan Reilly (sister)
• April Reilly (sister)
• Alexa (niece) - Julia Reilly's daughter and Peter Parker's cousin, last name unrevealed
• Ames (niece) - Peter Parker's cousin, last name unrevealed
• Amanda (niece) - Peter Parker's cousin, last name unrevealed

Love interests

Peter Parker's love interests

• Gwen Stacy — Peter's first real girlfriend, whom the Green Goblin kills by throwing her off a bridge. The Controversial 2004 storyline, "Sins Past" has Gwen cheating on Peter and becoming pregnant by Norman Osborn, secretly giving birth to twins, who, told by Norman that Spider-Man had killed their mother, attempt to kill Spider-Man in revenge as adults. In House of M, Gwen is still alive and married to Peter.
• Black Cat a.k.a Felicia Hardy — Peter's first superhero girlfriend. Felicia competed against Mary Jane for Peter's affections, eventually losing after she left town for awhile.
• Michele Gonzales — Michele is the hot-tempered sister of Peter's roommate Vin Gonzales, and his temporary roommate while Vin serves time for his involvement in the Spider-Tracer Killings frame-up. The two appear to have slept together after May Parker's wedding. When Michelle attempts to kick Peter out (who is actually the Chameleon in disguise)she is instead seduced by him and become infatuated with him.^[1] She is almost constantly angry, and questioning her or drawing attention to the size of her buttocks really set her off.^[2] However, she is also a kind person, by trying to help her clients get their lives back on track.
• Ms. Marvel — Carol Danvers, the superhero Ms. Marvel, has worked with Spider-Man on occasion and even agreed to go on a date with him in accordance with his helping her on a mission, despite how angry he can make her. She later fulfills her promise.^[3] Spider-Man had admitted to himself he finds her attractive in her outfit. At the end of the near disastrous date, the two bonded together over a love of junk food. After she was possessed by the symbiote for a time, Venom hints to Spider-Man that his feelings for Ms. Marvel are mutual. The two have remained close friends.
• Carlie Cooper - She is an officer of the NYPD's Crime Scene Unit and ex-best friend of Harry Osborn's ex-girlfriend, Lily Hollister. At Harry Osborn's goodbye party Peter asks her to be his girlfriend and the two share their first kiss.
• Debra Whitman — a fellow Empire State University student and secretary whom Peter dates for a period of time, though his frequent disappearances complicate their relationship. She is eventually diagnosed with mild schizophrenia, ironically exacerbated by her "delusional" belief that Peter is Spider-Man. With Peter's help, she overcomes that idea. Soon afterward, she leaves New York after another man, Biff Rifkin, confesses his feelings for her.
• Liz Allan — Peter's high school crush, although they never get together. Liz instead marries Peter's friend, Harry Osborn.
• Betty Brant — Peter dates the Daily Bugle secretary, but they break up due to her blaming Spider-Man for the death of her brother. Betty Brant later marries Daily Bugle reporter Ned Leeds, although she briefly gets back with Peter after the breakdown of her marriage.
• Lisa Skye — a largely unknown girl who goes on a date with Peter. This story takes place in one of the Marvel Comics Hostess advertisements and may not have been in continuity. In the first issue of Spider-Man's Tangled Web, Peter dates a girl named Skye, but it's unknown if this is Lisa.
• Marcy Kane — another Empire State University graduate student who Peter dates briefly. Prior to dating Peter, she was the lover of the Jack of Hearts. Kane is later revealed to be an alien (Contraxian) who is on Earth looking for solutions to her homeworld's problems.
• Sarah Rushman — Peter dates Sarah during a time when he believes Mary Jane to be dead; however, she turns out to be the S.H.I.E.L.D.-brainwashed mutant Marrow.

Other continuity

• Kitty Pryde — In the Ultimate Marvel Universe, Kitty Pryde of the X-Men had a crush on Spider-Man and would eventually become his girlfriend.
• Sophia "Chat" Sanduval — A mutant known as Chat from the Marvel Adventures Spider-Man who appeared in issue 53 and is best friends with this version's Emma Frost. She is one of the few people who knew Spider-Man's identity and has developed a crush on him. She and Peter begin dating, meanwhile Emma (with her own crush on Peter) shakes their relationship. Eventually, Chat becomes Peter's girlfriend.
• Jean Grey — When X-Men save the life of Spider-Man by using some freshly drawn enzymes from Morbius and Professor Xavier's equipment Spidey shows his gratitude by kissing Jean.^[4]
• Silver Sable — In the What If? storyline What If Spider-man had married the Black Cat?, after Black Cat is accidentally killed by the Paladin, Silver Sable and Spider-Man enter into a romantic relationship due to their shared grief over the loss of their loved ones; Uatu the Watcher leaves it ambiguous whether this relationship will work out or not.
• Emma Frost — In Marvel Adventures Spider-man, Emma reveals that she has a crush on Peter and tried to separate Chat and Spidey by erasing Chat's memory due to jealousy. By her own, she decides to pay for her crimes and get arrest, but returns once a time to help Spidey, apparently, still holding a crush on Peter.
• Rogue - In X-Men Forever continuity, Spidey helped Rogue when she was annoyed with all the things that happened with herself, her new powers and the X-Men current status. Rogue somewhat takes Spider-man's advice to follow her heart and, now that she can touch people, almost kiss him.
• Alex — In "What If? Spider-Man vs. Wolverine, Spider-Man met and rescued an Ex-CIA Operative with Logan, who is the sister of Charlie, the only person Spider-Man had ever killed. As they train and worked together in many of their missions, Spider-Man and Alex had developed a close relationship with each other. While Peter believes that protecting Alex would justify the killing he had committed, Alex bares a resemblance to Gewn Stacy, which is one of the reason Peter became close to her.
• Sara Bailey - In Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine, Spider-Man fell for a woman name Sara Bailey, who the two had just met. She was a cashier in a local bank that both Spider-Man and Wolverine had interviened until some time crystal transported them through time, later revealed to have been plotted by Mojo. As the three ended up in the 18th century, both Peter and Sara began a relationship that continued over 3 years, and told Logan he's planning on marrying her, until the Minutemen arrived to bring the three back to correct time. The two retains of what has happened except for Sara, who has forgotten everything that has happened with him, leaving Spider-Man feeling heartbroken as he left.

Ben Reilly's love interests

• Elizabeth Tyne, aka Janine Godbe — met Ben and lived with him for several months during his "lost years," until they were separated by Kaine. They reunited after he became Spider-Man, but were separated again when she turned herself in for her abusive father's murder.
• Jessica Carradine — photographer, daughter of the burglar who killed Uncle Ben.
• Desiree Winthrop — a wealthy young woman with limited psychic powers, of which she was unaware.
• Lois Lane - When Ben competed in Marvel vs DC he met Lois Lane and asked her on a date to find out she is engaged to Clark Kent/Superman

• Black Cat- They both dated when Ben was acting as Spiderman. He admitted that he was not the Spiderman she knew, but he never revealed his true identity.

Ben also had Peter's memories of dating Betty Brant and Gwen Stacy, though not Mary Jane. This is due to the fact that Peter had not yet developed feelings for Mary Jane, at the time in which he was cloned.

Supporting characters

See also: Daily Bugle

• Eddie Brock - Childhood friend of Peter's in the Ultimate Marvel timeline, uses the project VENOM suit to try to kill Spider-Man; in the Earth-616 timeline, he is an enemy of Spider-Man's but teams up with him on numerous occasions to fight Carnage.
• Jean DeWolff - A police captain and good friend of Spider-Man.
• Glory Grant — Former neighbor and friend of Peter Parker. Later becomes J. Jonah Jameson's secretary.
• Crusher Hogan^[5] — The wrestler that Peter defeats shortly after gaining his powers. Later, Hogan becomes a Spider-Man fan and looks back on his encounter with the hero fondly. In the 2002 live-action Spider-Man film, Peter fights a wrestler called "Bone Saw" McGraw, portrayed by Randy Savage.
• The Burglar - The man who murdered Ben Parker.
• Edwin Jarvis
• J. Jonah Jameson
• Ned Leeds
• Foggy Nelson - Matt Murdock's law partner, who briefly dated Liz Allan.
• Joe "Robbie" Robertson
• Randy Robertson — Joe Robertson's son. Friend of Peter Parker.
• Jimmy-6 aka Giacomo Fortunato
• Flash Thompson
• Ben Urich
• Ezekiel Sims
• Captain Lamont
• Leo Zelinsky
• Dexter Bennett
• Lily Hollister
• Bill Hollister
• Vin Gonzales

Gwen Stacy's family

• George Stacy (deceased) — Gwen Stacy's father, Police Captain. Introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #56 (1968). He approves of Peter and Gwen's relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend. During a fight between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus, he is crushed by falling debris while saving a child. As he dies, he reveals to Peter that he had known his identity for some time (something Peter had suspected anyway), and asks Peter to take care of Gwen.
• Helen Stacy - Gwen's mother and wife of George. Her first and only appearance is Peter Parker: Spider-Man #-1 (minus one).
• Arthur Stacy — Gwen Stacy's uncle, a private investigator, first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #93 and #95. He was reintroduced only in the 1990s, in Peter Parker: Spider-Man #70 (in the last part of 'Clone Saga'). He is George's younger brother, but was originally presented in the 1970s as the older brother. For a time, Spider-Man would call on Stacy's skills as an investigator.
• Nancy Stacy - Gwen's aunt. Wife of Arthur and mother of Jill and Paul. First appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #93.
• Jill Stacy — Arthur Stacy's daughter and Gwen's cousin. Friend of Mary Jane and Peter. After Mary Jane was kidnapped, and thought to be dead, Jill made romantic advances toward Peter. Introduced in Peter Parker: Spider-Man #76 (1997).
• Paul Stacy — Arthur Stacy's son and Gwen's cousin. He blames Spider-Man for Gwen's death and joins the anti-mutant group the Friends of Humanity in an attempt to bring him to justice. Introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #422.
• Gabriel (last name unrevealed) - Gwen's son by Norman Osborn. Norman convinced Gabriel and his sister, Sarah, that Peter Parker was their father and had killed their mother. Although Sarah is persuaded otherwise, Gabriel continues to believe so and takes on the identity of the "Gray" Goblin. After a confrontation with Spider-Man, he crashed into the river on his glider and lost his memories. Sarah took him to their home in France to recover. After failing to convince Sarah to join him, he flies off on a different glider. Introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #509.
• Sarah (last name unrevealed) - Gwen's daughter by Norman Osborn. Norman convinced Sarah and her brother, Gabriel, that Peter Parker was their father and had killed their mother. Sarah becomes suspicious after she meets Spider-Man however. She is convinced of the truth when Spider-Man saves her life by giving her a blood transfusion after she is shot by police. Spider-Man later learns that the pain caused by her accelerated aging has led her to abuse painkillers, and her addiction has gotten her in trouble with the French authorities. However, she promises to seek help, and perhaps someday become a hero herself. Introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #509.

Allies

Anya Corazon The Avengers Captain America Captain Britain Iron Man Thor Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) Noh-Varr Hawkeye Avengers Reservists Rage Sandman (formerly) Anti-Venom Black Cat Cardiac Cloak and Dagger Dr. Curt Connors aka The Lizard (human-side only) Daredevil Deadpool Fantastic Four

Firestar Frog-Man Gibbon (Martin Blank) Green Goblin (formerly) Grizzly (Maxwell Markham) Human Torch (Johnny Storm) Iceman Jackpot MACH IV aka The Beetle Madame Web Molten Man El Muerto New Avengers Doctor Strange The Thing Iron Fist Luke Cage Wolverine Ms. Marvel Mockingbird Nightwatch

The Outlaws Prowler Puma Rocket Racer Sandman (formerly) Will o' the Wisp (formerly) Paladin Ranger Razorback Red Sonja Runaways S.H.O.C. Shang-Chi Silver Sable Slingers Dusk Hornet Prodigy Ricochet Solo Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin) Steel Spider Toxin X-Men

Enemies

Main article: List of Spider-Man enemies

Alternate continuities

2099

Further information: Marvel 2099, Spider-Man 2099 and Spider-Man 2211

Exiles

Further information: Exiles and Weapon X

House of M

Further information: House of M and Spider-Man: House of M

Marvel Mangaverse

Further information: Marvel Mangaverse

Marvel Zombies

Further information: Marvel Zombies

MC2

Further information: MC2, Spider-Girl, and Spider-Man (Gerry Drew)

Spider-Man: India

Further information: Spider-Man: India

Ultimate Marvel

Further information: Ultimate Marvel and Ultimate Spider-Man

Spider-Man Unlimited

Further information: Spider-Man Unlimited

References

1. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #603
2. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #606
3. ^ http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=13332
4. ^ Marvel Team-Up #4
5. ^ Marvel Universe > Hogan, Crusher

External links

• Spiderfan.org Character Directory