Editing Spider-Man (section)

===2010s===
At [[Loki (Marvel Comics)|Loki]]'s suggestion, Norman Osborn [[Siege (comics)|creates a rationale]] to invade [[Asgard (comics)|Asgard]], claiming the world poses a national security threat. He is defeated, and ends up incarcerated in the Raft penitentiary.<ref>[[Bendis, Brian Michael]]. ''Siege'' #1–4. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref name="Dark Avengers #16">{{Cite comic |Writer=[[Brian Michael Bendis]] |Penciller=[[Mike Deodato]] |Inker=[[Mike Deodato]] |Story=[[Siege (comics)|Siege]] |Title=Dark Avengers |Issue=16 |Date=May 2010 |Publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref> A conflict between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus over Osborn's son ends when it is revealed the child's father is Harry, who leaves town to raise him.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' #648–654</ref> One of Doctor Octopus' Octobots swaps his and Spider-Man's personality, causing Peter to become trapped in the Doctor's dying body, while he in turn claimed Peter's life for himself. Though Peter failed to reverse the change, he manages to establish a weak link with the Doctor's mind, forcing him to relive all of his memories; Otto understands Peter's ideals of power and responsibility and swears to carry on with Peter's life with dignity as a "Superior" Spider-Man.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #699.</ref><ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #700.</ref>

A portion of Peter survived in his original body in the form of a subconsciousness.<ref>''The Spider-Man'' #1</ref> Later, realizing that he failed in his role as the "Superior" Spider-Man, Otto willingly allows Peter to reclaim his body in order to defeat Osborn and save Anna Maria Marconi, Otto's love.<ref>''The Superior Spider-Man'' #27–30.</ref> In the aftermath of these events, Peter began to amend the relationships damaged by Otto's arrogance and negligence, both as Peter Parker and Spider-Man. He additionally took up the reins of Parker Industries, a small company founded by Otto after leaving Horizon Labs.<ref>''The Superior Spider-Man'' #31.</ref>

Peter soon learns a second person had been bitten by the radioactive spider, [[Cindy Moon]].<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 3) #1</ref> Spider-Man tracks her down and frees her from a bunker owned by the late Ezekiel Simms.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 3) #4</ref> Not long after rescuing Cindy, who went on to adopt her own heroine identity as Silk,<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 3) #5</ref><ref>''Silk'' (vol. 1) #1</ref> Spider-Man encounters a contingent of spider-people from all over the [[Multiverse (Marvel Comics)|Multiverse]] that banded together to fight the Inheritors, a group of psychic vampires who had begun to hunt down the spider-totems of other realities.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 3) #9</ref> During a mission to gather more recruits in 2099, the Spider-Army stumbled upon another party of spider-people led by an alternate version of Otto Octavius.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 3) #10</ref> Together, they neutralize the Inheritors.

Peter then stops a nefarious plan put forward by the Jackal.<ref name="DNM">''Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy'' (vol. 1) #1–5.</ref> After the events of "[[Go Down Swinging (comic book)|Go Down Swinging]]", Peter's life was plagued with problems on both sides. As Spider-Man, Mayor Fisk publicly supports him, condemning all other vigilantes in order to isolate him from his superhero peers. As Peter Parker, his academic credentials were revoked after accusations of plagiarizing his doctoral dissertation from Octavius, resulting in Peter being fired from the ''Daily Bugle''. Subsequently, Peter became romantically involved with Mary Jane.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 5) #1</ref> Briefly, Peter Parker and Spider-Man split into separate beings due to an accident involving the reverse-engineered Isotope Genome Accelerator. Peter eventually manages to reverse the process, and merges his two halves back together before the side-effects worsen and result in their death.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 5) #2–5</ref>