Editing Spider-Man (section)

==Supporting cast==
{{main|List of Spider-Man supporting characters|List of incarnations of Spider-Man}}
[[File:Spider-Man characters.jpeg|thumb|Spider-Man contains a wide number of enemies and side characters. A variant cover art of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 3) #1 depicts the heads of various [[List of Spider-Man enemies|Spider-Man enemies]] behind Spider-Man (as drawn by [[Kevin Maguire (artist)|Kevin Maguire]]), shown in the center.|250x250px|alt=Spider-Man in front of multiple characters' heads.]]
Spider-Man has had a large range of supporting characters introduced in the comics that are essential in the issues and storylines that star him. After [[Richard and Mary Parker|his parents]] died, Peter Parker was raised by his loving aunt, [[Aunt May|May Parker]], and his uncle and father figure, [[Uncle Ben|Ben Parker]]. After Uncle Ben is murdered by [[Burglar (comics)|a burglar]], Aunt May is virtually Peter's only family, and she and Peter are very close.<ref name="Debut" />

[[J. Jonah Jameson]] is the publisher of the ''[[Daily Bugle]]'' and Peter Parker's boss. A harsh critic of Spider-Man, he constantly features negative articles about the superhero in his newspaper. Despite his role as Jameson's editor and confidant, [[Robbie Robertson (comics)|Robbie Robertson]] is always depicted as a supporter of both Spider-Man and his alter ego Peter Parker.<ref name="saffel21" />

[[Flash Thompson|Eugene "Flash" Thompson]] is commonly depicted as Peter Parker's high school tormentor and bully, who idolizes Spider-Man, but is unaware that Spider-Man is Peter Parker. Later, he becomes a friend of Peter and adopts his own superhero identity, Agent Venom, after merging with the [[Venom (Marvel Comics character)|Venom]] [[Symbiote (comics)|symbiote]].<ref name=saffel21/> Meanwhile, [[Harry Osborn]], son of Norman Osborn, is most commonly recognized as Peter's best friend, although some versions depicted him as his rival.<ref name = gcd/>

=== Enemies ===
{{main|List of Spider-Man enemies}}
Writers and artists over the years have established a [[rogues gallery]] of [[supervillains]] to [[List of Spider-Man enemies|face Spider-Man]], in comics and [[List of Spider-Man enemies in other media|in other media]]. As with Spider-Man, the majority of the villains' powers originate with scientific accidents or the misuse of scientific technology, and many have animal-themed costumes or powers.<ref group="note">{{Cite journal |last=Mondello |first=Salvatore |date=March 2004 |title=Spider-Man: Superhero in the Liberal Tradition |journal=The Journal of Popular Culture |volume=X |issue=1 |pages=232–238 |doi=10.1111/j.0022-3840.1976.1001_232.x | issn=0022-3840}}</ref> The following Spider-Man villains are listed in the ordering of their original chronological appearance:
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![[Supervillain]] name / Supervillain team name 
![[Alter ego]] / group member
![[First appearance]]
![[List of comics creators|Creator]]
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| [[Chameleon (Marvel Comics)|Chameleon]]
| Dmitri Nikolayevich 
|''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #1 (March 1963)<ref name="DeFalco87">{{Cite book |last=DeFalco |first=Tom |title=Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2008 |isbn=978-0756641238 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=87 |chapter=1960s |author-link=Tom DeFalco}}</ref><ref name="Newsarama 1">{{Cite news |last=Siegel, Lucas |title=The 10 Greatest SPIDER-MAN Villains of ALL TIME! |work=[[Newsarama]] |url=http://www.newsarama.com/15454-the-10-greatest-spider-man-villains-of-all-time.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309231546/http://www.newsarama.com/15454-the-10-greatest-spider-man-villains-of-all-time.html |archive-date=March 9, 2014}}</ref>
|[[Stan Lee]]<ref name="DeFalco87" /><ref name="Newsarama 1" /><br />[[Steve Ditko]]<ref name="DeFalco87" /><ref name="Newsarama 1" />
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| [[Vulture (Marvel Comics)|Vulture]]
|Adrian Toomes
|''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #2 (May 1963)<ref name="Vulture 2">{{Cite web |last=Beard, Jim |title=ARCHRIVALS: SPIDER-MAN VS THE VULTURE |url=http://marvel.com/news/comics/2010/2/11/11279/archrivals_spider-man_vs_the_vulture |access-date=January 2, 2014 |publisher=[[Marvel.com]] |archive-date=November 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124055248/https://www.marvel.com/articles |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="What Culture 7">{{Cite web |last=Kyle, Scmidlin |date=June 13, 2013 |title=10 Spider-Man Villains (And Combinations) Deserving Of The Big Screen (7. The Vulture) |url=http://whatculture.com/film/10-spider-man-villains-and-combinations-deserving-of-the-big-screen.php/5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126030127/http://whatculture.com/film/10-spider-man-villains-and-combinations-deserving-of-the-big-screen.php/5 |archive-date=January 26, 2016 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |publisher=What Culture!}}</ref>
|Stan Lee<ref name="Vulture 2" /><ref>DeFalco "1960s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 92.</ref><br />Steve Ditko<ref name="Vulture 2" />
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|[[Doctor Octopus]]
| Otto Octavius{{ref|1|1}}
| ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #3 (July 1963)<ref name="Newsarama 1" />
|Stan Lee<ref name="DeFalco p. 93">DeFalco "1960s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 93.</ref><ref name="Issue #3">{{Cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=Ditko, Steve |inker=Ditko, Steve |story=Spider-Man Versus Doctor Octopus |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |issue=3 |date=July 1963}}</ref><br />Steve Ditko<ref name="DeFalco" /><ref name="Issue #3" />
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| [[Sandman (Marvel Comics)|Sandman]]
| William Baker / Flint Marko
| ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #4 (Sept. 1963)<ref name="Sandman">{{Cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-0756692360 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=20 |chapter=1960s}}</ref><ref name="Issue #4">{{Cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=Ditko, Steve |inker=Ditko, Steve |story=Nothing Can Stop...The Sandman! |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |issue=4 |date=September 1963}}</ref>
|Stan Lee<ref name="Sandman" /><ref name="Issue #4" /><br />Steve Ditko<ref name="Sandman" /><ref name="Issue #4" />
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| [[Lizard (character)|Lizard]]
| Curt Connors
|''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #6 (Nov. 1963)<ref name="Falco p. 95">DeFalco "1960s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 95</ref><ref name="issue #6">{{Cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=Ditko, Steve |inker=Ditko, Steve |story=Face-to-Face With...the Lizard! |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |issue=6 |date=November 1963}}</ref><ref name="Kindersly">{{Cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |year=2012 |isbn=978-0756692360 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=20 |chapter=1960s}}</ref>
| Stan Lee<ref name="Falco p. 95" /><ref name="issue #6" /><ref name="Kindersly" /><br />Steve Ditko<ref name="Falco p. 95" /><ref name="issue #6" /><ref name="Kindersly" />
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| [[Electro (Marvel Comics)|Electro]]
| Max Dillon
| ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #9 (Feb. 1964)<ref>DeFalco "1960s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 98</ref><ref>{{Cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=Ditko, Steve |inker=Ditko, Steve |story=The Man Called Electro! |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |issue=9 |date=February 1964}}</ref> 
| Stan Lee<ref name="Kindersly 2">{{Cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |year=2012 |isbn=978-0756692360 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=24 |chapter=1960s}}</ref><br /> Steve Ditko<ref name="Kindersly 2" />
|- 
| [[Mysterio]]
| Quentin Beck
| ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #13 (June 1964)<ref name="Issue #13">{{Cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=Ditko, Steve |inker=Ditko, Steve |story=The Menace of... Mysterio! |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |issue=13 |date=June 1964}}</ref>
|Stan Lee<ref name="Issue #13" /><ref name="Manning">{{Cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |year=2012 |isbn=978-0756692360 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=25 |chapter=1960s}}</ref><br />Steve Ditko<ref name="Issue #13" /><ref name="Manning" />
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| [[Green Goblin]]<ref name="GG">{{Cite web |last=Albert, Aaron |title=Green Goblin Profile |url=http://comicbooks.about.com/od/spiderman/p/greengoblinbio.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424153033/http://comicbooks.about.com/od/spiderman/p/greengoblinbio.htm |archive-date=April 24, 2008 |access-date=January 3, 2014 |publisher=About.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|[[Norman Osborn]]{{ref|2|2}}<br />[[Harry Osborn]]<ref name="Harry">{{Cite web |last=Beard, Jim |title=SPIDER-MAN 3: THE SPIDER & THE GOBLIN |url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/2007/4/24/1007/spider-man_3_the_spider_the_goblin |access-date=January 3, 2014 |publisher=Marvel.com |archive-date=January 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125174256/http://marvel.com/news/movies/2007/4/24/1007/spider-man_3_the_spider_the_goblin |url-status=live }}</ref>
| ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #14 (July 1964)<ref name="GG" />
| Stan Lee<ref name="GG" /><ref name="Kindersly4">{{Cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |year=2012 |isbn=978-0756692360 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=26 |chapter=1960s}}</ref><br />Steve Ditko<ref name="GG" /><ref name="Kindersly4" />
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| [[Kraven the Hunter]]
| Sergei Kravinoff
| ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #15 (Aug. 1964)<ref name="Kindersly4" /><ref>{{Cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=Ditko, Steve |inker=Ditko, Steve |story=Kraven the Hunter! |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |issue=15 |date=August 1964}}</ref> 
| Stan Lee<ref name="Kindersly4" /><br />Steve Ditko<ref name="Kindersly4" />
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| [[Sinister Six]]<ref name="collider">{{Cite web |last=Valentine |first=Eve |date=December 21, 2013 |title=Who Are the Sinister Six? – An Introduction to Spider-Man's Supervillain Group |url=https://collider.com/sinister-six-movie-preview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610034602/http://collider.com/sinister-six-movie-preview/ |archive-date=June 10, 2015 |access-date=June 14, 2015 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref> 
|[[List of Sinister Six members|List of members]]
| ''The Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #1 (1964)
|Stan Lee<ref name="SS">{{Cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-0756692360 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=27 |chapter=1960s}}</ref><br />Steve Ditko<ref name="SS" />
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| [[Scorpion (Mac Gargan)|Scorpion]]
| [[Mac Gargan]]
| ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #20 (Jan. 1965)
|Stan Lee<ref name="Kindersly5">{{Cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |year=2012 |isbn=978-0756692360 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=28 |chapter=1960s}}</ref><br />Steve Ditko<ref name="Kindersly5" /> 
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| [[Rhino (character)|Rhino]]
|Aleksei Sytsevich 
| ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #41 (Oct. 1966)<ref>{{Cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=Romita, John Sr. |inker=Esposito, Mike |story=The Horns of the Rhino! |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |issue=41 |date=October 1966}}</ref>
| Stan Lee<ref name="Kindersly 6">{{Cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |year=2012 |isbn=978-0756692360 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=36 |chapter=1960s}}</ref><br />[[John Romita Sr.]]<ref name="Kindersly 6" />
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| [[Shocker (character)|Shocker]]
|Herman Schultz
| ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #46 (March 1967)<ref>{{Cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=Romita, John Sr. |inker=Romita, John Sr. |story=The Sinister Shocker! |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |issue=46 |date=March 1967}}</ref>
| Stan Lee<ref name="Kindersly7">{{Cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-0756692360 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=38 |chapter=1960s}}</ref><br />John Romita Sr.<ref name="Kindersly7" />
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| [[Kingpin (character)|Kingpin]]
|Wilson Fisk
|''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #50 (July 1967)<ref>DeFalco "1960s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 122: "Stan Lee wanted to create a new kind of crime boss. Someone who treated crime as if it were a business...He pitched this idea to artist John Romita and it was Wilson Fisk who emerged in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #50."</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=[[John Romita Sr.|Romita, John Sr.]] |inker=[[Mike Esposito (comics)|Esposito, Mike]] |story=Spider-Man No More! |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |issue=50 |date=July 1967}}</ref>
| Stan Lee<ref name="Kindersly8">{{Cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-0756692360 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=40 |chapter=1960s}}</ref><br />John Romita Sr.<ref name="Kindersly8" />
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|[[Morbius]]<ref name="25.2">{{Cite web |last1=Yehl, April |last2=Schedeen, Jesse |title=Top 25 Spider-Man villains: Part 2 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/16/top-25-spider-man-villains?page=2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418201303/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/16/top-25-spider-man-villains?page=2 |archive-date=April 18, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |website=IGN|date=April 16, 2014 }}</ref>
| Michael Morbius
|''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #101 (Jan. 1971)<ref name="Morbius">{{Cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-0756692360 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=59 |chapter=1970s}}</ref>
|[[Roy Thomas]]<ref name="Morbius" /><br />[[Gil Kane]]<ref name="confidential">{{Cite book |last=Gross |first=Edward |title=Spider-Man Confidential: From Comic Icon to Hollywood Hero |year=2002 |publisher=Hyperion |isbn=978-0786887224}}</ref>
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| [[Black Cat (Marvel Comics)|Black Cat]]
|Felicia Hardy
|''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #194 (July 1979)<ref name="Black Cat">Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 107: "Spider-Man wasn't exactly sure what to think about his luck when he met a beautiful new thief on the prowl named the Black Cat, courtesy of a story by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Keith Pollard."</ref>
|[[Marv Wolfman]]<br />[[Keith Pollard]]<ref name="Black Cat" />
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| [[Hobgoblin (comics)|Hobgoblin]]
|[[Roderick Kingsley]]<br />[[Jason Macendale]]<ref name="Macendale">{{Cite web |last=David, Peter |title=The Amazing Spider-Man #289 (June 1987) |url=https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/6692/the_amazing_spider-man_1963_289 |access-date=November 10, 2022 |publisher=Marvel.com |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111203728/https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/6692/the_amazing_spider-man_1963_289 |url-status=live }}</ref><br/>[[Ned Leeds]]<ref name="Macendale"/>
|''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #238 (March 1983)
|[[Roger Stern]]<ref name="Hobgoblin 1">Manning "1980s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 133: "Writer Roger Stern and artists John Romita Jr. and John Romita Sr. introduced a new – and frighteningly sane – version of the [Green Goblin] concept with the debut of the Hobgoblin."</ref><ref name="Vault68">David and Greenberger, pp. 68–69: "Writer Roger Stern is primarily remembered for two major contributions to the world of Peter Parker.  One was a short piece entitled 'The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man'...[his] other major contribution was the introduction of the Hobgoblin."</ref><br /> John Romita Sr.<ref name="Hobgoblin 1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Greenberg |first=Glenn |author-link=Glenn Greenberg |date=August 2009 |title=When Hobby Met Spidey |pages=10–23 |work=[[Back Issue!]] |publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]] |issue=35}}</ref>
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| [[Venom (character)|Venom]]
|[[Eddie Brock]]{{ref|3|3}}
|''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #300 (May 1988){{ref|15|15}}<ref name="Venom2">{{Cite magazine |title=Venom is the 33rd greatest comic book character. |url=https://www.empireonline.com/50greatestcomiccharacters/default.asp?c=33 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701121223/http://www.empireonline.com/50greatestcomiccharacters/default.asp?c=33 |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>Manning "1980s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 169: "In this landmark installment [issue #298], one of the most popular characters in the wall-crawler's history would begin to step into the spotlight courtesy of one of the most popular artists to ever draw the web-slinger."</ref>
|[[David Michelinie]]<ref>''Comics Creators on Spider-Man'', pg 148, Tom DeFalco. (Titan Books, 2004)</ref><br />[[Todd McFarlane]]<ref name="Venom">{{Cite web |title=Venom is number 22 on greatest comic book villain of all time |url=https://www.ign.com/top/comic-book-villains/22.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227125418/http://www.ign.com/top/comic-book-villains/22.html |archive-date=February 27, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |website=IGN}}</ref>
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| [[Carnage (character)|Carnage]]
|[[Cletus Kasady]]
|''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #361 (April 1992)<ref name="Carnage">{{Cite web |title=Carnage is number 90 on greatest comic book villain of all time |url=https://www.ign.com/top/comic-book-villains/90.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307040528/http://www.ign.com/top/comic-book-villains/90.html |archive-date=March 7, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |website=IGN}}</ref>
|David Michelinie<ref name="Bagley" /><ref>{{Cite comic |writer=Michelinie, David |penciller=Bagley, Mark |inker=[[Randy Emberlin|Emberlin, Randy]] |story=Carnage: Part One |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |issue=361 |date=April 1992}}</ref><br />[[Erik Larsen]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Papageorgiou, Solon |title=10 facts about Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man you didn't know. |url=http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/08/30/10-facts-about-batman-spider-man-iron-man-you-didn-t-know-2227067?lt_source=external,manual |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150425233347/http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/08/30/10-facts-about-batman-spider-man-iron-man-you-didn-t-know-2227067?lt_source=external,manual |archive-date=April 25, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |publisher=[[Moviepilot]]}}</ref><br />[[Mark Bagley]]<ref name="Bagley">{{Cite book |last=Cowsill |first=Alan |title=Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-0756692360 |editor-last=Gilbert |editor-first=Laura |page=197 |chapter=1990s}}</ref>
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Unlike most superheroes, Spider-Man does not have a single villain with whom he has come into conflict the most. Instead, he is often regarded as having three archenemies:<ref name="archenemy2">{{Cite web |last=Albert, Aaron |title=Top ten comic book archenemies |url=http://comicbooks.about.com/od/characters/tp/archenemies.htm |access-date=3 January 2014 |publisher=About.com |archive-date=January 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128134334/http://comicbooks.about.com/od/characters/tp/archenemies.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

# {{note|Arch1}}Doctor Octopus (a.k.a. Doc Ock) is a highly intelligent [[mad scientist]] who uses four mechanical appendages for both movement and combat. He has been described as Spider-Man's greatest enemy, and the man Peter Parker might have become if he had not been raised with a sense of responsibility.<ref name="DeFalco" /><ref name="CNN">{{Cite web |last=Hanks, Henry |date=December 26, 2012 |title=Events in landmark 'Spider-Man' issue have fans in a frenzy |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/26/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/spidey-700-controversy |access-date=2 January 2014 |publisher=[[CNN]] |archive-date=June 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604141800/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/26/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/spidey-700-controversy |url-status=live }}</ref> Doc Ock is infamous for defeating him the first time in battle and for almost marrying Peter's [[Aunt May]]. He is also the core leader of the [[Sinister Six]], and at one point adopted the "Master Planner" alias. ("[[If This Be My Destiny...!]]")<ref name="CBR #52">{{Cite web |last=Cronin, Brian |date=May 2012 |title=50 Greatest Friends and Foes of Spider-Man: Villains #1–3 |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/04/30/50-greatest-friends-and-foes-of-spider-man-villains-1-3 |access-date=2 January 2014 |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |archive-date=April 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418205918/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/04/30/50-greatest-friends-and-foes-of-spider-man-villains-1-3/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Later depictions revealed him in Peter Parker's body, where [[The Superior Spider-Man|he was the titular character for a while]].<ref name="CNN" />
# {{note|Arch2}}The Norman Osborn version of the Green Goblin is most commonly regarded as Spider-Man's [[arch-enemy]].<ref name="archenemy2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN writer talks about Spidey's new Amazing Friends and lays the Osborns to rest once and for all &#124; Marvel.com News |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.2233.tuesday_q%26a~colon~_brian_michael_bendis |access-date=2010-04-27 |publisher=Marvel.com |archive-date=March 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330080425/http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.2233.tuesday_q%26a~colon~_brian_michael_bendis |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Love is in the air as Marvel.com's Secret Cabal picks the greatest Marvel romances of all in time for Valentine's Day &#124; Marvel.com News |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.2581.take_10~colon~_marvel~apos~s_finest_couples |access-date=2010-04-27 |publisher=Marvel.com |archive-date=February 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212184120/http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.2581.take_10%7ecolon%7e_marvel%7eapos%7es_finest_couples |url-status=live }}</ref> While Norman is usually portrayed as an amoral [[Business magnate|industrialist]] and the head of the [[Oscorp]] scientific corporation, the Goblin is a psychopathic alternate personality, born after Norman's exposore to some unstable chemicals that also increased his strength and agility. The Goblin is a [[Halloween]]-themed villain, dressing up like an actual [[goblin]] and utilizing a large arsenal of high tech weapons, including a glider and pumpkin-shaped explosives. Unlike most villains, who only aim to kill Spider-Man, the Goblin also targets his loved ones and shows no remorse in killing them as long as it caused pain to Spider-Man. His most infamous feat is killing [[Gwen Stacy|Spider-Man's girlfriend]], in what became [[The Night Gwen Stacy Died|one of the most famous Spider-Man stories]] of all time and helped to end the [[Silver Age of Comic Books]] and begin the [[Bronze Age of Comic Books]].<ref name="archenemy2" /> While the Goblin was killed in the same story, he returned in the 1990s to plague Spider-Man once again, committing more heinous acts (such as being involved in the murder of Aunt May). He also came into conflict with [[Dark Reign (comics)|other heroes]], such as the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]].<ref name="25.52">{{Cite web |last1=Yehl, Joshua |last2=Schedeen, Jess |title=Top 25 Spider-Man Villain: Part 5 |date=April 16, 2014 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/16/top-25-spider-man-villains?page=5 |access-date=19 April 2014 |publisher=IGN |archive-date=April 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418201319/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/16/top-25-spider-man-villains?page=5 |url-status=live }}</ref> Norman is sometimes depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man, even when not being the Green Goblin.<ref name="IGN #132">{{Cite web |title=Norman Osborn is number 13 on greatest comic book villain of all time. |url=http://comics.ign.com/top-100-villains/13.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021220521/http://comics.ign.com/top-100-villains/13.html |archive-date=21 October 2013 |access-date=3 January 2014 |publisher=IGN}}</ref>
# {{note|Arch3}}The Eddie Brock incarnation of Venom is often regarded as Spider-Man's deadliest foe, and has been described as an evil mirror version of Spider-Man in many ways.<ref name="Venom2" /><ref name="Newsarama 1" /><ref name="archenemy2" /> He is also among Spider-Man's most popular villains.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spider-Man villains tournament: Championship |date=February 2006 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/01/spider-man-villains-tournament?page=5 |access-date=25 April 2015 |publisher=IGN |archive-date=June 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618223312/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/01/spider-man-villains-tournament?page=5 |url-status=live }}</ref> Originally a reporter who grew to despise Spider-Man, Eddie later came into contact with the Venom symbiote, which had been rejected by Spider-Man. The symbiote merges with Eddie and gives him the same powers as Spider-Man, in addition to making him immune to the web-slinger's "spider-sense". Venom's main goal is to ruin Peter Parker's life and mentally confuse him in any way he can.<ref name="Venom" /> The character has a sense of honor and justice, and later starred in his own [[Venom (Marvel Comics character)|comic book stories]], where he is depicted as an [[antihero]] and has a desire to protect innocent people from harm. On several occasions, he and Spider-Man even put their differences aside and became allies.<ref name="Venom2" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shutt |first=Craig |date=August 1997 |title=Villain Turned Hero: Venom |page=37 |work=[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]] |issue=72}}</ref>

=== Romantic interests ===
Peter Parker's romantic interests range between his first crush, fellow high-school student [[Liz Allan]],<ref name="saffel21" /> to having his first date with [[Betty Brant]],<ref name="origins">Lee, Stan, ''[[Origins of Marvel Comics]]'' ([[Marvel Fireside Books|Simon and Schuster/Fireside Books]], 1974)<!--Book predates publisher's change to ampersand in corporate name--> p. 137</ref> secretary to the ''[[Daily Bugle]]'' newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson. After his breakup with Betty Brant, Peter eventually falls in love with his college girlfriend [[Gwen Stacy]],<ref name="gcd" /><ref name="mnyc" /> daughter of [[New York City Police Department]] detective Captain [[George Stacy]], both of whom are later killed by [[supervillain]] enemies of Spider-Man.<ref name="saffel60" /> [[Mary Jane Watson]] became Peter's best friend and eventually his wife.<ref name="saffel124" /> Felicia Hardy, the [[Black Cat (Marvel Comics)|Black Cat]], is a reformed [[cat burglar]] who had been Spider-Man's sole superhuman girlfriend and partner at one point.<ref name="sanderson83" />

=== Children ===
Over the course of the comics, Peter Parker had several biological children across different continuities, usually with Mary Jane Watson, including [[Mayday Parker|Spider-Girl (Mayday Parker)]] and [[Benjy Parker]] from the MC2 universe, and Spiderling (Annie Parker) from Earth-18119.<ref>{{Cite web |first1=George |last1=Marston |date=April 27, 2022 |title=Spider-Man's children: The Marvel Comics history of Spider-Kids |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/spiderman-mary-jane-children/ |access-date=July 6, 2023 |website=[[GamesRadar+]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Spider-Man's Amazing Kids |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/meet-spider-man-s-amazing-kids |access-date=July 6, 2023 |publisher=Marvel Entertainment}}</ref>

=== Alternate versions of Spider-Man ===
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Within the [[Marvel Universe]], there exists a [[Multiverse (Marvel Comics)|multiverse]] with many variations of Spider-Man.<ref name="i09">{{Cite web |last=Whitbrook |first=James |title=The Greatest Spider-Men of All Time, Ranked |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-greatest-spider-men-of-all-time-ranked-1796693647 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230115046/https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-greatest-spider-men-of-all-time-ranked-1796693647 |archive-date=December 30, 2017 |access-date=December 30, 2017 |website=io9|date=July 7, 2017 }}</ref> An early character included in the 1980s is the fictional [[anthropomorphic animal]] [[parody]] of Spider-Man as a pig named [[Spider-Ham]] (Peter Porker).<ref name="Time">{{Cite magazine |date=September 3, 2009 |title=Top 10 Oddest Marvel Characters |magazine=Time |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2009/09/02/top-10-oddest-marvel-characters/slide/spider-ham/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107152200/http://entertainment.time.com/2009/09/02/top-10-oddest-marvel-characters/ |archive-date=January 7, 2012}}</ref> Many imprints of Spider-Men were created, like the futuristic version of Spider-Man in [[Marvel 2099]] named [[Spider-Man 2099|Miguel O'Hara]]. In the [[Marvel Comics 2]] imprint, Peter marries Mary Jane and has a daughter named [[Mayday Parker]], who carries on Spider-Man's legacy, while [[Marvel Noir]] has a 1930s version [[Spider-Man Noir|of Peter Parker]].<ref name="i09" /><ref name="Spider-Men">{{Cite web |title=10 Best SPIDER-MEN Of All Time |url=https://www.newsarama.com/15652-behind-the-mask-10-amazing-ultimate-spider-man-secret-ids.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729054310/https://www.newsarama.com/15652-behind-the-mask-10-amazing-ultimate-spider-man-secret-ids.html |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |access-date=December 30, 2017 |website=[[Newsarama]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="FoxNews">{{Cite news |last=Robinson |first=Bryan |date=August 16, 2011 |title=Remembering the First – and Forgotten – Latino Spider-Man |publisher=[[Fox News]] Latino |url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2011/08/16/remembering-first-and-forgotten-latino-spider-man/ |url-status=dead |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912162030/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2011/08/16/remembering-first-and-forgotten-latino-spider-man/ |archive-date=September 12, 2011}}</ref> Other themed versions exist within the early 2000s, such as a [[Marvel Mangaverse]] version and an Indian version from ''[[Spider-Man: India]]'', [[Spider-Man (Pavitr Prabhakar)|Pavitr Prabhakar]].<ref name="i09" /><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ong, Benjamin |last2=Kean Pang |date=July 16, 2008 |title=Remembering When West Has Met East |work=[[Newsarama]] |url=http://www.newsarama.com/446-remembering-when-west-has-met-east.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231051610/https://www.newsarama.com/446-remembering-when-west-has-met-east.html |archive-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>

''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' was a popular modern retelling of Spider-Man, [[Spider-Man (Ultimate Marvel character)|Peter Parker]]. The version of Peter Parker would later be depicted as being killed off and replaced by a [[Black Hispanic and Latino Americans|Black Hispanic]] Spider-Man named [[Spider-Man (Miles Morales)|Miles Morales]].<ref name="USAToday1">{{Cite news |last=Truitt |first=Brian |date=August 2, 2011 |title=Half-black, half-Hispanic Spider-Man revealed |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-08-01-black-spider-man_n.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803021934/http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-08-01-black-spider-man_n.htm |archive-date=August 3, 2011}}</ref>

The storyline "[[Spider-Verse]]" brought back many alternate takes on Spider-Man and introduced many new ones, such as an alternate world where [[Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy)|Gwen Stacy]] gets bitten by a radioactive spider instead, along with a British-themed version named [[Spider-UK]], who is Billy Braddock from the [[Captain Britain Corps]].<ref name="Spider-Men" /><ref name="design">{{Cite web |last=Ching |first=Albert |date=March 13, 2015 |title=Slott Details the Unexpected Origins of Spider-Gwen and Spider-Punk |url=http://www.cbr.com/slott-details-the-unexpected-origins-of-spider-gwen-and-spider-punk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909235327/http://www.cbr.com/slott-details-the-unexpected-origins-of-spider-gwen-and-spider-punk/ |archive-date=September 9, 2016 |access-date=September 9, 2016 |publisher=[[ComicBookResources.com]]}}</ref>