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=== 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" />