2, with the character of Bill noting that Superman was not born into his alter ego ( Spider-Man was " Peter Parker " first, Batman was born " Bruce Wayne "), using the blanket he was wrapped in as his costume, and Clark Kent is a collage of mankind's less impressive traits meant to blend in with other humans ( as well as a device to pursue Lois Lane's affections ).

Outside of the X-Men, he is good friends with Spider-Man for their shared sense of humor.

* Latveria is referred to in the Spider-Man 2 video game when J. Jonah Jameson says that a Latverian diplomat is landing at the United Nations building by helicopter, although circumstances force the player to miss sighting any such diplomat.

He later works together with Spider-Man against Mister Negative, and temporarily takes Mister Negative's powers until Shang is being brought back to normal by Spider-Man.

The Marvel Universe is the shared fictional universe where stories in most comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Entertainment take place, including those featuring Marvel's most familiar characters, such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Avengers.

In Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, the Hobgoblin of the year 2211 carries a weapon known as a ' Retcon Bomb '; upon impact, it erases its target and all memories of the target from existence, though not erasing the consequences of their existence ( which is how the cracks in the skin of the universe work as well ).

He is best known for directing cult horror / comedy films the Evil Dead series, the action / superhero film Darkman, crime thriller A Simple Plan and supernatural horror Drag Me to Hell, as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man films and the producer of the successful TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Legend of the Seeker ( also the creator ) and Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

In the Making The Amazing documentary on the Spider-Man 2 DVD, both Tobey Maguire and Bruce Campbell jokingly describe Raimi's penchant for " abusing " actors: In order to get realistic closeups of a character getting hit by debris, Raimi usually stands just off-camera throwing items, swinging tree branches, etc., at the actor who is at the center of the shot.

Scenes from the documentary show that Raimi is the one throwing popcorn at Peter Parker during the walk to the wrestling ring in Spider-Man and tossing gold coins around during the bank robbery scene in Spider-Man 2.

A new type of Sentinel called the Prowler ( a scorpion-like machine reminiscent of the Spider-Slayers of the Spider-Man franchise ) is the first Sentinel that was introduced.

They soon break out into a fight where the Spider-Man from the ship is killed by a Tyrannosaurus and regresses to a Skrull.

The New Avengers ' Spider-Man is knocked away by a Tyrannosaurus and ends up confronting Ka-Zar, Shanna, Zabu, and Sauron as well as some of the other locals.

In the opening moments of Kraven the Hunter's level when Amazing Spider-Man is investigating Kraven's trophy room, there were several stuffed and mounted heads of Dinosaurs in the trophy room.

" Steve " Ditko ( born November 2, 1927 ) is an American comic book artist and writer best known as the artist and co-creator, with Stan Lee, of the Marvel Comics heroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.

Raimi is the younger brother of Evil Dead & Spider-Man director Sam Raimi, who directed him in Xena and Hercules, as well as in the Spider-Man movies.

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an American animated television series produced by Marvel Productions starring established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman and an original character, Firestar.

Spider-Man convinces Lightwave to realize that the half-brother she loves is in mortal danger.

Videoman is used by Electro to suck in and entrap Spider-Man, Flash Thompson, Firestar and Iceman into a video game display where Electro attempts to destroy the four.

However, when the Gamesman sends a hypnotic signal that entrances over 300, 000 people in the city ( with the exception of Francis ' girlfriend Louise, Spider-Man and Firestar ), the signal does not affect Francis ' mind, which is distracted from entrancement by Louise and the game ; after Louise walks away after having her pleas being shrugged off by Francis, he ( unbeknownst to any others ) plays the arcade machine so hard that it and other arcade machines ( most of which are emitting the hypnotic waves ) explode.

The comic starts with an all-new story, " Opposites Attack ", which is officially set before Web of Spider-Man # 75.

In the House of M reality, Ben Parker is alive and, like the rest of the world, is aware that Peter Parker is Spider-Man.

As she turns on the TV, wondering how Peter spent his night, she sees Spider-Man rescuing people and she comments: " Guess you did nice work, Tiger " hinting that she is aware of Peter's dual identity which is confirmed later ; issue 605 flashbacks to Mary Jane recalling a fight with Peter while he was dressed as Spider-Man, where she was so angry that she stated that she did not care where he was and that he had a responsibility to their relationship.

Also, Ben Urich reveals to Peter Parker that he is aware that Peter is Spider-Man.

Spider-Man is aware that if the Spot fails, Lopez would die and the two start to work together.

Kurt Busiek took a similar approach with Untold Tales of Spider-Man, a series which told stories that specifically fit between issues of the original The Amazing Spider-Man series, sometimes explaining discontinuities between those earlier stories.

In 1990, after a 28-issue run of Amazing Spider-Man, McFarlane told editor Jim Salicrup he'd grown tired of drawing other people's stories and would be leaving the book with issue # 328 to write his own work.

In the Marvel Comics mini-series Spider-Man Fairy Tales a story is told where Spider-Man takes on the role of Anansi.

Peter told May why he became Spider-Man, and May told him that Ben would be proud of him for doing so.

Spider-Man told Doctor Octopus that they will get the baby back from the Lizard and then fight over who will get it.

Significant appearances included starring in the limited series Deadly Foes of Spider-Man # 1-4 ( May-Aug. 1991 ); the Flowers for Rhino storyline in Spider-Man's Tangled Web # 5-6 ( Oct .-Nov. 2001 ) which is told from the character's perspective, and Punisher War Journal vol.

He pinned Silver Sable to the floor in a flooding corridor in Doctor Octopus's lair and told Spider-Man he would remain there, knowing Spider-Man would blame himself as he wanted nobody to die.

Franklin also shares the same middle name as Peter Benjamin Parker, Spider-Man, who once told Franklin, " Uncle Ben's are always right ".

But when Hammerhead failed due to the arrival of Spider-Man, Silvermane was displeased of Hammerhead's failure and even though he didn't fire him, he told him he was going to hire someone new and better.

In the process, she told Kraven, " There are other ways to get revenge on Spider-Man.

Spider-Man then told Jameson to hit him, as many times as he'd like, to finally work out his frustrations for him.

He is knowledgeable of the mystical nature of totems, and once told Peter the legend of the first " Spider-Man ".

During a demonic invasion of New York via the Eye of Agamotto, Iron Fist finds himself transferred into a white void when he comes in contact with the Eye, resulting in him coming face-to-face with what appears to be the Ancient One, who claims that he-along with a currently-unidentified associate-is responsible for the demonic invasion due to his anger at Strange's recent " failures ", although a casual comment by Spider-Man prompts Strange, Doctor Voodoo, and Daimon Hellstrom to realize that they are actually dealing with Agamotto himself, as the Ancient One's demands for the Eye defy everything he told Strange about how the Eye is passed on from one sorcerer to another.

These issues are part of the twelve-part crossover, Spider-Man: The Other, one-third of which is told in Marvel Knights: Spider-Man ( the other two-thirds told in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man ).

Hence, the passing of time was more discernible in the very early years, such as the graduation of Spider-Man ; and what started as children or teenaged characters, such as Kitty Pryde, Franklin Richards, Valeria Richards, Power Pack, or the New Mutants are all allowed to age at wildly shifting rates ( in the second case even backwards at times ), whereas surrounding characters somewhat dependent on a certain age limit do not change at all.

Osborn is led into a room where he faces Franklin who is wearing a Spider-Man mask and calls him a villain.

They are mutually attracted to each other until her father, Spider-Man, points out that she is only 15, several years younger than Franklin.

After kidnapping Franklin Richards and Nate Grey, usurping their psionic powers to greatly increase his own, changing his physical form, Onslaught fights the Avengers, Fantastic Four, the Hulk, and the X-Men ( Spider-Man attempted to get involved in the fight, but he was kept occupied by fighting Onslaught's Sentinel forces ).

* Mattie Franklin, who briefly impersonated Spider-Man before receiving her own short-lived comics series and appeared in the 2007 Loners miniseries.