List of incarnations of Spider-Man
"Spider-Man" is the name of several fictional characters in the Marvel Universe. The first and main character is Peter Parker, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Other characters have adopted the alias over the years in the Earth 616 universe such as Ben Reilly and Otto Octavius. There also consists of alternate universe versions of the web-slinger such as Miles Morales and Miguel O'Hara.
Characters named Spider-Man
Peter Parker
Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man, is the mainstream Earth-616 incarnation of the character and appears in almost every piece of Spider-Man related media.Ben Reilly
Ben Reilly is a clone of Peter Parker, who also fought crime as the Scarlet Spider. He also took over as Spider-Man when Peter retired to settle down with a new family. This lasted until the original Green Goblin returned and murdered him.Brian Kornfield
Spider-X is a fictional character and supervillain in the Marvel Universe. Seen by many wearing Spider-Man's costume, he is initially believed to be Spider-Man mutated by the Darkhold.Mac Gargan
While possessing the Venom symbiote, Mac Gargan posed as Spider-Man as a member of the Dark Avengers until his capture at the end of the "Siege" storyline.Mattie Franklin
The niece of J. Jonah Jameson. After being granted spider powers by "The Gathering of Five", she filled in for Peter Parker during one of his temporary retirements and later became Spider-Woman when he retook the role. She was killed by the Kravinoff family during "The Gauntlet" and "Grim Hunt" storylines. During the "" storyline she was briefly resurrected before she died again at the end of the storyline.Anansi
A member of the Vodu pantheon, he was the very First Spider-Man according to Ezekiel Sims and the Ashanti tribe in Ghana.Ai Apaec
Ai Apaec is the Marvel Comics version of the chief deity of Moche culture, and a supervillain in the Marvel Universe.Ai Apaec first appeared in the first issue of the 2011 Osborn limited series, and was created by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Jamie McKelvie.
Ai Apaec began appearing as a regular character in the Dark Avengers series, beginning with Dark Avengers #175.
Ai Apaec is a chimeric being that has the head, torso, and arms of a human, the lower half being a spider's body, snakes for hair, and long sharp fangs. He was worshipped by the Moche people of South America. He was eventually captured by government officials and held in a secret government base somewhere underwater. Ai Apaec ends up meeting Norman Osborn when he ends up transferred to the secret base from the Raft. He joins Osborn, Dr. June Covington, Kingmaker III, and Carny Rives into staging a break-out. The inmates secure an escape pod to get to the surface. Afterwards, Ai Apaec returns to the jungle.
During the Spider-Island storyline, Shang-Chi and Iron Fist discover that Ai Apaec was controlling Bride of Nine Spiders of the Immortal Weapons to capture the other members. As Iron Fist fights Ai Apaec, Shang-Chi manages to free the other members where Shang-Chi mutates into a humanoid spider. Upon Iron Fist using his Chi Force to cure Shang-Chi, Iron Fist gets the other Immortal Weapons members to safety while Shang-Chi collapses the hideout on top of Ai Apaec. Afterwards, the Avengers arrested Ai Apaec.
When Osborn reclaimed ownership of H.A.M.M.E.R., he manages to locate Ai Apaec and recruit him to his latest incarnation of the Dark Avengers alongside Barney Barton, Gorgon, June Covington, Skaar, and Superia. To make Ai Apaec his latest Spider-Man, Osborn gives Ai Apaec a genetic-modifying drug that alters his appearance to resemble a six-armed version of the black suit Spider-Man. Ai Apaec and the Dark Avengers' other members are defeated by both Avengers teams when it turns out that his teammate Skaar was the Avengers' double-agent. Ai Apaec's drug wore off and Captain America knocked him unconscious.
When the Thunderbolts were missing in time, Ai Apaec was present when the Dark Avengers were recruited by Luke Cage to be a replacement team. Ai Apaec and the other Dark Avengers members were implanted with nanites in order to prevent them from going rogue, and placed under the leadership of Luke Cage.
Ai Apaec and the rest of the Dark Avengers team are thrown into an alternate world with John Walker. Ai Apaec was shown to have been shrunken down when he is a prisoner in Iron Man's lab. When Hank Pym mentions having regrown U.S. Agent's limbs and shrunk Ai Apaec, Iron Man lashes out at him and realizes that Henry Pym's control implant had been reworked. The Dark Avengers make their way through Hell's Kitchen to get to Strangetown. They come across a building covered with webs as Ai Apaec claims that this world's Spider-Man had gone under a profound change to have created a long-lasting web. During the fight between the Dark Avengers and Spider-Man's gang, Ai Apaec tells Barney to load him onto an arrow and fire it at Spider-Man. Spider-Man's Spider-Senses go off and he catches the arrow as Ai Apaec and Spider-Man speak in a different language while the other Dark Avengers have been subdued. With help from Ai Apaec, June Covington tells them that they had poisoned Hawkeye on his left side and that the venom must be sucked out. Later on, the Dark Avengers and Spider-Man's gang arrive in Strangetown where they are attacked by the All-Seeing Eye and the Soulsnake. Ai Apaec tells Spider-Man to cast some webbing and give Barney Barton a sword which he uses to destroy the Soulsnake while Spider-Man lands a hard kick to the All-Seeing Eye. Ai Apaec is climbing on Doctor Strange's leg, telepathically calling the Dark Avengers to summon an object contained by Spider-Man's webs which would grant him the perfect distraction. Enraged at the death of Clea, Doctor Strange readies an even more powerful spell. Before he can do the spell, Ai Apaec hits him with all the poison he had killing Doctor Strange and ending his slave spell on Moonstone and Skaar. Ai Apaec and the Dark Avengers later return to their reality. When Ai Apaec reminds the Dark Avengers that he must be restored to his proper size, June Covington steps on him.
Ai Apaec has superhuman strength where it was stated that he was strong enough to rip off a man's head. His long sharp teeth contains a powerful poison and he has enhanced senses. His spider legs can enable him to cling to solid walls and surfaces. Like the diving bell spider, Ai Apaec can wrap himself in a bell-shaped web held by the hair on his legs and abdomen and collect oxygen from the water to exchange the carbon dioxide with the oxygen.
During the Spider-Verse storyline, the Earth-1771 version of Ai Apaec is attacked by Karn. After a short battle, Karn drains away Apaec's essence reducing him to dust.
In other media
Ai Apaec is playable in Spider-Man Unlimited.Otto Octavius
Otto Octavius swapped bodies with Peter Parker during the "Dying Wish" storyline, with Peter dying in his body. Possessing his host's body and memories, Otto was determined to both prove himself better as Spider-Man than Peter and a better man as The Superior Spider-Man, but was eventually forced to sacrifice himself to restore his host when his focus on the larger picture and his own ego resulted in the Goblin King taking control of New York City in a massive attack at the Goblin Nation.Miles Morales
After he was brought into the main universe, he kept fighting as Spider-Man.Other versions of Spider-Man
- Scarlet Spider is an alias of four characters that are similar in powers and abilities to Spider-Man.
- Other clones of Peter Parker such as Kaine, the degenerated first clone, and Spidercide, the shape-shifting third clone.
- Blood Spider is an evil version of Spider-Man hired by the Red Skull and trained by the Taskmaster. His costume is a combination of the original and black costumes, and he has tanks for his web fluid on his back with hoses leading to the webshooters on his wrists. His partners Jagged Bow and Death-Shield were also trained by the Taskmaster. The trio was next seen trying to kill Venom as hired by Lord Ogre.
- The Spider Doppelganger is an evil version of Spider-Man created by the Magus during the Infinity War.
- Ezekiel Sims has powers similar to those of Spider-Man, but mystical in origin. He is a member of the Spider Society and its front organization, WebCorps.
- Tarantula: Several characters have used this identity. See the main article for details.
- Steel Spider is Ollie Osnick, originally a young teenager who idolized Doctor Octopus and designed his own mechanical tentacles. Later he was so impressed by Spider-Man that he modified his tentacles into spider-legs.
- Web-Man, a clone of Spider-Man made by Doctor Doom in an Electric Company comic. He wears the inverse of Spider-Man's colors, and has criminal tendencies. He, along with his other clones, are destroyed when Spider-Man destroys the cloning machine Doctor Doom used.
- Several characters have used the Spider-Woman identity: Jessica Drew, Julia Carpenter, Mattie Franklin, and Charlotte Witter. There is a version of Spider-Woman in the Ultimate Universe, a female clone of Peter Parker.
- Madame Web, a precognitive ally of Spider-Man and the Spider-Women.
- Anya Corazon, a young, Latina Latino-American heroine with spider powers, formerly an employee of WebCorps.
- Silk, An Asian Korean-American girl who was bitten by the same spider as Peter Parker.
- Symbiotes, Venom and all of his descendants possess the powers of Spider-Man.
Other examples
- A Spider-Man robot called the Timespinner is created by Kang the Conqueror to defeat the Avengers. It is deactivated, but later returns with the ability to drain temporal energy from people. It is destroyed by Ben Reilly and the Avengers.
- Spider-Man villains such as Chameleon, Mysterio, and Kraven the Hunter have all masqueraded as Spider-Man.
- Deadpool briefly masqueraded as Spider-Man.
- There have been also some unnamed Skrulls, who were disguised as Spider-Man, including Hulkling.
Alternative versions