Peter Parker is a teenage science whiz from Queens, New York City, raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben after his parents died. He is the secret identity of Spider-Man, a Marvel Comics hero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first seen in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. A radioactive spider bite at a public exhibition gave him superhuman strength, speed, and the ability to cling to walls.

He is known for the web-shooters he designed and built himself, and for a sense of duty that came from a hard lesson. He let a burglar escape a police arrest, and that burglar later killed Uncle Ben, which led him to the idea that with great power comes great responsibility. His humour sits alongside a lot of guilt over Uncle Ben and over Gwen Stacy's death.

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