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Fictional · United States · Comics: Spider-Man

Peter Parker

Bitten at 15, bereaved the same week, never off duty since

Ages follow the story, not real-world dates.

Character and series names are trademarks of their owners. Unofficial fan information, not affiliated or endorsed. No images used. Marvel's comics use a sliding timescale, so no real-world years are used. Peter is a 15-year-old high school student when bitten (Amazing Fantasy #15, 1962). Later ages are approximate, taken from the school stages the comics show: high school graduation (Amazing Spider-Man #28), Empire State University, college graduation (#185), marriage (Annual #21) and his teaching years; Wikipedia places the current Peter in his late 20s.

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At 6

  1. Age 6 · in the story

    Orphaned young, raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben

    In Forest Hills, Queens. His parents died in a plane crash.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 15

  1. Age 15 · in the story

    A brilliant, bullied science student at Midtown High

    Glasses, no friends, a knack for chemistry.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org
  2. Age 15 · in the story

    Bitten by a radioactive spider at a science exhibit

    He first uses his new powers to win money as a masked TV performer.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org
  3. Age 15 · in the story

    Uncle Ben is shot by a burglar Peter had let walk past

    The lesson he draws: with great power comes great responsibility.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 16

  1. Age 16 · in the story

    Sells photos of Spider-Man to the Daily Bugle

    Publisher J. Jonah Jameson pays him for pictures while attacking Spider-Man in print. Peter needs the money for Aunt May's rent.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 18

  1. Age 18 · in the story

    Graduates high school and enrols at Empire State University

    He meets his roommate Harry Osborn and his girlfriend Gwen Stacy there, and Aunt May introduces him to Mary Jane Watson.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 20

  1. Age 20 · in the story

    Gwen Stacy is killed by the Green Goblin

    His attempt to catch her with a web fails. One of the most famous deaths in comics.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 22

  1. Age 22 · in the story

    Graduates from college

    He later starts, and drops, graduate work in biophysics.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 25

  1. Age 25 · in the story

    Marries Mary Jane Watson

    Fittingly, a wedding first staged as a publicity event in 1987. A later story magically undoes the marriage.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 28

  1. Age 28 · in the story

    Teaches science at his old high school

    Back at Midtown High, this time at the front of the class.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org
  2. Age 28 · in the story

    Unmasks on live television during the superhero Civil War

    He sides with registration, then switches sides. The reveal is later erased from everyone's memory.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

Sources: en.wikipedia.org