APE-MAN
Earth-81149

Real Name: Peter Parker

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-81149) human mutate (fringe character)

Occupation: Adventurer

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Gatorman, Jaguar-Dude

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed

First Appearance: Spider-Man Magazine I (#19) (Fall, 1996)

Powers/Abilities: Ape-Man has a prehensile tail that he can use to swing, climb and crawl.

    In battle, Ape-Man utilizes banana-themed boomerangs as weapons.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'10")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 167 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed (presumably hazel)
Hair: Brown

History:
(Spider-Man Magazine I (#19) (fb) - BTS) - Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive monkey, gaining a prehensile tail and climbing and crawling abilities.

(Spider-Man Magazine I (#19)) - Parker used his powers as the adventurer Ape-Man, fighting foes such as Jaguar-Dude and Gatorman.

Comments: Created by Anthony James Paglia.

    Earth-81149's Ape-Man was the product of Marvel's Spider-Man Magazine's "What If?" section featured in later issues of the series in which the magazine asked a specific "What If..." question to its young readers and they would mail in drawings in response to the question. In the 19th issue of the magazine, readers were asked to draw images of "What If Peter Parker Had Been Bitten by a Radioactive Monkey, Instead of a Spider?" In this particular case, Ape-Man was created by then-11-year-old Anthony James Paglia of Warwick, Rhode Island.

    After Spider-Man Magazine I#10, the issues of the magazine were no longer numbered and were only differentiated by the season and year the issue was published (i.e. "Fall, 1996," for example), as the magazine had moved from monthly publication to seasonal. According to the indicias of the Adventures of Spider-Man and Adventures of the X-Men trade paperbacks released a few years ago (which also reprinted some of the exclusive comic strips seen in Spider-Man Magazine), the issue that featured Earth-81149's Ape-Man would have been #19.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-81149's Ape-Man should be distinguished from:

• Ape - Old West simian, Rawhide Kid foe--Rawhide Kid I#39
• Ape (Donald Jones) - thug, allied with Egghead, Ant-Man & the Wasp foe--Tales to Astonish I#45
  
• Ape - Morlocks, shapeshifting mutant--Power Pack I#12
• Ape King - prehistoric alpha of the ape-like Gorgilla Clan, Iron Man foe--Avengers VII#13
  
• Ape-Man - giant ape creature, man cursed by witch doctor, dwelled on the "Lost Island Prison" until passing curse to "Salty" Gruner--Strange Tales I#85
• Ape-Man ("Salty" Gruner) - former inmate of "Lost Island Prison," escaped but encountered the cursed Ape-Man, who passed curse to Gruner--Strange Tales I#85
• Ape-Man (Gordon "Monk" Keefer) - Ani-Men, Unholy Three, briefly empowered by agents of Count Nefaria, killed by bomb intended for Tony Stark--Avengers I#12
• Ape-Man (Roy McVey) - Ani-Men, killed by Death-Stalker--Daredevil I#157
• Ape-Man - Ani-Men, present at Hammerhead's meeting--Civil War: War Crimes#1
• Apeman - past evolutionary self of modern day hero Manikin--Alpha Flight I#49
• Apeslayer of Earth-7481 - futuristic slayer of evolved apes--Planet of the Apes (UK magazine)#23
• Ape X (Roy Reyna) - empowered by the luchadore mask of his Earth-8101 counterpart--Marvel Apes I#4
• Ape X (Xina) of Earth-712 - Squadron Supreme, Institute of Evil, product of artificial intelligence experiment, behavior modded to join Squadron Supreme, mind destroyed by conflicting programming--Squadron Supreme I#5
  
• Chimp Man (Peter Parker) of Earth-99532 - banana weapon-wielding, monkey-themed hero--Spider-Man Magazine I (#19)
  
• Golden Monkey (Peter Parker) of Earth-19216 - super-leaping monkey-themed hero--Spider-Man Magazine I (#19)
  
• Gorilla (Peter Parker) of Earth-47235 - primate-themed X-Men ally--Spider-Man Magazine I (#19)
• Kong (Peter Parker) of Earth-61173 - super-agile, primate-themed adventurer--Spider-Man Magazine I (#19)
• Machete Monkey (Peter Parker) of Earth-63251 - sharp-tailed monkey-themed hero--Spider-Man Magazine I (#19)
  
• Marsupial Man (Peter Parker) of Earth-31338 - vine-shooting adventurer--Spider-Man Magazine I (#19)
• Monkey-Man (Peter Parker) of Earth-70475 - super-swinging monkey-themed hero--Spider-Man Magazine I (#19)
• Monkey o'Doom (Peter Parker) of Earth-51320 - super-screaming monkey-themed hero--Spider-Man Magazine I (#19)
  
• Swing (Peter Parker) of Earth-26957 - super-strong monkey-themed hero--Spider-Man Magazine I (#19)
  
• or any other "Monkey o'Doom" characters or Peter Parker counterparts

Appearances:
Spider-Man Magazine I (#19) (Fall, 1996) - "What If?: Ape-Man" - Anthony James Paglia (writer, art), Amy Weingartner (editor)

First posted: 11/14/2024
Last updated: 11/14/2024

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