THE SPIDER
Earth-15
Real Name: Peter Parker
Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-15) human/symbiote hybrid
Occupation: Terrorist
Group Membership: None;
formerly Weapon X (Angel/Warren Worthington of Earth-714, Colossus/Peter Rasputin of Earth-1917, Deadpool/"Wade Wilson" of Earth-5021, Firestar/Angelica Jones of Earth-3062, Hulk/Bruce Banner of Earth-873, Hulk/Jen Walters of Earth-1029, Iron Man/Tony Stark of Earth-2020, Ms. Marvel/Carol Danvers of Earth-4732, Sabretooth/Victor Creed of Earth-295, Storm/Ororo Munroe of Earth-23895, Vision of Earth-10101)
Affiliations: Hyperion of Earth-4023, Iron Monarch (Tony Stark) of Earth-42777
Enemies: Avengers of Earth-4400, Brotherhood of Mutants of Earth-94831, David Richards of Earth-2600, Exiles (Blink/Clarice Ferguson of Earth-295, Mimic/Calvin Rankin of Earth-12, Morph/Kevin Sidney of Earth-1081, Nocturne/Talia Josephine Wagner of Earth-2182, Sasquatch/Heather Hudson of Earth-3470, Sunfire/Mariko Yashida of Earth-2109), Fantastic Five of Earth-4400, Sentinels of Earth-2600, Scarlet Witch of Earth-42777, Stephen Strange of Earth-42777, Wonder Man of Earth-42777, Timebroker,
Known Relatives: None (see comments)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: A grave on Earth-15;
formerly the Panoptichron;
formerly mobile throughout
the multiverse;
formerly mobile on Earth-15
First Appearance: Exiles I#12 (June, 2002)
Powers/Abilities: A bite from a radioactive spider granted Peter Parker enhanced strength, reflexes and agility. He also gained a 'spider sense' alerting him to possible danger. After merging with an alien symbiote, all his abilities were increased to unknown degrees. The symbiote can produce an organic substance akin to web fluid and is sticky enough to trap even superstrong foes for extended periods of time. Due to his merging with the symbiote, Spider is especially vulnerable to fire and sonics.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'10")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 167 lbs.)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Hazel
History:
(Exiles I#83 (fb) - BTS) - Peter Parker was born on Earth-15 in 1963.
(Exiles I#24 (fb) - BTS) - Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider.
(Spider-Verse I#2/5 (fb) - BTS) - The bite anointed Peter as the Spider-Totem of his reality.
(Exiles I#12 (fb) - BTS) - At an undetermined point Peter Parker encountered and merged with an alien symbiote that enhanced his powers.
(Exiles I#38 (fb) - BTS) - Now known as the Spider, he went on a reign of terror on Earth-15 that led to a series of brutal murders. His killing spree ultimately came to an end. He was incarcerated and convicted to serve sixty-seven consecutive life sentences.
(Exiles I#83 (fb) -BTS) - The Spider's prison registration number was #24739.
(Exiles I#12 (fb) - BTS) - At an unrevealed point, the Spider was
recruited by the Timebreakers (posing as the Timebroker) claiming he had
become 'undone in time'. He was forced to help repair breaks in the
chain of time and reality as part of Weapon X a team of ruthless and
bloodthirsty dimensional exiles led by Earth-295's Sabretooth. He
replaced an alternate version of Daredevil who got killed.
(Exiles I#38 (fb) - BTS) - In no real rush to return home, Spider mostly
focused on having fun during the missions.
(Exiles I#12 (fb) - BTS) - As part of Weapon X, the Spider used his
abilities to help accomplish their often gruesome missions. Among their recorded exploits: starting a war
between Atlantis and the Inhumans, crippling Doctor Strange, blowing
up Avengers Mansion and murdering Tony Stark. When Kane died on a
mission against the Sub-Mariner, he was replaced by Vision.
Exiles I#12 (fb) - BTS) - Weapon X was sent to Earth-2600,
a world where the Sentinels actively hunted mutantkind. By the time he
was 10, young David Richards was an orphan stuck in a Sentinel-guarded
camp for preteen mutants. His existence was noticed by the Timebreakers
who got worried when they realized the child would grow up to be his
reality's most powerful mutant, easily able to take over the world. They
decided killing the boy before he could access his full power was the
best option. To achieve this task they assigned Weapon X and the Exiles,
another band of time tossed mutants with a far softer approach.
(Exiles I#24 (fb) - BTS) - During a mission to exterminate the Morlock
population, Spider was nearly killed by his teammate She-Hulk who
disagreed with his bloodthirsty approach.
(Exiles I#12) - Still reeling from their last mission, which involved
him having to kill fifty Morlocks in their sleep, Spider tried to take
in the terrain of Earth-2600. He couldn't help but comment on the
Vision's astonishing versatility, preferring the versatile android's
advanced abilities to his predecessor Kane. Weapon X was surprised by
the arrival of the Exiles, especially when it became clear Sabretooth
knew their leader Blink. After comparing notes, and being shocked that
Exiles member Sasquatch was a black woman called Heather Hudson, the
teams banded together to carry out what they believed to be their full
mission: rescue David Richards from the Sentinels.
(Exiles I#13) - When Blink told her teammate Mimic what
their true mission was, it got picked up by Vision who immediately
informed Spider and the other members of Weapon X. Spider was ready to
kill David and move on, but Sabretooth switched sides: killing Deadpool
before teleporting away with the Exiles, David and the other mutant kids
they rescued from the Sentinels.
(Exiles I#13 - BTS) - Following Deadpool's death, Spider and the others
welcomed his replacement: Iron Man.
(Exiles I#13) - Forced by the Timebroker to stop running, the Exiles
took the fight to Weapon X who were out for blood. Spider faced Nocturne
and Sabretooth but proved incapable of seriously hurting any of them
before a blast of plasma from Sunfire took the fight out of him
completely. The arrival of a new brand of killer Sentinels forced the
combatants to stop and evacuate. In the aftermath, an agreement was
reached: Sabretooth was to stay behind on Earth-2600 to help David
Richards grow up to be a responsible mutant adult.
(Exiles I#24 (fb) - BTS) - Without Sabretooth as their leader, Spider
and Weapon X continued with their tasks. They went on several
undocumented missions, including one against a Doctor Octopus that tried
to steal the Tallus only to die in the process. Over the course of time,
they lost Iron Man but gained alternate reality versions of Angel and
Gambit, who served as the new field leader wielding the Tallus.
(Exiles I#23) - Weapon X arrived on Earth-42777, a reality ruled by Iron
Man (Tony Stark). They emerged in president Stark's Oval Office in New
York City.
(Exiles I#24) - Spider watched Gambit explain to the highly distrustful
Stark who they were and what they'd come to do. They'd been ordered by
the Tallus to help him capture the Inhumans and they wanted to do just
that. Joining the president on a walk, they learned the only way to
breach the Inhumans' seemingly impenetrable G-barrier was a "key"
created by Reed Richards which was currently in possession of the gamma
enhanced, super strong Wonder Man. Weapon X opted to retrieve the
device. Thanks to Storm's magics, they briefly fooled Wonder Man's
security systems. However, when Spider attacked Wonder Man's house guest
Doctor Strange, they were quickly discovered. Spider made matters worse
by trying to use Wonder Man's lover Scarlet Witch as a hostage. This
caused him to completely lose control and Hulk out, forcing Gambit to
use a device that generated a vortex to the Negative Zone. Both Wonder
Man and their teammate Hulk were sucked in, with Spider making no effort
to rescue her because of the Morlock incident. Jen Walters was quickly
replaced with Earth-1917's Colossus. Spider reminded Gambit it was up to
former neophyte member Angel to fill the newbie in. Weapon X retrieved
the key and delivered it to a gleeful Tony Stark.
(Exiles I#25) - Spider joined Weapon X and president Stark's metahuman
forces in their attack on the Inhumans' stronghold in the Pacific Ocean.
Eventually Stark using the "key" to bring down the G-barrier surrounding
the Inhumans' refuge. When Weapon X entered, they found every Inhuman
dead on the floor, killed by Black Bolt as part of a strategy inspired
by the tale of the Jewish desert fortress Masada. Their mission
accomplished, Weapon X moved on.
(Exiles I#38 (fb) - BTS) - Weapon X continued on its
missions. Over time, Angel was fatally wounded and replaced by
Earth-4732's Ms. Marvel (though he ended up part of the Panoptichron's
stasis wall). The lascivious new recruit considered starting a
relationship with Spider, but quickly concluded he was more into
violence than acts of love. The team was sent to another alternate
reality with an unknown mission that saw Storm lethally injured before
the assignment got well underway.
(Exiles I#38) - Vision watched Storm perish in Gambit's arms, only to be
immediately replaced by Earth-4023's Hyperion. So overwrought by the
loss of his beloved, Gambit walked off and refused to tell Weapon X
their mission. That led Hyperion to question the Timebroker's whole
setup: what if they simply refused to go on their missions? Hyperion
planned to stay on this Earth and rule it. Spider, in no rush to return
to a cell on Earth-15 anyway, enthusiastically backed this notion. When
Vision opposed this course of action, his supremely powerful opponent
blasted the android to scraps. It was then decided: they were to ignore
the Timebroker's mission of killing the remaining mutants on this
planet.
(Exiles I#39) - While Hyperion and Ms. Marvel went to deactivate the
Sentinels threatening their new homeworld, Gambit led Spider and the
others to Boulder, Colorado where Storm and Vanisher were living in
exile. After remote scans proved they weren't Sentinel operatives,
Vanisher teleported them all inside where they made friends with the
survivors. Soon, it became apparent that a massive meteor was bound for
Earth.
(Exiles I#40) - Spider could do very little to stop the comet's imminent
collision. When even Hyperion failed to prevent its descent, he decided
to simply carry out the Tallus' original mission so they would move on
and get a new Earth to conquer. Killing mutants didn't sit well with
their teammate Colossus, but Hyperion ended his existence quickly. After
the Vision's lifespark gave out as well, they were replaced by new
members Hulk and Firestar who told Hyperion the Timebroker was not happy
with them. Soon only that world's Storm was the only mutant left to
survive, she asked Gambit to end her life. Hyperion, Spider and the
others were happy to see Gambit complied. They moved on from
Earth-94831.
(Exiles I#44 (fb) ) - In the weeks that followed, Spider allied himself
with Hyperion and Ms. Marvel, happily slaughtering his way across the
alternate Earths they arrived on. At the same time, Gambit, Hulk and
Firestar tried to secretly accomplish the Tallus' missions so they could
move on and limit the damage their teammates would cause. After two
missions, Hyperion realized what they were doing. Upon arrival on
Earth-4400, Spider watched how Hyperion tried to take the Tallus from
Gambit by burning off one of his arms. The jewel simply switched to the
mutant's other arm. Witnessing this callous act of cruelty was too much
for Hulk and Firestar who attacked Hyperion, only to get soundly
defeated.
(Exiles I#44 (fb) - BTS) - Gambit managed to escape with his life and the Tallus, disappearing into the sewer systems of Earth-4400's New York City while the Tallus simply told him to wait.
(Exiles I#44 (fb) ) - Over time, Spider, Ms. Marvel and Hyperion happily conquered New York City, killing many of Earth-4400's superheroes in the process, like the Avengers and the Fantastic Five. Spider webbed up Hulk and Firestar, hanging them on display in Hyperion's makeshift outside throneroom in Times Square. He made sure they stayed alive to prevent the Timebroker from sending in replacements. Hyperion turned Manhattan into his own private kingdom and threatened to start killing civilians if he wasn't granted control over the entire United States within a day.
(Exiles I#43 - BTS) - The Exiles arrived on Earth-4400 and were met by Gambit. The Tallus told them their gruesome new mission: the Timebroker only wanted a team of 6 members moving forward. Weapon X and Exiles were to fight and kill each other for those 6 slots on the roster.
(Exiles I#43) - The Exiles' arrival was picked up by the Spider's enhanced senses. He immediately went to Times Square to inform a delighted Hyperion.
(Exiles I#44) - Hyperion tasked the Spider to use his spider senses to locate either the Exiles or Gambit. However, he came up empty and returned to Times Square in time to see Hyperion start to carry out his threat now that the president had refused to give in to his demands for control over the country. Spider made sure Hulk and Firestar were awake for the coming slaughter and he laughed off their pleas to help stop this insanity, laughingly calling them losers before he joined Hyperion's side again. Before Hyperion went on his announced killing spree, the rebellious Exiles member Magik presented herself to him, offering to switch sides and tell Hyperion of the mission. Hyperion heard her story and thanked Illyana by killing her. He then figured he'd kill Hulk and Firestar because it meant there were no replacements coming. After watching Hulk get slaughtered, the frantic Firestar burned herself free. Spider tried to stop her, but got flash fried into a pile of ashes for his troubles.
(Exiles I#45 - BTS) - After the Exiles succeeded in stopping Hyperion and Weapon X, the Timebroker appeared before them to explain this mission. The deaths of Spider and the others were necessary to correct the imbalance that had started to occur.
(Exiles I#59 (fb) - BTS) - On a repeat visit to Earth-2600, the Exiles recounted how they once had to fight Spider and Weapon X over the fate of David Richards.
(Exiles I#83 - BTS) - When the Exiles finally took control of the Panoptichron and learned the "Timebroker" was actually a hologram operated by the insectoid Timebreakers, they also discovered the "Wall of the Fallen" which included what little remained of the Spider. They made arrangements to have his remains returned to Earth-15 where they were interned in the prison graveyard the Timebroker once recruited him from.
(Spider-Verse I#2/5) - The Spider was among the many Spider-Totems summoned to Earth-001 to help fight off the Inheritors. On Loomworld, he joined forces with his alternate counterparts (see comments).
Comments: Created by Judd Winick, Mike McKone &
Jon Holdredge
Little is known of the backstory of Earth-15's Spider-Man. We can't assume he has the same relatives and place of birth as Earth-616's Spider-Man. We also don't know if Earth-15's Peter Parker was a hero before merging with the alien symbiote. It's also possible he was always a psychotic killer and the symbiote simply accentuated those tendencies.
For someone sentenced to serve sixty-seven consecutive life sentences,
the Spider didn't actually commit any horrendous crimes on panel. Sure,
he had a clear and callous disregard for (human) life, but he isn't seen
killing or slashing in the same way Carnage or Venom would.
The Spider's tombstone in Exiles I#83 clearly establishes this Peter was
born in 1963 and his body returned to its home reality in 'their' 2005.
There is no information available on the passage of time in that
particular reality. And let's not start on how there was even a body to
bury given that the Spider was turned to ashes by Firestar. Maybe the
Timebreakers retrieved the body an instant before it was completely
destroyed.
The Spider's cameo appearance in 2015's Spider-Verse I#2 is
tough to explain. It seems clear he was summoned from a point in his own
past, but without additional information we can't be sure it happened
when he was still back on Earth-15 or when he was reality hopping as
part of Weapon X.
The Spider, as part of the Exiles/Weapon X entry, was profiled in X-Men:
Messiah Complex: Mutant Files I#1.
Profile by Norvo.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Spider of Earth-15 should not be confused with:
- Any other "Spider" or "Carnage" related characters
images: (without ads)
Exiles I#12, p3, pan1 (main image)
Exiles I#38, p19, pan5 (closeup)
Exiles I#40, p15, pan4 (celebrates death and destruction)
Exiles I#43, p20, pan4 (spider senses went loopy)
Exiles I#44 p17, pans1&2 (killed by Firestar)
Exiles I#83 p18, pan5 (grave)
Appearances:
Exiles I#12 (June, 2002) - Judd Winick (writer), Mike McKone
(pencils), Jon Holdredge (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
Exiles I#13 (July, 2002) - Judd Winick (writer), Mike McKone
(pencils), Jon Holdredge (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
Exiles I#23 (May, 2003) - Judd Winick (writer), Kev Walker (pencils
& inks), Mike Raicht & Mike Marts (editors)
Exiles I#24 (May, 2003) - Judd Winick (writer), Kev Walker (pencils
& inks), Mike Raicht & Mike Marts (editors)
Exiles I#25 (June, 2003) - Judd Winick (writer), Kev Walker (pencils),
Simon Colby (inks), Mike Raicht & Mike Marts (editors)
Exiles I#38 (February, 2004) - Chuck Austen (writer), Jim Calafiore
(pencils), Mark McKenna (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
Exiles I#39 (March, 2004) - Chuck Austen
(writer), Jim Calafiore (pencils), Mark McKenna (inks), Mike Marts
(editor)
Exiles I#40 (March, 2004) - Chuck Austen (writer), Jim Calafiore
(pencils), Mark McKenna & Rick Ketcham (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
Exiles I#43 (April, 2004) - Chuck Austen (writer), Jim Calafiore
(pencils), Mark McKenna (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
Exiles I#44 (May, 2004) - Chuck Austen (writer), Jim Calafiore
(pencils), Mark McKenna (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
Exiles I#45 (June, 2004) - Chuck Austen (writer), Jim Calafiore
(pencils), Mark McKenna (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
Exiles I#59 (April, 2005) - Tony Bedard (writer), Mizuki Sakakibara
(pencils & inks), Mike Marts (editor)
Exiles I#83 (August, 2006) - Tony Bedard (writer), Casey Jones
(pencils), Vince Russell (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
Spider-Verse I#2 (March, 2015) - Dan Slott (writer), Ty Templeton &
Paco Herrera (pencils), Ty Templeton (inks), Nick Lowe (editor)
First Posted: 08/06/2022
Last updated: 08/06/2022
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