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Q 01Who co-created Spider-Man with Steve Ditko?
Stan Lee
Stan Lee later said the tryout ran in the final issue of a dying anthology; its sales figures turned it into The Amazing Spider-Man.
Q 02In which New York City borough was Peter Parker raised by his aunt and uncle?
Queens
Queens, specifically Forest Hills; Lee wanted a hero with everyday, working-class problems rather than a mansion.
Q 03Spider-Man debuted in an anthology whose numbering was inherited from which earlier Marvel title?
Amazing Adventures
Amazing Adult Fantasy premiered with issue #7, taking over the numbering from Amazing Adventures; the 'Adult' was dropped for its 15th and last issue.
Q 04Whose death taught Peter Parker that 'with great power comes great responsibility'?
Uncle Ben
Uncle Ben was shot by a burglar Peter had let escape; the famous line itself was narration in the original comic, not dialogue.
Q 05Which villain ranks with Doctor Octopus and Venom among Spider-Man's principal archenemies?
Green Goblin
Green Goblin, Norman Osborn, is Spider-Man's archenemy; he killed Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man #121 (1973), one of the most consequential deaths in the series.
Q 06Who did Peter Parker marry in the main Marvel continuity?
Mary Jane Watson
Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson famously married in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 in 1987, though their marriage has faced several challenges and alterations in continuity.
Q 07What device does Spider-Man use to shoot webs?
Web-shooters
Web-shooters are Peter's own engineering; the 2002 Raimi films gave him organic webbing instead, which purists hated.
Q 08Which comic book company publishes Spider-Man?
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics nearly did not run him: publisher Martin Goodman thought readers hated spiders, so Lee slipped him into a dying anthology.
Q 09Who played Peter Parker in the 2002 live-action film 'Spider-Man'?
Tobey Maguire
Tobey Maguire's upside-down kiss with Kirsten Dunst became iconic; he returned alongside Garfield and Holland in No Way Home.
Q 10What precognitive ability warns Spider-Man of danger?
Spider-Sense
Spider-Man possesses a precognitive 'spider-sense' that manifests as a tingling sensation, alerting him to impending danger before it happens.
Q 11In which comic book did Spider-Man make his very first appearance?
Amazing Fantasy #15
Spider-Man first swung into action in Amazing Fantasy #15 in August 1962, an anthology comic that was on the verge of cancellation.
Q 12Who played Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)?
Emma Stone
Emma Stone played Gwen Stacy opposite Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel, in which Gwen dies falling inside a clock tower.
Q 13What did Mary Jane tell Peter he had 'hit' in her famous 1966 first on-panel line?
The jackpot
'Face it, Tiger... you just hit the jackpot!' was Mary Jane Watson's first on-panel line, in The Amazing Spider-Man #42 (November 1966), drawn by John Romita Sr.
Q 21Whose 2005 New Avengers series made Spider-Man a full-time Avenger?
Brian Michael Bendis
Brian Michael Bendis launched New Avengers with artist David Finch in 2005, putting Spider-Man on a roster alongside Wolverine, Luke Cage and Spider-Woman.
Q 22What is the secret identity of the original Spider-Man?
Peter Parker
Peter Parker is the original Spider-Man; Miles Morales, Ben Reilly and Miguel O'Hara (Spider-Man 2099) all later carried the name in other books or timelines.
Q 23Which Queens high school did Peter Parker attend in the original comics?
Midtown High School
Q 14What is the profession of J. Jonah Jameson's son John, who later became Man-Wolf?
Astronaut
John Jameson is an astronaut; his failing space capsule in The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963) was Spider-Man's first rescue, and a moon gem later turned him into Man-Wolf.
Q 15Who directed the 2002 live-action film 'Spider-Man' starring Tobey Maguire?
Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi, director of the Evil Dead films, made Spider-Man (2002); his regular collaborator Bruce Campbell cameos as the wrestling ring announcer.
Q 16Which director helmed 'The Amazing Spider-Man' film released in 2012, starring Andrew Garfield?
Marc Webb
Marc Webb, known for '500 Days of Summer,' directed 'The Amazing Spider-Man,' which served as a reboot of the film series.
Q 17In which comic book issue did the villain Kingpin first appear?
The Amazing Spider-Man #50
Wilson Fisk debuted in #50, cover-dated July 1967, in the middle of the 'Spider-Man No More!' storyline.
Q 18Which crossover event first put Spider-Man in his black symbiote costume?
Secret Wars
Secret Wars (1984-85): on Battleworld in issue #8 he took the black suit from an alien machine, believing it was fabric; The Amazing Spider-Man #258 revealed it as a living symbiote.
Q 19What is the real name of the Spider-Man villain known as Shocker?
Herman Schultz
The Shocker, a skilled safe-cracker who invented gauntlets that emit powerful vibrational shockwaves, is known by his real name, Herman Schultz.
Q 20In the 1973 story where Gwen Stacy dies, the art shows the Brooklyn Bridge, but the text names which crossing?
George Washington
The George Washington Bridge is named in the dialogue of The Amazing Spider-Man #121 (1973), though Gil Kane's art clearly shows the Brooklyn Bridge; the 'snap' sound effect implies the web's whiplash killed Gwen.
Peter Parker attended Midtown High School in Queens, where Flash Thompson bullied him; after graduating in The Amazing Spider-Man #28 he enrolled at Empire State University.
Q 24Which Spider-Man villain is also known as Dr. Otto Octavius?
Doctor Octopus
Doctor Octopus, or Doc Ock, was played by Alfred Molina in 2004, and Molina returned in No Way Home.
Q 25What is the name of the aunt who raised Peter Parker after his parents died?
May Parker
May Parker raised Peter after his parents Richard and Mary died; Rosemary Harris played her in the 2002-2007 film trilogy.
Q 26Spider-Man is the 'friendly neighborhood' hero of which US metropolis?
New York City
New York City was Lee's deliberate choice so Peter would have real, working-class problems; he grew up in Forest Hills, Queens.
Q 27Who played Harry Osborn in the 2002-2007 Spider-Man film trilogy?
James Franco
James Franco played Harry Osborn across the 2002-2007 Spider-Man trilogy, inheriting his father's Goblin gear as the 'New Goblin' in Spider-Man 3 (2007).
Q 28Felicia Hardy, Spider-Man's on-off love interest, operates under which costumed identity?
Black Cat
Felicia Hardy is the Black Cat, a cat burglar's daughter who debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #194 (1979); Felicity Jones played her in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Q 29What is the real name of the Spider-Man villain known as Sandman?
Flint Marko
The Sandman's real name is William Baker, but he is better known as Flint Marko. He gained his sand-manipulating powers after being exposed to a nuclear test explosion.
Q 30Which tabloid does J. Jonah Jameson run, the one Peter Parker sells photos of Spider-Man to?
The Daily Bugle
The Daily Bugle is a pastiche of the New York Daily News and the Post; in the MCU it is an InfoWars-style website.