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| Spinneret | |
| Full Name: | Mary Jane Watson-Parker |
| First Appearance: | Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1 |
| Created by: | Dan Slott, Adam Kubert |
| Home Universe: | Earth-18119 |
| Alignment: | Good |
| Status: | Alive |
| Place of Birth: | Unknown |
| Citizenship: | American |
| Base: | New York City, New York, United States of America, Earth, Earth-18119; formerly Regency, Battleworld, Earth-15513 |
| Affiliations: | S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| Powers/Abilities: | Spider Powers |
| Height: | Unknown |
| Weight: | Unknown |
| Hair Color: | Red |
| Eye Color: | Green |
| Unique Features: | None |
Mary Jane Watson (of Earth-18119), later as her superhero name, Spinneret is the wife of Spider-Man (Peter Parker) and the mother of Spiderling (Annie Parker).
Contents
- 1 History
- 1.1 Secret Wars
- 1.2 Brawl in the Family
- 1.3 Venom Solution/Experiment
- 2 Powers and Abilities
- 2.1 Powers
- 2.2 Abilities
- 2.3 Weaknesses
- 3 Paraphernalia
- 3.1 Equipment
- 3.2 Transportation
History[]
Mary Jane Watson-Parker appears to have a similar history to her mainstream counterpart; she and Peter Parker married and together they had a daughter named Annie.
Secret Wars[]
After the Multiverse was destroyed by Incursions, and recreated in the form of Battleworld, MJ and her family found themselves in a domain known as the Regency, fashioned from the remnants of their dimension by Emperor Doom.
She and her daughter, Annie, were attacked by Venom in their home. After escaping from him aboard a firetruck, Venom trailed her to a burning building, which Spider-Man tackled him into. Peter was forced to make the building collapse on Venom to finally stop him, effectively killing him. The guilt of having murdered Brock caused Peter to give up being Spider-Man.
As Annie grew up, she developed spider-powers of her own. Mary Jane would become very fearful of her daughter's liberal use of her powers, and when Peter made his return as Spider-Man, she convinced her husband not to leave Regency, but to hide in the shadows using his black suit.
When Kraven the Hunter realized Spider-Man was fighting like a scared father, Regent called in all families connected to Public School 122 Mamie Fay for a power screening. Despite her family passing, a fellow classmate of Annie's, Lewis', was outed as a Mutant. With Peter abandoning them to save Lewis, Mysterio was able to locate Mary Jane and her daughter. Luckily; however, S.H.E.I.L.D. found them first.
As Mary Jane acquainted herself with the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, she quickly became annoyed with their lack of urgency to rescue her husband, and the idea of no longer having a life; however, her outlook rapidly changed as Annie made quick work of the invading the Sinister Six. This convinced her to leave with the Avengers to rescue Peter themselves rather than run to safety.
While the Avengers tried and failed to neutralize the Regent, Annie decided to help her father, and struck the villain with an Inhibitor Chip-infused Trick Arrow obtained from Hawkeye; however, even with his powers neutralized, the Regent was still a threat. Peter, Annie, and MJ teamed up to beat him up, but the Regent got hold of Annie. Spider-Man bluffed his way next to the Regent, and made a joke that caused the villain to laugh and be distracted long enough for Peter to strike a finishing blow that knocked him out. The Avengers then proceeded to take the Regent into custody using an improvised restraining unit created by the Prowler. After the events, Peter, Mary Jane and Annie resume their normal lives.
Brawl in the Family[]
After their fight with the Regent (along with the Multiverse restored), Peter reversed engineered Dr Sharron Stillwell's Empire Unlimited Test Suit to mimic his own spider-powers for his wife, since Annie was increasingly engaging in super-heroics and needed someone to keep an eye on her.
Meanwhile, MJ had opened a boutique in SoHo which drew the attention of a fashion critic. She went to the diner next door to celebrate the development only to learn that Spider-Man was involved in an incident at the former site of Empire Unlimited Headquarters.
Donning her new costume, MJ went to assist Spider-Man in a fight against the Mole Man's forces. There she rescued her daughter from them and agreed with Peter that Annie should stay back.
Peter then informed her that there was something wrong with the Regent tech MJ was utilizing to mimic his powers. While they were talking, the ground gave way and the pair fell down into Mole Man's lair. Waking they found Mole Man plotting to use some of Regent's tech for himself. When asked who she was, MJ claimed she was Spinneret and that she was angry.
Along with help from her husband and daughter, Spinneret successfully defeated the Mole Man and his henchmen and allowed Annie to join the Spider-Family team as Spiderling.
Venom Solution/Experiment[]
After defeating Sandman and the Brotherhood of Mutants at Xavier's Mansion, Mary Jane and Peter were fighting with Mysterio. Due to Mary Jane's suit copying Spider-Man's powers, it drains most of his powers, making him slower and weaker. Mary Jane was worried for her husband and decided to give up being Spinneret.
Seeing an advert from Allan Tech, Mary Jane swung off to the Oscorp building where Liz Allan gave her a Biotech suit which can allow the person to mimic someone's powers without draining them. Mary Jane agreed but she didn't know that it was the Venom Symbiote (which had survived the fire).
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Spinneret Suit: Due to Peter reversing Dr Sharron Stillwell's test suit into a new suit which allow Mary Jane to mimic her husband's powers, MJ possesses the same powers as her husband did. Recently, Mary Jane is now a host to the Venom Symbiote and possesses the same powers as her husband did. These include:
- Superhuman Strength
- Superhuman Speed
- Superhuman Stamina
- Superhuman Durability
- Superhuman Agility
- Superhuman Equilibrium
- Superhuman Reflexes
- Wall-Crawling
- Spider-Sense
Abilities[]
She is a skilled actress, model and singer. Although she had no combat training, her mimic powers from her original suit and the Venom Symbiote have made her a skilled combatant.
Weaknesses[]
In order to copy her husband's powers, Mary Jane's suit drains some of her husband's strength, this makes Peter weaker than he is. While bonded to the Symbiote, it is vulnerable to Sonic and Heat.
Paraphernalia[]
Equipment[]
- Spinneret Suit: Peter reversed engineered the Empire Unlimited Test Suit to mimic his own spider-powers for Mary Jane. The suit has a side effect which drains some of Peter's powers when he and Mary Jane are close.
- Venom Symbiote: Due to given the Venom Symbiote by Liz Allan, Mary Jane now possesses the same powers Peter does, this allows MJ to continue her crime-fighting activities without draining her husband's powers.
- Web-Shooters: Peter gave Mary Jane her very own web-shooters which she uses in combat against her enemies and when web-swinging through New York.
Transportation[]
- Web-Swinging: Mary Jane utilizes the Web-Shooters created by her husband as her primary mode of transportation.
