Death is a must in the story of a self-respecting superhero, e.g Spider-Man is certainly no exception. Lucky for him, with a few exceptions, no one in the Marvel Universe is dead forever, and New York continues to enjoy its friendly neighborhood hero. But how many times has Peter Parker died in the comics?
Now that we have listed all of Batman’s deaths in the comics, let’s consider all the stories where Peter Parker lost his life. With one exception, only stories involving the Marvel Universe’s Spider-Man, Earth-616, will be shown.
Spiderman #17
In 1991, screenwriter Ann Nocenti and artist Rick Leonardi bring us one of Spider-Man’s most underrated stories, titled “Nobody’s Getting Out of Here Alive!”. During one of his usual patrols Spider-Man finds himself in an explosion in an attempt to save a mother and her daughter who are dying at the company. Arriving in the afterlife, Peter Parker meets Thanos and Lady Death. Here, Mad Titan explains to Peter that his exploits as Spider-Man were useless and only led to the creation of new villains, and that in his last endeavor he couldn’t even save the little girl. one Desperate Spider-Man then arrives to physically confront Thanos in an attempt to force Lady Morte to give up the child and bring her back to the realm of the living. Impressed by Peter’s behavior, Lady Death decides to revive both the child and Peter himself, who wakes up to his mother’s thanks.
The Infinity Gauntlet
The same year that Max Pezzali was preparing to sing “They Killed Spider-Man,” Spider-Man was actually yet dying, and once again in a storyline Thanos and Lady Death shared: the famous Crossover “The Glove of Infinity”, which also inspired the films Avengers Infinity War and Endgame, Spider-Man is not one of the characters to disappear due to the “Snap”. like in the movies, but he dies in the ensuing fight with Thanos trying to bring everyone back. Spider-Man isn’t the only hero to die in this battle, which turns out to be a true massacre for good. Eventually, Gamora will be able to possess the Infinity Gauntlet, restore the “pre-snap” status quo, and even revive the dead heroes.
Kraven’s Last Hunt
Also among the most iconic Spider-Man stories is Kraven’s The Last Hunt, published by JM DeMatteis and Mike Zeck in 1987, which sees the death of Peter Parker. In the story, Kraven finally manages to overpower his nemesis, having managed to apparently kill Spider-Man, and come to bury him in a coffin. After two weeks, Peter Parker regains consciousness and emerges from the earth, returning to life and discovering that Kraven has meanwhile taken on the role of a brutal Spider-Man. In the following comparison Kraven tells Spider-Man that he no longer plans to fight him, having now achieved his victory over the “Spider”, a dreamlike being that Kraven has haunted over the years and that the hunter has associated in his mind with Spider-Man. Left alone, finally at peace, Kraven decides to commit suicide with a shotgun.
The other
Released between 2005 and 2006, The Other storyline sees the second face-to-face between Spider-Man and the totemic vampire Morlun. If the first clash between the two Spider-Man had miraculously emerged victorious, The second fight sees him completely defeated: Morlun proves to be enormously stronger than Spider-Man, going so far as to rip out his eye (and devour it) and beat him until he passes out. After being rescued and taken to the hospital, Morlun returns to finish the job, but to his great surprise, he faces a conscious, wild, and savage Peter Parker, who shows no self-control and fights Morlun with spikes protruding from his wrists and killed him by biting open his throat. However, immediately after the fight Peter, who has come to his senses, dies. For Peter Parker, however, this is not the end: Spider-Man’s body is indeed chosen as a guest for the spider deity known as “the Other”: Peter’s body transforms into a cocoon, from which a spider emerges.-The human is fully healed of his wounds and with all new powers like organic cobwebs.
Superior Spider-Man
In the pages of Amazing Spider-Man #700, written by Dan Slott and published in 2013, Doctor Octopus finally gets the upper hand on his nemesis. Trapped in a dying body Octavius โโmanages to exchange ideas with Peter Parker, cause Spider-Man to die inside his body and start a new life as the superior Spider-Man. This is the longest time in the comics that Peter Parker has been seen out of play while a ruthless villain poses as Spider-Man. After actually preserving Peter Parker’s memories, Octavius โโsoon realizes that he shares Peter’s body with his consciousness, and this leads him to salvation over time. In the series finale Octavius โโarrives to “sacrifice himself” by returning his body to Peteradmitting that the superior Spider-Man always ended up being the original.
Ultimate Spider-Man: The Death of Spider-Man
While not the prime universe, it would be a crime not to mention the death of Peter Parker from Earth-1610 (the ultimate universe). The saga ending in the pages of Ultimate Spider-Man #160 sees an exhausted Peter Parker die along with Norman Osborn in the epic showdown between Spider-Man and Green Goblin. This story also underpins the origins of Miles Morales, who is transported a few years later to the main Earth-616 universe that currently houses his adventures. Later anyway Both Peter and Norman will return from the dead thanks to the Oz serum, which underlies both characters’ powers, which seems to have made them immortal. And in the finale of the Spider-Men II miniseries, where we last saw the Ultimate Universe, we discover that Earth-1610’s Peter Parker continues to play Spider-Man.
Finally, we remind you that in April the relaunch of the Amazing Spider Man magazine will begin in the United States, starting with number 1.
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