—Spider-Man (Peter Parker) criedMy fault... all my fault... because I didn't stop that punk when I could have! Now Uncle Ben is dead! He's dead!!!
Appearing in ""Bitter Lesson""
Featured Characters:
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Ben Parker (First appearance; dies)
- May Parker (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Liz Allan (First appearance)
- Flash Thompson (First appearance)
- Agent Max (Max Shiffman) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- The Burglar (Carradine) (First appearance)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Mentioned)
Other Characters:
- Richard Parker (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Mary Parker (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Sally Avril (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- General Techtronics (First appearance)
- Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (First appearance)
- Fantastic Four (First appearance)
- Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Mentioned)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (First appearance)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm) (First appearance)
- Stephen Hawking (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Radioactive Spider (First appearance)
- NYPD
- Captain Harrigan (First appearance)
- Crusher Hogan (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- X-Men (First appearance)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (First appearance)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (First appearance)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (First appearance)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (First appearance)
- Wong (First appearance)
- Doctor Bruce Banner (First appearance)
- Rick Jones (First appearance)
- Cindy Crawford (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Tom Cruise (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Anna Watson (First appearance)
- Laura (Peter Parker's cousin) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-98121 (First appearance)
Items:
- Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
- Doctor Octopus' Tentacles
- Spider-Man's Suit
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- X-Uniforms
- Cyclops' Visor
Synopsis for ""Bitter Lesson""
Spider-Man's origin is reimagined!
Peter Parker develops the strength and agility of a spider, when an experiment conducted by Doctor Octavius goes awry in "Bitter Lesson."
Notes
- This series updates Spider-Man's origin to modern times.
Trivia
- The cover is homage to Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man.
