Post by Dawn on Feb 24, 2010 0:56:50 GMT -5
Mary-Jane Watson Parker
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 120 lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Red
POWERS/Weapons: MJ gained experiance in danger over the years as Spiderman's wife, and as an acctress. She has taken self defense lessons from the likes of Captain America. She carries a gun, wich Peter does not like.
When he made new web slingers, he fashioned his old ones into bracelettes she could wear.
She has been known to use items laying around in combat as well, once fighting off a bad guy with a lamp, and then using the exposed wires from that lamp to electrocute his goons.
She is also the one that usually administers first aid to Peter.
Background
Mary Jane is Peter's wife, a relationship which was in doubt for some time, but which appears once more to have at least a fighting chance of surviving. Peter first met Mary Jane in Amazing Spider-Man #42, although we as readers were given hints about her as early as Amazing Spider-Man #25. Mary Jane was born in Pennsylvania to an unstable home. Her father was abusive, and her mother fled with her and her sister. They moved from home to home of various relatives. Her favorite relative was her Aunt Anna Watson in New York City. When her mother passed away, and her sister left raising two boys on her own, MJ abandoned her sister in Pittsburg, and moved to New York with her aunt. In the graphic novel Parallel Lives and in Untold Tales of Spider-Man #16, it was revealed that Mary Jane knew of Peter Parker's alter- ego since the day Uncle Ben died. She witnessed Spider-Man crawling out of his window as he pursued the burglar who had murdered his uncle. She didn't meet Peter face-to-face until their aunts finally arranged a successful date (that Peter had been dodging). On their exciting first date, they rode into Manhattan to catch the action as the Rhino was wrecking havoc. Of course, Peter pulled his first disappearing act in the relationship, giving Mary Jane time to practice her acting skills pretending she didn't know where he went. Unable to deal with the confusing secret life of Peter, she chose to act as if she didn't know, and simply play the part of a party animal. While Peter was at college, Mary Jane dated Harry Osborn while Peter dated Gwen Stacy. MJ was a relentless flirt with Peter, despite being with Harry. Mary Jane broke up with Harry, shortly before Harry's drug problems in Amazing Spider-Man #96 and following.
After Gwen's death in Amazing Spider-Man #122, Mary Jane finally demonstrated some genuine compassion, as she chose to stay with Peter and grieve together. After some time of healing, Peter and Mary Jane eventually became a regular couple, although his life as Spider-Man often interrupted their plans. MJ even dated Flash Thompson to make Peter jealous. Peter eventually proposed to Mary Jane in Amazing Spider-Man #182; however MJ declined, saying that she wasn't the sort of girl who could be happy with just one man. Shortly after, Mary Jane took a leave of absence from the Spider-Man comics, during which time Peter dated several different women( primarily Deborah Whitman, and The Black Cat).
Mary Jane returned in Amazing Spider-Man #243, after staying with her family in Florida. She and Peter grew very close at this time, as both were having some problems in their lives. After another round of the usual Peter Parker lies following a battle with the Puma, Mary Jane finally told Peter that she knew that he is Spider-Man. Since she knew his greatest secret, Mary Jane decided to open up to Peter and share her secrets. She told her life story to him - growing up in a dysfunctional family wearing emotional masks of the happy-go-lucky party girl to keep herself sane. Peter and Mary Jane denyed to themselves and each other that they were in fact, once again, emotionally entangled. In this period of shared honesty, they realised how close they had become.
Peter proposed to her for a second time in Amazing Spider-Man #290. The wedding followed shortly afterwards in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 and the honeymoon in Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #7.
They moved into the Bedford Towers, a luxury apartment on the upper West Side. But their happiness was shortlived when Mary Jane was kidnapped by Jonathan Caeser, her landlord and a wealthy admirer. Following her escape and his being sent to jail, Caeser still managed to use his influence to ensure that she was evicted and forced out of the modelling business. MJ managed to find alternate work in the day-time drama "Secret Hospital". Still, she earned more than Peter did with his photography.
Mary Jane's life had become increasingly complicated and miserable. There was the "Maximum Carnage" event where all hell broke loose throughout Manhattan - and her husband was acting like a general in the war. There was her frightening encounter with Venom, who knew Peter's secret identity. She had a brief flirtation with a fellow actor, Jason Jerome, in Spectacular Spider-Man - #166 and took up smoking for a while. Her teenage cousin Kristy moved in with them, whom MJ helped face her battle with bullemia. Then there was the clone saga. She had been continually ignored and disregarded by Peter - and had taken a lot more rubbish from him than I would have ever believed possible. Mary Jane became like the "police-man's wife", helplessly waiting by the window for her husband to come home, day after day, while her husband risked his life. Mary Jane's character was a far cry from the bubbly flirty crazy redhead she was as a teenager.
After the clone saga, the storyline showed more hope for their marriage, when Mary Jane became pregnant. The responsibility of being a parent inpired Peter to end his role as Spider-Man, head out to Seattle to live a "normal life". That didn't end very long. The Green Goblin came back, and there was an apparent "miscarriage" of the baby (though it seems Norman Osborn may have abducted the child - a plotline left in limbo). Pete and MJ entered therapy together, while she returned to ESU to study psychology.
There, she befriended Jill Stacy, Gwen's cousin. MJ's Aunt Anna was living with the couple in Aunt May's home in Forest Hills until Aunt May was discovered to be alive. MJ accepted an offer to model again, money started to pour in, and the two moved to an expensive apartment in Manhattan along with Aunt May. Peter once again quit being Spider-Man, and life seemed to be going great for the couple. Once again, Pete just couldn't stay out of the webs, and lied to his wife while secretly crime fighting. While MJ's busy modeling schedule was straining their relationship, the truth came out that her husband was still Spider-Man. Their marriage on the rocks, Mary Jane faced further problems as a stalker harassed her constantly on the phone - a secret she withheld from Peter.
In Amazing Spider-Man Vol.2 #13, Mary Jane took off on a plane trip. Pete was supposed to catch up with her and have time away to patch things up. With the stalker on board, the plane was seen exploding mid-air. Peter (and most comic book readers) refused to believe his wife dead, but was eventually convinced of her demise by a box of her belongings sent to him by the airport.
Considering that everyone else who died in his life returns eventually (except Uncle Ben), Peter was right the first time. MJ was held captive by "the Stalker", a man who supernaturally began to become like Peter after absorbing his memories. Spider-Man rescued MJ, but after the mental trauma of her captivity, she was unable to return to the stressful lifestyle of living with a husband who risks his life every day.
After spending time apart from Peter pursuing acting while in California, Peter and Mary Jane longed for each other. While Pete flew to California, she flew to New York. With both planes grounded due to storms, they met in a Denver airport (with Captain America and Doctor Doom!), and reconciled. Mary Jane recognized that Peter needed her in his life. Living a life so large, it had seemed as if she was insignificant. She's the motivation that keeps Spider-Man fighting and relentlessly driven to survive when the odds are against him. She has since moved back to New York, and is interested in showing the world she's more than a pretty face and sexy body - but has real acting talent. Sharing Peter's secret with Aunt May, MJ and May have grown closer as well.
www.spiderfan.org/characters/mary_jane.html
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 120 lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Red
POWERS/Weapons: MJ gained experiance in danger over the years as Spiderman's wife, and as an acctress. She has taken self defense lessons from the likes of Captain America. She carries a gun, wich Peter does not like.
When he made new web slingers, he fashioned his old ones into bracelettes she could wear.
She has been known to use items laying around in combat as well, once fighting off a bad guy with a lamp, and then using the exposed wires from that lamp to electrocute his goons.
She is also the one that usually administers first aid to Peter.
Background
Mary Jane is Peter's wife, a relationship which was in doubt for some time, but which appears once more to have at least a fighting chance of surviving. Peter first met Mary Jane in Amazing Spider-Man #42, although we as readers were given hints about her as early as Amazing Spider-Man #25. Mary Jane was born in Pennsylvania to an unstable home. Her father was abusive, and her mother fled with her and her sister. They moved from home to home of various relatives. Her favorite relative was her Aunt Anna Watson in New York City. When her mother passed away, and her sister left raising two boys on her own, MJ abandoned her sister in Pittsburg, and moved to New York with her aunt. In the graphic novel Parallel Lives and in Untold Tales of Spider-Man #16, it was revealed that Mary Jane knew of Peter Parker's alter- ego since the day Uncle Ben died. She witnessed Spider-Man crawling out of his window as he pursued the burglar who had murdered his uncle. She didn't meet Peter face-to-face until their aunts finally arranged a successful date (that Peter had been dodging). On their exciting first date, they rode into Manhattan to catch the action as the Rhino was wrecking havoc. Of course, Peter pulled his first disappearing act in the relationship, giving Mary Jane time to practice her acting skills pretending she didn't know where he went. Unable to deal with the confusing secret life of Peter, she chose to act as if she didn't know, and simply play the part of a party animal. While Peter was at college, Mary Jane dated Harry Osborn while Peter dated Gwen Stacy. MJ was a relentless flirt with Peter, despite being with Harry. Mary Jane broke up with Harry, shortly before Harry's drug problems in Amazing Spider-Man #96 and following.
After Gwen's death in Amazing Spider-Man #122, Mary Jane finally demonstrated some genuine compassion, as she chose to stay with Peter and grieve together. After some time of healing, Peter and Mary Jane eventually became a regular couple, although his life as Spider-Man often interrupted their plans. MJ even dated Flash Thompson to make Peter jealous. Peter eventually proposed to Mary Jane in Amazing Spider-Man #182; however MJ declined, saying that she wasn't the sort of girl who could be happy with just one man. Shortly after, Mary Jane took a leave of absence from the Spider-Man comics, during which time Peter dated several different women( primarily Deborah Whitman, and The Black Cat).
Mary Jane returned in Amazing Spider-Man #243, after staying with her family in Florida. She and Peter grew very close at this time, as both were having some problems in their lives. After another round of the usual Peter Parker lies following a battle with the Puma, Mary Jane finally told Peter that she knew that he is Spider-Man. Since she knew his greatest secret, Mary Jane decided to open up to Peter and share her secrets. She told her life story to him - growing up in a dysfunctional family wearing emotional masks of the happy-go-lucky party girl to keep herself sane. Peter and Mary Jane denyed to themselves and each other that they were in fact, once again, emotionally entangled. In this period of shared honesty, they realised how close they had become.
Peter proposed to her for a second time in Amazing Spider-Man #290. The wedding followed shortly afterwards in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 and the honeymoon in Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #7.
They moved into the Bedford Towers, a luxury apartment on the upper West Side. But their happiness was shortlived when Mary Jane was kidnapped by Jonathan Caeser, her landlord and a wealthy admirer. Following her escape and his being sent to jail, Caeser still managed to use his influence to ensure that she was evicted and forced out of the modelling business. MJ managed to find alternate work in the day-time drama "Secret Hospital". Still, she earned more than Peter did with his photography.
Mary Jane's life had become increasingly complicated and miserable. There was the "Maximum Carnage" event where all hell broke loose throughout Manhattan - and her husband was acting like a general in the war. There was her frightening encounter with Venom, who knew Peter's secret identity. She had a brief flirtation with a fellow actor, Jason Jerome, in Spectacular Spider-Man - #166 and took up smoking for a while. Her teenage cousin Kristy moved in with them, whom MJ helped face her battle with bullemia. Then there was the clone saga. She had been continually ignored and disregarded by Peter - and had taken a lot more rubbish from him than I would have ever believed possible. Mary Jane became like the "police-man's wife", helplessly waiting by the window for her husband to come home, day after day, while her husband risked his life. Mary Jane's character was a far cry from the bubbly flirty crazy redhead she was as a teenager.
After the clone saga, the storyline showed more hope for their marriage, when Mary Jane became pregnant. The responsibility of being a parent inpired Peter to end his role as Spider-Man, head out to Seattle to live a "normal life". That didn't end very long. The Green Goblin came back, and there was an apparent "miscarriage" of the baby (though it seems Norman Osborn may have abducted the child - a plotline left in limbo). Pete and MJ entered therapy together, while she returned to ESU to study psychology.
There, she befriended Jill Stacy, Gwen's cousin. MJ's Aunt Anna was living with the couple in Aunt May's home in Forest Hills until Aunt May was discovered to be alive. MJ accepted an offer to model again, money started to pour in, and the two moved to an expensive apartment in Manhattan along with Aunt May. Peter once again quit being Spider-Man, and life seemed to be going great for the couple. Once again, Pete just couldn't stay out of the webs, and lied to his wife while secretly crime fighting. While MJ's busy modeling schedule was straining their relationship, the truth came out that her husband was still Spider-Man. Their marriage on the rocks, Mary Jane faced further problems as a stalker harassed her constantly on the phone - a secret she withheld from Peter.
In Amazing Spider-Man Vol.2 #13, Mary Jane took off on a plane trip. Pete was supposed to catch up with her and have time away to patch things up. With the stalker on board, the plane was seen exploding mid-air. Peter (and most comic book readers) refused to believe his wife dead, but was eventually convinced of her demise by a box of her belongings sent to him by the airport.
Considering that everyone else who died in his life returns eventually (except Uncle Ben), Peter was right the first time. MJ was held captive by "the Stalker", a man who supernaturally began to become like Peter after absorbing his memories. Spider-Man rescued MJ, but after the mental trauma of her captivity, she was unable to return to the stressful lifestyle of living with a husband who risks his life every day.
After spending time apart from Peter pursuing acting while in California, Peter and Mary Jane longed for each other. While Pete flew to California, she flew to New York. With both planes grounded due to storms, they met in a Denver airport (with Captain America and Doctor Doom!), and reconciled. Mary Jane recognized that Peter needed her in his life. Living a life so large, it had seemed as if she was insignificant. She's the motivation that keeps Spider-Man fighting and relentlessly driven to survive when the odds are against him. She has since moved back to New York, and is interested in showing the world she's more than a pretty face and sexy body - but has real acting talent. Sharing Peter's secret with Aunt May, MJ and May have grown closer as well.
www.spiderfan.org/characters/mary_jane.html
