Characters
- Spider-Man/Peter Parker
Peter Parker is a brilliant college physics student and photographer for the Daily Bugle who continues to lead a double life as the superhero Spider-Man, protecting New York City from crime. His duties as a superhero lead to various problems in his daily life as it overwhelms his attempts to spend time with friends and family, and he briefly gives up his responsibilities in a moment of adversity. - Doctor Octopus/Dr. Otto Octavius
Dr. Octavius is a good-hearted nuclear scientist, who wants to create a first-ever successful self-sustaining fusion reaction for the welfare of mankind. He is a hero of Peter's, being the subject of his paper on fusion power, and the two become good friends. However, when the fusion experiment fails, Octavius is bonded with his handling equipment, four artificially intelligent mechanical tentacles. These convince him to carry on his dangerous experiments no matter the cost, in memory of his wife who was killed in the accident, and is dubbed Doctor Octopus by the Daily Bugle. - Mary Jane Watson
M.J. is the woman Peter has loved since he was a child, yet he gave up the chance of being with her due to his obligations as a superhero. Since then, she has become a successful Broadway actress and model, and becomes engaged to John Jameson. She is angry due to Peter's failure to watch her performance in The Importance of Being Earnest, when everybody else close to her, and even her abusive father, have seen it. - Harry Osborn
Harry Osborn has taken his father's position as head of Oscorp. He supplies Octavius with tritium for the fusion experiment, but when it fails, Harry falls into alcoholism and a desire to kill Spider-Man, whom he believes killed his father. Harry also becomes angry at Peter, believing he will not tell him who Spider-Man is, being the supplier of his photographs to the Daily Bugle. - Aunt May Parker
May Parker is the loving aunt to Peter, a widow of Ben. She blames herself for his murder, but is still unaware of the circumstances surrounding it. - J. Jonah Jameson
J. Jonah Jameson is the miserly chief of the Daily Bugle who carries a personal vendetta against Spider-Man, whom he considers a criminal. When Spider-Man temporarily gives up, Jameson also begins to reconsider his opinion of the superhero. - John Jameson
John Jameson is the son of J. Jonah Jameson, fiancé of Mary Jane and a national hero. - Dr. Curt Connors
Dr. Curt Connors is one of Peter's physics professors at college, who reminds him to get his work done. He is a colleague of Octavius. - Rosalie Octavius
Rosalie Octavius is the dedicated wife and assistant of Otto Octavius.
