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Spider-Boy

Spider-Boy

Spider-Boy (Pete Ross) is the Amalgam of Marvel Comics' Spider-Man (Ben Reilly) and DC Comics' Superboy.

History[]

An attempt by Project Cadmus to create an adult clone of Super-Soldier with the ability to control gravity was sabotaged. The geneticist and cloning researcher who engineered the clone, Peter Parker, was killed during the "accidental" lab explosion caused by Kenny Gargan. The clone awakened prematurely at a much younger age and emerged from the wreckage. The young boy immediately ran up a wall in confusion. The head of the project, Thunderbolt Ross, feeling sorry for the clone and responsible for his welfare, legally adopted him (giving the boy the last name of Ross) and named him Pete (after his creator).

Pete and his "Uncle Gen" were a happy family until General Ross was killed by a mugger. Pete swore that he would face danger and make himself the center of attention so criminals would focus on him and not innocent people, as he felt he had been dismissed as just a boy during the incident. Inspired by his spider-like ability to walk on walls, he fashioned a costume and called himself Spider-Boy.

Spider-Boy later returned to Project Cadmus and is given a "web-shooter", a special pistol that fires strands of synthetic webbing. As a Cadmus agent, Spider-Boy was assigned to battle genetic monstrosities. But as Pete Ross, he was a photographer for the sleazy tabloid the Daily Bugle, taking incriminating photos of himself with attractive super-heroines, having become a major pop cultural phenomenon after his debut.

Spider-Boy began facing many villains, such as King Lizard, Bizarnage, Venom Stinger, Arachno (though he eventually became an anti-villain), Recluse, and even Kenny Gargan (who had become Scorpi-Con). However, his biggest challenge was getting set up on a blind date with the Insect Queen. Surprisingly, the two hit it off and later got engaged. According to Spider-Boy 2099, Spider-Boy's life would never be the same after he married Insect Queen.

In a possible future, Spider-Boy became the father of Spider-Lass.

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

  • Gravity Manipulation: Spider-Boy's primary power is the ability to redirect his own personal gravity, allowing him to shift the pull of gravity sideways and walk on walls. He can redirect gravity inward and boost his strength and durability to superhuman levels or lower his own gravity to leap higher and farther than a normal human.

Paraphernalia[]

Weapons[]

  • Web-Shooter- a pistol that fires streams of synthetic webbing for the purposes of entangling enemies or firing web-lines to swing from.
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