Tarantula (Peter Parker) is the Amalgam of Marvel's Spider-Man (Peter Parker) and DC's Tarantula.
History[]
Peter Parker was young grad student who took a job as a crime photographer for the Daily Bugle to help pay for tuition. Between having idolized Super-Soldier as a child, and taking photos of the new generation of heroes saving the day, Peter decided it was his responsibility to use his skills to help people. Inspired by the arachnids he loved to study, Peter became a superhero known as the Tarantula, designing his suit and equipment. He would eventually inspire his girlfriend Gwen Stacy into becoming Gimmick Girl.
However, when his elderly aunt learned of his secret identity, the shock gave her a heart attack. Upon her recovery Peter promised his aunt he would retire as a hero and devoted himself to science. Peter became a scientist at Project Cadmus and helped them clone the hero who would be known as Spider-Boy.
Ironically, as Peter had given up being the Tarantula as his aunt worried that he would be killed fighting criminals, the cloning experiment he was working on was sabotaged by Kenny Gargan and Peter died in an explosion. However, his part legacy lived on through Spider-Boy, who used a redesigned version of the Tarantula's Web-Gun as his personal weapon, the Web-Shooter.
Powers[]
Though he did not have any actual powers, Tarantula's suit came with suction cups hidden in the gloves and boots, allowing him to stick to walls.
Using his Web-Gun, Tarantula could fire sticky webs that he made based on a formula for a quick-drying spray adhesive.