A bite from a spider somehow granted me its arachnid abilities and instead of using them for personal gain, i decided to help others with them. As orphan living with his aunt, May Parker, I chose to wear a mask while fighting crime so as not to burden her with My actions.

Calling myself Spider-Man and sporting a pair of web-shooting devices I’d constructed, i wound up in internet videos which attracted the attention of Tony Stark. The billionaire industrialist deduced Spider-Man’s secret identity and approached Me at My home in Queens, New York with a request for aid from Me in an upcoming confrontation with Captain America and a group of other rogue Avengers and associates. I was initially hesitant to even admit My secret career as Spider-Man, but the thrill of adventure and Stark’s talk of responsibility drew Me in and I accepted the invitation, as well as a new, high-tech costume and web-shooters.