List of Spider-Man supporting characters

Family

Immediate family

• Richard Parker - Father. Died in an airplane crash.
• Mary Parker - Mother. Died in an airplane crash.
• Teresa Parker - Peter Parker's long lost sister who is introduced in the graphic novel Spider-Man: Family Business. She later appeared in the comics.
• Ben Parker - Peter Parker's uncle. Shot by the Burglar.
• May Parker - Peter Parker's loving aunt who raises him after his parents died. After the murder of her husband Ben, May is virtually his only family, and they are very close.
• Mary Jane Watson - Introduced to Peter by his Aunt May, who is friends with her Aunt Anna, Mary Jane eventually becomes Peter's best friend and wife. Their marriage was erased from history in One More Day.
• Mayday Parker - Daughter from MC2 universe- Earth-982.
• Benjy Parker - Son from MC2 universe- Earth-982.
• Will Fitzpatrick - Mary Parker's father and Peter Parker's grandfather.
• J. Jonah Jameson - He became Peter's stepcousin after his father married Aunt May.
• John Jameson - He became Peter's stepcousin once-removed after his grandfather married Aunt May.

  Clones

• Ben Reilly - Peter Parker's clone brother who was known as Scarlet Spider and the second Spider-Man. Unlike most of the clones, Peter views Ben as his brother and considers him family.
• Kaine Parker - Peter Parker's clone brother who was the second Scarlet Spider.
• Web-Man - A twin duplicate of Spider-Man.
• Spidercide - A Peter Parker clone who has control over his own molecules who was used by the Jackal as muscle. Died fighting Ben Reilly and Peter Parker above the Daily Bugle before falling to its death.
• Jack - A Peter Parker clone who was the Jackal's diminutive henchman, armed with claw-like fingernails. He dies from clone degeneration.
• Guardian - A Peter Parker clone with dense skin, super-strength, and claw-like fingernails who guarded the entrance to one of the Jackal's headquarters. He also died of clone degeneration.
• Skeleton of a Spider-Man clone - Found in a smokestack
• Doppelganger - A mystical duplicate created by Magus.
• Elliot Tolliver - A proto-clone with mind of Doctor Octopus in a clone body of Peter Parker and of Otto Octavius.
• Spider-Man - A duplicate separated from Peter Parker by the Isotope Genome Accelerator.
• Ultimate Carnage - Related in the Ultimate universe Earth-1610.
• Ultimate Spider-Woman - A clone of Peter Parker that is also known as Spider-Woman, Black Widow, Ultimate Spider-Woman, Ultimate Black Widow in the Ultimate universe Earth-1610.

  Mary Jane's family

• Anna Watson - Mary Jane's aunt and Aunt May's best friend.
• Madeline Watson - Mother, deceased
• Philip Watson - Father
• Kristy Watson - Cousin
• Gayle Watson-Byrnes - Sister

  May Parker's family

• Albert Reilly
• Claire Reilly
• Horace Reilly
• Bill Reilly
• Claudia Reilly : Bill Reilly's wife
• Sam Reilly : Bill and Claudia's son
• Julia Reilly : Bill and Claudia's daughter
• Jan Reilly
• April Reilly
• Alexa : Julia Reilly's daughter and Peter Parker's cousin, last name unrevealed
• Ames : Peter Parker's cousin, last name unrevealed
• Amanda : Peter Parker's cousin, last name unrevealed
• J. Jonah Jameson Sr.: Second husband, father of J. Jonah Jameson, and stepuncle of Peter.

  Spider-Man Family

Love interests

Peter Parker's love interests

• Anna Maria Marconi: A girlfriend of Peter when he was possessed by Doctor Octopus. Anna Maria met Peter as a student at Empire State University. The two hit it off and started dating. They started living together, and the relationship got so serious that Anna Maria found an engagement ring hidden in their apartment. After Peter regained control of himself, Anna became his friend.
• Betty Brant: Betty takes over her mother's former position as Daily Bugle secretary after she dies. Peter dates Betty Brant for a while, but they break up due to her blaming Spider-Man for the death of her brother. However, she realizes later that she was wrong and forgives him. She later marries Daily Bugle reporter Ned Leeds, although she briefly gets back with Peter after the breakdown of her marriage. Despite this, both Betty and Peter maintain a close friendship.
• Black Cat : Peter's first superhuman girlfriend. She is calculating, strong and sly. Despite her love for Spider-Man, Felicia had trouble accepting the Peter Parker side of Spider-Man and felt he should only be the latter which complicated their relationship, though over time would accept the Peter Parker side but still prefer Spider-Man. On top of all this their relationship would remain complicated as Felicia could not fully let go of her criminal ways much to Peter's dismay. Felicia competed against Mary Jane for Peter's affections, eventually losing after she left town for a while. She also dated Flash Thompson. She would continue on as an occasional love interest of Peter in some continuities.
• Black Widow : During a Hydra attempt to take over S.H.I.E.L.D., she is tortured to such an extent that she regresses back to an old cover identity of schoolteacher Nancy Rushman, but she is recovered by Spider-Man in time to help Nick Fury and Shang-Chi work out what had happened and restore her memory, with "Nancy" developing an attraction to Spider-Man before her memory is restored during the final fight against Madam Viper, Boomerang and the Silver Samurai. In the comic book series, Symbiote Spider-Man: Alien Reality, where Spider-Man is transported to a warped reality by poisoning from Kraven the Hunter, he meets an alternate version of Romanoff who is instead of Black Widow, the Black Cat of the reality and claims to be his lover much to Peter's shock and confusion, he then runs away from her telling her not to follow him. She later assists Spider-Man and a dream version of Doctor Strange, who is a drifter fight Hobgoblin and Baron Mordo who have taken over the reality and Strange's place as Sorcerer Supreme only to have been revealed to be in league with the villains. She then escapes during the final battle between Spider-Man, Strange, Hobgoblin and Mordo.
• Captain Marvel : Carol Danvers, originally the superhero Ms. Marvel and later Captain Marvel, has worked with Spider-Man on occasion and even agreed to go on a date with him in accordance with his helping her on a mission, despite how angry he can make her. She later fulfills her promise. Spider-Man had admitted to himself he finds her attractive in her outfit. At the end of the near disastrous date, the two bonded together over a love of junk food. After she was possessed by the symbiote for a time, Venom hints to Spider-Man that his feelings for Ms. Marvel are mutual. The two have remained good friends. Later Danvers' successor to the Ms. Marvel mantle, Kamala Khan while on a mission with Spider-Man tells him that she totally ships them.
• Carlie Cooper: She is an officer of the NYPD's Crime Scene Unit and ex-best friend of Harry Osborn's ex-girlfriend, Lily Hollister. She had also been friends with Gwen Stacy. At Harry Osborn's goodbye party Peter asks her to be his girlfriend and the two share their first kiss. However they break up after Spider Island due to surmising that Peter was Spider-Man, and was angry that he'd lied to her. Carlie eventually left New York for her own safety.
• Debra Whitman: A fellow Empire State University student and secretary whom Peter dates for a period of time, though his frequent disappearances complicate their relationship. She is eventually diagnosed with mild schizophrenia, ironically exacerbated by her "delusional" belief that Peter is Spider-Man. With Peter's help, she overcomes that idea. Soon afterward, she leaves New York after another man, Biff Rifkin, confesses his strong feelings for her.
• Gwen Stacy: Gwen was Peter's first serious girlfriend. She was very kind but slightly spoiled, smart, beautiful and shared Peter's love for science. Her father was police Captain George Stacy. Peter initially ignored her due to his concern for his sick Aunt May, which frustrated Gwen. First a friendship, then a romance gradually formed between the two, which lasted for over a year, until her death. She was killed by the Green Goblin when he threw her off a bridge. In House of M, Gwen is still alive and married to Peter and have a son named Ritchie.
• Jessica Jones: Jones went to Midtown with Peter and had a secret crush on him over ninth and tenth grade, she was even present when he was bitten by the radioactive spider that gave him his powers and tried to talk to him, but ended up running away after a failed attempt, as he ran off feeling dizzy due to the spider-bite. She soon got into an accident herself that killed her family and received superpowers and was later inspired to use her powers for good after witnessing a fight between Spider-Man and Sandman. She soon became a friend of Peter's when he joined the New Avengers. She tried to remind Peter of her crush on him back in high school, to the jealousy of her husband Luke Cage only for him to have trouble remembering her let alone her name recognising her only by what others called her in school, "Coma Girl" as she fell into a coma following the accident, much to her disappointment. In Spider-Man: Life Story set in an alternate universe where the characters age naturally, Jones works with and briefly dates Peter after he divorces from Mary Jane.
• Julia Carpenter: They flirted with one another. She made his black costume.
• Liz Allan: Peter's high school crush, although they never get together. Liz instead marries Peter's friend, Harry Osborn, who's divorced now.
• Marrow: A brainwashed Marrow is convinced she is an Empire State University student named Sarah Rushman. She develops a crush on her lecturer, Peter Parker, and the two go on a couple of dates before she realizes who she is.
• Mary Jane Watson: Initially set up by Aunt May as a blind date, Mary Jane was formerly depicted as Gwen Stacy's competition by creators. She eventually became Peter's main love interest. Both formed a bond, got closer, deeply fell in love, had an on-off relationship for years and eventually married. They sold their marriage to Mephisto who altered reality. Despite that, they maintain a close relationship.
• Michele Gonzales: A criminal defense lawyer and the hot-tempered sister of Peter's roommate Vin Gonzales, as well his temporary roommate while Vin serves time for his involvement in the Spider-Tracer Killings frame-up. When Michele attempts to kick Peter out she is instead seduced by him and become infatuated with him. She is almost constantly angry, and questioning her or drawing attention to the size of her buttocks really sets her off. However, she is also a helpful and kind person, by trying hard to help her clients get their lives back on track. After pestering and bothering Peter tirelessly, she returned to her previous home in Chicago shortly after Vin's release.
• Mockingbird : As part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel, Bobbi is S.H.I.E.L.D.'s liaison with Parker Industries. She and Peter build a relationship slowly, with he providing her a new costume and working together to defeat Norman Osborn in Symkaria. After Peter shut down Parker Industries to stop Hydra from using his company for their own devices, she learns of his secret identity and allows him to stay at her apartment. After having stopping crime together to help Peter's self-esteem, they share a kiss. Peter lives in her apartment while recovering from the dismantling of Parker Industries. They end their relationship after realizing that outside of work and crime fighting, they do not have anything in common.
• Silk : In the "Original Sin" storyline when Spider-Man was exposed to the energies of the Watcher's eye, he recalled the first time the spider that bit him, but not before the radioactive spider that bit him managed to bite another before it died, Cindy Moon. Cindy shows remarkable abilities that are quicker and faster than Peter's. She felt a primal connection to Peter as they show an attraction to one another, and that bond was seen in a more tender, caring way throughout the Spider-Verse series. However, Cindy seems determined to keep Peter at a distance, as though attempting to come to terms with her own identity without the input of her famous ally.
• Silver Sable : She has worked with Spider-Man on occasion. She shared a passionate moment with him when they stopped a bomb from exploding in New York City and greatly aided him during the Ends of the Earth.