Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic pig and is a cartoon animal parody version of Spider-Man.
Spider-Ham (real name Peter Porker) is an alternate reality counterpart to Spider-Man. He appears in Ultimate Spider-Man. In simpler terms, he is Peter Parker as an anthropomorphic pig. Spider-Ham was created by Tom DeFalco and Mark Armstrong.
A denizen of the anthropomorphic, and notably cartoony, Earth-8311, Spider-Ham actually began life as a mere spider who was bitten by irradiated basement scientist – and pig -- May Porker, turning him into Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham!
Peter Porker started life as a humanoid spider in scientist May Porker's basement. After a mishap with her atomic-powered hairdryer, May lost her marbles a bit, got a taste for arachnid and bit into Peter, mutating him into the Spectacular Spider-Ham!
Enhanced strength: Peter possesses the proportionate strength of a spider, allowing him to face foes in combat that would otherwise overwhelm him. Enhanced speed: Peter can run and move at speeds that are beyond his natural physical limits. He is able to traverse several paces while running and web-swinging.
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Clip - Meet Spider-Ham
Was Peter Porker a human?
Peter Porker was born a spider (simply named Peter). Residing in the basement lab of May Porker, a slightly goofy animal scientist who had created "the world's first atomic powered hairdryer," hoping that "the introduction of nuclear fission into America's beauty salons" would "revolutionize the hair care industry".
Biography. Once there was a spider. This spider's name was Peter and it resided in the basement of scientist May Porker. All was well and good until one fateful day. The when May Porker decided to try out her newest invention...the world's first atomic powered hairdryer.
Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic pig and is a cartoon animal parody version of Spider-Man.
After first appearing in Strange Tales #97 (January 1962)—caring for his niece (a mermaid named Linda Brown) with his wife May—Uncle Ben returned in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962)—caring for his nephew (Peter Parker / Spider-Man) with May—and was killed in the same issue.
Spider-Ham has super-strength, enabling him to lift around 10 tons and leap great distances in a single bound. His precognitive spider sense warns him of approaching danger. He can stick to and climb up walls.
As revealed in PETER PORKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-HAM (1985) #15, Porker was originally a spider that was turned into a pig by an inventor named May Porker, who at the time was attempting to introduce nuclear fission to beauty salons.
Sandwich was the name Peter Parker gave to a stray dog he found on the streets while patrolling the city as Spider-Man. He gained its trust by giving it a sandwich he found in a dumpster, hence the dog's name.
Was Peter Porker in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse?
Spider-Ham. Peter Porker also returns at the end of Across the Spider-Verse to join Gwen. The character, voiced by John Mulaney in the previous film, first appeared in the parody comic Marvel Tails, Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham in 1983.
Since Miles and Peni are the same age in the first movie, both being 13, it can be assumed that in the sequel she is the same age as Miles, who is now 15. However, due to placement of birthdays within a year, it is possible she is only 14 instead.
Ben was killed when a burglar was robbing their house. Ben accidentally surprised him causing the burglar to shoot him. His death sparked the transformation of Peter Parker into Spider-Man. He once returned for five minutes as part of a birthday present from Doctor Strange for Peter Parker.
When Benjamin Parker refused to be intimidated by Osborn or his gang, Toomes was dispatched so he would murder and cannibalize Peter Parker's uncle. This led to his nephew, Peter Parker, also known as Spider-Man, to seek vengeance.
The What If? comic series explores bizarre alternate realities, and the storyline "What If Odin were Peter Parker's Uncle?" does just that. In the issue, Odin marries Aunt May, making him Spider-Man's uncle, with this clearly being what Rick was referencing.
That's when Into The Spider-Verse producer Chris Miller took a second to step is, making quite the revelation — Peter Porker wasn't a cannibalistic hero eating a pork hot dog. In fact, the sausages in Spider-Ham's universe are made of... human meat.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie identifies the spider that bit Peter Parker as an Araneus Oscorpeus. While Araneus Oscorpeus is just a fictional species, Araneus is actually a genus of the so-called orb-weaving spiders. While they do possess venom to immobilize their prey, orb-weaving spiders are not harmful to humans.
Since his introduction, the main-continuity version of Peter has gone from a high school student to attending college to currently being somewhere in his late 20s. Peter has been a member of numerous superhero teams, most notably the Avengers and Fantastic Four.
However, it turns out that Mysterio, knowing that his plan could fail and that he could potentially die, had his crew edit the footage of him and Peter fighting the Elementals to frame Peter as the culprit behind the attacks and his death while revealing his true identity in revenge for foiling his plans.
Creating an illusion of the Hulk to lure Spider-Man to him, Mysterio ambushes and severely wounds the hero. Before Mysterio can unmask and kill Spider-Man, a mysterious vigilante rescues him and together they defeat Mysterio, revealing his true face.
After Peter's "coming out", Robbie reveals he knew Peter was Spider-Man and stands up to J. Jonah Jameson after all the years about his treatment to Peter/Spider-Man. Unable or unwilling to admit that he had gone too far in his hatred of Spider-Man, Jameson fires Robertson. However, he rehires him shortly after.
