Times & Stories when Spider-Man was evil

[Stars 'N Stripes]

Of course, the most familiar element of Spidey's story is when J.J. Jameson often thinks the Webslinger is a public menace rather than the hero that he truly is. In light/honor of the current arc in ASM 698-700, let's discuss the times when J.J. was right about his presumptions. It can be a regular continuity, alternate universe, one-shot story, you name it. These are the times when Spidey eschewed his mantra of great power & great responsibility and just went straight up evil.

[Lucas-Con]

In Exiles a version of Peter Parker had bonded with the Carnage Symbiote and called himself the Spider and was a cold blooded killer.

Zombie Spider-Man well you know the details

Spider-Man from Marvel Universe vs

[Assassin Spider]

And if we're going outside comics continuity, the 90s animated series ended with Spider-Man teaming up with alternate versions of himself to fight another version that had gone completely insane due to bonding with the Carnage symbiote as well as preexisting emotional trauma from losing both his Uncle Ben and Aunt May and then being cloned and discovering that he might be that clone and sought to annihilate the totality of reality and existence via dimensional gateway technology invented by Dr. Jonathan Ohm (whom you might know better as the Spot) as vengeance for the misery life had brought upon him. Suffice it to say, it wasn't Spider-Man that beat him in the end, but a still-living Uncle Ben from another universe that brought him back to himself, only for him to kill himself using the same dimensional gateway technology he was intending to use to destroy reality itself because he couldn't break free from the Carnage symbiote and didn't want to destroy any more innocent lives.

In terms of games, depending on how you play Web of Shadows, it can end with Spider-Man embracing the power of the symbiote and using it to conquer New York City and then the world. Edge of Time's final boss is a future version of Peter Parker that went insane with guilt and grief over the loss of his loved ones, particularly Mary Jane Watson, and was willing to risk the collapse of the space-time continuum just to gain power over time itself so he could undo all of his past mistakes and save everyone he failed to save the first time around.

Going back to comics, there was an alternate universe in the crossover of the Spider-Man/Incredible Hulk/Deadpool annuals a couple of years back where Peter Parker had become a widely admired and adored superhero called the Amazing Spider . . . but at the encouragement of his Uncle Ben was kidnapping other Spider-Men from other realities and stealing their powers to enhance himself. It gets a little fuzzy after that, but I recall it ending with that version bonding with a Spirit of Vengeance and becoming a blue flame-skulled Spider-Man by the creative moniker of "Ghost Spider."

[One More Day]

When he teamed-up with the Jackal and punched his pregnant girlfriend. That was pretty evil.

[Spidey616]

Spider-Man 3 featured Pete punching MJ

Then of course this classic 90's moment-

[Wiggie_Stardust]

Not Peter, but there was Mac Gargan's run as Venom/The Sinister Spider-Man. Also, Nightmare in Scarlet had Joe Wade steal the Scarlet Spider identity and trash it with evilness.

[Kevin Nichols]

House of M... sorta.

[marshal99]

The young justice cartoon has a evil spider-man.

[Ursalink]

Spider-Man 3 featured Pete punching MJ

Then of course this classic 90's moment-

Peter wasn't evil here. The Jackal was just turning him nutso when Peter discovered he was "just a clone", and that can affect anyone. Don't you think?

[Stars 'N Stripes]

Peter wasn't evil here. The Jackal was just turning him nutso when Peter discovered he was "just a clone", and that can affect anyone. Don't you think?

Wasn't there an arc after this where Jackal had some hidden programming inside Peter's brain, which programmed Peter to kill someone close to him, namely Mary Jane?

[Schmed]

ASM Vol 1 53-56 when he teams up with Doc Ock due to amnesia.

[One More Day]

ASM Vol 1 53-56 when he teams up with Doc Ock due to amnesia.

Schemed!!! You alive!!!!

[Stars 'N Stripes]

ASM #16, where he's hypnotized by Ringmaster to fight Daredevil.

[Schmed]

ASM #16, where he's hypnotized by Ringmaster to fight Daredevil.

That Ringmaster is a real son of a bitch.

[Kevin Nichols]

That Ringmaster is a real son of a bitch.

You're missing that issue, aren't you? Have I shown you my copy?


Jerk.