Carlie Cooper
Carlie Cooper is a female comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Carlie Ellen Cooper was a female human who lived in the modern age. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #660) She was the daughter of Ray Cooper who was a police officer. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #548) When she was a child, she came to be friends with Gwen Stacy as her father used to work under police Captain George Stacy. (Many Loves of the Amazing Spider-Man v1 #1) During high school, she became best friends with Lily Hollister. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #545) Cooper later came to serve in the New York Police Department Crime Scene Unit where she worked as a forensic specialist. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #546)
She attended a party where Harry Osborn revealed to his friends that he was dating Holister. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #545)
Cooper was later tasked with preparing a body found in the river for the medical examiner. In the corpse's mouth, she came to find a Spider-Tracer leading to a police warrant for a figure that came to be called the Spider-Tracer Killer. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #548)
Carlie joined the party at the King Class Club where Lily was attempting to gather support and finances to convince her father to run for mayor. Peter Parker attended where despite having little money pledged some support and wrote his name down. Upon getting the list, Carlie crossed his name out as she knew that he was struggling financially and wanted to help him out. Afterwards, she was one of the forensic officers that were drawn to the discovery of a mysterious chrysalis that was found in an alleyway where she attempted to get samples of it but it later hatched after the person inside was transformed into a super-powered being. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #552) She took the samples back to her lab for analysis where she was shocked about the findings which was when she was visited by Dr. Curt Connors who revealed that his steroid serum had been stolen by someone and that this was the source of the chrysalis. The two compared notes where he requested access to Cooper's findings with this being against procedure but Carlie decided to give a sample on the condition that Connors shared his analysis. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #553)
Cooper was studying the samples from the Freak incident when the Fifth Precinct was snowed in during a storm that engulfed the city. During this time, Officer Gonzales was attempting to book a man named Rabin that Spider-Man had saved with the Wall-Crawler leaving some Mayan assassins that were seemingly the villains. However, Vin came to believe that Rabin was in league with Spider-Man who was considered a murderer by the police at the time. Carlie got involved and got Rabin's version of events leading to the police at the station thinking he was innocent. Around this time, Gonzales attempted to ask Carlie to be his roommate but she misconstrued his words as asking for suggestion of someone with her recommending Peter Parker. Cooper later looked into translations of the Mayan language to find out what the captive warriors were talking about only to find them murdered at the hands of Rabin. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #557)
She then came to discover that the Spider-Tracer Killer was actually an elaborate conspiracy by a cabal of New York City cops that ere planting Spider-Tracers on dead bodies in an effort to frame Spider-Man and turn the public against him. Learning of this, Carlie attempted to inform the precinct sergeant but he was secretly part of the conspiracy and ended up issuing a warrant for her arrest claiming she was aiding and abetting a killer. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #585)
She began to investigate and managed to learn that her police Captain Yuri Watanabe was in fact the mysterious vigilante known as the Wraith. After the exposure of Mister Negative, Carlie confronted Watanabe but decided not to reveal her identity and instead helped her keep her secret identity as she felt Yuri was a good person. When she confessed this to Peter, he told her that he was the designer of Spider-Man's various equipment. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #664)
Carlie became one of a number of people that gained spider-related superpowers. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #666) She told her boyfriend Peter Parker about them and revelled in the use of her abilities with her seeing herself as potentially becoming Spider-Man's sidekick. After dropping Aunt May and Jay Jameson at the airport, they headed back to their apartment when they received on the news a report of an epidemic of people that had the powers of Spider-Man. These included a gang of criminals that put on variations of Spider-Man's costume to create havoc. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #667) Cooper used her abilities to help in apprehending criminals and was delighted when she believed that her boyfriend Peter Parker seemingly also developed Spider-Man powers. She requested that Parker be stationed at police headquarters to tailor captured supervillain equipment for use in the anti-Spider patrols gear based on Peter stating that he was responsible for creating Spider-Man's arsenal. During this time, she also deduced that the person responsible for the spider epidemic was the Jackal. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #668) The pair together were ambushed by a team of spider-enhanced supervillains that were guarding one of the Jackal's old lairs that attacked Cooper and Parker. After defeating them, Carlie took them into custody and asked Peter to bring Spider-Man so that the could work together. Whilst at the precinct, she was informed Spider-Man had arrived who claimed that Parker had just left with Carlie suspecting that the two were actually the same person. Before she could push the issue, Spider-Man and Cooper rushed to an incident with the anti-spider patrol who were engaged fighting the Shocker. After a brief fight, they learnt that the Shocker was stealing money to pay the Mad Thinker to cure him as the spider-virus was mutating him into a spider monster. At that point, Carlie went through a transformation turning her into a more spider-based creature as the disease had now mutated. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #669) She became one of the many spider monsters who served the Spider Queen in the attempted take over of the world until everyone was cured and the Queen was killed. Carlie was one of the many people returned back to normal with her returning back to her shared apartment to get clothes as hers were torn from the transformation. However, by this point, she deduced that her boyfriend Peter was actually Spider-Man as she put together all the clues she had seen in the past. Cooper felt betrayed by Parker especially as she had a dim view of secrets after numerous people in her life had lied to her. When Peter arrived, she confronted him about it and he eventually admitted that he was indeed Spider-Man. This led to Carlie deciding to end their relationship and had packed her bags with her leaving the apartment. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #673)
Afterwards, she was investigating a string of deaths among young people that were found dead on the ground. Her superior believed these to be kids attempting to get the same thrill they had during the Spider-Island incident though Officer Cooper disagreed based on the evidence on the scene. This caused police chief Prachett to be angry at being challenged and he banned her from investigating the case. However, Carlie was still determined to finding out the circumstances of the deaths but was unable to approach crime scenes now. Whilst at the Coffee Bean, she bumped into Peter Parker who was also looking to stop the deaths as Spider-Man. Despite breaking up, the pair decided to come to a truce and work together at finding out the culprits. The pair went to the morgue to examine the bodies where Cooper determined magnetic traces and tattoos indicating membership at a nightclub. Spider-Man deduced that the kids were working for the Vulture due to the presence of magnetic fields on the body and falling from heights. The pair then learnt that he operating from a nightclub on a rooftop called The Wake. Spider-Man then left Carlie in order to confront the villain as he did not want Cooper to be involved in a supervillain fight much to her frustration. Despite that, she made her way to the scene and observed the fight with the Vulture's minions to learn that their flight abilities were given by a constant signal from him. Carlie then told Spider-Man to use his magnetic webs to block the signals thus grounding all the Vulture's flock. The Vulture himself then threw a water tower at Carlie with Spider-Man saving her life though Toomes managed to escape. After witnessing the fight, Carlie came to say that she trusted Spider-Man even if she felt hurt by the lies Peter Parker had told her. Carlie then went to Mary Jane Watson's place as she learnt that she was aware of Peter Parker's secret with Cooper wanting to talk to her about it. The pair had coffee as M.J. told Carlie about her life with Peter Parker. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #675)
She was then called to Horizon Labs where she was surprised to find Morbius not apprehended but Spider-Man revealed to her that it was because he had helped in the capture of the Lizard. At that point, Michael was overwhelmed by his hunger causing him to feed Sajani Jaffrey and leading to Morbius fleeing from the laboratory with Spider-Man in pursuit. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #689) Carlie stayed at Horizon Labs where she tried to keep an eye out for him and noticed that he was acting strangely when he turned on the staff after revealing that he had transformed several of the scientists into lizard-like creatures in an attempt to turn back into the Lizard. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #690)
Afterwards, she moved to New Orleans to work in a laboratory in a department there at the time. She returned to New York where she met with Mary Jane and was happy to see that she had resumed her relationship with Peter Parker. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #9)
She was working at the morgue when the body of Overdrive was brought after he was seemingly killed by the Sin-Eater. Whilst examining the body, he seemingly came to life with Carlie scared for her life as she believed he would attack her. However, the supervillain showed genuine remorse over his past actions and wanted to confess to his crimes. Carlie called her superiors and then took Overdrive's statement where he confessed of his involvement in a recent crime where he served as a getaway driver where the men who hired him had murdered some innocents. Harbour Guiterrez then arrived with officers who then took Overdrive into custody who was only distracting Carlie so that he and his men could try and murder Overdrive. Cooper managed to arrive at the scene just in time to save him where she was by his side as he was left in the hospital to recover from his wounds. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #47)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Her father used to call her Carlie Bear when she was a child. (Many Loves of the Amazing Spider-Man v1 #1) She gained the roller derby name of Crusher Carlie. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #648)
She said she was not a party person and did not enjoy her time in clubs with her preferring to study. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #546) Carlie was noted for being a fan of the works of Dr. Curt Connors and had read all his publications. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #553)
It was said that she was very good at following her gut instincts. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #660)
Cooper's past experiences regarding her father meant that she no longer trusted a person based on the surface they presented to others. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #47)
Carlie felt that there was not a person with more integrity than Peter Parker and came to really like him. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #557) She came to consider Peter Parker as being someone who was good, sweet and kind. At one point, she was angry with Peter for keeping secrets with her and during a drunk night out she decided to have a tattoo that was of Spider-Man in an attempt to make him angry. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #660)
One of her fathers best friends was a cop named Harbour Guiterrez with the two having worked together for many years. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #47)
Her best friend was the popular Lily Hollister and grew up with her but it meant that she felt practically invisible next to her when out on the social scene. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #546) She said that she always liked Mary Jane and considered her a friend. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #9)
As a child, she came to be friends with Gwen Stacy where the two would spend much time together as their fathers both worked as police officers in the same department. (Many Loves of the Amazing Spider-Man v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
She came to be a skilled forensic specialist in the New York Police Department's Crime Scene Unit. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #546)
Notes
- Carlie Cooper was created by Dan Slott and Joe Quesada where she made her first appearance in the Amazing Spider-Man v1 #545 (December, 2007).
Alternate Versions
- In Amazing Spider-Man Family v1 #4 (2009), an alternate version of Carlie Cooper appeared in the Marvel Comics 2 reality that was designated as Earth-001 in the Multiverse. Carlie Cooper was a forensic scientist working for the NYPD. When Angelo Cantano broke into Peter Parker's lab at Empire State University, he was arrested and Carlie visited the scene to collect evidence. Before leaving she gave Peter the department's buisness card if he was ever looking for work.
- In Amazing Spider-Man v3 #13 (2015), an alternate version of Carlie Cooper as Monster appeared in the Loomworld reality that was designated as Earth-001 in the Multiverse. Carlie was transformed into a hound to help the Inheritors hunt down the various spider totems across the Multiverse. She belonged to Verna's personal group.
- In Spider-Island v1 #3 (2015), an alternate version of Carlie Cooper appeared in the Battleworld reality that was designated as Earth-19919 in the Multiverse. Carlie Cooper was the daughter of Ray Cooper, an NYPD officer. She followed in her father's footsteps by becoming a forensic analyst for the NYPD. Cooper briefly dated Peter Parker, breaking up with him after discovering he was Spider-Man and finding he had lied to her their entire relationship. Carlie was along the inhabitants of Manhattan infected by the Spider-Virus. She joined the Resistance to stop the mastermind behind the virus: Spider-Queen. She was also recruited by the S.H.I.E.L.D. of Earth-TRN461 into the Spider-Men, a group of Spider-Man analogs assembled to combat the Multiversal Sinister Six. Cooper fully mutated into a human spider, coming under the control of Spider-Queen. Carlie, Agent 13, Betty Brant, and Mary Jane Watson were outfitted with tracking devices and allowed to be spotted by Agent Venom's Resistance. The four were captured and given the Lizard serum, restoring their freewill. Unfortunately, the spider-army had tracked them down forcing them to relocate to Avengers Mansion. She took part in the assault on The Queen's Castle. She advocated killing Soria to free Manhattan. Carlie watched as Flash and his symbiote sacrificed themselves to get Spider-Queen in position to get her killed by Stegron and his Dinosaurs.
In other media
Video games
- In Spider-Man Unlimited, Carlie Cooper appeared as a character in the story mode of the iOS video game where she was voiced by Tara Platt. She also appeared as a playable character with a costume designed on her Spider-Island version. Carlie Cooper was the forensic scientist investigating the murder of Joey Z. She was continuously interviewed by the Daily Bugle's editor, J. Jonah Jameson, until Trapster revealed that he was hired to kill Joey by Green Goblin. She collaborated with Jameson to write The Goblin Frame Job. Specialist Cooper became suspicious of the activities of the "Superior" Spider-Man. She partnered with vigilante the Wraith to investigate the web-slinger. They started to unravel their Spider-Man case after finding out that his funding came from the bank account of the late Doctor Octopus. For reasons unknown, Carlie was kidnapped by Goblin Nation. They sprayed her with Goblin Formula, turning her into the Monster. Their leader, Goblin King, read her diary and learned the truth about the Superior Spider-Man.
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man v1: (2007)
- Amazing Spider-Man v5:
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