Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane Watson is a female comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Mary Jane Watson was a female human born in the modern age where her father was Phillip Watson and mother was Madeline Watson with her having an older sister named Gayle Watson. Her parents had met in college with Phillip majoring in modern American literature whilst Madeline was a drama student. The two fell in love with Madeline looking to move to New York City to try an acting career when Phillip was offered a teaching position at a small college. Madeline gladly accepted with the pair getting married and eighteen months later they had their first child who was a daughter they named Gayle. Four years later, the had a second daughter which was Mary Jane Watson with the family being happy at first. Her father had become a full professor who was popular with his students and respected by the college administration whilst her mother devoted her time to the children. Despite their situation, Phillip was not satisfied as he wanted to prove to the world by being an award winning writer but he was unable to succeed. In anger, he began to take out his frustrations on his family who he believed were distracting him during his writing. This led to a period when her father began to switch jobs where he moved from one college to the next whilst taking his family with him as he searched for something but could never find it. Her mother Madeline endured the constant moving despite her and the children hating it. As a result, the children were constantly moving schools with it not being easy for Mary Jane to make friends but in her desperation for the other kids to like her she began to act as the class clown whilst her sister Gayle handled her loneliness by going into dance as well as music. During this time, the marriage between her parents began to breakdown with Phillip blaming his wife stating that the house and children were weighing him down from achieving his dreams. On one of these days, he grew angry at the costs for his daughter Gayle's dance classes and struck her with Madeline begging him to stop taking his frustration out on the children. An angry and enraged Mary Jane ran away from the house but bottled up her feelings before returning home. Eventually, her mother decided to give up on the marriage and resolved to leaving her husband. This happened a few week later when he was being honoured by his college which was when Madeline, Gayle and Mary Jane left their home during the awards ceremony. A messy divorce followed as her father sued her mother for desertion with the courts not looking kindly on Madeline Watson. With little money, they began to stay with relatives where they moved from one to another despite some members of these families feeling that they were a burden on them. Among her relatives that she enjoyed staying with the most was her Aunt Anna who was her fathers sister. When she was thirteen, she was introduced to Anna's friend May Parker who had a nephew a year older than Mary Jane and on one such day she first saw Peter Parker. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #259)
Marriage
Pregnancy
One More Day
Back with Peter
She then began to work on a movie with legendary director Cage McKnight though had issues with the script she was given. It was during this time that she learnt that McKnight was actually Mysterio as Quentin Beck had assumed his identity for the movie. However, he revealed he had no malicious intent and simply wanted to make a good movie and decided to use McKnight's identity for the task. During this time, Mary Jane and Quentin began to collaborate as the two worked together into making a better movie. (Amazing Mary Jane v1 #1)
Mysterio took her to safety but they came to an apartment that was the set of the place where Mary Jane used to get therapy after the death of Gwen Stacy. Beck the revealed that he had masqueraded as the therapist who replaced her former one where he operated under the alias of Ludwig Rinehart. It was then that he revealed that Kindred had been responsible for tormenting him in Hell after his death and similarly played a role in his resurrection. The return of the villain convinced Beck that he could never change and he reluctantly departed thus leaving Mary Jane in the hands of Kindred. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #71)
Overview
Personality and attributes
She had a younger kid cousin who was the red headed Kristy Watson. (The Spectacular Spider-Man v1 #145)
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Mary Jane Watson was created by Stan Lee, John Romita, Sr. and Steve Ditko where she made a partial appearance in the Amazing Spider-Man v1 #25 (June, 1965) before making a full appearance in the Amazing Spider-Man v1 #42 (November, 1966).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson appeared in the setting of the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Sara Ballantine.
- In The Spectacular Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson made guest appearances in the setting of the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Vanessa Marshall.
- In Ultimate Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson appeared in the setting of the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Tara Strong.
- In Marvel's Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson appeared in the setting of the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Felicia Day.
Films
- In Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson appeared in the setting of the 2002 live-action film where she was portrayed by actress Kirsten Dunst.
Video games
- In Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Mary Jane Watson appeared in the setting of the video game where she was voiced by actress Dana Seltzer.
- In Spider-Man: Edge of Time, Mary Jane Watson appeared in the setting of the video game where she was voiced by actress Laura Vandervoort.
- In Marvel's Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson appeared in the setting of the video game where she was voiced by actress Laura Bailey
Novels
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1965)
- Superior Spider-Man v1:
- Invincible Iron Man:
- Amazing Spider-Man v5:
- Amazing Mary Jane v1:
- Sinister War v1:
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