 NAME: PETER PARKER (A.K.A DUSK, PRODIGY, THE HORNET, RICOCHET, AND SPIDER-MAN)AGE: MID-20's EYE COLOR: HAZEL HAIR COLOR: BROWN HEIGHT: 5'10" WEIGHT: ~165 POUNDS RELATIVES: BEN PARKER (DECEASED), MAY REILLY, BEN REILLY (DECEASED), MARY JANE WATSON, RICHARD AND MARY PARKER (DECEASED) by Mike Wieringo BACKGROUND: With a little help from his old friend Hobie Brown (a.k.a. the first Prowler), an electronics wizard and inventor, Spider-Man created the Hornet persona. Hobie had just recently conceived a cybernetically controlled jetpack, which turned out to be the perfect addition to Spider-Man's newest identity. As well were the additional weapons Peter designed using his science background. HISTORY: Having been caught on tape beating up Norman Osborn (a.k.a. The Green Goblin) and being under investigation for the murder of a street thug named Joey Z, and more importantly, having to deal with a five-million dollar bounty on his head, Spider-Man had decided to create not only one but four new identities for himself: The Hornet, Prodigy, Ricochet, and Dusk. Utilizing the individual attributes of each of the personas, Spider-Man found evidence that exonerated himself from all charges (the real killer was in fact the Trapster who confessed to the crime on TV to get back at Osborn) and managed to manufacture evidence to prove that the Spider-Man on Osborn's videotape was actually an impostor (Read the last issues of Spectacular Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man Volume I, Sensational Spider-Man and Peter Parker: Spider-Man Volume I for further details). Once the Identity Crisis Crossover was all over with, Spider-Man retired the four identities. However, he donated them to Dan Lyons (a.k.a. The Black Marvel) who recruited four teenagers to form a new team of superheroes: Ritchie, an athletic loner type with super-strength became Prodigy, Eddie, a real bright kid with a crippled arm became The Hornet, Johnny, a mutant, became Ricochet, and an ex-Goth named Cassie became the new Dusk. | |
