Edge of Justice

Universe
Marvel Universe

Real Name
Peter Benjamin Parker

Aliases
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, the Amazing Spider-Man, the Sensational Spider-Man, the Spectacular Spider-Man, "Tiger," Spidey, Webhead, Webslinger, Wall-crawler, "Little Man"; formerly "the Amazing Octo-Spidey", Bag-Man, "Bookworm," Captain Universe, Dusk, Hornet, Mad Dog #336, Man-Spider, Prodigy, "Puny Parker," Ricochet, Scarlet Spider, Spider-Hulk, Spider-Phoenix

Identity
Secret

Occupation
Freelance photographer; former assistant high school coach, science teacher, scientific researcher

Citizenship
U.S.A.

Place of Birth
Forest Hills, New York

Known Relatives
Richard Parker (father, deceased), Mary Parker (mother, deceased), Benjamin Parker (uncle, deceased), May Parker (aunt), Will Fitzpatrick (grandfather), Benjamin Reilly (Scarlet Spider, clone, deceased), Kaine (clone), other clones (deceased)

Group Affiliation
Avengers, formerly the Secret Defenders, "New Fantastic Four", the Outlaws

Education
College graduate (biophysics major), doctorate studies in biochemistry (incomplete)

Height
5'10"

Weight
165 lbs.

Eyes
Hazel

Hair
Brown

Powers
Peter can cling to most surfaces, has superhuman strength (able to lift 10 tons optimally) and is roughly 15 times more agile than a regular human. The combination of his acrobatic leaps and web-slinging enables him to travel rapidly from place to place. His spider-sense provides an early warning detection system linked with his superhuman kinesthetics, enabling him the ability to evade most any injury, provided he doesn't cognitively override the autonomic reflexes.

Note: his power enhancements through his transformation by the Queen and after battling Morlun - including his organic web glands and stingers - have been undone after Spider-Man's deal with Mephisto.

Abilities
Peter is an accomplished scientist, inventor and photographer.

Weapons
None

Paraphernalia
Spider-Man designed and constructed several devices that he traditionally carries as part of his full costume. This includes twin artificial web-shooters worn at the wrists, spare web cartridges attached to his belt, spider-tracer devices attuned to his spider-sense, the spider-signal light, and a compact camera. He has reconstructed his web shooters out of a high density plastic to avoid metal detectors, and has added modifications to detect low web-fluid levels, and propel spider-tracers.

For a time while allied with Iron Man, Spider-Man wore a costume that was equipped with filters in the mouth area to keep out toxins and allow him to breathe underwater, audio amplification, visual amplification (including vision in the infrared and ultraviolet wavelengths), a short-range GPS microwave communication system (with a built-in fire, police, and emergency scanner), and retractable webbing under his arms that allow short bursts of gliding. The costume was made of a material that could serve as a bulletproof jacket against small caliber bullets. For the first upgrade to the costume, Stark added three mechanical waldo arms, which can grab and move objects as well housing cameras which transmit images back to the costume's eyepiece. The waldoes can also be used offensively in combat. The costume is now built out of a liquid metal nanofiber material allowing it to quickly change in appearance upon mental command into anything from Spider-Man's civilian clothes to his former costumes, as well as providing camouflage by blending with the surrounding colors.

First Appearance
Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962)

Origin
Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962)

Significant Issues
First cross-over with the Fantastic Four (Amazing Spider-Man #1, 1963); J. Jonah Jameson explained why he hates Spider-Man (Amazing Spider-Man #10, 1964); Spider-Man and Green Goblin discovered each other's identities, Green Goblin becomes amnesiac (Amazing Spider-Man #40, 1966); Green Goblin remembered Spider-Man's identity (Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #2, 1968); Peter discovered the truth about his parents' occupation and cause of death (Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5, 1968); Green Goblin killed Gwen Stacy (Amazing Spider-Man #121, 1973); Harry Osborn discovered Spider-Man's identity (Amazing Spider-Man #134, 1974); Peter encountered the first Gwen Stacy clone (Amazing Spider-Man #143, 1975); Spider-Man's clone Ben Reilly first appeared (Amazing Spider-Man #149, 1975); Peter's life history told and origin retold (Amazing Spider-Man #181, 1978) Peter proposed to Mary Jane for the first time (Amazing Spider-Man #182, 1978); first appearance of the alien symbiote (Secret Wars #8/Amazing Spider-Man #252, 1984); Peter proposed to Mary Jane for the second time (Amazing Spider-Man #290, 1987); Mary Jane accepted Peter's proposal for marriage (Amazing Spider-Man #292, 1987); Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson married (Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, 1987); Mary Jane announced she is pregnant (Spectacular Spider-Man #220, 1995); Spider-Man (temporarily) quit being Spider-Man (Spectacular Spider-Man #229, 1995); Aunt May discovered Peter is Spider-Man (Amazing Spider-Man #35, 2001); joined the New Avengers. (New Avengers #3, 2005); died after battle with Morlun (Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3, 2006); reborn (Amazing Spider-Man #527, 2006); discovered new powers (Amazing Spider-Man #529, 2006); received new costume from Tony Stark (Amazing Spider-Man #529, 2006), publicly revealed identity (Civil War #2, 2006)

Universe
Marvel Universe

Real Name
Wade Wilson

Aliases
Jack, Chiyonosake ("the Wolf of the Rice Wine"), Rhodes, Corpus, Lopez, Hobgoblin, Thom Cruz, Peter Parker, numerous others

Identity
Known to Canadian government officials

Occupation
Mercenary; former enforcer, government operative, sumo wrestler, soldier, others

Citizenship
Canada

Place of Birth
Unrevealed location in Canada

Known Relatives
Unidentified parents, Gretchen (ex-wife)

Group Affiliation
Agency X; formerly Six Pack, One World Church, DP Inc., Weapon X, Heroes for Hire, Secret Defenders, Frightful Four, Team Deadpool, Landau, Luckman & Lake, Department K; former employee of Tolliver, Kingpin, Taskmaster, presumably others

Education
High school dropout

Height
6'2"

Weight
210 lbs.

Eyes
Brown

Hair
None, formerly brown

Powers
Deadpool possesses a superhuman healing factor derived from that of the mutant Wolverine that allows him to regenerate damaged or destroyed areas of his cellular structure at a rate far greater than that of an ordinary human. As such, he can regrow severed limbs or vital organs. The speed at which this healing factor works varies in direct proportion to the severity of the damage Deadpool suffers. This healing factor also affords Deadpool a virtual immunity to poisons and most drugs, as well as an enhanced resistance to diseases and an extended life span. Unlike Wolverine’s natural healing factor, Deadpool’s is mentally driven to a partial extent.

Due to the presence of this superhuman healing ability, many of Deadpool's natural physical attributes have been enhanced. Deadpool's musculature generates considerably less fatigue toxins than the muscles of an ordinary human being, granting him superhuman levels of stamina in all physical activities. His natural strength, agility and reflexes have been enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural limits of the human body. Deadpool's agility and reaction time are superior to those of even the finest human athlete.

Abilities
Deadpool is an extraordinary hand-to-hand combatant and is skilled in multiple unarmed combat techniques. He is a master of assassination techniques, is an excellent marksman, and is highly skilled with bladed weapons (frequently carrying two swords strapped to his back). He is fluent in Japanese, German, Spanish, amongst other languages.

Weapons
Deadpool employs any number of weapons depending on his current assignment. Most often he will utilize a combination of guns and blades.

Paraphernalia
Deadpool utilizes a teleportation device located in his belt to whisk him out of (and occasionally into) danger, as well as a holographic image inducer that he can use to disguise his true appearance as necessary.

First Appearance
New Mutants #98 (1990)

Origin
Deadpool #-1 (1997); Marvel Comics 1998 Annual Starring Deadpool and Death (1998); Deadpool #33 (1999)

Significant Issues
Early post-Weapon X exploits recounted (Deadpool #34-36, 1999-2000); hired by Tolliver to kill Cable, vs New Mutants, defeated by Copycat posing as Domino (New Mutants #98, 1990); vs Cable & Copycat, defeated by Domino (X-Force #14-15, 1992); joined hunt for Tolliver's will, saved Copycat's life (Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1-4, 1993); briefly joined Secret Defenders (Secret Defenders #15-17, 1994); vs Sasquatch (Deadpool #1, 1997); vs Hulk (Deadpool #4, 1997); joined Landau, Luckman, & Lake (Deadpool #15, 1998); fulfilled Mithras Directive, left Landau, Luckman, & Lake (Deadpool #23-25, 1998-1999); as pawn of Loki, vs Thor (Deadpool #37, 2000); vs Punisher (Deadpool #54-55, 2001); abducted Wolverine for the Watchtower, cured Siryn (Wolverine #154-155, 2000); rejoined Weapon X, turned on program after Copycat's death, seemingly killed (Deadpool #57-60, 2001-2002); revived by healing factor, vs T-Ray (Deadpool #61-64, 2002); formed DP Inc. (Deadpool #65, 2002); vs Black Swan, believed killed (Deadpool #69, 2002); with Agency X, defeated Black Swan (Agent X #13-15, 2003); hired by One World Church to steal Façade Virus, opposed by Cable (Cable & Deadpool #1-6, 2004); worked with the American government to hunt unregistered heroes (Cable & Deadpool #30-32, 2006)

Universe
Marvel Universe

Real Name
Matthew Michael Murdock

Aliases
Michael Murdock

Identity
Revealed in a tabloid newspaper, but denied by Murdock

Occupation
Crimefighter, lawyer

Citizenship
U.S.A.

Place of Birth
New York City

Known Relatives
Jonathan "Battling Jack" Murdock (father, deceased), Grace Murdock (mother, deceased), Milla Donovan (estranged wife)

Group Affiliation
Formerly Defenders, "Marvel Knights"

Education
Daredevil possesses a high school diploma and a Juris Doctor (doctorate of law) from Columbia University. He also possesses the equivalent of a self-taught masters of applied sciences in mechanical engineering.

Height
6'0"

Weight
200 lbs.

Eyes
Blue

Hair
Red

Powers
In compensation for his lost sight, Daredevil’s other four senses have been preternaturally enhanced.

His sense of touch is sensitive enough to detect the faint impressions of ink on paper, allowing him to read by touch. He is also able to feel minute changes in temperature and pressure, enough to sense a human body at a distance of five feet, due to body heat and air disturbance. His sensitivity to heat allows him to sense the temperature of people and objects in order to determine whether a person is alive, how long they have been dead if they are not, and other changes in body temperature such as blushing or the heating up associated with various emotional states, as well as residual body heat on an object, or how recently a machine has been in use.

Daredevil’s sense of smell is enhanced enough to distinguish individuals by their natural odors, and remember and identify them no matter how they attempt to mask their scent, as well as track that individual scent through a crowd of people at a distance of roughly 50 feet.

His sense of taste is sharp enough to enable him to detect the number of grains of salt on a pretzel. His ability to remember tastes enables him to determine every ingredient of a food or drink he tastes, as long as there are at least 20 milligrams of that substance present.

Daredevil’s enhanced sense of hearing enables him to detect an acoustic pressure change of 1 decibel at a pressure level of 7, whereas the average human can only detect a sound as low as 20 decibels. He can even hear people speaking through a standard soundproofed wall. Daredevil is also able to hear a heartbeat from 20 feet away, as well as identify people by their individual beat rhythm, or detect whether they are lying or not by the changes in their heartbeat, though a pace maker or self control will confuse his reading. Not only does Daredevil’s hearing allow him to be constantly aware of his own heartbeat, blood circulation, breathing, physical movements, etc, but he is also able to hear and sense the same attributes in other people. One of the primary ways he does this is by hearing the reverberations made by ambient sounds on objects and people, giving him a sonar-like sense of where things are, and how dense they are. And while he is able to block out a good amount of background noise, he can also be excessively disoriented by unexpected loud noises and can be confused when immersed in the wash of sound from a busy crowd.

Along with the enhancement of Daredevil’s normal senses, he has gained another sense which he calls his Radar Sense. According to one theory, this sense reacts to an emission of electromagnetic energy a mutation in his brain has caused, reading the reverberations of this energy as a 360º, 3-D map of objects. This “sight” is not perfect, and can only give Daredevil an impression of the exact physical shape of objects, not a literal one. Closely overlapping objects can also confuse this sense.

The mutations that have heightened Daredevil’s level of sensitivity have also increased his awareness of other forms of electromagnetic radiation. He is capable of detecting and identifying any electromagnetic radiation on the standard scale; from radio waves, (which he can only detect, not understand the message) all the way to gamma waves, and everything in between. He is also able to judge the strength of a given radiation and even differentiate between individual colors by the amount of radiation they give off. At very close range, Daredevil is able to detect the micro voltage of a human being’s brain.

Abilities
Daredevil possesses the strength, speed, agility, and endurance, not to mention acrobatic and gymnastic skills, of an Olympic-level athlete. Through a combination of the tutelage of Stick and self-training, Daredevil is a master of a unique martial art form, which is a hybridized form of American boxing and the Japanese arts of ninjutsu, judo and aiki-jujutsu. Martial arts training has given him an immense degree of concentration and personal control over his body and energy, or Ki. Daredevil is also an accomplished criminal trial lawyer.

Weapons
Daredevil carries a billy club, disguised as a cane in civilian garb. It is a versatile, multi-purpose weapon, stronger than any fist. It contains thirty feet of aircraft control cable, which is connected to a case-hardened steel grapnel. Internal mechanisms allow the cable to be neatly wound and unwound, while a powerful spring launches the grapnel. Daredevil usually carries two fighting batons.

Paraphernalia
None

First Appearance
Daredevil #1 (1964)

Origin
Daredevil #1 (1964); Daredevil: The Man Without Fear #1-5 (1993-1994); Daredevil: Yellow #1-6 (2001-2002)

Significant Issues
First donned red costume (Daredevil #7, 1965); established "Mike Murdock" identity (Daredevil #25, 1967); faked death of "Mike Murdock" (Daredevil #41, 1968); revealed secret identity and proposed to Karen Page (Daredevil #56-57, 1969); began relationship with Black Widow (Daredevil #81, 1971); moved to San Francisco with Black Widow (Daredevil #87, 1972); first battled Bullseye (Daredevil #131, 1976); secret identity discovered by reporter Ben Urich (Daredevil #163-164, 1980); first encountered Kingpin (Daredevil #170-171, 1981); unable to prevent Bullseye from killing Elektra (Daredevil #181, 1982); allied with Kingpin to take down Micah Synn (Daredevil #212-214, 1984-1985); life nearly destroyed by Kingpin after secret identity revealed by Karen Page (Daredevil #227-233, 1986); plagued by Typhoid Mary, left New York City (Daredevil #260-266, 1988); instrumental in the fall of the Kingpin, got law license back (Daredevil #297-300, 1991-1992); faked death, adopted new costume and alias of Jack Batlin (Daredevil #325, 1994); adopted multiple alter egos while battling inner demons (Daredevil #344-347, 1995); revealed secret identity to Foggy Nelson (Daredevil #348, 1995); unabled to prevent Bullseye from killing Karen Page (Daredevil #5, 1999); secret identity exposed by tabloid (Daredevil #32, 2002); suffered nervous breakdown, replaced Wilson Fisk as New York's new kingpin (Daredevil #50, 2003)