Mary Jane

BIOGRAPHY
Appearance
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 120 lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Red
Real Name:Mary-Jane Watson
Current Aliases: NoneBr> Former Aliases: None
Dual Identity: None
Current Occupation: Model
Former Occupation: Actress, Go-Go Dancer
Citizenship: U.S.
Legal Status: No criminal record
Place of Birth: U.S.
Marital Status: Married to Spider-Man
Known Relatives: Peter Parker (husband), Anna May Watson (Aunt), Philip (father),Madeline (mother,deceased) ,Gayle Watson-Byrnes (sister), Timothy Byrnes (ex-brother-in-law), Kevin and Tommy Byrnes (nephews), Judge Spenser Watson (uncle), Frank Brown (mother's cousin), Kristy (niece)
Known Confidants: Spider-Man
Known Allies: Spider-Man, the Black Cat
Major Enemies: Jonathan Caesar
Education: College Graduate
Powers & Paraphenalia
Strength Level: Normal human
Powers:None
Abilities: Compentent Actress, Professional Model
Background
Mary-Jane is Peter's Wife. Or perhaps, should we say "was". Peter first meets Mary-Jane in Amazing Spider-Man #42, although we as readers were given hints about her as early as Amazing Spider-Man #25. While Peter was at college, Mary-Jane dated Harry Osborn while Peter dated Gwen Stacy. Mary-Jane broke up with Harry, shortly before Harry's drug problems in Amazing Spider-Man #96-#98.
A while after Gwen's death in Amazing Spider-Man #122, Peter and Mary-Jane became a regular couple. Peter eventually proposed to Mary-Jane in Amazing #182, however Mary-Jane declined, saying that she wasn't the sort of girl who could be happy with just one man. Shortly after, Mary-Jane took a leave of absence from the Spider-Man comics, during which time Peter dated several different women, primarily Debbie Whitman, and The Black Cat.
Mary-Jane returned in Amazing Spider-Man #243, after staying with her family in Florida. She and Peter grew very close at this time, as both were having some problems in their lives. After another round of the usual Peter Parker lies following a battle with the Puma, Mary-Jane revealed to Peter that she knew that he is Spider-Man. Since she knew his greatest secret, Mary Jane decided to open up to Peter and share her secrets. She told her life story to him - growing up in a dysfunctional family wearing emotional masks of the happy-go-lucky party girl to keep herself sane. Peter and Mary Jane denyed to themselves and each other that they were in fact, once again, emotionally entangled. In this period of shared honesty, they realised how close they had become.
Peter proposed to her for a second time in Amazing Spider-Man #290. The wedding followed shortly afterwards in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 and the Honeymoon in Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #7.
They moved into a new apartment together, but their happiness was shortlived when Mary-Jane was kidnapped by Jonathan Caeser, a wealthy admirer. Following her escape and his being sent to jail, Caeser still managed to use his influence to ensure that she was forced out of the modelling business. MJ managed to find alternate work in the day-time drama "Secret Hospital". Still, she earned more than Peter did with his photography.
Mary-Jane's life had become increasingly miserable. There was the "Maximum Carnage". There was her frightening encounter with Venom. She had a brief flirtation with a fellow actor, and took up smoking for a while. Then there was the clone saga. She had been continually ignored and disregarded by Peter - and had taken a lot more rubbish from him than I would have ever believed possible. Mary Jane became like the "police-man's wife", helplessly waiting by the window for her husband to come home, day after day, while her husband risked his life. Mary Jane's character was a far cry from the bubbly flirty crazy redhead she was as a teenager.
After the clone saga, the storyline showed more hope for their marriage, when Mary Jane became pregnant. The responsibility of being a parent inpired Peter to end his role as Spider-Man, head out to Seattle to live a "normal life". That didn't end very long. The Green Goblin came back, and there was an apparent "miscarriage" of the baby (though it seems Norman Osborn may have abducted the child - a plotline left in limbo). Pete and MJ entered therapy together, while she returned to ESU to study psychology.
There, she befriended Jill Stacy, Gwen's cousin. MJ's Aunt Anna was living with the couple in Aunt May's home in Forest Hills until Aunt May was discovered to be alive. MJ accepted an offer to model again, money started to pour in, and the two moved to an expensive apartment in Manhattan along with Aunt May. Peter once again quit being Spider-Man, and life seemed to be going great for the couple. Once again, Pete just couldn't stay out of the webs, and lied to his wife while secretly crime fighting. While MJ's busy modeling schedule was straining their relationship, the truth came out that her husband was still Spider-Man. Their marriage on the rocks, Mary Jane faced further problems as a stalker harassed her constantly on the phone - a secret she withheld from Peter.
In Amazing Spider-Man Vol.2 #13, Mary Jane took off on a plane trip. Pete was supposed to catch up with her and have time away to patch things up. With the stalker on board, the plane is seen exploding mid-air. Peter (and most comic book readers) refused to believe his wife dead, but was convinced of her demise by a box of her belongings sent to him by the airport.
Considering everyone else dead in his life returns eventually, Peter was right the first time. MJ was held captive by "the Stalker", a man who supernaturally began to become like Peter after absorbing his memories. Spider-Man rescued MJ, but after the mental trauma of her captivity, she was unable to return to the stressful lifestyle of living with a husband who risks his life every day. Mary Jane and Peter have currently separated, but not divorced.
Some of the above information is extracted from the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe.
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