King bites Peter, paralyzing him, and then puts him in restraints.īefore Carl King can eat Peter, Peter's landlord Mr. Once there, King reveals his true identity and attacks Peter, defeating him easily after the hero changes into his Spider-Man costume. Out of pity, Peter takes "Jess" to his apartment to stay. At the Daily Bugle, King, as Patton, lies to Peter about being broke, alcoholic, and homeless after breaking up with a boyfriend. He kills and possesses Jess Patton, an employee at the Daily Bugle, during his rampage. Years later, King decides to kill Peter Parker out of jealousy of the fame and glory he has received as Spider-Man. King learned that he became stronger with each new host. Seeking to master his new abilities, King consumes and takes over the bodies of his girlfriend, as well as various homeless people and children.
Curious as to whether or not he could do it again, he does the same to his father (the imagery implies that he raped him first). He also discovers that he can consume the innards of other people and use their skin as a suit, after doing so to his mother accidentally.
King shows no signs of mutation for several days, until one morning when he discovers that his body is now composed entirely of spiders. Wanting to gain superpowers as well, King returns to the science exhibit and eats the dead spider that bit Peter and Cindy Moon. This causes him to become jealous of his rival. He begins stalking Peter, and further witnesses his becoming of the superhero Spider-Man. During a science exhibit depicting the effects of radiation, King witnesses Peter getting bitten by a radioactive spider and gaining superpowers. He continuously tormented Peter from grade school (as early as kindergarten) through high school. King would extort money from Peter, force him to do his homework for him, dunk his head on a toilet and physically beat him with no mercy. He is the main antagonist of The Coming of the Thousand story arc, comprised from Spider-Man's Tangled Web #1-3, published in 2001.Ĭarl King was a bully who liked to pick on Peter Parker, but when he realized that Peter was bitten by a radioactive spider and became Spider-Man, he eats the spider to likewise acquire his powers, only to become a living swarm of spiders that can kill people from inside and use their corpses as vessels.Īs a child, Carl King was a bully who frequently targeted Peter Parker. The Thousand (real name: Carl King) is a minor yet extremely despicable supervillain from Marvel Comics, and an enemy of Spider-Man. ~ The Thousand introducing his true form to Spider-Man. Something that can live inside, that could liquefy the innards of a man and walk the earth within his hollow shell. I wanted what you had for myself, Parker.
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