10 Times Spider-Man Was A Real Jerk

5. Stole Parker Industries From Doc Ock

Spider-Man Carol Danvers
Marvel Comics

One of the most controversial concepts introduced in the divisive Dan Slott run of Spider-Man was Parker Industries. When Dock Ock assumed Spider-Man's identity as the Superior Spider-Man, he decided to put the fact that him and Peter were both geniuses and now they both share the same brain to good use, and started up his own tech company, Parker Industries.

But of course, the status quo beckons, and eventually Peter got his body back from Otto. And when he saw the company that Otto left behind for him, he thought "okay, mine now".

And it took until Nick Spencer took over writing for it to be pointed out how this basically makes Peter a thief who stole Otto's company and ideas and took credit for them.

Unlike most of the other entries on this list, Peter actually faced legit consequences for this, as the aforementioned Nick Spencer started off his run by having Peter lose his company when the secret is out.

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