#Kaine Parker

[natedogx15]

Spider-Bat Fam

To go with my first rogues gallery list, I thought I'd make a list for the Spider-Bat fam.

Batman + Spider-Man = Spider-Bat

So, I thought I'd give my version of Spider-Bat while I'm doing this.

In my version, Peter Wayne (?) witnesses his parents' deaths and is then looked after by his aunt along with Alfred. His aunt takes care of Wayne Enterprises while ensuring Peter is safe (so no training retreat) as she gets him ready to take over Wayne Enterprises. However, Peter wants to do more, to put his parents' words about responsibilities and noblesse oblige to better use by personally helping clean up Gotham somehow.

Cut to a few years, Peter spent his time studying topics like forensics, business, chemistry, engineering, etc. However, everything changes for him once he takes a trip to one of Wayne Enterprises' rivals, Oscorp, and he's bitten by one of the escaped genetically altered spiders.

He now has the power he was seeking to help clean up Gotham personally. And he uses that and the knowledge he's accumulated to become a hero for Gotham. However, he starts out trying not to use Wayne Enterprises funding as much as possible so his aunt doesn't catch on.

But it doesn't work long against his other caretaker. Alfred catches on pretty quickly. But instead of revealing Peter to his aunt, Alfred helps the boy, having seen the fire burning in him as he grew up. So, Alfred shows Peter a secret part of the mansion. A cave filled with technology that once belonged to someone else in the family (possibly one of the parents or an alternate version of Uncle Ben). Alfred also trains Peter in how to fight while helping the boy upgrade his tech with funding.

I really like to picture a combination of Peter and Bruce having opposite personas between their civilian and hero lives. As Peter Wayne, he's a serious, no-nonsense, studious person. As Spider-Bat, he is willing to joke around to help lighten everyone's spirits in the dreary, hopeless Gotham.

Nightwing + Spider-Man (Miles Morales) = Flying Spider/Arachnight

Now, for Spider-Bat's sidekick. The stupendous Flying Spider. While the circus was in town, Dick got bitten by a similar spider to the one that bit Peter. However, it gave him a couple more powers compared to Peter's. But that wasn't the only surprise he was in for. The poor boy suddenly finds himself becoming an orphan before being adopted by the Waynes.

Dick figures out pretty quickly who killed his parents and wants to use his new powers to get revenge at the same time Peter is hunting for the killer. It doesn't take the two long to run into each other and for them to have a heart-to-heart. And afterward, Dick chooses the name Flying Spider to remember his old family as he goes into his new one.

But eventually, the hatchling leaves the egg and Dick leaves Spider-Bat behind, becoming a new hero. Arachnight.

Batgirl/Oracle + Hornet = Techfly

So, I originally planned to go with Daredevil for Barbara. But I thought Daredevil might fit better with a later character and also wanted to use Peter's other hero personas while making this.

Barbara Gordon was a fan of Spider-Bat and was happy he was helping keep her dad safe. His actions inspired her to become a hero. So, she put her computer and engineering skills to use by making a super suit for her to use to fight crime.

Red Hood + Prowler = Flying Spider/Stalker

The second Flying Spider. Spider-Bat saw the potential in Jason and thought they could help him. However, tragedy strikes when Jason is killed by Mischief (Joker + Green Goblin). I like to think of it as Spider-Bat's version of the Gwen Stacy incident and the deciding factor whether the combo takes more after Spider-Man or Batman since Spider-Man has a looser no-killing code.

But Jason was secretly revived and trained by the League of Assassins and given a high-tech suit meant to even the odds between the group's warriors and Spider-Bat. Jason would then take this suit and use it to create his criminal empire in Gotham.

Red Robin + Iron Spider = Iron Bat

The next sidekick. When Tim figures out who Spider-Bat is, the hero reluctantly lets the boy join him after Tim proves himself. However, he made a suit similar to the one Techfly uses so he has a better chance of surviving against villains.

Damien Wayne + Kaine = Flying Spider

The biological son of Spider-Bat and the League of Assassins's leader's daughter. Not only does he have his father's powers, except possibly the Spider-Sense. But he also has a power dubbed the Mark of Lazarus (Kaine) by his grandfather that lets the boy burn things. He was trained by the League of Assassins until he was put in his father's care.

[antygabo14]

Here’re a bunch of marvel character designs

[wr3hart]

Spider-Men

[zed-sabre]

anyways move over spider-clones

[toastydumpster]

personally I think Wade would be dazzled to meet a spidey with the same affliction as him

[drempen]

Big 'ol Spidey lenses are my gender

[big1ron]

… yeah

[waitingforthet]

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[vertigoartgore]

1995's Spider-Man: The Lost Years Vol.1 #2 cover by John Romita Jr. and Klaus Janson.

The limited series that is quite often considered the best story* of the entire Spider-Man: Clone Saga of the mid-1990s (1994-1996).

*along Amazing Spider-Man #400 (also written by J.M. DeMatteis).

[soranatus]

Spider-Clones from the art of Across the Spider-Verse

[star-serpent]

Bestie 🤧

[wwprice1]

10 great Marvel covers for August!

[comicsiswild]

Scarlet Spider (2012) #18

[wr3hart]

Spider-Heads

[why-i-love-comics]

Chasm: Curse of Kaine #4 (2024)

written by Steve Foxe art by Andrea Broccardo & Brian Reber