The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #343
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Mary Jane Watson was the guiding light in Peter Parker's life, and their love had overcome countless obstacles.
Bitten by a radioactive spider, high school student Peter Parker gained the speed, strength and powers of a spider. Adopting the name Spider-Man, Peter hoped to start a career using his new abilities. Taught that with great power comes great responsibility, Spidey has vowed to use his powers to help people.
Filled with dreams of grandeur, Mark Scarlotti was a brilliant young man with a bright future who graduated with top honors from college and immediately had a promising job at Stark International, but it all went south, however, when he became friends with the wrong people who wanted him to develop weapons, which Scarlotti used to become the first Whiplash.