Who Is Spider-Ham? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Spider-Ham is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Peter Porker, with over 284 comic issue appearances. Peter Porker was a spider that resided in May Porker's basement. She invented an atomic hairdryer and after using it, she went into a fit of hysteria and bit Peter. Peter ended up becoming an anthropomorphic pig like May, but retained his abilities as a spider.

Who is Spider-Ham?

Origin Born on a cartoonish alternate Earth, the teenage anthrotoon spider Peter lived in the basement of unknown super-genius May Porker, who was determined to revolutionize America's hair care industry by testing an atomic powered hair dryer on herself. Zapping herself with radioactive energy, she bit Peter before fainting. The radioactivity mutated Peter into either a pig with the abilities of a spider or a spider with the limitations of a pig. One of the two. He revived May, only to discover she now believed Peter to be her nephew and herself an ordinary old woman. Using this newfound scientific genius, Peter created mechanical webspinners to replace his now-lost natural spinners and became a new superhero, the spectacular Spider-Ham. Creation Peter Porker, Spider-Ham was created by Tom DeFalco and Mark Armstrong and first appeared in Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker The Spectacular Spider-Ham issue 1 (1983). Major Story Arcs Getting Along in Life Upon graduating college, Peter Porker took a photography job ad tightwad J.

Key facts

Spider-Ham is of animal origin. The character is published by Marvel. With 284 recorded issue appearances, Spider-Ham ranks among the most featured characters in comics.