Who Is The Thousand? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

The Thousand is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Carl King, with over 8 comic issue appearances. A sentient swarm of spiders that contain the consciousness of Carl King, Peter Parker's high school bully.

Who is The Thousand?

Origin Carl King with the spider. Carl King was once a cruel high school student who bullied Peter Parker for years. When Peter was bitten by the radioactive spider that would turn him into Spider-Man, Carl was there as well and saw it happen. He later discovered the impact of this bite when he saw Peter leaving his Aunt May 's house dressed in his Spider-Man outfit. Desiring the same abilities, Carl broke into the nuclear physics exhibit they'd attended and stole the spider that had bitten Peter. It was long dead though at this point and couldn't bite Carl anymore, so he did the next best thing. He ate it. Over the next few days, nothing really seemed to change for Carl until one morning he instinctively expelled a spider from his body that ate his mother from the inside out and took control of what was left of her body.

Key facts

The Thousand is of radiation origin and first appeared in "The Coming of the Thousand". The character is published by Marvel. With 8 recorded issue appearances, The Thousand ranks among the most featured characters in comics.