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b'We\\u2019re back for part 2 of our Character Corner series on the history of Peter Parker as Spider-Man. Our first part covered the teenage years of Peter Parker, the death of Gwen Stacy and the original Clone Saga. This second part covers even more as Peter grows up and as Marvel increases the Spider-Man brand. By this time there are now four ongoing Spider-Man titles:\\n\\n \\tAmazing Spider-Man\\n \\tMarvel Team-Up (1972)\\n \\tPeter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976)\\n \\tWeb of Spider-Man (1985)\\n\\nPeter\\u2019s Love Life\\n\\nWe tend to oversimplify the love life of Peter Parker into just Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson. But the truth is, Peter not only had a very complex love life, many of the women in his life stick around and have a big impact on his life. When covering his teenage years, you see Peter deal with Liz Allan, Betty Brant, MJ and obviously, Gwen Stacy. Moving forward into his 20\\u2019s, these women continue to be involved in various ways. Liz becomes the wife of Harry Osborn. Betty marries Ned Leeds and later has an affair with Flash Thompson becoming tangled up in the saga of the Hobgoblin.\\n\\nThis time also adds in Felicia Hardy, Black Cat. Felicia becomes almost a kindred spirit for Peter at this time when they first fall for each other in their costumes. Spectacular Spider-Man issues 73-79 take place during the war between the Owl and Doctor Octopus and Spider-Man & Black Cat are caught in the middle. It\\u2019s during this time that Peter confesses that he\\u2019s fallen in love with Felicia. Peter also really pisses of Doctor Octopus after he rips out his mechanical arms. Octavius then vows revenge against Peter and Felicia in a chilling panel.\\n\\n\\n\\nPeter frequently bounces between Felicia and MJ during this time not knowing who to really settle on. He eventually ends up proposing to MJ (after a previously failed attempt) and they get marred in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21. But during this issue you see that Peter still struggles with leaving behind the memory of and moving on from Gwen Stacy.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nThe Death of Jean DeWolff\\n\\nThe death of Captain Jean DeWolff is covered in Spectacular Spider-Man 107-110 and it is a dark and gritty story. DeWolff is killed by a serial killer named Sin-Eater who also kills a Judge in front of Matt Murdock and murders a preacher. Peter takes the death of Jean DeWolff personally, not only because she always treated him fairly but because he later founds out, she was actually a fan of Spider-Man. It\\u2019s then revealed that Sin-Eater is actually another officer in the police department, Stanley Carter. Peter\\u2019s anger at Sin-Eater and violence puts him at odds with Daredevil. The end of this arc comes with Spider-Man and Daredevil revealing each other\\u2019s alter egos to each other.\\n\\nThe story doesn\\u2019t end there. Marvel does a great job with seeding long term Spider-Man stories. The true ending of the death of Jean DeWolff comes 22 issues later in issue #132 when Stanley Carter is released from a mental hospital after treatment. Spider-Man shows up at Carter\\u2019s new house to threaten him, only to find that Carter can barely walk. Carter reveals that in their last confrontation, Spider-Man beat him so bad he permanently caused damage. But in a surprise, Carter doesn\\u2019t blame Spider-Man and actually thanks him because if not for the beating, Carter might not have been able to shake the Sin-Eater persona. What follows is a dark tale of Spider-Man coming to terms with the fact that he can do serious damage to his enemies when he fights and doubting himself and Carter trying to keep the Sin-Eater persona from coming back.\\n\\nThe Hobgoblin Saga\\n\\nThe Hobgoblin doesn\\u2019t get enough credit for being a great Spider-Man villain. I\\u2019m sure we sold him short in our Rogue War character corner. The mystery of was who the real Hobgoblin is one of the longest, if not the longest, mysteries in comic books. The true identity of the real Hobgoblin wasn\\u2019t really revealed until Roger Stern came back in 1997 with Spider-Man: The Ho...'