Michelle Jones
Cinematic
Known as MJ, a sharp-witted New York student born in 2001 who leads the Midtown Decathlon team and works out that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. She is lost in the Snap, returns in 2023, survives Mysterio's attacks in Europe, and dates Peter until a spell erases his memory from the world. She later attends MIT with Ned Leeds and returns to New York in 2028.
Comics
Mary Jane Watson is a Pennsylvania-born actress and model who is Peter Parker's great love and, for years, his wife. She knew his secret from the night Ben Parker died. Their marriage is erased by Mephisto, and she later runs nightclubs, works for Tony Stark, and becomes the hero Jackpot. She then hosts the Venom symbiote, helps defeat Knull's hive, and keeps the symbiote's gift, Eganrac.
Timeline 25 events
- Bronze · Comics: After college Mary Jane leaves New York to settle her Aunt Anna in Florida, and on her return she tells Peter she has long known he is Spider-Man.
- Modern · Comics: Mary Jane and Peter marry at New York City Hall.
- Modern · Comics: Expecting a baby, Mary Jane and Peter leave New York for Portland, Oregon, and later return; she teaches theater there.
- Modern · Comics: A plane Mary Jane was to board explodes and she is presumed dead, but she has been taken by a telepathic stalker and is held for months.
- Modern · Comics: Pushed away by the stress of her captivity, Mary Jane moves to Los Angeles to pursue acting before she and Peter reconcile.
- Modern · Comics: Mary Jane, Peter and Aunt May move into Avengers Tower, from which Peter later stages a secret transfer for her during the Civil War.
- Modern · Comics: Mephisto erases Mary Jane and Peter's marriage in exchange for saving Aunt May.
- Secret Wars · Comics: After her New York club is destroyed she relocates to Chicago, opens a new club, then takes a job as Tony Stark's assistant at Stark Industries.
- Fresh Start · Comics: Mary Jane flies off to shoot a film, which draws her into Mysterio and the Kindred plot back in New York.
- Fresh Start · Comics: Mary Jane is abducted by the robotic Moira X for the Hellfire Gala, taken to Paris, and rescued by Spider-Man and Wolverine.
- Fresh Start · Comics: Belasco translocates Mary Jane and Black Cat to Limbo for a heist, from which they return to Earth.
- Fresh Start · Comics: Mourning the loss of her foster children, Mary Jane takes the identity of the hero Jackpot.
- Fresh Start · Comics: Her Jackpot device fails and the Venom symbiote bonds to her to save her life, making her the new Venom.
- Fresh Start · Comics: Mary Jane and Black Cat go into a storage unit in the Negative Zone to recover an embarrassing audition tape.
- Fresh Start · Comics: During the Queen in Black invasion, Mary Jane in the symbiote's mindscape helps overcome Knull and the hive, and the symbiote leaves her.
- 2016 · Cinematic: MJ joins the Midtown Decathlon team and travels to Washington, D.C., where she fills in for Peter at Nationals.
- 2018 · Cinematic: MJ is lost in the Snap.
- 2023 · Cinematic: MJ is resurrected in the Blip and repeats her junior year.
- 2024 · Cinematic: On the class trip MJ confirms Peter is Spider-Man in Prague and helps expose Mysterio.
- 2024 · Cinematic: MJ survives Mysterio's drones in London and begins dating Peter.
- 2024 · Cinematic: The Daily Bugle exposes Peter's identity, and MJ is questioned by Damage Control and later rejected by MIT.
- 2024 · Cinematic: MJ helps Peter and Ned track down and cure universe-displaced visitors and meets two other Spider-Men.
- 2024 · Cinematic: Peter has Doctor Strange erase memory of him, and MJ forgets him after a last embrace.
- 2025 · Cinematic: MJ graduates from Midtown and enters MIT with Ned.
- 2028 · Cinematic: MJ graduates in aerospace and moves with Ned back to New York.
allied with
Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Ned Leeds, Happy Hogan, Doctor Strange, Flash Thompson, Punisher
enemy of
Mysterio, Thanos, Jean Grey, Mephisto, Hela, Knull, Norman Osborn (Green Goblin)
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