Spider-Ham

Spider-Ham is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic funny animal parody version of Spider-Man, and was created by editor Larry Hama, Tom DeFalco and Mark Armstrong.[1]

Spider-Ham
Cover to Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham #12, by Joe Albelo.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham (November 1983)
Created by	Larry Hama Tom DeFalco Mark Armstrong
In-story information
Alter ego	Peter Benjamin Porker
Species	Pig mutate
Place of origin	Earth-8311
Team affiliations	Web Warriors
Abilities	Enhanced strength, agility and durability Precognitive Spider-Sense Organic webbing Ability to cling to surfaces

He first appeared in the one-shot humor comic book Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham (November 1983), which was then followed by an ongoing bi-monthly series, Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham, under Marvel's Star Comics imprint, with both titles edited by Hama. The character existed on Earth-8311, which was a universe populated by anthropomorphic funny animal parody versions of the Marvel superheroes and supervillains.[2] Spider-Ham made his feature film debut in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), voiced by John Mulaney.

Publication history

Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	November 1983
No. of issues	1
Main character(s)	Spider-Ham Captain Americat Hulk-Bunny Goose Rider

Spider-Ham was first featured as star of the 1983 humorous one-shot Marvel Tails, with a backup cast of other anthropomorphic funny animal parody versions of popular Marvel superheroes, such as Captain AmeriCat (a cat version of Captain America), Hulk-Bunny (a rabbit version of Hulk) and Goose Rider (a goose version of Ghost Rider).[3]

Two years later, a solo series, titled Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham debuted under Marvel's Star Comics imprint. The series, published bi-monthly, lasted seventeen issues before its cancellation in 1987. With the cancellation of Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham, the character became a backup feature in Marvel Tales, a monthly reprint series showcasing Spider-Man's past adventures. Beginning with issue #201 (cover dated July 1987), these new Spider-Ham stories appeared in issues #201–212, 214–219, 223–230, 233, 236, 237, 239, 240, and 247 before ceasing altogether.

In issue #3 of What The--?! (cover dated October 1988), Porker meets with Raven the Hunter (a parody of Spider-Man's nemesis Kraven the Hunter) in a story that satirized the popular "Kraven's Last Hunt" storyline which had been featured a year earlier in Marvel's Spider-Man titles. Spider-Ham also makes appearances in issues #18, 20, 22, and 24 of What The--?! The 26th issue of What The--?! (cover dated fall 1993) features "Spider-Ham 15.88", a humorous take-off on Peter Parker's future counterpart, Miguel O'Hara a.k.a. Spider-Man 2099. The "15.88" is not seen as a year, but rather a humorous take on the price of a ham (the cover states that it was marked down from the original price of $20.99).

Spider-Ham has also appeared on the cover of Wha...Huh? #1, and was referred to as a fictional character in the Earth-616 Marvel Universe, in Generation X #52.

Spider-Man Family #1 (2005 one-shot) features a sixteen-page Spider-Girl story, in which May Parker (Peter Parker's daughter) watches a DVD showing a small portion of a fictional Spider-Ham animated series, discovering that it was created by one of Spider-Man's enemies, Jack O'Lantern. Here, Spider-Ham appears to mostly be a parody of Batman. Also in the issue, there is a partial reprint of Marvel Tails #1.

Spider-Ham was selected by fans and retailers to be the focus of the final variant cover by Mike Wieringo to the Spider-Man: The Other crossover, Amazing Spider-Man #528.[4]

In January 2007, J. Michael Straczynski authored the Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham one-shot, featuring Spider-Ham's attempt to find his missing "thought balloons" against a Civil War parody. The story does not fit in with previously established Spider-Ham continuity.

Tom Defalco returned to Spider-Ham's world in 2009, in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man Family #4–5. He introduces Swiney-Girl, the daughter of Spider-Ham and counterpart of Defalco's other creation Spider-Girl. Once again, the story strays away from the established, albeit loose, continuity of the original Spider-Ham stories by altering the character's origin and supporting characters, most notably in establishing Peter Porker as a natural-born pig bitten by a radioactive spider (directly mirroring Spider-Man's origin) and altering his love interest (a counterpart of Mary Jane Watson) from a water buffalo to a crane.

He fights alongside the X-Babies in issue #4 (March 2010) of their four-issue miniseries from 2009–2010.

To mark the anniversary of Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham #1, Marvel released the Spider-Ham 25th Anniversary Special in July 2010, with Tom Defalco writing both Spider-Ham and Swiney-Girl stories. These stories feature most of Spider-Ham's original cast and origin, but incorporates the Mary Crane Watsow character from Amazing Spider-Man Family rather than her original counterpart.

Fictional character biography

Peter Porker was born a spider (simply named Peter). He resided in the basement lab of May Porker, a slightly goofy animal scientist who had created "the world's first atomic powered hairdryer", hoping that "the introduction of nuclear fusion into America's beauty salons" would "revolutionize the hair care industry".[2] After dousing her head with water and activating the dryer, May Porker accidentally irradiated herself, and in a fit of delusion, bit Peter, who then found himself transformed into an anthropomorphic swine much like May Porker herself. Running from the Porker homestead disoriented, Peter soon came to realize that he still retained a spider's abilities:

"This is astounding! Am I a spider with the limitations of a pig? Or a pig with the proportionate strength and agility of a spider? I've become something greater than either spider or pig... I've become a Spider-Ham!" – Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15 (May 1987)

After this startling series of events, Peter (who adopted the surname "Porker", that of his benefactor May Porker, who after the accident mentally attuned to a state in which she believed she was Peter's loving aunt) dedicated himself and his new-found abilities to fighting injustice and the occasional animal parody of established Marvel Comics villains. May Porker's scientific genius was transferred to Peter, giving him the know-how to devise his webspinner gauntlets to replace his lost natural ability.

Misadventures

Porker, in his spider-themed alter-ego's first adventure, teamed up with Captain Americat, as they attempted to foil the nefarious plot of The Marauder, in a series of events that led to the creation of the Hulk-Bunny (Marvel Tails #1, "If He Should Punch Me").

Several months later, Spider-Ham encountered his main nemesis and one of his only recurring enemies in the form of Ducktor Doom, a duck parody of Doctor Doom (Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1, "The Mysterious Island of Ducktor Doom"). Spider-Ham would meet again with Doom when Porker would foil the would-be world conqueror's plot to create an army of living super vegetables (Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #6, "Salad Daze").

Other notable menaces Porker would face along the way include the Bull-Frog (a parody of the Marvel villain Man-Bull), the Buzzard (an opossum take on the Spider-Man adversary the Vulture), Hogzilla (a swine counterpart to the more popular Godzilla), and the King-Pig (seemingly the swine equivalent of Marvel's mob-boss the Kingpin).

Three characters, not parallels to anybody in the Spider-Man series, also begin in #1: J. Jeremiah Jackal, Jr. (J. Jonah Jackal's nephew), Bunson Bunny and Upton Adam Stray (a cat with shades), all junior trainees at the Daily Beagle. They acquire super-powers in #15, encouraging Spider-Ham in his already made decision to abandon his super-hero career, but they fumble their first mission, forcing Peter Porker to resume his alter-ego as Spider-Ham. Further misadventures of the Beagle Brigadeers were presented within the back-up stories in Marvel Tales.

The series also included back-up stories featuring such characters as Deerdevil (Daredevil), Goose Rider (Ghost Rider) and the Fantastic Fur (the Fantastic Four).

Marvel Zombies

When Spider-Ham accidentally travels to the Marvel Zombies universe, he is suddenly zombified by a group of zombies, namely Captain America, Hulk, and Wolverine. It appears that he is directly shot in the head by an energy bullet by Earth 616's Ultron, effectively killing him but, in a zombie state, Spider-Ham turned into Ham-ibal Lecter.

Spider-Verse

During the Spider-Verse storyline which featured Spider-Men from various alternate realities, Spider-Ham became a member of the Spider-Army fighting against the Inheritors. He played a crucial role in the final confrontation when he switches places with Benjy Parker (the baby brother of Spider-Girl of Earth-982) – one of the three sacrifices needed for the Inheritors to destroy the Spider-Totems – allowing Ben Parker to get Benjy to safety.[5]

Secret Wars

During the Secret Wars event when all universes were destroyed and their remains formed a single planet called Battleworld, Spider-Ham found himself the only pig in the domain of the Battleworld called Arachnia and ended up as the captive of its Mayor, Norman Osborn. He was rescued by Spider-Gwen,[6] and the two eventually discovered and teamed up with other spider-powered people (Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man: India, Spider-UK and Anya Corazon), neither of whom remembered their previous encounter during the original Spider-Verse.[7]

Web Warriors

Following the conclusion of Secret Wars, the team of six Spiders that formed during the event feature in a new ongoing series called Web Warriors, a name that was coined by the Peter Parker of the Ultimate Spider-Man TV series during the original Spider-Verse.[8]

Other characters

Earth-8311 features anthropomorphic funny animal parody versions of a variety of other Marvel characters including some superheroes and supervillains.

Character	Real Marvel Character	Animal	First Appearance
Spider-Ham/Peter Porker	Spider-Man	Spider/Pig	Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1
Spider-Ham 2099/Piguel O'Malley	Spider-Man 2099	Spider/Pig	What The--?! #26
May Porker	Aunt May	Pig	Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1
Mary Jane Waterbuffalo	Mary Jane Watson	Water Buffalo	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Mary Crane Watsow	Mary Jane Watson	Crane	Amazing Spider-Man Family #4
J. Jonah Jackal/Black Jackal	J. Jonah Jameson	Jackal	Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1
Batty Brant	Betty Brant	Bat	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Betty Branteater	Betty Brant	Anteater	Marvel Tales #230
Flash Tomcat	Flash Thompson	Cat	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Liz Alleycat	Liz Allan	Cat	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Awful Flight	Alpha Flight	Various	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #6
Summersquash/Walrus Lamebrainski of Awful Flight	Sasquatch	Walrus	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #6
Snow-Youse of Awful Flight	Snowbird	Unknown	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #6
Hockeypuck of Awful Flight	Puck	Beaver	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #6
Aroma of Awful Flight	Aurora	Skunk	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #6
Deerdevil / Batt Burdock	Daredevil	Deer	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #7
Kay-Mar the Sub-Merchandizer	Namor The Sub-Mariner	Dog	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #10
Sub-Marsupial	Namor The Sub-Mariner (Golden Age)	Unspecified marsupial	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #9
Asinine Torch	Human Torch	Donkey	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #9
Goose Rider	Ghost Rider	Goose	Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1
Ducktor Doom	Doctor Doom	Duck	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1
Buzzard	Vulture	Opossum	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #2
Bull-Frog	Man-Bull	Frog	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #2
Doctor Octopussy Cat	Doctor Octopus	Cat	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #17
Hulk-Bunny / Dr. Bruce Bunny	Hulk	Rabbit	Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1
Captain Americat / Steve Mouser	Captain America	Cat	Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1
King-Pig	Kingpin	Pig	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #12
Bee-Yonder	Beyonder	Bee	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #12
Hogzilla	Godzilla	Pig/Dinosaur	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #8
Mechano-Hogzilla	Mechagodzilla	Pig/Dinosaur Robot	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #8
Hobgobbler	Hobgoblin	Turkey	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Paw	Klaw	Bear	Marvel Tales #207
Black Catfish	Black Cat	Catfish	Marvel Tales #207
Raven the Hunter	Kraven the Hunter	Raven	What The--?! #3
Crayfin the Bunter	Kraven the Hunter	Crayfish	Spider-Ham 25th Anniversary Special #1
Doc Clamson	Doc Samson	Clam	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #16
Croctor Strange	Doctor Strange	Crocodile	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #4
Magsquito	Magneto	Mosquito	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #2
X-Bugs	X-Men	Various insects	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #2
Iron Mouse	Iron Man	Mouse	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #3
Nagneto	Magneto	Horse	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #3
Thrr, Dog of Thunder	Thor	Dog	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #5
Silver Squirrel	Silver Surfer	Squirrel	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #8
The Watchdog	Uatu the Watcher	Dog	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #8
The Whoatcher	Uatu the Watcher	Owl	Marvel Tales #237
Croak and Badger	Cloak and Dagger	Frog and Badger	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #16
J. Hamilton Hampster	Man-Thing	Hamster	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #10
Ant Ant	Ant-Man	Ant	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #11
Sandmanatee	Sandman	Manatee	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #11
Galactypus	Galactus	Platypus	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #12
Nick Furry, Agent of S.H.E.E.P.	Nick Fury	Bear	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #13
Dodo Dugan	Dum Dum Dugan	Dodo	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #13
Kangaroo the Conqueror	Kang the Conqueror	Kangaroo	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Ultrog	Ultron	Gorilla	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Quackula	Dracula	Vampire Duck	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #13
Chickenstein's Monster	Frankenstein's Monster	None. Composed of different vegetables.	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #13
Living Moooooooomy (a.k.a. Living Moomy)	N'Kantu, the Living Mummy	Cattle Mummy	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #13
Pinhead of Crime	Kingpin	Polar Bear	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #13
The Fantastic Fur	The Fantastic Four	Various	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1
Mooster Fantastic of the Fantastic Fur	Mister Fantastic	Moose	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1
Invisible Gorilla of the Fantastic Fur	Invisible Woman	Gorilla	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1
Simian Torch of the Fantastic Fur	Human Torch	Gorilla	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1
Thang / Ben Grizzly of the Fantastic Fur	Thing	Grizzly Bear	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1
The Scavengers	The Avengers	Various	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Scarlet Pooch of the Scavengers	Scarlet Witch	Dog	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Quacksilver of the Scavengers	Quicksilver	Duck	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Squawkeye of the Scavengers	Hawkeye	Chicken	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Black Panda of the Scavengers	Black Panther	Panda	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Pigeon of the Scavengers	Vision	Pigeon	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15
Baron Zebro	Baron Helmut Zemo	Zebra	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #16
Paste Pot Peep	Paste Pot Pete, a.k.a. the Trapster	Sheep	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #16
Mad Stinker	Mad Thinker	Skunk	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #16
Ham-Droid	Awesome Android	Pig	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #16
Mandaringtail	Mandarin	Ring-Tailed Lemur	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #16
Doo Wop Doo	Fin Fang Foom	Dragon	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #16
Grey Gopher	Grey Gargoyle	Gopher	Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #14
Punfisher / Frank Carple	Punisher	Fish	Marvel Tales #212
Pork Grind	Venom/Symbiote	Pig/Symbiote	What The--?! #20
Shock-Cur	Shocker	Dog	Marvel Tales #201
Flash "Tombenstain" Bear	Tombstone/Flash Thompson	Bear	Marvel Tales #227
Captain Zooniverse	Captain Universe	Cosmic force/Pig (Spider-Ham host body)	Marvel Tales # 236
Anya the Ant-Girl	Anya Corazon	Ant	Spider-Man Family #1
Hamneto	Magneto	Pig	Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham #1
Ultimate Captain Hamerica	Captain America	Pig	Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham #1
Green Ham (And Eggs)	Hulk	Pig	Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham #1
Deviled Ham	Daredevil	Pig	Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham #1
Hambit	Gambit	Pig	Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham #1
Iron Ham	Iron Man	Pig	Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham #1
Wolverham	Wolverine	Pig	Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham #1
The Fantastic Ham	The Fantastic Four	Pigs	Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham #1
Ant-Ham	Ant-Man	Pig	Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham #1
Swiney-Girl	Spider-Girl of Earth-982	Spider/Pig	Amazing Spider-Man Family #4
Green Gobbler	Green Goblin	Turkey	Amazing Spider-Man Family #4
Eelectro	Electro	Electric Eel	Spider-Ham 25th Anniversary Special #1
Mysteriape	Mysterio	Gorilla	Spider-Ham 25th Anniversary Special #1
Doc Jaw	Lockjaw	Dog	Lockjaw #3
Miles Morhames/Ultimate Spider-Ham	Miles Morales	Spider/Pig	Ultimate FF #4
Guin Stacy/Spider-Guin	Gwen Stacy	Spider/Penguin	Spider-Gwen Vol. 2 Annual #1

In other media

Television

• Spider-Ham is alluded to in the cartoon series Ultimate Spider-Man.[9] In "Flight of the Iron Spider", Iron Man shows Spider-Man a machine that could scatter any physical object's particles across parallel universes. Spider-Man briefly envisions himself being turned into Spider-Ham as a result. In "Run Pig Run", Loki (disguised as a hot dog vendor) gives Spider-Man an enchanted hot dog that turns him into Spider-Ham on the day of Asgardsreia, a holiday where Asgardians go on a day long hunt, as payback for stopping one of his earlier schemes. With the help of Thor, Agent Coulson, Nick Fury, and his teammates, Spider-Ham evades the Executioner and his Asgardian hunters until sundown when he turns back to normal.
  • The actual Spider-Ham appears in the two "Spider-Verse" four-parters, voiced by Benjamin Diskin. This version of Peter Porker was a pig who got his powers from a spider that fell into his Aunt May's vitamin pancake batter and transferred said vitamins and powers to him, turning him into Spider-Ham. He used his powers for good and even joined his world's Avengers, but J. Jonah Jackal turned the public against him and forced him to quit. In the episode "Spider-Verse Pt. 2", he encounters Spider-Man (whom he mistook for a monkey) while relaxing on his farm. With encouragement from Spider-Man, he decides to become Spider-Ham once again and help him fight the Green Goblin. Following the battle, Iron Mouse offers him a spot on the Avengers again, which he accepts. In the episode "Spider-Verse Pt. 4", Spider-Ham appears along Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Girl, Spider-Man Noir, Spyder-Knight, and Miles Morales to help Spider-Man defeat the Spider-Goblin and Electro. In the episode "Return to the Spider-Verse Pt. 1", Spider-Ham ends up in Peter Parker's living room alongside Spyder-Knight and Miles Morales' mother Rio due to the effects of the shattered Siege Perilous. In the episode "Return to the Spider-Verse" Pt. 4, he is shown as a captive of Wolf Spider who sought to drain the life forces of all of his multiversal counterparts. Spider-Ham is saved by the primary Spider-Man while Wolf Spider was killed by all of the heroic Spider-Men's combined energy.

Film

• Spider-Ham appears in the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, voiced by John Mulaney.[10] He arrives in Miles Morales' universe along with Spider-Man Noir and Peni Parker and teams up with them to get back to their home dimensions. This version follows similar funny animal cartoon behavior as seen in cartoons from the golden age of American animation, complete with giant mallet and falling anvil gags as the character bears a resemblance to the Looney Tunes character Porky Pig (including the use of Porky's catchphrase, "That's all folks"). His origin remains the same and he seems to be aware of the fact that talking animals are not common in other universes. He uses his unique skill set to take down Scorpion alongside Spider-Man Noir and Peni Parker. Before returning home to his own dimension, he leaves his cartoon mallet with Miles as a keepsake.
  • Spider-Ham appears in the short Caught in a Ham, which is included in the digital and Blu-ray release of the film, with Mulaney reprising his role. In the short, Spider-Ham takes on Doctor Crawdaddy (voiced by Aaron LaPlante) in his typical, cartoonish fashion. After defeating Crawdaddy, the portal that sucked up the other Spider-heroes appears and messes with him before whisking him away; leading into his introduction in the movie.
  • Mulaney also expressed interest in a potential film starring Spider-Ham; he described its plot as a Watergate-like story along the lines of The Post or All the President's Men while focusing on the character's career as a reporter.[11][12]

Video games

• In Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Spider-Man mentions Peter Porker in a conversation.
• Spider-Ham appears in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, voiced by former Activision Associate Producer Kevin Umbricht[13] who was not credited for the role. In the intro, Madame Web shows the images of several alternate universes to which Spider-Man then notices the image of Spider-Ham and says "Is that a...cartoon pig?". In a scene during the credits, Spider-Ham answers Madame Web's call to save the universe too late asking "So, what'd I miss?".
• One of Spider-Man's win quotes in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds is "Man, I bet the Amazing Spider-Ham could have beat you". Spider-Ham also appears as a support card in the "Heroes vs. Heralds" mode of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
• Spider-Ham was available as a purchasable hero in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online on March 15, 2014, to celebrate the game's anniversary.
• Spider-Ham has a cameo appearance in Spider-Man: Edge of Time. He is seen locked up in a stasis tank in the Alchemax building in Chapter 15. He also shows up in Peter Parker's drawings in the credits, in a mock fight against Spider-Man 2099.
• Spider-Ham appears in Marvel Heroes. He can be purchased as a pet.
• Spider-Ham and other associated spider characters from the Spider-Ham comics are playable in Spider-Man Unlimited.
• Spider-Ham appears in Marvel Avengers Academy during the Spider-Man Event, voiced by Christopher McCann.
• Spider-Ham appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.[14] He can be unlocked by completing a free roam quest for him that involves rescuing his friends, though they are implied to be actual animals instead.
• Spider-Ham appears as a playable character in Marvel Puzzle Quest.

Miscellaneous

• The Wizard Spider-Man Special featured a Twisted ToyFare Theatre parody comic "Four Webbings and a Funeral". In it, Spider-Ham is one of the entrees being served at Spider-Man's funeral.

Reception

In August 2009, TIME listed Spider-Ham as one of the "Top 10 Oddest Marvel Characters".[2]

See also

• Just'a Lotta Animals, a concept by DC Comics featuring anthropomorphic funny animal parody versions of DC superheroes and supervillains similar to Larval (Marvel).
• Marvel Apes, an alternate Marvel reality featuring animal (or ape) versions of Marvel characters.
• The Simpsons Movie which introduces Spider-Pig

References

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3. Becattini, Alberto (2019). "Super-Animals". American Funny Animal Comics in the 20th Century: Volume Two. Theme Park Press. ISBN 978-1683902218.
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10. "Sony confirms John Mulaney is joining Into The Spider-Verse…as the Spectacular Spider-Ham". AV News. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
11. Donnelly, Matt (December 18, 2018). "John Mulaney's Pitch for 'Spider-Ham' Film: Spotlight… but Family Friendly'". Variety. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
12. Long, Christian (December 19, 2018). "John Mulaney has a pitch for a Spider-Ham solo film". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
13. "Spider-Ham's First Voice Actor & More! (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Into the Spider-Verse)". December 21, 2018 – via YouTube.
14. "Characters". IGN Database. Retrieved 28 January 2018.