Mary Jane Watson
Marvel- Aliases
- Jackpot, Venom
- Universes
- Earth 616, Universe X, Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Again, Earth 6160, MC2, Ultimate, Venomverse, X-Men and Spider-Man Animated Series, Spider-Gwen's Universe
- Created by
- Stan LeeSteve DitkoJohn Romita Sr.
- Appearances
- 3 issues
- Series
- 3
Mary Jane "MJ" Watson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. The character made her first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #25. Since then she has gone on to become Peter Parker's main love interest and later his wife. Initially set up by Aunt May as a blind date, redheaded party girl Mary Jane "MJ" was formerly depicted as Gwen Stacy's competition. Though Peter dated her briefly before Gwen, both of them broke it off as Peter saw her flamboyance and 'life of the party' personality as shallow and MJ was not ready to be tied down by one man. She eventually became Peter's main love interest after Gwen (who Mary Jane became best friends with) died. Both formed a bond through grief of losing Gwen, got closer, had an on-off relationship for years and eventually married.