DAVID RABINOWITZ

Real Name: David Rabinowitz

Identity/Class: Human

Occupation: Daily Bugle reporter

Group Membership: Daily Bugle staff (Jake Conover, J. Jonah Jameson, Lessman, Peter Parker, "Robbie" Robertson, others)

Affiliations: Daily Bugle staff

Enemies: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York City, New York, USA

First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man I#187 (December, 1978)

Powers/Abilities: David Rabinowitz has no superhuman powers but he was a reasonably skilled newspaper reporter.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'10")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 160 lbs)
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Red

History:
(Spider-Man: Back in Black Handbook#1 - Daily Bugle entry - BTS) - David Rabinowitz was a Daily Bugle reporter.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#187 (fb) - BTS) - David Rabinowitz was tasked with getting the scoop on the cordoning off of the Indian Point area but Rabinowitz had no luck getting information due to the media blackout around the area.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#187 (fb)) - Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson emerged from his office and spotted Rabinowitz, immediately ordering him into his office and announcing that he had been waiting on Rabinowitz's report. Rabinowitz apologized to Jameson, explaining that there had been no press conferences and information regarding Indian Point was locked up "tighter than a miser's wallet." Brushing off Rabinowitz's failure to get information, Jameson remarked on getting homilies instead of facts before monologuing aloud about which reporters to send to Indian Point instead, soon settling on photographer Peter Parker.

Comments: Created by Marv Wolfman, Jim Starlin and Bob McLeod.

    David Rabinowitz was only identified by his last name in Amazing Spider-Man I#187. His first name would not be revealed until 2007's Spider-Man: Back in Black Handbook#1. Additionally, his actual position with the Daily Bugle wasn't 100% clear in Amazing Spider-Man I#187. We were told that he'd been tasked with getting information on the cordoning off of Indian Point but we weren't outright told what sort of Daily Bugle employee he was. Sure, one could've assumed that he was some sort of reporter but he could've equally been a researcher that had been tasked with checking on the status of the press in the Indian Point area. The Spider-Man: Back in Black Handbook#1 officially confirms that Rabinowitz was indeed a reporter.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
David Rabinowitz should be distinguished from:

• RABINOWITZ - NYPD, ordered to block exits while trying to apprehend the Jester--Daredevil I#218
  
• RABINOWITZ, AURORA - former secretary for Midnight Publishing Company, assisted Harold H. Harold in nursing Dracula back to health when he was weak from power siphoning by Dr. Sun, lusted after Dracula--Tomb of Dracula I#37
• RABINOWITZ, CHAIM - New Yorker, WWII platoon rescued by Captain America, ran newspaper stand, twice helped out by Spider-Man, once against robbers & once when held hostage by Disc Jockey--Spider-Man: Secret of the Sinister Six novel
• RABINOWITZ, DR. MICHAEL of Earth-148611 - paranormal, CIA--Justice II#30
• other "David" or "Rabinowitz" characters, groups, items, races or events
  

Appearances:
Amazing Spider-Man I#187 (December, 1978) - Marv Wolfman (script, co-plotter, editor), Jim Starlin (co-plotter, layouts), Bob McLeod (finishes)
Spider-Man: Back in Black Handbook#1 (2007) - Mike Fichera (head writer, coordinator), Ronald Byrd, Al Sjoerdsma, Stuart Vandal, Anthony Flamini, Michael Hoskin, Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Madison Carter, Eliot R. Brown (writers), Pond Scum (art reconstruction), Jeff Youngquist, Jennifer Grunwald (editors)

First posted: 10/09/2026
Last updated: 10/09/2026

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