SPIDERY-MAN
Earth-18103

Real Name: P.P. Poker

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-18103) human mutate

Occupation: Adventurer, high school student, wrestler

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Kay Poker, Ken Poker

Enemies: Burglar, radioactive spider

Known Relatives: Ken Poker (uncle, deceased), Kay Poker (aunt)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Presumably mobile

First Appearance: Mad Magazine II#3 (October, 2018)

Powers/Abilities: Spidery-Man has spider-like abilities, including the power to stick to objects opposite the ground, suggesting he is also capable of wall-climbing like his Earth-616 counterpart.

    Spidery-Man uses webbing but it is unrevealed whether it was organic or synthetic via mechanical web-shooters.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'10") (see comments)
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 167 lbs.) (see comments)
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown

History: (Mad Magazine II#3 - BTS) - P.P. Poker was an ordinary schoolboy and lived with his uncle Ken and aunt Kay.

(Mad Magazine II#3) - P.P. Poker went on a field trip to an atomic lab, which, while boasting the latest scientific equipment, also had an appallingly lax open-door policy and the staff was rather indifferent to their work, some even drinking on the job. One of the scientists enthusiastically demonstrated radioactive rays to the visitors. Poker was wary of the lack of safety precautions and asked if he needed to wear protective gear but the scientist replied that there was no protective gear due to budget cuts. A spider, which the lab staff hadn't noticed due to being too drunk, was exposed to the radiation and bit P.P. in the eye. Poker felt sick, describing his feeling as "a bit radioactive." The boy decided to go home. The scientist told him to sign the guest book on the way out, which was actually a liability waiver, and another staff member added that the gift shop was on the right. While P.P. was outside, a radioactive spider mutated into a huge monster and destroyed the lab. However, he didn't notice (probably due to his condition) and, feeling disoriented, hoped he wouldn't do anything weird. He soon woke up in a Spidery-Man suit, upside down on a construction beam. A spider jumped onto P.P.'s chest, and, frightened, he killed it. The spider remained on his chest but he thought it looked good and kept it as part of the costume.

    One day, Spidery-Man witnessed a burglar running from a security guard. He didn't care but immediately, a shot rang out. It turned out that the burglar had shot P.P. Poker's uncle Ken. Before he died, Ken began to state that with great power comes great responsibility but also that great responsibility was a "great pain in the ass." Ken then revealed that, at his nephew's age, he "had the sense to leave town, whore around and roll hobos for drugs," some of which he still secretly did to that day. He then died and turned into a ghost before he could finish and, in the end, all P.P. Poker heard from his entire speech was "with great power comes great responsibility."

Comments: Created by Kerry Callen.

    The three-page Spidery-Man comic from Mad Magazine II#3 was, of course, a parody of the legendary Amazing Fantasy I#15, where Spider-Man debuted.

    Counterparts of Eric Schwinner and Baxter Bigelow appear in the story but they are not identified. It's a 100% certainty that on Earth-18103, they have different names, most likely similar in sound.

    Kerry Callen wrote on his Blogspot page that he originally planned a different ending, in which Uncle Ken was at the wrestling ring where Spidery-Man was fighting and bet on the wrong fighter. This led to him losing all his money and dying of a heart attack while P.P. Poker took all his winnings and left town to avoid responsibility.
   
    This profile was completed 03/02/2026 but its publication was delayed, as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary's celebratory event.

Profile by Mike Castle.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-18103's Spidery-Man has no known connections to:

images: (without ads)
Mad Magazine II#3, p19, splash page (Spidery-Man, main image)
Mad Magazine II#3, p23, pan3 (P.P. Poker, headshot)
Mad Magazine II#3, p25, pan4-5 (Uncle Ken's death)

Appearances:
Mad Magazine II#3 (October, 2018) - "The Origin of Spidery-Man" story  - Kerry Callen (writer, art), Allie Goertz (editor)

First Posted: 09/22/2026
Last updated: 03/02/2026

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