BIRD OF PREY
(of Earth-21516)

Real Name: Peter Parker

Identity/Class: Extradimensional/alternate reality (Earth-21516) human mutate (fringe character)

Occupation: Adventurer

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Catman, Dogman

Known Relatives: None (see comments)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed

First Appearance: Spider-Man Magazine (I#17) (1996)

Powers/Abilities: Bird of Prey has superhuman strength and wings capable of flight. He is exceptionally skilled at swooping down on enemies.

Height: 5'10" (presumably)
Weight: Unrevealed (see comments)
Eyes: Unrevealed (see comments)
Hair: Unrevealed (see comments)

History: (Spider-Man Magazine (I#17) (fb) - BTS) - Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive bird.

(Spider-Man Magazine (I#17)) - Using his newfound wings and superhuman strength to become the adventurer Bird of Prey, Parker became enemies with foes such as Catman and Dogman.

Comments: Created by Justin Richards.

Bird of Prey was the product of an article in Spider-Man Magazine (I#17) called "What If?," in which children drew their the answer to the question "What if Peter Parker had been bitten by a radioactive bird instead of a spider?" In Bird of Prey's case, he was created by then-9-year-old Justin Richards of Freeland, Pennsylvania.

Being that Bird of Prey is Earth-21516's Peter Parker, it's likely he possessed the same relatives, eye color and hair color that his Earth-616 counterpart had but there was no confirmation of this in-story. Since he existed on an alternate reality, it's equally possible that he did not have the same relatives and since he was never seen outside of his costume, it's possible he had a different hair and eye color. In addition, it was unrevealed if he weighed the same as his Earth-616 counterpart. Given that he was given bird-like powers, it's possible his bones became hollow to better adapt to flight so he might weigh less than his Earth-616 counterpart.

The issue of Spider-Man Magazine featuring Bird of Prey was not numbered but recent reprints of the comic strips from that issue in Adventures of Spider-Man & Adventures of the X-Men trade paperbacks identified the issue as #17.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Bird of Prey has no known connections to:

• Bird of Earth-5555, Death's Head foe, killed by collapsing wall @ Death's Head I#6
  
• Bird, Tuesday, killed abusive husband & herself in plane crash, spirit tormented Archangel with attacking birds @ Archangel I#1
• Bird of Prey, interstellar pirate ship, enslaved others including Thor, Sif & the Warriors Three @ Thor I#257
• Birdbeast, Asgardian monster bird @ Thor I#159
• Bird-Brain, Ani-Mate, New Mutants, rescued from government captivity by New Mutants, became leader of Ani-Mates @ New Mutants I#57
• Bird-Man (Henry Hawk), Ani-Men, Unholy Three, died in battle between Iron Man & Spymaster @ Daredevil I#10
• Bird-Man (Achille DiBacco), Ani-Men, killed by Scourge of the Underworld at Bar with No Name @ Daredevil I#157
• Bird-Man, Ani-Men, present at Hammerhead's meeting @ Civil War: War Crimes#1
• Birdman of Earth-1136, Force America, Dead Clown foe @ Dead Clown I#1
  
• Bird-Men of pre-Cataclysmic era, worshipped & descended from Ka, slaughtered by first true men of the north @ Kull the Conqueror III#2
• Bird-Men of Earth-57780, Kang creations, later turned on Kang @ Spidey Super Stories I#54
  
• Bird-Men of Akah'maat @ Conan the Barbarian I#153
• Bird-Men of Pa-Pi-Ru-Gua @ Captain America Comics I#28
• "bird-thing," Themax-2, Ptero-People @ Bloodseed I#1
• Birdwatcher, S.P.A.F.O.N., could determine exactly when swallows returned to Capistrano, in demand once a year on television shows @ Marvel Year-in-Review '92#4
  
• Birdy, psychic ally of Sabretooth, used powers to soothe his bloodlust, stabbed & killed by Tribune (Graydon Creed) @ X-Men II#6
• Birdy-Bird of Earth-928, Million Palms Family Fun Facility, robot circa 2099 @ X-Nation 2099 I#2
• or any other "Bird" or "Prey" characters

Catman

Catman is a known enemy of Bird of Prey.

--Spider-Man Magazine (I#17) - BTS

Dogman

Dogman is a known enemy of Bird of Prey.

images: (without ads)
Spider-Man Magazine (I#17), p24, splash page (Bird of Prey, main image)

Appearances:
Spider-Man Magazine (I#17) (1996) - "What If?: Bird of Prey" - Justin Richards (writer, art), Amy Weingartner (editor)

First Posted: 04/18/2020
Last updated: 04/18/2020

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