Throughout his career, Spider-Man’s major nemesis has not been Dr Octopus, the Green Goblin, the Kingpin or any other conventional super-foe, but J. Jonah Jameson, editor-publisher of the New York Daily Bugle - a newspaper which has run a campaign against Spider-Man (and other masked vigilantes) that has often turned the public against superheroes. Initially annoyed that Spider-Man got more acclaim than his astronaut son, whom he wanted to boost as ‘a real hero’, Jameson’s hatred of Peter Parker’s alter ego has grown into an overpowering obsession which has threatened his health and business. Ironically, he is also Parker’s most frequent employer, buying the freelance photographer’s blurry, out of focus shots of Spider-Man in action for the front page – and paying as little as possible for them.

FIRST APPEARED IN AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 1 (1963)
CREATED BY STAN LEE AND STEVE DITKO