The figure of Mary Jane Watson is widely known as the core character in the Tobey Maguire version of Spiderman, played by Kirsten Dunst. Most Marvel movie fans only know that Mary Jane is an ordinary figure and doesn't have any powers, even though in the Marvel comics there are quite a few surprising facts that Marvel fans don't know.

The Dunia Games team will discuss some facts about Mary Jane Watson that are quite surprising that you must read before watching Spider-Man: No Way Home.

15. Mary Jane Worked with Tony Stark

Spider-Man is described as a person who has intelligence and creativity, but besides Peter, it turns out that Mary Jane is also a smart woman. Mary Jane, in one story with Spider-Man, was once told that she won a Psychology degree. In several stories she also told that both Peter and MJ were two students who were both geniuses and equals. Not only Peter who was close to Tony Stark, but MJ once worked with Tony Stark as his Personal Assistant.

14. Mary Jane Was Eaten by Spider-Zombie

In a world that is being hit by a dangerous virus that can turn a person into a horrible creature, aka a zombie. Spider-Man is actually bitten by Ash Williams from Evil Dead, which causes him to be infected with a zombie virus. At that time Spider-Man, who was infected with a virus decided to go home, but when he came home and met Aunt May and MJ, Spider-Man turned into a zombie and immediately ate them together.

13. Mary Jane Had Her First Miscarriage

Peter and Mary Jane's relationship eventually went to the stage of marriage, and after Peter and MJ married they both had their first child. But unfortunately while in the process of pregnancy, suddenly MJ's womb experienced an oddity which caused the child to be born prematurely and also resulted in death. The one who caused this was Norman Osborn, where he once ordered someone to poison MJ while she was pregnant.

12. Harry Osborn is One of Her Lovers

On several occasions and several Spider-Man stories, Mary Jane is actually not always related to Peter Parker alone because she has several past lovers. Mary Jane Watson in fact had a close relationship and dated one of Peter Parker's best friends, Harry Osborn who was the biological son of Norman Osborn, and it was all in the comics and also in the movies.

11. One of the Spider-Women is Mary Jane

Besides Spider-Man which has many variants of Spider-Man, in fact there are also many versions of Spider-Woman. Gwen in other universes has been told to be Spider-Woman or can be called Spider-Gwen, but the woman who becomes Spider-Man is not only Gwen Stacy but there is also another woman, Mary Jane. In the 2000-2002 Mangaverse of the Exiles series, Mary Jane was once said to have the power of Spider-Man and used the name Spider-Woman.

10. Often Experienced Domestic Violence

It's not only the main character who has a dark and sad past, it turns out that apart from Peter Parker there are also other characters who have an unpleasant past for themselves, and that character is Mary Jane Watson. When she didn't know Peter and didn't even have a relationship with Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson had actually experienced violence in her own home, making her angry and wanted to get out of the house as soon as possible.

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9. Mephisto Erased Mary Jane's Marriage with Peter Parker

In the comic Spider-Man: One More Day 2008, it was said that Aunt May would be threatened with being shot and would die. But there is one way to save Aunt May, which is to make a deal with Mephisto who is a demon from Marvel. Mephisto agrees to save Aunt May from the threat that is haunting her, but there is one condition that Peter Parker and Mary Jane will have their marriage annulled.

8. On-Off Relationship with Peter Parker

From the very beginning, Peter Parker had a crush on Mary Jane Watson, and on several occasions he also wanted to get to know MJ and try to get closer to her. In the end, the two of them got into a relationship, but the relationship was often on and off which caused them both to date other people, such as Peter with Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane dating Harry Osborn. But Peter and Mary date again and eventually become husband and wife.

7. Mary Jane Inspired by Ann Margret

Many of the characters in the comics are based on real-life people, for example, Nick Fury, whose character is based on Samuel L. Jackson, to several other Marvel characters based on famous celebrities. Mary Jane Watson is one of the characters who is also based on the figure of a celebrity named Ann Margret in the 1960s, where the celebrity is a figure who became an international sex symbol in its era.

6. Mary Jane Was Red Sonja

Kulan Gath once came to New York City and planned to turn the city into an ancient city along with its inhabitants, but Spider-Man came and tried to stop the witches. At the same time, there was Mary Jane who happened to be waiting at the Museum when the battle took place, when she was waiting suddenly a voice called out to her and told her to draw a longsword. Mary Jane who managed to pull out the sword instead became the figure of Red Sonja who was reborn into the world.

5. At Her First Appearance, Her Face is Always Covered

Mary Jane is a character created by Stan Lee and first appeared in the comic The Amazing Spider-Man #42. When she first appeared, the figure of Mary Jane Watson was not shown more clearly or was always hidden. In fact it was an intention so that later when the figure of Mary Jane Watson was revealed, readers would be surprised by the beauty of Mary Jane Watson, even Peter Parker.

4. Mary Jane Reportedly Present in The Amazing Spider-Man 3

In The Amazing Spider-Man, Peter Parker (played by Andrew Garfield) is told to have a relationship with Gwen Stacy (played by Emma Stone) but unfortunately Peter and Gwen's relationship ended with the tragic death of Gwen. Reportedly in The Amazing Spider-Man 3, Mary Jane will appear and replace Gwen as Peter Parker's lover, but unfortunately the movie failed to produce due to Marvel's agreement with Sony who wanted to raise the Spider-Man story together.

3. Mary Jane Defeated Hydro-Man

Besides Spider-Man who often beats villains, it turns out that Mary Jane has also defeated a supervillain named Hydro-Man. Mary Jane does not have superpowers, but to defeat Hydro-Man she relies on her own way. Mary Jane kept making Hydro-Man trying to catch her, and it was all because Mary Jane purposely kept Hydro-Man away from the water and also made him tired. Until Hydro-Man finally got tired, evaporated and then disappeared.

2. The Cast of Mary Jane Wants Her Role Not To Be in Dangerous Situation

Kirsten Dunst wants her role as Mary Jane not to be involved in a situation where MJ is always in a dangerous condition. Dunst once asked Sam Raimi not to put her role as Mary Jane in Spider-Man 3 in a dangerous situation that made her have to be rescued, because as we know in both the first and second movies, Raimi's MJ is constantly faced with dangerous conditions. As a result, Kirsten Dunst's request was not answered, because the evidence was that MJ was kidnapped by Venom in the Spider-Man 3 movie.

1. Mary Jane is More Popular than Gwen Stacy

Mary Jane VS Gwen Stacy, who is more worthy to be side by side with Peter Parker either as a lover or a superhero partner? Of course she is Mary Jane because MJ is more popular in every way. The creator of the character was once surprised by how attractive the character of Mary Jane Watson was, so he changed and convinced others that the one who deserved to be Peter Parker's true love was Mary Jane Watson.

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