Why does jj hate spiderman

Almost as soon as Spider-Man was introduced, J. Jonah Jameson was a part of the Spider-Man mythos, being a constant thorn in his side. Only recently has Jameson and Spider-Man come to a sort of detente in their relationship.

For years, though, the ability of Jameson to turn the public against the wallcrawler has typically led to Spider-Man considering Jameson one of his greatest enemies. However, at the same time, the various writers on the Spider-Man series over the years have tried to keep Jameson from resorting to outright villainy and thus they have tried to come up with various explanations for why Jameson hated Spider-Man so much. It is fascinating to watch the evolution of the explanations over the years.

As writers softened their stance on Jameson being a bad guy, so, too, did the explanations for his Spidey hatred soften, as well, from almost cartoonishly evil reasoning to more reasonable, character-driven explanations. Technically speaking, J. Jonah Jameson provided his reasons for hating Spider-Man in his very first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man 1 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko , where Jameson explains that he believes Spider-Man to be a menace because young children might injure themselves trying to emulate the amazing things that Spider-Man can do.

Jameson explains that kids should want to emulate more traditional heroes, like his astronaut son, John Jameson He also faced problems with his wife, as he had yet to forgive her for selling the Bugle. Jonah eventually turned to politics, and became the mayor of New York City. Jonah Jameson Sr. Spider-Man then entered the mayor's office, hoping to establish a truce with him, only for Jonah to announce that he has assembled an "Anti-Spider Squad" to capture Spider-Man.

Spider-Man responded by taking his superhero work into overdrive, committing heroic deeds all over the city, simply to enrage Jameson. Jameson responded by putting his squad on double-shifts, severely straining the city council's budget. After Otto Octavius, having temporarily usurped the body of Peter Parker, saved Horizon Labs from the Sinister Six, Jameson finally recognized Spider-Man as a hero, and even offered to him in his war on crime.

Jameson later asked Spider-Man to oversee the execution of Alistair Smythe, the person who killed his wife, at the Raft in order to ensure that he does not break free. Smythe, indeed, tried to escape, but Otto killed him at the behest of Jameson. Spider-Man then forced Jameson into giving him the Raft, which caused Jameson to hate him once more. Things heated up even more when it was revealed that Jameson created a new army of Spider Slayers to take care of Spider-Man.

This debacle caused a scandal that led to Jameson retiring in disgrace, though Peter Parker, now fully back in his body, attempted to amend things by returning the recordings and that there were no copies made of it. No longer mayor, Jameson decided to try to go back to the Bugle. But he felt his old business turned traitor when he discovered it was boasting his fall. Thinking it was an interview, he went in the defensive and said he would not apologize about anything he'd done as a mayor, however the reporter revealed they wanted to offer him a job because of his history with the Daily Bugle , so he accepted, saying that the media "finally justified his existence".

The interview is interrupted by the Black Cat and Electro. While Spider-Man and Silk battle them, he forces the cameraman to continue to film the action. Black Cat manages to deviate one of Electro's bolts hitting Spider-Man, knocking him down in the process. While she taunts Peter into her final vengeance, grabbing his head in order to pull off his mask, Jonah aims the camera into Spidey and announces that now has come the time to reveal the face behind the mask of Spider-Man.

When Jonah's father fell ill, [31] the attending physician, Dr. McCray , contacted Dr. Rita Clarkson , who worked for a biotech company named New U Technologies , that claimed they could resurrect the dead and cure any decease. Peter Parker was initially skeptical and persuaded Aunt May and Jay not to accept the treatment, which infuriated Jonah. Clarkson met with J. Jonah Jameson and, to prove there was no limits to what New U could do, they introduced him to his reanimated wife, Dr.

Jonah traveled to San Francisco , where New U Headquarters was located, to see his beloved wife, but the New U ended up being a fraud, cloning its patients, instead of curing them. Ben Reilly , who was secretly behind the company, decided to broadcast the decaying signal across the entire world, via Fact Channel News, causing an outbreak of the Carrion Virus globally. Despite being a Saturday, Cindy was also there, because she was gonna quit, but, before leaving, she tried to cheer Jonah up.

Jennie Sheldon went to Jameson in order to warn him. However, Kraven got Jonah and attacked him, while Jennie shot a flare gun attracting the attention of Spider-Woman. She arrived and saved Jonah by defeating Kraven. He was anonymously contacted by a rogue S. In an effort to comfort Jonah, Spider-Man decided to reveal his secret identity to him.

During the rise of the Red Goblin , Jonah was kidnapped by the Norman Osborn and unwittingly exposed Peter's identity when referring to Gwen Stacy as "his girl. When Norman was beaten, Jameson was ready to put an end to Norman's life with a fire gun, realizing this was all his fault, but Spider-Man intervened.

When asked by Jameson why, Peter said that he had the power to do it, meaning he also had this responsibility, and that it applies to everyone, even the worst of us. At Flash's funeral, Peter admitted people make mistakes and others pay for it, and knowing that since his 15 years old, Peter forgave Jameson, for everything.

Following the revelation of Peter's identity, Jonah attempted to make up for years of persecuting Spider-Man by assisting him with information on crimes to investigate. One day when he couldn't reach out to Peter, Jonah broke into a radio station to use its listeners to locate Spider-Man.

The radio announcer saw potential in Jameson, and offered to give him a segment. That same day, Jonah was abducted by a robot controlled by Barney Bushkin. The robot brought Jonah to the rooftop of the Daily Globe, where Barney shot at Jonah with a realistic toy gun that squirted ink, mirroring a prank that Jonah had pulled on Barney when they were in college.

It turned out that the Daily Globe had closed down, and, embittered by the contrast between his life and J. Jameson's constant habit of failing upwards, Barney wanted to make him feel scared like he was. Jonah forgave and comforted Barney, and even offered him to produce his radio show segment. Jameson tried to cleanse Spider-Man's reputation he destroyed along the years with a talk show called Get to Work!

He was invited by the Kingpin to a party in homage to Spider-Man. However, he had to deal with problems. Arcade was paid by the new Big Man to build a "museum" to Jameson so both he and Jonah could kill Spider-Man together. When the new Big Man identity was revealed, Jameson was in shock to realize his obsession to destroy Spider-Man destroyed so many innocent lives, including the former Big Man's, who was the current one's father.

After the new Big Man was arrested along with the other villains, Jameson decided to man up and came face to face with the Kingpin by saying he isn't a good mayor, just like Jonah wasn't, he was just another super-villain that one day would get what he deserved. Jameson did just that; however, when Spider-Man putted it on, Morlun crashed it. Spider-Man himself did once, briefly, offer an alternative explanation, in the pages of the She-Hulk series.

But in this story — which predates the creation of Miles Morales — he was merely joking. Overall, J. Jameson has found that railing against Spider-Man, with full page pictures of his dangerous antics, sells papers. And that keeps The Daily Bugle in the black, in the ever more precarious industry of print journalism. But Jameson also genuinely disdains superheroes. Enter Spider-Man, who stole a plane, flew up to the capsule, and attached a replacement guidance unit, allowing it to land safely.

Ever since Spider-Man burst onto the scene , J. Jonah Jameson has waged a one-man war against him, with scathing editorials in the Daily Bugle as his primary weapon. However, what if Jameson was to take this feud a step further? What if Jameson let his hatred of Spider-Man go unchecked? Related: J.