Mary Watson

A supporting presence in Marvel's acclaimed Ultimate Universe, Mary Watson made her debut in Ultimate Spider-Man #5 in 2001, stepping into the reimagined world that Brian Michael Bendis, Bill Jemas, and Mark Bagley were crafting for a new generation. Across a run stretching into the 2010s, she shares pages with some of that universe's most beloved figures — Peter Parker, Aunt May, Gwen Stacy, and Mary Jane Watson herself. With 24 appearances woven through Ultimate Spider-Man and its successor titles, she's one of those quietly essential characters who helps give the Ultimate Universe its grounded, human texture, the kind of figure that dedicated readers and completionists will recognize as part of what made that corner of Marvel feel so real.