Mary Jane Watson-Parker

Few characters in comics carry as much warmth and narrative weight as Mary Jane Watson-Parker, whose presence across 35 years of Panini Deutschland's Spider-Man publishing history speaks for itself. Debuting in Marvel Comic Exklusiv #13 in 1991, she's been a cornerstone of the German-language Marvel comics landscape, appearing most prominently in Spider-Man, Der sensationelle Spider-Man, and Spider-Man Special. With 62 catalog appearances and three collector-recognized key issues to her name, she keeps vivid company with the likes of Ben Reilly, J. J. Jameson, Robbie Robertson, and Ben Urich — a who's who of the Spider-Man universe. For readers who've followed her through the Copper and into the Modern Age, she's proof that some characters simply endure.