Jackal (Marvel Comics character)

Jackal
The Jackal as he was originally depicted on the panel from The Amazing Spider-Man #146 (July 1975). Pencils by Ross Andru.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Miles Warren: The Amazing Spider-Man #31 (December 1965)[1] Jackal: The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (February 1974)
Created by	Miles Warren: Stan Lee Steve Ditko Jackal: Gerry Conway Ross Andru
In-story information
Alter ego	Miles Warren
Species	Human mutate
Team affiliations	Empire State University
Partnerships	Spidercide Grizzly Tarantula
Notable aliases	Professor Warren The Professor The Man in Red Professor Guarinus Raymond Warren
Abilities	Genius intelligence Superhuman strength, durability, speed, and agility Expertise in martial arts and gymnastics

The Jackal is an alias used by several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually depicted as enemies of the superhero Spider-Man. The original and best known incarnation, Miles Warren, was originally introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #31 (December 1965) as a professor at the fictional Empire State University. Later storylines established him as also being a scientist researching genetics and biochemistry, and revealed an unhealthy romantic obsession he had for Gwen Stacy. Warren was driven mad with grief and jealousy so he created his Jackal alter-ego to seek revenge on Spider-Man, whom he blamed for Gwen's tragic death. To this end, he trained himself in martial arts, and created a green suit and gauntlets with claw-like razors. Although the Jackal initially didn't possess any superpowers, he later gained enhanced strength, speed and agility by mixing his genes with those of a jackal.

The Jackal was introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (February 1974), but his human identity was not revealed until The Amazing Spider-Man #148 (September 1975). Originally one of Spider-Man's less popular rogues, the character rose to prominence after being one of the first in the Marvel Universe to master cloning technology, and creating various clones of Spider-Man, like the Scarlet Spiders Ben Reilly and Kaine Parker, as well as of other characters, including himself and the chimera Spider-Girl. His experiments went on to play a major role in several popular Spider-Man storylines, such as the "Clone Saga" (1994–1996), "Spider-Island" (2011), and "Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy" (2016–2017), the latter storyline of which established Ben Reilly as the second Jackal; in Spider-Gwen, during the titular character's foray into Earth-616, the Jackal attempts to capture her to explicitly sexually assault her, after previously only subtextually expressing this desire towards her main continuity counterpart and her clones.

In 2014, IGN ranked the Jackal as Spider-Man's 17th greatest enemy.^[2] The character has been featured in several media adaptations of Spider-Man, including animated series and video games.