#Zombie scavengers series

Running from the Porker homestead disoriented, Peter soon came to realize that he still retained a spider's abilities:

After dousing her head with water and activating the dryer, May Porker accidentally irradiated herself, and in a fit of delusion, bit Peter, who then found himself transformed into an anthropomorphic swine much like May Porker herself. He resided in the basement lab of May Porker, a slightly goofy animal scientist who had created 'the world's first atomic powered hairdryer', hoping that 'the introduction of nuclear fusion into America's beauty salons' would 'revolutionize the hair care industry'. Peter Porker was born a spider (simply named Peter). These stories feature most of Spider-Ham's original cast and origin, but incorporates the Mary Crane Watsow character from Amazing Spider-Man Family rather than her original counterpart. To mark the anniversary of Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham #1, Marvel released the Spider-Ham 25th Anniversary Special in July 2010, with Tom Defalco writing both Spider-Ham and Swiney-Girl stories. He fights alongside the X-Babies in issue #4 (March 2010) of their four-issue miniseries from 2009–2010. Once again, the story strays away from the established, albeit loose, continuity of the original Spider-Ham stories by altering the character's origin and supporting characters, most notably in establishing Peter Porker as a natural-born pig bitten by a radioactive spider (directly mirroring Spider-Man's origin) and altering his love interest (a counterpart of Mary Jane Watson) from a water buffalo to a crane. He introduces Swiney-Girl, the daughter of Spider-Ham and counterpart of Defalco's other creation Spider-Girl. Tom Defalco returned to Spider-Ham's world in 2009, in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man Family #4–5. The story does not fit in with previously established Spider-Ham continuity. Michael Straczynski authored the Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham one-shot, featuring Spider-Ham's attempt to find his missing 'thought balloons' against a Civil War parody.

Spider-Ham was selected by fans and retailers to be the focus of the final variant cover by Mike Wieringo to the Spider-Man: The Other crossover, Amazing Spider-Man #528. Also in the issue, there is a partial reprint of Marvel Tails #1. Here, Spider-Ham appears to mostly be a parody of Batman. Spider-Man Family #1 (2005 one-shot) features a sixteen-page Spider-Girl story, in which May Parker ( Peter Parker's daughter) watches a DVD showing a small portion of a fictional Spider-Ham animated series, discovering that it was created by one of Spider-Man's enemies, Jack O'Lantern. Spider-Ham has also appeared on the cover of Wha.Huh? #1, and was referred to as a fictional character in the Earth-616 Marvel Universe, in Generation X #52. The '15.88' is not seen as a year, but rather a humorous take on the price of a ham (the cover states that it was marked down from the original price of $20.99). Spider-Ham also makes appearances in issues #18, 20, 22, and 24 of What The-?! The 26th issue of What The-?! (cover dated fall 1993) features 'Spider-Ham 15.88', a humorous take-off on Peter Parker's future counterpart, Miguel O'Hara a.k.a. In issue #3 of What The-?! (cover dated October 1988), Porker meets with Raven the Hunter (a parody of Spider-Man's nemesis Kraven the Hunter) in a story that satirized the popular ' Kraven's Last Hunt' storyline which had been featured a year earlier in Marvel's Spider-Man titles.

#Zombie scavengers series

With the cancellation of Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham, the character became a backup feature in Marvel Tales, a monthly reprint series showcasing Spider-Man's past adventures. The series, published bi-monthly, lasted seventeen issues before its cancellation in 1987. Two years later, a solo series, titled Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham debuted under Marvel's Star Comics imprint. Spider-Ham was first featured as star of the 1983 humorous one-shot Marvel Tails, with a backup cast of other anthropomorphic talking-animal parody versions of popular Marvel superheroes, such as Captain AmeriCat (a cat version of Captain America), Hulk-Bunny (a rabbit version of Hulk) and Goose Rider (a goose version of Ghost Rider). Publication history Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker