J. Jonah Jameson was a fairly important supporting character in the Sam Raimi trilogy of Spider-Man movies from Sony. He skipped out on the second franchise, but has returned as of the end credits of Spider-Man: Far From Home. With trailers showing Jameson back in Spider-Man: No Way Home, movie fans will get to know him even better.
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Jameson was one of Spider-Man's biggest antagonists in the comics since the hero first started fighting crime in New York City. He was a bad guy, a newspaper journalist who used his platform to slander the hero every chance he got, and evenwent further at times to become a true villain. JJJ's entire goal in the comics was to ruin Spider-Man's life, painting him as a menace to society.
J. Jonah Jameson Created Some Supervillains
J. Jonah Jameson tried everything he could to turn the public against Spider-Man. He wrote editorials about Spider-Man being a menace, slanted articles to make it look like Spider-Man was responsible for things he was trying to stop, and turned many police officers against Spider-Man.
When that didn't stop Spider-Man, Jameson almost became a supervillain. He helped finance and oversaw the process that turned Mac Gargan into Scorpion. He helped create the Spider-Slayers. For a time, Jameson was as bad as any villain Spider-Man faced.
J. Jonah Jameson Hired Villains To Kill Spider-Man
When Jameson wasn't smearing Spider-Man's name or creating new villains to attack him, he was hiring supervillains himself to try to either take out Spider-Man or frame the Web-Crawler for doing something. He had hired Mac Gargan before he transformed him into a supervillain.
He hired Mysterio to go after Spider-Man, something that almost backfired onto JJJ. Jameson worked with some of Spider-Man's biggest villains just to fulfill his vendetta againstthe Web-Slinger.
J. Jonah Jameson Looked At Peter Parker Like A Son
While Jameson hated Spider-Man with all his heart and soul, he had a great relationship with Peter Parker. There were moments where the two clashed, but most of the time, JJJ looked at Peter, who worked for him since he was in high school, almost like a son.
Jameson paid for Spider-Man's wedding to Mary Jane Watson, and he let everyone know about it. He was always there to help when Aunt May needed something, and he did everything he could to help Peter, never knowing that he was also the man who he hated the most.
J. Jonah Jameson Lost His Newspaper
Jameson might have used his platform to smear Spider-Man's name for years, but he alsohad great reporters who were fantastic investigative journalists. That made him a lot of enemies, and one of them ensured that JJJ lost his newspaper. Hobgoblin knew about Jameson helping create Scorpion.
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Hobgoblin blackmailed JJJ, but in a case of Jameson showing journalistic integrity, he admitted to it and stepped down as editor, giving it to Joe Robertson. Jameson remained publisher, but he eventually lost his paper completely whenhis wife sold controlling shares of The Daily Bugle.
J. Jonah Jameson Was The Mayor Of New York City
Jameson lost The Daily Bugle, but he gained something that gave him even more power. JJJ ran for and became Mayor of New York City. In one of his worst moments as the mayor, JJJ created what he called the Anti-Spider Squad to hunt down and capture Spider-Man, even though he was a hero.
He abused his power as the mayor and drained the city's budget in his vendetta to bring down Spider-Man. He almost destroyed NYC thanks to focusing more on Spider-Man than the Goblin Nation event, and he eventually had to resign in disgrace.
J. Jonah Jameson Tried To Sue Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson even tried to sue Spider-Man around the time of the "Civil War" storyline. In the comics, Iron Man convinced Spider-Man to join his side in the war, which should have put JJJ and Spider-Man on the same side since he was pro-Registration Act. The problem came when Iron Man convinced Spider-Man to unmask.
JJJ sued Peter Parker for all the money he was paid for Spider-Man pictures since he was just taking the pics of himself in action. This led to Jameson firing Robbie Robertson, who took up for Spidey, and eventually, Spider-Man let Jameson beat him up to end the lawsuit. This was before "One More Day" erased Spider-Man's secret identity from everyone's minds.
J. Jonah Jameson's Dad Married Aunt May
J. Jonah Jameson's dad showed up in Spider-Man comics, and unlike his son, he admitted what Spider-Man did as a hero. He even tried to get his son to stop his vendetta when he was mayor, but Jameson wouldn't even listen to him. However, he also turned Jameson and Peter Parker into relatives.
This is because JayJameson married Aunt May Parker. The two had a great marriage until Jay developed a rare hereditary disease and soon died from this, leaving May widowed once again.
J. Jonah Jameson Created A Successful Podcast
J. Jonah Jameson lost his newspaper and Robbie Robertson took control. However, JJJ wouldn't be silenced, and learned he could get a bigger audience by bypassing newspapers and creating his own podcast. This was suggested to him by Norah Winters, one of his former writers at The Daily Bugle.
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When Spider-Man agreed to an interview with Jameson, JJJ got the biggest listener totals of his career. The two are now getting more ears on their podcasts online than The Daily Bugle gets readers of its news.
J. Jonah Jameson Knows Peter Parker Is Spider-Man
Spider-Man showed up and got into a huge argument with J. Jonah Jameson when the two were airing all their grievances, but Spider-Man realized there was something wrong. Jameson had nothing left and had lost everything he loved, including his wife. All he had was his hatred for Spider-Man.
That is when Spider-Man decided to be the bigger man. He unmasked in front of JJJ and revealed he was Peter Parker. Jameson realized that the boy he cared about was the hero he thought he despised, and from that point on, JJJ tried to champion Spider-Man instead of smearing his name.
J. Jonah Jameson Helped Create Spider-Man A New Costume
J. Jonah Jameson and Norah Winters moved from podcasts to something bigger. They created a news tabloid website called "Threats & Menaces." The entire purpose was to create clickbait stories using tags and gossip about superheroes and villains, and they then made Spider-Man a deal.
They offered him a new high-tech suitthat included a hidden camera that would record his fights and adventures, and they would broadcast it live for Spider-Man fans. The gig helped Peter pay his bills, but he only used it for a short time before he realized he was selling out and gave up the suit and his job, making an enemy of JJJ once again.
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