Actors who gave birth to family members Jameson.
If they ask us to mention a character from the environment of Spider-Man who has been there since the beginning and was fundamental for the evolution of the protagonist, it is possible that many think of the aunt May. However, there is also another one that has been there since the beginning, without which the adventures of Spider-Man They wouldn’t be the same, and their name is J. Jonah Jameson.
This character, who debuted in the comic Spider-Manpublished in the comic The Extraordinary Spider-Man #1 (1963), by Stan Lee Yes Jack Kirbyappeared for a long time as an enemy of the alter ego of Peter Parkerboth through the incendiary headlines of Daily trumpet how to finance the creation of villains and machines with which to try to kill him. However, the situation has since changed Spider-Man He decided to reveal his identity. Since then he has become an ally of the superhero, even if he remains the same grumpy as always.
This is therefore not surprising J. Jonah Jameson and his family moved easily from the world of cartoons to that of live-action, as we will analyze in the rest of the paragraphs of this article.
J. Jonah Jameson
As we already mentioned at the time, this character was played by David White in the pilot episode of The Extraordinary Spider-Man (1977 – 1979), which arrived here as a film Spider-Man, Spider-Man (1977) and since Robert F. Simon in the rest of the series. For his part, JK Simmons has given life, to this day, to Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home Yes Venom: There will be carnage (both in 2021), even if, in the latter case, it is an uncredited cameo. However, this seems clear enough J. Jonah Jameson He hasn’t said his last word in live-action yet.
John Jameson
the son of J. Jonah Jameson He debuted in the same comic his father did. In this adventure we were able to see him in the role of an astronaut who Spider-Man She saved his life in his first appearance as a superhero. Although the feelings of John towards Spider-Man they have nothing to do with those of his father, it is true that sometimes they faced each other on very specific occasions, such as when the astronaut adopted the identity of Spider-Man. Colonel Jupiter or in his transformations into a werewolf.
To date, John Jameson was played by Daniele Gillies in the aforementioned Spider-Man 2 and for Chris O’Hara In Poison (2018).
Marla Madison
The second wife of J. Jonah Jamesonwho shared her husband’s lack of sympathy for Spider-Man, albeit with much more restraint, first appeared in the adventure Let the Punisher adapt to the Crimepublished in The Extraordinary Spider-Man #62Of Leno wine Yes Ross Andruand remained a recurring character in the superhero’s adventures until his murder, at the hands of Alistar Smythein the cartoon Revenge of the Spider Killers, Part Three: Self-Inflicted Woundsthat saw the light The extraordinary Spiderman nº 654Of Fred Van Lens Yes Stefano Caselli.
From the first woman of J. Jonah Jameson he was already dead before the first newspaper began to be published in 1963. Spider-Manwe have to assume that the woman he is married to in the said movie Spider-Man 2that gives life Christine Estabrooke.g Marla Madisonalthough his name is not mentioned anywhere in the film.
Martha Franklin
We conclude this article with the granddaughter of J. Jonah Jamesonwhich, as shown in the image, is also the third Spider Woman. Although she was seen, as a shadow, in the adventure The Meeting of Five, Part 4 of 5: A Day in the Lifepublished in The spectacular Spider-Man nº 262by the work of John Byrne Yes Luca Rosswe couldn’t see it in its entirety until the comic And who will claim a royal crown?that saw the light The Extraordinary Spider-Man #441 (both comics published in 1998), with John Byrne back in the script and Rafael Kanayan in the drawings.
She died after being tortured as a sacrifice in a macabre ritual performed by her family Kravinoff in the adventure The Grim Hunt: Chapter 1published in The Extraordinary Spider-Man #634by the work of Joe Kelly Yes Michele Lark.
A Martha Franklinwe were able to see her in both her civilian identity and that of a superhero in the film Mrs. Web (released this year) starring Celeste O’Connor. Although he doesn’t look much like his comic counterpart, he mentions his uncle at one point in the film. Jonahin case there was any doubt that she is the granddaughter of Jameson.