who was peter parker's first girlfriend?
Marvel Comics
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 Peter Parker 's romantic interests range between his first crush , the fellow high @-@ school student Liz Allan , to having his first date with Betty Brant , the secretary to the Daily Bugle newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson . After his breakup with Betty Brant , Parker eventually falls in love with his college girlfriend Gwen Stacy , daughter of New York City Police Department detective captain George Stacy , both of whom are later killed by supervillain enemies of Spider @-@ Man . Mary Jane Watson eventually became Peter 's best friend and then his wife . Felicia Hardy , the Black Cat , is a reformed cat burglar who had been Spider @-@ Man 's girlfriend and partner at one point . 

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 Working through his grief , Parker eventually develops tentative feelings toward Watson , and the two " become confidants rather than lovers " . A romantic relationship eventually develops , with Parker proposing to her in issue # 182 ( July 1978 ) , and being turned down an issue later . Parker went on to graduate from college in issue # 185 , and becomes involved with the shy Debra Whitman and the extroverted , flirtatious costumed thief Felicia Hardy , the Black Cat , whom he meets in issue # 194 ( July 1979 ) . 

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 Reinforcing Presley 's image as a sex symbol were the reports of his dalliances with various Hollywood stars and starlets , from Natalie Wood in the 1950s to Connie Stevens and Ann @-@ Margret in the 1960s to Candice Bergen and Cybill Shepherd in the 1970s . June Juanico of Memphis , one of Presley 's early girlfriends , later blamed Parker for encouraging him to choose his dating partners with publicity in mind . Presley never grew comfortable with the Hollywood scene , and most of these relationships were insubstantial . 

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 Peter Parker plans to propose to Mary Jane Watson , who has just made her Broadway musical debut . A meteorite lands near Central Park , and an extraterrestrial symbiote attaches itself to Peter 's moped . Meanwhile , police pursue escaped prisoner and robber Flint Marko , who falls into an experimental particle accelerator that fuses his body on a microscopic level with the surrounding sand , transforming him into Sandman . Harry Osborn attacks Peter with new weapons based on his father 's Green Goblin technology , leading to partial amnesia , which makes him forget his revenge . 

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 The girl whom Peter Parker has developed a crush since he was six years old . Mary Jane has an abusive father , and aspires to become an actress , but becomes a waitress at a run down diner , a fact she hides from her boyfriend , Harry . Before Raimi cast Dunst , he had expressed his interest in casting Alicia Witt . Dunst decided to audition after learning Maguire had been cast , feeling the film would have a more independent feel . Dunst earned the role a month before shooting in an audition in Berlin . 
