Colonel John Jameson, son of newspaper mogul J. Jonah Jameson, was one of the youngest applicants to ever be accepted into NASA's astronaut program. Soon, however, as the Man-Wolf grappled with Spider-Man, the costumed crime fighter tore the pendant from Man-Wolf's throat, unaware of its connection. He tries to blame Alchemax, but his accusations are swiftly rebuked by Liz Allan who appears via video link declares that Alchemax is severing all ties with Jameson. She easily destroys it, and to smooth things over, remarks that she will handle the lawsuit for fraud against Spider-Man (while privately intending to drag it out as long as possible). Reed Richards subsequently cured him of this form. Issues of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man reveal that Jameson posted a reward to bring in Peter. But he finally does and short-circuits the signal. [97], In Marvel 2099 on an alternate unnamed reality, an aged J Jonah Jameson was apparently alive in the year 2099 where he was the new CEO of Alchemax. In Amazing Spider-Man #624, by Waid, Tom Peyer, Paul Azaceta, and Javier Rodriguez, Peter doctored photos to make Jonah look more heroic against the new Vulture. [volume & issue needed], Jameson appeared in the miniseries Spider-Man: Life Story, which explores how Spider-Man and the Marvel Universe at large would be if it were not set in a floating timeline. While Jameson does not have a physical presence in the live-action film The Amazing Spider-Man 2, it is established that Peter Parker is working for him and that Jameson is still libeling Spider-Man. But, he begrudgingly accepts it in the end. Ironically, he is very supportive of Spider-Girl, in contrast to his stance on her father (in the MC2 continuity, Spider-Man's identity was never made public). Jameson decries Spider-Man and other vigilantes, accusing them of being fraudulent hero figures in contrast to his astronaut son, who was killed during a mission. Those words made Norman remember that Spider-Man is Peter Parker, breaking the mental block on Spider-Man's identity. When Jameson is about to send out a broadcast message of the New U Technologies, Jackal reactivated the broadcast to tell the world that they will all die and be reborn as the Carrion Virus in all of the clones and causes them to start rapidly decaying. [105] In the fifth issue, it is revealed that Jameson died shortly before the 9-11, and Peter Parker was attending his funeral during the incident, leaving to help in the rescue efforts. After Spider-Man saved Jonah's astronaut son John and became a media sensation instead of him, Spider-Man seemed to forever draw Jameson's ire. John Jameson, son of newspaper mogul J. Jonah Jameson, was one of the youngest applicants to ever be accepted into NASA's astronaut program. In his native New York City on the first night of his fifth month of his transformations, Jameson began to stalk his own father in an instinctive quest for help. After Spider-Man defeated Massacre, Spidey kept the NYPD from killing him and instead handed him over to the police. [9] A psychiatrist suggests that it is the mask that bothers him, and that when Jameson sees people who "claimed to be heroes, but covered their faces", he is subconsciously sure that they're hiding a horrible secret like his foster father was. When the school's three top athletes started bullying him, he fought back and beat all three of them to a pulp. Additionally, Cameron had wanted R. Lee Ermey for the role.[109][110][111][112][113][114]. As Stargod's successor, Jameson helped the denizens of the "Other-Realm" vanquish its would-be conqueror Arisen Tyrk, utilizing the full power of Stargod. This incident, which Jameson's father construed as a publicity stunt to upstage his son's accomplishment, provoked the first of the elder Jameson's editorial denouncements of Spider-Man. Cindy gives him Rafferty and Lola's research to voice skepticism on the New U Technologies and Jameson invites her to join him on a quick trip to the facility. When the elder Jameson learned Spider-Man was innocent, he tried to stop his son from proceeding in his battle, but John Jameson sought a rematch after his earlier defeat. Stroud suspected that the Man-Wolf was Jameson, but kept his suspicions to himself. Since it was too late to redraw the scene, the editor settled for having Jameson's name removed from the issue. Jameson was given a special body suit designed to keep his strength in check by scientists at NASA. Here are the known family members of J. Jonah Jameson: In 1602: New World, the sequel to Marvel 1602, Jameson is an Irish colonist and friend of Ananias Dare. He asks for her help in creating a new Spider-Slayer, one of a series of robots created to defeat Spider-Man, although Spider-Man has managed to survive their attacks and destroy each of them. [73] Cindy is then approached in her apartment by Jameson. [25], John had been dating She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) and the two had been living together for some time along with She-Hulk's co-worker, Augustus Pugliese. [volume & issue needed] During the "Ultimatum" storyline, Jameson drops his vendetta against Spider-Man after losing his wife in a massive flood that engulfs Manhattan and later witnessing Spider-Man rescuing other flood victims. [102] Jameson was later murdered by Norman Osborne in his Goblin form. [13] Again afflicted by monthly transformations, the Man-Wolf's rampages attracted the attention of the police department, who assigned special investigator Simon Stroud to the case. [22] Jameson remains a devoted, if a little overprotective, husband to his second wife. Jameson seemed to be that chosen successor. Jameson agreed to accompany them to the moon where the portal to their world, "Other-Realm," was located. However, the comic book version of John Jameson is so much more than just the astronaut son of the Daily Bugle’s editor … [29], He resumed his human form and tried to reconcile with Jennifer as she was unable to turn into She-Hulk at this time and he had given up the powers of Stargod. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [61] In New York City Hall, Jameson is coming under heavy fire for the fact that his Spider-Slayers have turned against the people. [53] When Massacre rigs the doors of Grand Central Station to explode, this even worries Jameson. Jameson's son John Jameson is the Marvel Universe supporting character who, in addition to his job as a famous astronaut, has become Man-Wolf and Star-God and also married She-Hulk making Jonah at that point her father in-law. [45], During the "Spider-Island" storyline, J. Jonah Jameson's popularity as the mayor has plummeted and his Anti-Spider-Man Squad is considered to be a huge tax drain. In high school, his interests were mainly boxing and photography. After the status quo was revised in the "Brand New Day" storyline, Peter's identity is once again a secret. At the successful completion of the mission, Jameson felt a strange compulsion to possess the unique gemstone, and with the assistance of a colleague, Jameson had it recovered from quarantine and made into a pendant. Despite his adverse attitude towards Spider-Man, this version of Jonah still ends up unwittingly hiring Peter Parker to work at the Daily Bugle as its webmaster. Sergeant Fury and His Howling Commandos #110 featured him as covering a mission of Sergeant Nicholas Fury, who was heading a team of commandos during the war. Spider-Man chose the former, revealing that he did so because he believes Jameson only fired Robbie to get a rise out of him. Other versions These circumstances led to Jonah facing a buyout from the wealthy Dexter Bennett. [78], During the Secret Empire storyline, J. Jonah Jameson was in Manhattan at the time when Baron Helmut Zemo used the Darkhold to amplify Blackout's powers to surround the city in Darkforce following Hydra's takeover of the United States. [45], Jameson eventually broke down and admitted that the journal had gone missing. Jameson posts rewards for Spider-Man's capture or secret identity, hunts him with Spencer Smythe's Spider-Slayer robots,[12] and even commissions superpowered agents to defeat the masked man. Jameson is typically depicted as the publisher or editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle, a fictional New York City newspaper. Jameson pleads to Spider-Man not to tell Peter that he was right about his suspicion towards New U Technologies. He has captured Jack Russell (Werewolf by Night) in the old Bugle offices and brings him food, presumably either having mistaken Russell for his son John, the Man-Wolf or feeling fatherly toward another lycanthrope and reminiscing about his son. Although it would take months before the injury to his throat would heal, John Jameson was cured of his lunar-triggered transformations. While this version of Jonah is actually more supportive of Peter, he still harbors his hatred of Spider-Man, until he has a change of heart. [11], For months, Jameson tried to find a way to fight the three nights of transformation; finally acquiring a radiation suit he hoped would screen out the moon's rays. Jameson gained a mostly deserved reputation for journalistic integrity, but his greedy opportunism and unyielding belligerent stubbornness made him more than a few enemies. [55], Jameson argues with his father about the actions of Superior Spider-Man. [95] In another reality, Jameson's wife, Marla was saved from Alistair Smythe by the Spider-Man version of Ben Reilly. When Jennifer still rejected him, John realized their relationship was truly over and he signed the legal papers annulling their marriage. Jameson arrives to the Raft for a final inspection before Smythe's execution, where he has told that all of the Raft's inmates will be transferred once Jameson shuts it down, highlighting the infirmary where Boomerang, Vulture and Scorpion are being attended. Smythe sends Scorpion to target Jameson. Both pranksters humiliate Jameson and transmit it all over the world, where even Superior Spider-Man laughs it off. He is jokingly famous for becoming the first man to play American Football on the Moon. [20] Jameson later takes an aggressive stance against presidential candidate Graydon Creed, attacking him for his anti-mutant agenda and investigating the shadowy Operation: Zero Tolerance, though he never manages to uncover the truth. Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. J Jonah Jameson’s son, J Jonah Jameson III, was a NASA astronaut who later became the character Man-Wolf — a very fancy kind of space werewolf. Jameson has his first heart attack, a mild one, in The Amazing Spider-Man #70, while being threatened by Spider-Man when the latter finally loses his temper after many years of abuse and defamation. The fledgling adventurer, Spider-Man, who had just begun his career weeks earlier, managed to rescue Jameson by getting a replacement guidance module and attaching it to the falling capsule. He grew up a Boy Scout and took u… [91] He also supported "Project Human Fly", another attempt to create a superhero, this time in response to the death of Joseph "Robbie" Robertson at the hands of Doctor Octopus. Jameson and Superior Octopus later help to defend Aunt May from Red Goblin where Jameson operates an older version of the Spider-Slayer. [42], Ravencroft consultant Norman Osborn later freed Hyde and provided him with a shiv to kill Jameson, though Osborn's true goal was to get Jameson to transform into Man-Wolf. In his new office, Jonah receives a visit from his estranged father, J. Jonah Jameson Sr., demanding that Jonah cease his vendetta against Spider-Man - the reasons being Spider-Man's many heroic deeds and the fact that the Avengers and even Captain America had accepted Spider-Man. Jameson is enthusiastic for her that her family is back together and leaves for dinner, but Cindy found something off about his behavior. [71] Later, Jameson was granted a revived clone of Mattie Franklin. [72] When Jameson wants one of his workers to investigate the New U scenario in San Francisco, Cindy volunteers to go to get away from the city as Hector Cervantez (now calling himself Spectro) accompanies her. [70], It is revealed that the revived Marla Jameson is a clone that the Jackal had gathered to grow clones with false memories that span all the way to their deaths.