Name: Michael "Mike" Bowens, doesn't know it however.

Alias: Tarantula

Age: 19

Powers:
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-Vastly enhanced strength, able to lift 50 tons with great effort.
-Durability, great enough to withstand most calibers of bullets however armor piercing and .50 caliber punch right through him. 
-Wall cling.
-Tarantula has two pairs of "legs" that are similar in shape to a spiders however function only as piercing/slashing weapons.
-Venomous bight, deadly.
-Spider sense
-His smaller pairs of eyes give him a greater field of vision however it is blurry and best used as a warning.[/hider]

Skills: None to note however his savage fighting style makes him unpredictable in a fight.

Appearance: 
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Standing 7 feet even and clad in iron hard muscles, Mike casts an intimidating shadow. On top of that he has the looks like something that crawled out of a nightmare. What isn't covered in hair is covered in chitin plates and light brown in color. Tarantula's clothes are ratty and covered in holes, not to mention he smells like a sewer.[/hider]

Personality: Simple, reclusive, and a little self conscious of his looks. Mike isn't one to judge people, living in the sewers and being a monster would lead to that. However he doesn't let the fact that most people would rather run and shoot than stay for a talk get him down and is in fact one of the nicest people you could meet. However he isn't known to be gentle with people who hurt children or take advantage of the downtrodden.

History: Before Mike was Tarantula, he was a high school graduate with a desperate need for money. When the opportunity to get some extra bucks came, Mike jumped at the chance and signed up for some experimental research in mutation. While keeping it a secret from his family, Mike was subjected to many experiments by Oscorp. in an effort to make "spider men" for most likely nefarious purposes. The experiments never really went anywhere and the project was about to be debunked if they didn't make any headway soon. Several days later the head scientist, desperate for results, pumped Mike with much more serum than was safe and caused a reaction that would change his life forever but ending theirs. The massive influx of serum caused Mike to change into Tarantula, losing his memory in the process and causing him to rage out of the lab. 

The damages were great and Mike is now officially dead in the eyes of the united states government, along with the scientists close to the lab. Since than Mike has been keeping to the sewers, only leaving at night to prowl the streets and fulfill his need for movement and heroism.

Other: 
-While technically a hero, Tarantula has no problem simply killing a villain and being done with it. 
-Along those lines Tarantula steals meat, clothes, and shiny baubles that catch his eye. He justifies it by saying that most places wouldn't let him in the door.
-Ever so often, usually when the smell of blood fills the air, Tarantula's mind will revert back to baser instincts and act upon a simple animal logic.