by John Romita Sr., 1985

J. Jonah Jameson

• Occupation: Publisher of The Daily Bugle.
• Known Relatives: Joan (First wife, deceased), Maria (second wife), John Jameson (son)
• First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man #1
• Status: No criminal record

History:

J. Jonah Jameson began his career in journalism as a part-time reporter for The Daily Bugle while he was in high school. After a long career as a reporter, including a stint as a war correspondent, Jameson went on to purchase the Bugle with his personal assets and a large inheritance. Serving as the paper's publisher and editor in cheif, Jameson has long used the paper to crusade in support of civil rights for minorities and against organized crime.

After Spider-Man's debut, Jameson became outraged that this masked person would use his dangerous powers to take the law into his own hands and become a vigilante. Jameson has become notorious for launching editorial attacks against costumed "super heroes" in general, and against Spider-Man in particular. His first editorial denoucing Spider-Man was called "Spider-Man Menace!" (Amazing Spider-Man #1), and the negative publicity has continued non-stop. Peter Parker decided to use Spider-Man's notoriety to his benefit, and began selling Jonah exclusive photographs of Spider-Man in action starting with Spider-Man's first fight against the Vulture (Amazing Spider-Man #3).