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Attributes

Height: 5'10"

Weight: Overweight (originally) skeletal (at the end)

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Brown

Features: Heavy smoker

Summary

Created By: Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams

Real Name: Nicholas Katzenberg

Current Aliases: None

Former Aliases: None

Dual Identity: None

Current Occupation: None

Former Occupation: Photographer

Citizenship: U.S.

Legal Status: No criminal record

Place of Birth: TBD

Marital Status: He is dead, but he was single

Known Relatives: None

Known Confidants: Cynthia Bernhammer

Known Allies: John Jonah Jameson

Major Enemies: Peter Parker, Thomas Fireheart

Usual Bases: None

Former Bases: Daily Bugle

Current Groups: None

Former Groups: Daily Bugle staff

Education: Unknown

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: Unfit middle-age male

Powers: None

Abilities: Blackmail, Photography

Equipment: Camera

Weapons: None

Limitations: Poor health and personal hygine

Background

Whoever said photos don't lie never met Nick Katzenberg.

When he first showed up he proved Spidey was a thief, making him a Daily Bugle staff member and JJJ's new pet photographer.

Actually, he didn't work a lot with JJJ in the Bugle, because shortly after he exchanged the pictures of Spiderman stealing millionaire Winston Walker's house JJJ was kidnapped by the Chameleon, who started to impersonate him. The Chameleon then started to favour Nick because his pics showed the unheroic Spidey, instead of Peter's "friendly-neighbourhood" Spidey.

And so it was. He was there taking the pictures when Joe "Robbie" Robertson was convicted, when Spidey webbed "JJJ" to the roof and threatened him, when the Bugle was destroyed by Graviton, etc.

Of course, after the Lobo gang wars the Bugle was bought by Thomas Fireheart, who ran a pro-Spidey campaign (pictures by Peter Parker) and his pictures started to have less and less acceptance. Everybody hated him, except for Cynthia Bernhammer, Robbie's attorney, who had an affair with him.

They started an affair while he moved from the Bugle to JJJ's new magazine. When he got a picture of an unmasked Peter Parker posing for pictures as Spiderman (PR stuff), he tried to blackmail Peter and Mary Jane (he got a slap). His revealing of it to JJJ and Robbie left Peter and Robbie's relationship strained for quite a while, even tough Robertson knew those were only for publicity.

When he got a shot of a criminal meetings, they published his big break with Peter's name. Lucky him, since the mob persecuted Parker for it. Unlucky him, they corrected the mistake (these events, which happen during The Name of The Rose, are better described in the Rose bio).

He disappeared after that until Amazing Spider-Man #384, when the sight of him affected by lung cancer and a cardiac attack made Mary Jane quit smoking. He hadn't lost his wit, though. A few months later he was revealed to have died.

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The assistance of the Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.

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