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Attributes

Height: 5' 8"

Weight: 140 lbs

Eyes: Blue

Hair: White

Features: Wheelchair-bound

Summary

Created By: Roger Stern

Real Name: Nathan R. Lubensky

Current Aliases: None

Former Aliases: None

Dual Identity: None

Current Occupation: Retired

Former Occupation: Unknown

Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Legal Status: No criminal record

Place of Birth: Unknown

Marital Status: Unknown

Known Relatives: None

Known Confidants: Aunt May

Known Allies: Spider-Man

Major Enemies: His "bookie"

Usual Bases: May Parker's boarding home, Forest Hills

Former Bases: Restwell Nursing Home

Current Groups: None

Former Groups: None

Education: Unknown

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: Nathan has the strength of a frail elderly wheelchair-bound man

Powers: None

Abilities: None

Equipment: Wheelchair

Weapons: None

Limitations: Can't walk

Background

May went through that whole "being dead" thing with the Burglar and Mysterio, but finally got out of the rest home in Marvel Teamup #124. She set up a boarding house at her home in Queens, and a bunch of folks moved in, including her paramour, Nathan.

Their engagement went along swimmingly for a while, until in Spectacular Spider-Man #113, Nathan got rather vindictive over some guys who had taken the boarding house hostage. After the head bad-guy had actually been webbed up by Spider-Man, Nathan opened a blind so that the SWAT team outside thought they had a clear shot, and sniped the guy. May was not very amused, and she called off the engagement, though she let him stay.

From there, things went downhill. Nate had a gambling problem, and he lost a bunch of cash, including some he "borrowed" from May. He then took his life insurance and made an illegal bet on the success of an assassination attempt. Spidey foiled the attempted murder, but then the Vulture (one of the hired killers) decided to pick a hostage from the crowd. When it looked the Vulture decided to grab May, Nate grabbed the Vulture's back, forcing him to let go of May, but then suffered a heart attack from the shock of being so high up.

Spidey caught him before he fell, but he died of heart failure anyway. His bet had fallen through, so he never repaid May the money he owed, but instead he saved the life of the woman he loved - even though it cost him his own. The Vulture came to appologize to Aunt May for accidentally killing Nathan (whom he still remembered for his encouraging words at the nursing home) after he discovered he had cancer, but May couldnt find the strength to forgive him. Later, she told Peter that she felt a part of her heart break when Peter's parents died, another piece when Uncle Ben died and the last when Nathan passed.

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