Midtown High School

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Publisher Marvel Comics

First appearance Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962)

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Midtown High School (or Midtown Science High School) is a fictional school in the Marvel Comics universe located in Forest Hills. It is commonly depicted as the high school of Peter Parker, Flash Thompson, and Liz Allan in comic books and other media.

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History

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The fictional school is located in Forest Hills in New York City, New York. The school first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. According to comic book historian, Peter Sanderson, Lee based the fictional school on Forest Hills High School in New York City.

Ultimate Spider-Man

Midtown High School appears in Ultimate Spider-Man. Just like the mainstream comics, it depicts Peter, Flash and Liz Allan as students. Unlike the mainstream comic book, characters such as Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson and Harry Osborn also debut in the high school instead of the Empire State University. X-Men member Kitty Pryde is also depicted as attending the high school. The comic also depicts a new character called Kenny "King Kong" McFarlane, who is depicted as best friend of Flash in high school. Mark Raxton is also depicted as a student who attends Midtown High school.

Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane

Midtown High School appears in Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane. Student faculty includes Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, Liz Allan, Flash Thompson, Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy. Felicia Hardy appears as a tough transfer student. Jessica Jones is a former friend of Mary Jane's who became a goth. Luke Cage has a brief cameo where he flirts with Mary Jane. Ned Leeds and Betty Brant are older students with the former being Mary Jane's ex. A new character named Lindsay Leighton is the school's drama queen who envies Mary Jane's acting ability. Though Firestar appeared in the series, it is unknown if she too is a student.

Film

Midtown High School appears in the 2002 feature film Spider-Man, where Parker is depicted as a high school senior until graduation. Both he and Harry Osborn appear as best friends while Flash Thompson is depicted as the class bully. Instead of Liz Allan, Mary Jane Watson is depicted as Peter's high school crush and once girlfriend of Flash.

Midtown Science High School appears in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 along with the viral marketing of the films. The students in the film are Peter Parker, Flash Thompson, Gwen Stacy, and Sally Avril.

Midtown Science High School will appear in the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming, which takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Peter as a sophomore. His fellow classmates include Flash Thompson, Liz Allen, Ned Leeds and a new character named Michelle. In this version MSHS is a STEM school with Flash and Liz, who are usually depicted as being unenthusiastic about science, being depicted as science graduates.

Television

Midtown High School is a major recurring setting in The Spectacular Spider-Man. Unlike most other depictions, this version of the school appeared to be located in Midtown Manhattan judging from Spider-Man's commute in an earlier episode. The series debuts both Principal Davis (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) and Aaron Warren (voiced by Brian George) in other media. Other staff included are the class's coach Coach Smith (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson), and the theater teacher St. John Devereaux (voiced by Jeff Bennett). The recurring students depicted in the series are Peter Parker, Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson, Liz Allan, Sally Avril, Kenny "King Kong", Hobie Brown, Rand Robertson, Glory Grant, Mary Jane Watson, Sha Shan and Mark Allan. Eddie Brock was also a graduate of the school before attending Empire State University. The series also debuts students from the comics, Seymour O'Reilly (voiced by Steve Blum) and "Tiny" McKeever.

Midtown High School appears in Ultimate Spider-Man. S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury appointed S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson to be the Acting Principal. Another notable staff member is a janitor named Stan (voiced by Stan Lee) who is one of the original S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents. During Season Three, Stan becomes the Acting Principal at the time when Phil Coulson was away on a special mission.

References

Midtown High School Wikipedia

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