Midtown High School

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.

History

The fictional school is located in Forest Hills in New York City, New York.^[1] The school first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.^[2][3] According to comic book historian, Peter Sanderson, Lee based the fictional school on Forest Hills High School in New York City.^[1]

Notable characters

Faculty

• Andrew Davis - The principal of Midtown High School at the time when Peter was a student.^[4]
• Roger Harrington - The principal of Midtown High School who hired Peter Parker to be the science teacher.^[5] He was later killed by Chameleon of Earth-9500.^[6]
• Miss Arrow - The school nurse.
• Professor Cobbwell - Professor Cobbwell was the most famous electronics expert in town. He asked Mister Warren to recommend a student who could help him with some research over the weekend, and he introduced him to Peter Parker. Professor Cobbwell then asked Peter to run an errand to the Tinkerer Repair Shop, where he had left a radio to be fixed^[7]
• Raymond Warren - The science teacher of the class. Parker was commonly depicted as his top student.^[3] He was also revealed as Miles Warren's brother.

Students

• Peter Parker - Parker was the high school nerd and the wallflower of the high school. Despite not being popular with the students, he was an honored student there. After attending Empire State University, he was depicted as a teacher for the high school for a while.^[1][2][3][8]
• Flash Thompson - Football star of the class.^[3][8]
• Liz Allan
• Sally Avril
• Jason Ionello
• Seymour O'Reilly
• Brian "Tiny" McKeever

Other versions

Ultimate Spider-Man

Midtown High School appears in Ultimate Spider-Man. Just like the mainstream comics, it depicts Parker, 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 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.

In other media

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.

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

External links

• Midtown High School at Marvel.com
• Midtown High School at Marvel Wiki
• Midtown High School at Comic Vine