"Maybe now I can dissect you and analyze how Spider-Man can do whatever a spider can."
-Jackal, Party Animals
Raymond Warren is one of the main antagonists in the first season of Marvel's Spider-Man. He is a former professor at Empire State University, a former substitute teacher at Midtown High, the supervillain Jackal, and the uncle of Gwen Stacy. He has not been seen since the end of the "Spider-Island" event but has been mentioned throughout the second season of the series.
Jackal reappeared in Generations, having allied himself with Norman in order to confront Gwen and attempt to turn her into a Jackal. His plans almost succeed when he restrained Gwen with a synthetic-symbiote, but Spy-D showed at the and knocked Jackal out with his Electro-Sting. After the Web-Warriors and Harry defeated Norman, Gwen said that her uncle was finally in prison this time.
Appearance
Physical appearance
Raymond is a Caucasian man with gray hair and green eyes. As the Jackal, Raymond is a green, furry creature with sharp claws, pointy ears, and jagged teeth. When excited, the veins in his eyes begin to show as seen before his fight with Spider-Monster Norman Osborn.
In Generations, most likely because he claimed that his human self is no more, Jackal's eyes are red and now to of his bottom fings poke through his lips.
Attire
Raymond is always seen wearing a suit with a red bowtie. As the Jackal, he wears only pants that become torn from his transformation from Raymond to the Jackal.
Personality
As described by Norman Osborn, Raymond's behavior was erratic and inconsistent due to his obsession with creating an army of spider-soldiers.
According to Gwen Stacy before finding out about his villainous side, Raymond was a good man and a good scientist in the field of genetics, which he influenced her to pursue in her life.
History
Relationships
Peter Parker
Raymond appreciated Peter showing him to Max Modell's office at Horizon and that he was a friend of Gwen's.
As Spider-Man, Jackal was curious about him; noting that his powers were familiar. Later on, it was revealed that Spider-Man's powers came from the same Oscorp spider created by Raymond Warren, technically making Spider-Man his first spider-soldier. After that revelation during Spider-Island Jackal wanted Spider-Man and Kid Arachnid did so a cure for Spider-Island could not be mass-produced.
Miles Morales
When Miles first appeared as the second Spider-Man, Raymond Warren wanted Spencer Smythe to capture him to see his powers came from the same spider Smythe lost.
Sometime during the event of Spider-Island, Raymond captured Miles and held him, prisoner, inside of the Oscorp Tower.
Anya Corazon
During Spider-Island, Anya helped Spider-Man, Harry, and Miles in their attempt to stop the Jackal and cure Spider-Island. Before then the two have never been seen talking to each other.
Gwen Stacy
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As her uncle, Raymond was deeply fond of Gwen and would never shy away from saying that her work at Horizon was close to rivaling his own research. Even as the Jackal, Raymond saved Gwen from being crushed by a helicopter, showing that even when committing a villainous act that he truly cares for her.
When she injected him with a cure to the Jackal transformation to save Spider-Man from him, Raymond was shocked both by the sneak attack and possibly Gwen coming to Spider-Man's aid over his. After that experience, Gwen has stated that her Uncle Raymond is not the man she thought he was. and from that point on only referred to him as The Jackal.
While the two never interacted during Spider-Island, Gwen was the second person to become one of her uncle's Spider-Monsters.
In Generations, a year since Jackal disappeared after the Spider-Island event, he resurfaces and sends his Goblin-Sharks to attack Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider in his secret lair. After the two escape to help Spy-D and Ghost-Spider, Jackal reveals himself to be amongst the villains Norman Osborn recruited in his team to combat the Web-Warriors. Obviously, Jackal confronted Gwen and lured her back to him home. Using a synthetic-symbiote, he restrained Gwen, hoping to turn her into a Jackal and her join him. This was Jackal's only reason for allying himself with Norman.
Harry Osborn
During his time as a teacher at Midtown High, Raymond was willing to speak highly of Harry when he was accused of sabotaging Anya's vibranium reactor during Horizon's presentation at Midtown High.
After being revealed as the Jackal, Raymond showed his hatred for Harry due to him being the son of Norman Osborn, the man who had wronged him.
Max Modell
In contrast to the likes of Norman Osborn, Spencer Smythe, and Adrian Toomes, Raymond had no rivalry or aggression with Max, even when the later declined him a job offering for a teaching position at Horizon High. Raymond, however, did attempt to turn him into a mutant Rhino before Peter Parker interrupted the attempt.
Norman Osborn
Like many others, Raymond claimed to have been wronged by Norman Osborn and taken advantage of by the scientist and entrepreneur. It was Norman who shut down Raymond's spider-soldier experiments only to eventually become the first spider-monster during Spider-Island. However, he is seen in Norman's lair in the Generations promo helping to beat Miles.
Spencer Smythe
Spencer was a former ally of Raymond, both working together due to their combined hatred of Norman Osborn. Spencer was able to regain Raymond's spider-experiments, minus one, from Oscorp. Spencer would later be arrested and find that Raymond (lit: his clone) was also in prison much to his confusion.
Otto Octavius
Unlike other partnerships Octavius has made with supervillains, Jackal is the only who he hasn't betrayed due to Jackal following up on giving him more mind control devices.
Abilities
Genius-level intellect
Claws
The Jackal has the ability to extended his fingernails into claws sharp enough to cut through the material of Spider-Man's suit.
Equipment
Experimental Spiders
Jackal formula
Rhino Formula
Injection ring
A ring that allows Raymond to store his DNA experiments and injection, someone, with it unknowingly. It appears that the smaller samples the ring holds take a longer amount of time to transform the person into a mutant animal.
Mind-control device(s)
Round objects that allow Raymond (and later Otto Octavius) to mind control anyone that the object is placed onto. As seen on Adrian Toomes, the device does not have to be on the skin to have someone bonded by its control.
Gallery
Trivia
- In the original Marvel Comics Miles Warren, the brother of Raymond Warren, was a professor at Empire State University who would eventually become The Jackal.
- It's possible Raymond Warren was chosen in the series to not have another character named Miles.
- Raymond being Gwen's uncle in this series is a reference to the relationship his brother Miles Warren had with the Gwen Stacy in the Mainstream Marvel Universe.
- In the current run of the Ghost-Spider comic series, Miles Warren is pursuing the version of Gwen Stacy with spider-powers.
- Like Norman Osborn, Jackal's been mentioned by multiple characters throughout Season 2, but has not made an appearance since Spider-Island Part Five of Season 1.
- Many fans addressed that it makes his presence in the show feel unfinished, due to being known for the infamous Clone Saga in the Marvel Comics.
- Ironically, Adrian Toomes mentions Raymond's cloning tech being confiscated by Norman in Goblin War: Part Three.
- Also in Goblin War: Part Four Toomes mentions Raymond as one of the three people Spider-Man has defeated (Norman Osborn and Otto Octavius being the first two). Toomes' wording makes it seem like Raymond has been defeated for good, but this is uncertain.
- This version of the Jackal would eventually influence his comic counterpart's brother. In the Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider comic series, Miles Warren no longer wheres a costume of his alter-ego, now having to inject himself with animal DNA to become the Jackal.