Jason Ionello

Jason Ionello is a fictional character in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Kurt Busiek and Pat Olliffe, first appeared in Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1 (Sept. 1995). Jason Ionello was a popular student at Midtown High School who would often pick on Peter Parker along with Flash Thompson, Liz Allan, Sally Avril and Tiny McKeever. Ironically, they all idolized Spider-Man, not knowing that was actually Peter. He eventually attempted to learn Spider-Man's identity to earn a $1000 reward.[9] He enlisted Sally's help in this endeavor, but became jealous when she flirted with Spider-Man.[10] Later, Jason ran a red light while trying to catch Spider-Man, but collided with another vehicle. Sally was killed, and Jason suffered mild head trauma.[11] Jason was left feeling bitter and soon turned on Flash and his friends.[12] Later, Peter throws a party for Jason and Tiny, but Jason refuses to accept Peter as a friend.[13] He later saves Liz during a fight between Spider-Man and the Headsman.[14] Jason becomes depressed and attempts suicide, but is stopped by the Vulture who convinces him to blame Spider-Man for his problems.[15] Jason disguises himself as Spider-Man and starts committing vandalism and brandishing a gun in an attempt to damage Spider-Man's reputation. Liz and Flash discover his exploits and talk him out of it.[16] Jason was last seen in The Amazing Spider-Man #622 (Feb. 2010) attending a party for Flash.[17]