Hobie Brown

Hobart "Hobie" Brown was a teenager who after being gifted with spider-like powers and abilities became the masked vigilante known as Spider-Man as a way to fight against the anarchy of London.

Fighting against the corrupted government of his city, Spider-Man manage to have a lot of enemies and allies equally with his rebel and intriguing personality, along with his looks he managing to being nicknamed by the city, his villains and most of his allies as Spider-Punk.

He eventually formally affiliated with the Spider-Society until he quit after helping start a chaotic chase in Nueva York.

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Biography
Early Life
Becoming Spider-Man
Prior to the Spider-War, Hobart had been acting as Spider-Man in his universe's Camden, London for three years. As Spider-Man, he is a performer and activists against fascists. Hobart often includes his music and art as part of his activism.

Joining the Spider-Society
Despite his disdain for organised power and government, Hobart was recruited by Miguel O'Hara as part of the Spider-Society. With his time as part of the Spider-Society, he befriended Gwen Stacy, allowing her to temporarily reside in his universe and hang out with him. This friendship would also lead Hobart to befriend Pavitr Prabhakar, the two becoming close friends. As part of the Spider-Society he would go on missions with Gwen to capture anomalies, one of these missions resulting in the capture of a Prowler variant.

Defined by his anarchism and punk-like attitude, Hobart is very openly against authority and organisation. In his home universe, he is openly against the authoritative regimes that plague his world. He is also a performer, combining with his anti-authority personality to perform his self-defined acts of unpermitted political action under the veil of performing arts. Hobart's rebelliousness makes his affiliation with the Spider-Society tenuous at best; when questioned by Miles as to why he's part of the society, he says it's to look out for his drummer.

Hobart is rather outgoing and sociable, becoming good friends with Gwen Stacy and Pavitr Prabhakar after becoming part of the Spider-Society. He naturally connects with Gwen's musical talents as a drummer, as well as Pavitr's youthful and free-spirited demeanour. Hobart and Gwen were close friends, with him allowing Gwen taking refuge at his place. He also connects well with Miles, who he had heard about prior to meeting him. While Miles was naturally opposed to Hobart at first for his relationship with Gwen, Hobart was nothing but supportive of Miles and his tendency to act on his own, praising him for saving Inspector Singh and offering him advice on how to effectively use his venom powers. This came to a head at the beginning of the Spider-Society's turn on Miles, Hobart helping him by reiterating the advice he gave him before, and quitting the society shortly after the chase begun.

Hobart is a talented musician, a trait which he uses within his performing art pieces. He was also formally a runway model. He believes proclaiming to be a hero is negative, referring to it as "self-mythologising" and "narcissistic", which is part of what puts him at odds with the Spider-Society. Because of this, he believes himself not to be a role-model. Despite this he still has high praise for himself, referring to himself as "this cool the whole time" when he unmasks in front of Miles.