12 Facts About Kenny McFarlane

1.

Kenny "Kong" McFarlane is a fictional character in comic books published by Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel universe.

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Kenny McFarlane is one of the few characters not based on a counterpart from Marvel's main continuity, being an original Ultimate Marvel invention to the comics.

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3.

In Ultimate Spider-Man, despite his apparent lack of intelligence based on being a stereotypical high school bully, Kenny is actually a perceptive teenager and able to deduce Spider-Man's secret identity but keeps this knowledge to himself; he respects the hero's wishes of secrecy and covertly helps him maintaining it.

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4.

Obese yet strong, Kenny McFarlane is the best friend of Flash Thompson and Liz Allan.

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5.

Kenny McFarlane attends Midtown High School where he plays basketball for the school team.

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6.

Overtime, Kenny McFarlane becomes a better person, ceased bullying, and tries to improve academically.

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7.

Kenny McFarlane is later seen at Kitty's house, and Kitty later tells Peter of dating Kenny.

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8.

Later, when Liz's mutant abilities manifest at a party, Kenny McFarlane tells Peter to go help her; he still knew that Peter was Spider-Man all along but had kept the knowledge to himself.

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9.

When Kitty was singled out by federal troops for being a mutant after the events of Ultimatum, Kenny McFarlane was one of the few classmates to stick up for Kitty, physically assaulting an agent to buy her time to escape.

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10.

Kenny McFarlane is a student at Empire State University and meets Kevin Connor and Adam Blackveil.

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11.

Kenny McFarlane discovers that they are actually Starbrand and Nightmask, but he keeps this information to himself.

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12.

Kenny McFarlane now refers to himself as Kenny McFarlane, and in an interview with Bendis, it is confirmed that this is his real name.

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