Sally Avril[2] was a fellow student of Peter Parker's at Midtown High who turned him down for a date, preferring Flash Thompson.

[3][4] Thirty years later, writing for Untold Tales of Spider-Man, Busiek resurrected the one-note brunette from obscurity and gave her a background.

With fellow popular kid Jason Ionello, she attempted to cash in on a Daily Bugle contest offering a thousand dollars to a reader who brought in pictures of Spider-Man.

Although their mission was a bust, Sally loved the thrill and became smitten with the web-slinger when he touched her cheek just before leaving her and Jason with a warning to give it up.

[8][9] Considering her more trouble than she was worth, Spider-Man allowed the Black Knight's men to hurt her to dissuade her from interfering in his fights again, although he later felt remorseful.

However, she uses a retractable rope line, insulated boots for protection against electricity, blue paint pellets, and ether-filled "eggs.