Uncle Ben

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Benjamin "Uncle Ben" Parker is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe published by Marvel Comics. He is an important figure in the history of the Spider-Man titles, and often appears in flashbacks. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15, and was killed later that issue.

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When Richard and Mary Parker were killed, Richard's older brother Ben and his wife, May, took in their orphaned son Peter and raised him.

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Ben was eventually killed by a burglar; Peter subsequently captured the burglar, and was horrified to realize that it was the same burglar who he could have captured earlier that day, except that he had chosen to not get involved. As a result, Peter considered himself morally responsible for Ben's death, and resolved to fight crime as a superhero, vowing to always take his responsibilities seriously.

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