May Parker is the aunt of Peter Parker.
History[]
May and Ben Parker took in their nephew Peter after the death of his parents and raised him. Ben immediately took to the role of the boy's father but May was at first reluctant. She still remembered her parents blaming her own birth for the destruction of their marriage, and she was afraid that Peter might signal the end of her own marriage. In time, however, she warmed up to Peter, who unexpectedly strengthened the couple's marriage. After Ben's death, life became a struggle with money problems and Peter did his best to help.
Peter's secret life as Spider-Man endlessly complicated both his and his aunt's lives. Aunt May lived in constant fear for her "frail" (but now unaccountably secretive) nephew who insisted on a job as a freelance photographer. Parker was determined to capture Spider-Man in action, frequently submitting pictures of him to the Daily Bugle; Spider-Man was a vigilante whom Aunt May feared because of her unquestioning acceptance of the Daily Bugle's smearing.
Hobgoblin Rising[]
She helps Peter by putting iodine on his wounds from his battle with the Hobgoblin.
Accept No Substitutes[]
May is held hostage all with Drew Michaels and Rhett Carson, the latter had already been shot.
The Longest Night[]
She comforted her nephew after the death of his student A.J. Michaels.
Appearances[]
- Amazing Spider-Man #2, 4, 17, 34