<P> A story - line in the official series Friendly Neighborhood Spider - Man seemingly suggested that Ben may be alive . This Ben, however, was actually from a parallel universe where Aunt May died in a random accident, leaving him to raise Peter . This alternate Ben came to the planet Earth of regular Marvel comics (the 616 reality) as part of an evil plan devised by the Hobgoblin of 2211 to defeat the Spider - Men of different eras . </P> <P> During the Clone Conspiracy storyline, when Peter's clone Ben Reilly who named himself after Uncle Ben and Aunt May, taking Ben's first name and May's last to differentiate himself from Peter used the Jackal's technology to revive various old enemies and allies of Peter Parker, he offered to bring Uncle Ben back to life while trying to win Peter to his point of view, but although tempted at the offer, Peter concluded that the reason Ben had not brought' their' uncle back on his own was that he knew that Uncle Ben would disapprove of his "nephew's actions", as Ben's plan would see everyone on Earth granted immortality while dependent on him to supply the medication needed to stabilize their cloned bodies . </P> <P> Ben Parker was born in Brooklyn, New York . He trained to be a military police officer, and also spent time as a singer in a band . He had known his future wife, May Reilly since their high school days, but she in turn was naively interested in a boy who was involved in criminal activities . When he came to her one night and proposed to her on the spot, Ben was there to expose him as a murderer, and to comfort the heart - broken May when the boy was arrested . Their relationship evolved into love, and they enjoyed a happily married life . When Ben's younger brother Richard Parker and his wife Mary were killed in a plane crash, Ben and May took in their orphaned son Peter and raised him as their own . </P> <P> Ben was very protective of Peter, going as far as fighting some of the bullies that tormented young Parker . Peter became friends with Charlie Weiderman in high school, a teen even more unpopular than he was . However, Charlie often provoked the trouble with the other teens . One day, he was chased to the Parker home by a group of bullies led by Rich and Ben intervened . Ben told them that if they wanted Charlie, they would have to go through him . Rich tried to, but was surprised by Ben's army training . As soon as the bullies were gone, he told the boy that he was not welcome at the house or with Peter because of his provoking the bullies and not being able to tell the truth . </P>

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