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Uncle Ben Parker (Cliff Robertson)Raising an orphaned nephew would be enough in itself for a man to be considered a hero in the father figure stakes, but Ben Parker goes above and beyond, trying his best to raise a good man. And for the most part, he succeeds, even if it takes young Peter Parker a while to truly learn the most important lesson – you know, the one about great power and great responsibility. In fact, it takes Ben’s tragic murder to fully shake the lad up. But before a criminal cuts him down, Ben is a source of comfort and support for Peter who, with wife May, eschews spending their golden years in a retirement community and instead raises the lad as a fairly well adjusted (if ultra nerdy) teenager. And they even try to understand when his early days as a superhero make him out to either be a sexual pervert or end up putting May’s life in danger. Father’s Day Gift Recommendation: Body armour. Then he might have been around to offer more homilies.
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