Richard and Mary Parker are fictional characters of Marvel Comics. They were the parents of Peter Parker, the boy who one day would become Spider-Man. They appear in the 2012 reboot of the Spider-Man film franchise. Richard Parker was also briefly mentioned by Uncle Ben in the 2002 film Spider-Man. In The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film), however, a newspaper article reported that they had already died.
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