May Parker

Aunt May and Uncle Ben raised Peter after his parents died. Uncle Ben was killed because Peter refused to stop a thief, leaving the 2 of them alone. Aunt May was forever dotting on Peter, loving him as if she was her own son. May tried numerous times to set Peter up with her friend Anna Watson's niece, Mary Jane. May was unaware that Peter was Spider-Man, and felt a strong hatred for Spider-Man.

Season One
In season one, Aunt May was little more than a supporting character, constantly worrying about Peter and trying to set up Peter and Mary Jane on a date. Peter was always trying to sell pictures to the Bugle and work other jobs in order to get Aunt May money to pay the bills. She was always trying to convince Peter that Spider-Man was dangerous and that Peter shouldn’t be taking pictures of the wall crawler. Peter of course never listened, because if Aunt May new what was really happening, then she would worry a lot more.

Season Two
In season two, she was given a slightly larger role, but not too much larger. When Spider-man lost his powers, she could tell that Peter was sick and when the Insidious Six decided to target Peter to get to Spidey, Doc Ock was given the task to retrieve him. When the doctor arrived at the Parker residence, Aunt May assumed that Octavius was a medical doctor and that Peter was in a hospital. After the Six obtained Spider-Man (who they believed wasn’t Spidey but just Peter in a Halloween costume), Aunt May went home. In the Man-Spider saga, she was worried sick when Peter went missing, but other than that, she had no real part in it. In the Vulture two parter, Peter was turned into an old man. When Aunt May met him, she took him inside and took care of him, giving him a sweater and a cup of tea.

Season Three
In season three, she had a more minor role, her only major part being in the Daredevil two parter when Peter went to prison after being framed by the Kingpin. She had a heart attack, and Peter had to sneak in to see her to avoid being caught by the police or Kingpin’s thugs.

She had a minor role in the return of the Green Goblin story with Goblin almost attacking her but deciding to target Mary Jane instead.

Season Four
Aunt May was scarcely seen in season four, having no real part in any of the stories.

Season Five
Aunt May regained her major role that she had at the beginning of the series in the final season. In the first episode, she decided to give Peter her and Uncle Ben’s wedding rings for the ceremony. While they are at the bank, Scorpion attacks and kidnaps her, attempting to steal the rings. Spider-Man goes to rescue her, but she’s more afraid of Spider-Man than she was of the Scorpion and faints. Spidey returns the rings to her. She is seen at the ceremony, before and after Green Goblin’s attack. She has a more major role in the ‘’Six Forgotten Warriors’’ saga. She is selling her house and moving into Mary Jane’s Aunt’s house, so that the two wouldn’t get lonely without the nephew and niece. Keen Marlow, Uncle Ben’s former best friend and SHEILD agent, stops by to stop May from selling the house because the Destroyer suit, power ring, and key to the Doomsday device were inside of it.

Peter later goes to Russia to prove that his parents weren’t spies for the USSR. He later does find evidence that they were triple agents for the USA after investigating the situation. When he tells Aunt May, she says that she felt like a giant weight was lifted off of her. Later, with Marlow still hanging around, Shocker and Scorpion stop by as well. It was then that May decided to give Marlow what he wanted, even though Ben had told her not to give it to him before he died. Aunt May did not make any more notable appearances in Spider-Man. However, in the Scarlet-Spider’s reality she died and in Spider-Man (Armored)’s reality she lived in a mansion in queens with Ben still alive.