Jazz stars in the 1950s who came into prominence in their genres called Bebop, Hard bop, Cool jazz and the Blues, at this time included Lester Young, Ben Webster, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Art Tatum, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson, Gil Evans, Jerry Mulligan, Cannonball Adderley, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Art Blakey, Max Roach, the Miles Davis Quintet, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, and Billie Holiday.

In 1924, then Deputy Marshal Ben Parker was appointed the Cities first police chief.

" The sculpture is a gift of Ben and Mona Parker.

Originally a very naive girl in her youth who was about to fall for a small-time crook, she eventually discovered her affections for her schoolmate Ben Parker and married him.

In Spider-Man Noir, May Parker was a socialist activist in charge of a Welfare Center established by the murdered Ben Parker.

It has been incorrectly argued that Aunt May was not married to Ben Parker in the Ultimate continuity ; this is incorrect.

In issue 45 it is revealed that not only was Aunt May a biological sister to Mary Parker, but also that Ben Parker was her husband.

After the death of Ben Parker she was the pillar strength for Peter.

Though Gwen is thoroughly convinced that he is Peter Parker from another universe, May is still cautious, until Peter relates how he had lost his Uncle Ben and begins the quote, " With Great Power ..." in which May finishes with " Comes Great Responsibility.

* In the 2002 film Spider-Man, Aunt May and Uncle Ben take care of their nephew, Peter Parker.

Benjamin " Ben " Parker, usually called Uncle Ben, is a supporting character in the Marvel Universe ’ s Spider-Man stories.

There have been examples of Uncle Ben remaining alive in alternative timelines, including stories featured in Marvel's What If ( one of which he forces Peter to unmask in front of J. Jonah Jameson ), and a storyline of the 1994 Spider-Man animated series featured a universe where Uncle Ben had never died, and Peter Parker became a successful industrialist, having never really bothered to use his powers responsibly as everything always seemed to work out for him.

Ben Parker was born in Brooklyn, New York.

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.

Ben was very protective of Peter, going as far as fighting some of the bullies that tormented young Parker.

One day, he was chased to the Parker home by a group of bullies led by Rich and Ben intervened.

In this alternate reality, a young Ben Parker is working as a military policeman.

In the House of M reality, Ben Parker is alive and, like the rest of the world, is aware that Peter Parker is Spider-Man.

In the Marvel Noir reality, Ben Parker is a social activist who was murdered by Norman Osborne's enforcers.

This Ben was eventually ' derailed ' into the 616 reality by the Hobgoblin of 2211 as part of her plan against the Spider-Men of various eras, leaving him shocked when he witnessed his destroyed house and the still-living May Parker.

* Ben 10: Ultimate Alien ( 2010 — 2012 )

* In the Ben 10: Ultimate Alien episode " Escape from Aggregor ," Dr. Animo mind-controlled a Yeti to attack Ben while he prepares a bomb that would turn anyone in the radius of the explosion into Yetis.

* Ben 10: Alien Force / Ben 10: Ultimate Alien ( voice of Mike Morningstar / Darkstar )

In the Ultimate Spider-Man comics, Ben Parker is younger than his original counterpart.

Latter-day reinterpretations of Spider-Man, such as the Spider-Man movie and the Ultimate Spider-Man comic, depict Ben as saying this phrase to Peter while he is still alive, in their last conversation.

* Uncle Ben is featured in Ultimate Spider-Man voiced by Greg Grunberg.

* Stand by Me: The Ultimate Collection, 1987 compilation album by Ben E. King

* The animated series Ben 10: Ultimate Alien has Sir George, a thousand year old immortal who slays an extra-dimensional dragon called Diagon.

* Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

* Brainstorm an alien that the main character Ben Tennyson can turn into in the Cartoon Network series Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.

Ultimate Ben Urich.

In Ultimate Marvel continuity, Ben Urich is a somewhat younger top reporter at the Daily Bugle who works with Peter Parker.

* " Eye of the Beholder " ( Ben 10: Ultimate Alien )

The cast of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien and Generator Rex will team up in Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United.

* Ben Tennyson from Ben 10, Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

On November 4, 2010, it was confirmed that he had been cast as Uncle Ben in Sony's 2012 reboot of the Spider-Man film series, The Amazing Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb.

Without the influence of Ben, Peter became a troublemaker, even going so far as to steal cars, and was eventually exposed to a gamma bomb that transformed him into this reality's version of the Hulk ( Bruce Banner becomes this world's Spider-Man during experiments on the animals that were affected by the bomb ).

Having gotten over the traumatic event of Ben Parker's death, Aunt May went on a date while Spider-Man is dealing with Deadpool and the X-Men.

Peter told May why he became Spider-Man, and May told him that Ben would be proud of him for doing so.

She also didn't make an appearance in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series which was a spin-off show to the Spider-Man movie nor was she mentioned by any of the characters in the show, but in the pilot episode in Canada, she was seen in one of Peter Parker's photos with Uncle Ben ( and in the second photo was Peter's parents ).

She was the one who encouraged Peter the most throughout the films with her words of wisdom as Uncle Ben had done before his death, in the second movie even managing to make him try to return to his Spider-Man life after losing his powers.

Although his history as a supporting character was very brief, Uncle Ben is an overshadowing figure in Spider-Man ’ s life, often appearing in flashbacks.

A storyline in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man has suggested that Ben may be alive.

In Amazing Spider-Man Family # 7, May relates to Peter her account of meeting Ben for the first time.

Ben briefly appeared in Amazing Spider-Man # 500 ; after Spider-Man played a vital role in preventing the resurrection of Dormammu, an unidentified higher power provided Doctor Strange with a small box that he felt he had to give to Spider-Man as a reward for his role in events.

In an alternate reality shown in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, an alternate reality was witnessed where May died in a random accident, prompting Peter to go into showbusiness with Ben as his agent to make money.

After this Hobgoblin was erased from history by a Retcon Bomb of her own invention, the Spider-Man of 2211 met with what he presumed to be the same Ben Parker to take him back to his own timeline.

In a surprise twist, deciding he rather wanted to " stick around for a while ", this Ben Parker shot this future Spider-Man.

It was revealed that the Ben Parker who had died in the alleyway was the Uncle Ben of the alternate reality, while the Ben Parker who killed Spider-Man 2211 was, in fact, the Chameleon of 2211 ; the Chameleon had attempted to convince Ben to resort to murder, but Spider-Man correctly guessed that there were no circumstances under which Ben would do such a thing.