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May Parker, commonly known as Aunt May or Auntie May, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Spider-Man. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character made her first appearance in Amazing Fantasy No. 15 (August 1962). The character is the aunt-by-marriage and adoptive mother of Peter Parker, who leads a secret life as Spider-Man. She is nurturing and supportive of Peter, although throughout most of Spider-Man's history, she has not known of his secret life and considers Spider-Man frightening. After years as a widow, Aunt May married John Jonah Jameson, Sr., the father of long-time Spider-Man critic J. Jonah Jameson.[1] The character has appeared in most other media adaptations of the comics, often playing a prominent role. She has been adapted for other media numerous times. In film, she was portrayed by Rosemary Harris in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, Sally Field in Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man duology, and Marisa Tomei in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019). She was voiced by Lily Tomlin in the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
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