5. Aunt May
She may have been Peter Parker’s Aunt, but May was the only mother he ever had and a driving force behind him being a superhero. It’s never quite made clear in Sam Raimi’s trilogy whether or not she’s aware that her nephew is Spider-Man, but the poor woman goes through her fair share of traumas at the hands of villains like the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus because of her connection to the man beneath the mask.
Even so, she’s always there to inspire him to do the right thing and to make the best choices, and this version of Aunt May is undoubtedly as pivotal in Peter’s journey to becoming a hero as his Uncle Ben was.
