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| Richard Parker
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| Full Name: | Richard "Ray" Parker |
| First Appearance: | Ultimate Spider-Man #33 |
| Created by: | Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley |
| Home Universe: | Earth-1610 |
| Alignment: | Good |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Place of Birth: | Unknown |
| Citizenship: | American |
| Base: | S.H.I.E.L.D., formerly Trask Enterprise |
| Affiliations: | Mary Parker (wife, deceased),Peter Parker (son),Benjamin Parker (older brother, deceased) |
| Powers/Abilities: | Bio-Engineer/Geneticist |
| Height: | Unknown |
| Weight: | Unknown |
| Hair Color: | Brown |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Unique Features: | N/A |
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"I find myself surrounded by people who will do or say anything just for the the appearance that they are better than they are, more than they are. Never for a second do they actually try to be better. They just want to appear better. They want to be special without going through the trouble of actually earning it. And if you have millions of people running around the like this.. well .. then what do you have?" |
Richard Parker was the father of Peter Parker and younger brother of Benjamin Parker.
At some point after marrying May and fathering Peter, Richard worked was a scientist for S.H.I.E.L.D., while researching with Dr. Henry Pym, Dr. Bruce Banner, and Dr. Franklin Storm, they were reverse engineering the Super Soldier formula for S.H.I.E.L.D. (based on Nick Fury's genetic sample). Banner mistakenly believed he solved the formula and tested on himself, however the process created the Hulk for the first time. After that incident, Richard Parker went to see his wife and infant son Peter outside the research facility; Hulk destroyed the facility, the explosion resulted in Richard and Mary being injured but survived the incident. Hulk's humanity was only awakened after seeing the baby Peter and reverted back to Banner. Fury had Banner arrested. Some years later Richard Parker and his friend and partner, Edward Brock Sr., were working on a scientific discovery for Trask Industries in the form of a suit to cure cancer, but were cornered by Trask. The Brocks and Parkers took a business trip in hopes that their project will be finished. Unfortunately, the plane crashed and killed Richard and Mary.