The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #519 (June 2005): "Moving Up", pages 7-8:
Aunt May (to Captain America): "--my late husband, Ben, saw you once, during the War. He was just a boy, out of MP school, but it meant so much to him."
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1 (June 2004): "Down Among the Dead Men: Part One", pages 13-14, 18-19:
Aunt May (to Peter Parker): "It's strange. Everybody kept telling me to move when Ben was killed, but I just couldn't have done it then. They said every tim I walked into the living room, I'd jus see him lying there bleeding on the carpet, but that honestly never happened..." [more - somewhat detailed discussion of Uncle Ben]
Note: Uncle Ben's headstone - desecrated by Mac Gargan - is shown and discussed on pages 18-19.
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #2 (July 2004): "Down Among the Dead Men: Part Two", pages 1, 8:
(pg. 8) Green Goblin: "That would mean Uncle Ben and Aunt May's blood would be all over those cobwebbed little hands. Not to mention the dead blonde you used to dance with, eh, Parker?"
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #3 (Aug. 2004): "Down Among the Dead Men: Part Three", pages 1, 7, 17:
(pg. 1) When a vandal defiles his Uncle Ben's headstone in the... night, Peter Parker is called to the cemetery to investigate. While there, he receives a phone call... from a mysterious...; (pg. 7): Spider-Man (narrating): "You let this idiot [Electro] finish you off and they'll just bury her [Aunt May] in the dirt beside Uncle Ben." [more]
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #4 (Sep. 2004): "Down Among the Dead Men: Part Four", page 1:
When a vandal defiles his Uncle Ben's headstone in the middle of the night, Peter Parker is called to the cemetery to investigate.
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #6 (Nov. 2004): "Venomous: Part Two", pages 6, 17:
(pg. 6) Mary Jane Watson (showing Peter Parker her gun): "I'm not going to end up like Gwen, Tiger. I know you don't like it, but that's just the way it is."
Peter Parker (narrating): "Man, what can I say? She's being paranoid? ...I couldn't protect Gwen, I couldn't protect Uncle Ben, and I couldn't even protect Aunt May..."
Note: (pg. 17) framed photo of Uncle Ben seen on wall of Aunt May's apartment in psychic flashback
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #15 (Aug. 2005): "Wild Blue Yonder, Part Three", page 15, panel 1:
Peter Parker (to Laurie Lynton): "Oh Laurie, I'm sorry. I was so preoccupied with my aunt and uncle I didn't know..."
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19 (Dec. 2005): "Spider-Man: The Other--Evolve or Die Part Two: Denial", page 22, panels 1-5:
Mary Jane Watson (to Peter Parker): "I finally figured it out. It's survivor guilt. It's not just that you let The Burglar go, and then he killed your Uncle Ben. It's that the good, caring man he was died... while the selfish, uncaring man you were... lived... You want to be with your dead uncle... more than you do with your live wife..." [more]
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #22 (Mar. 2006): "Spider-Man: The Other--Evolve or Die Part Eleven: Destiny's Child", page 20, panels 2-3:
Aunt May (to Peter Parker): "This is a blessing, son, not a curse. I know you're not used to seeing things that way, but I hope you will this time. You've been given another chance at life. Don't you see how wonderful this is? If your Uncle Ben came back today, I... I would thank my lucky stars."
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