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One of the loudest and most consistent criticisms leveled at MCU Spider-Man is that there hasn’t been a mention of Peter’s Uncle Ben.
Any casual Spider-Man fan knows that Uncle Ben’s death was the catalyst for Peter to learn the harsh truth that with great power comes great responsibility.
The writers behind Captain America: Civil War didn’t want to include the character’s origin story again (understandably), and a line in Spider-Man: Homecoming references “everything that’s happened with her,” but no specific mention of a tragic loss.