What If Aunt May Had Died Instead of Uncle Ben?

In this 2005 Marvel one-shot, Ed Brubaker and Andrea Di Vito explore a stark alternate reality where the fateful bullet claims Aunt May instead of Uncle Ben. Without Ben's guiding presence, a guilt-ridden Peter Parker abandons his heroic path, leading to a darker, more violent world where the web-slinger never truly emerges. This single issue, part of Marvel's "What If?" tradition, offers a chilling counterfactual that underscores the pivotal role Uncle Ben's death plays in shaping Spider-Man's moral core.