This isn’t Spider-Man... it’s Iron Man Jnr

Venom was total crap. Come on... troll better.

Stark was a father figure that guided him , dont see the issue with that .

you're just a silly troll & no one should listen to a word you say. in fact, i'm probably going to block you so i don't have to see your nonsense posts going forward.

but you have lurched onto at least the glimmer of a proper point here, in that it is funny that we haven't had a mention of uncle ben after two full films. it doesn't really bother me, and i think i know why they did it, but it's not unreasonable to ask why this hasn't come up.

i think the answer is a simple one: it was established right from his first appearance that spidey was brought into the avengers orbit by stark, & that stark was a mentor, a reluctant mentor but a mentor nonetheless.

and in the economy of story-telling that these films require, that doesn't leave room for uncle ben in the mcu world. for the most part, the mcu films are very efficient at setting up their characters & their conflicts, & bringing uncle ben into a film where stark fills the mentor/father figure role would be clutter that they probably feel would distract more than add.

add to that the fact that we've already seen the spider-man origin twice in film. is it needed again? definitely not. i think it's just assumed that uncle ben is gone, & that there was a tragic event probably not too different from the events we know from the comics.

having a spider-man as part of the mcu mostly means gains (we get to see him with the avengers, nick fury gets to make fun of him, happy gets to flirt with marisa tomei) but it also means there have to be sacrifices, & uncle ben is indeed that sacrifice, limiting his impact on the mcu to the appearance of one suitcase with his initials (i think?).

Yep. Keeps me from enjoying these movies which are otherwise pretty great. That's why I really hope Sony stops sharing the rights so all this MCU baggage can be dropped.

I totally agree.....

Spider-Man has been one of my favorite characters for nearly 30 years. Someday I hope to see another Spider-Man movie without Iron Man in it. Just let Spider-Man be awesome. Let him be his own character.

The worst part is that Spiderman was more powerful and a better character all around than Iron man but Iron boy sucks.

I think what you’re forgetting is Spider-Man was brought into the MCU as a motivating force for Tony Stark. He was a defeated man after Infinity War and had much more to lose than gain. It was knowing that if there was even the slightest chance he could bring Peter back, he owed it to him to try. That’s the part you might be missing. It’s not about what Iron Man has done for Spider-Man, but what Peter did for Tony.

None of these MCU characters were meant to be self contained heroes. The individual movies set up the bigger picture of “The Avengers”. It worked so well because at the end of the Infinity Saga we cared so much for so many characters, and they cared about each other.

Going forward I expect they will use the remaining heroes to build up to another epic battle that the heroes and us as the audience will be equally invested in. I can see why that might not be your cup of tea, but it’s the Spider-Man we have for now, at least until the next reboot! ;)