Ben Urich (Earth-90214)

For a list of Comics and Story-Arcs Ben Urich has appeared in see: Ben Urich (Appearances).

Ben Urich works for the Daily Bugle as a photographer.

History
Once asked Felicia Hardy to marry him but she turned him down. He is addicted to drugs in an attempt to drown out the suffering he sees everyday and he witnessed Ben Parker's murder.

Role in the Spider-Man Series
He helps helps save May Parker when she is tied up by Montana. He tries to show Peter Parker that the city has been bought and paid for and that there is nothing he can do to stop the corruption rife in the city, however he is unsuccessful in getting through to Peter. J. Jonah Jameson hires Peter to be Ben's personal assistant.

Ben Urich during his time became an experienced and respected reporter of the Daily Bugle, and amassed a network of informants under the alias of The Spider. From this he amassed a wealth of evidence against various corrupted politicians and notable figures in New York City, in particular The Goblin which he uses as blackmail in order to get enough money to feed his secret drug habit. Spider-Man breaks into Norman's office and sees Ben and in his anger lashed out saying Norman has bought and paid for him, it is then Ben realizes that he must show the corruption Norman has caused and so returns home and rings the Daily Bugle to tell J. Jonah Jameson he is giving him all the information he has to bring Norman down.

Ben is killed by Chameleon who poses as Jameson but the information he was going to give the Jameson imposter is long gone as he luckily gave it to Felicia Hardy first.