Who Is Richard Parker? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Richard Parker is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Richard Laurence Parker, with over 124 comic issue appearances. Richard Parker is the father of Peter Parker (Spider-Man), the husband of Mary Parker, and the younger brother of Ben Parker. Richard worked for the CIA.

Who is Richard Parker?

Origin Captain Richard Parker began his career in the United States Army Special Forces. He would eventually be recruited to the CIA by Nick Fury . While working for the CIA, he met Mary Fitzpatrick and the two of them fell in love with each other. Mary would begin working on-field assignments to work with Richard, while using the cover that they were just a married couple. On one particular mission, the couple was sent to investigate Baroness Adelicia Von Krupp, who had captured a Canadian ally named Logan . Richard and Mary would be successful in rescuing Logan from the Baroness. Shortly afterwords, they learned that Mary was pregnant, and was congratulated by Logan. After Peter was born, Richard and Mary continued their careers as secret agents.

Key facts

Richard Parker is of human origin and first appeared in "At Long Last...The Parents of Peter Parker!; A Day at the Daily Bugle; Peter Parker, The Super Sports Star; Where It's At!; This is Spidey As We Know Him But --; Here We Go-A-Plotting!". The character is published by Marvel. With 124 recorded issue appearances, Richard Parker ranks among the most featured characters in comics.