Bernard O'Brien

Bernard O'Brien is a fictional police officer featured in comic book titles published by Marvel Comics. He made a single appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 in August, 1962, but has also appeared in numerous flashback sequences chronicling events from that issue.

Overview
Bernard O'Brien was an elderly police officer who worked for the New York City Police Department. He was based out of Queens. One evening, many years ago, the NYPD received a call about a break-in in the neighborhood of Forest Hills. O'Brien and several other officers responded to the call where they discovered that a burglar had shot and killed a man named Ben Parker in his home. Officer O'Brien was tasked with delivering the unfortunate news to Ben's fifteen-year-old nephew, Peter Parker. Parker overheard officers mention that they had tracked the criminal to the Acme warehouse. Parker donned his Spider-Man costume and made his way to the warehouse to apprehend him.

Notes & Trivia



 * In the original story, Bernard O'Brien is not identified by name.