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Betty Brant is a fictional character that appears in the comic books published by Marvel Comics....

Betty Brant is a fictional character that appears in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. Betty Brant first appears in Amazing Spider-Man #4 (September 1963), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. Betty Brant Leeds received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #4. Betty Brant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother had originally been Jameson's "girl Friday" and Betty took the position after her mother's death. Peter Parker (secretly Spider-Man) and she were attracted to each other because Betty wanted a normal, ordinary man, and they were romantically linked. However, her brother was accidentally killed during a fight with Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus, and she blamed Spider-Man. Later she forgave Spider-Man when she realized he was trying to protect them. A year later, Betty broke up with Peter, and she eventually married Bugle reporter Ned Leeds. However the marriage proved turbulent as Ned was often posted overseas. When he was stationed in Paris she found the life impossible and left Ned to return to New York. She turned to Peter Parker once more but Ned followed her home and she was caught between the two