Wow, I can't believe this. In a story arc entitled "One More Day", Spider-Man, one of the greatest heroes of all time, decides to make a deal with the devil in order to turn back time. What does he have to give up? His marriage (that we've been reading about/following since the 1980s!) to Mary Jane Watson Parker. What does he gain...?
HIS AUNT MAY. I mean are you kidding me? This just goes to show why Marvel has so many problems with selling comic books (none whatsoever with selling movie tickets). They're always stuck in the past! Anytime they've screwed up and pissed all their fans off has been when they've messed with the past of comic. Hell, why didn't Peter make the deal with the devil to get Uncle Ben back too? This makes absolutely no sense.
First of all, the death of Uncle Ben was a major part of the entire story. Peter had to learn to deal with what happened and he grew as a character because of it. We all grew along with him. The bitter truth is that everyone close to us is going to pass away sooner or later, it's how we deal with it that makes us heroes or not. Peter took his uncle's death and turned it into a new, beautiful story. I think the death of Aunt May should have mirrored this, as a way of bringing back Peter Parker to his roots, back to the reason why he dedicated himself to being Spider-Man in the first place.
Instead, we get probably the most cowardly decision made by possibly the greatest hero of all time. He destroys the absolute love of his life, his marriage to his wife, in order to resurrect his aunt. I must say that I think this is the most preposterous thing Peter Parker could have ever done. The original (pre-clone saga) Spider-Man would have never done this.
You're reading it here, folks. You can now see corporate greed at it's worst. You have now seen corporate bigwigs choking artists/storytellers to death in order to make a quick buck. Under the pressure to sell more and more comics, Marvel has consistently destroyed everything great they've ever done by constantly tearing it all back down in the past 10-15 years. The Clone Saga was the beginning of the end. You can now see how one bad/venomous idea grew and grew and grew until it eventually swallowed up the entire story.
The thing that Marvel doesn't realize is that Mary Jane Watson defines Peter Parker. She defines who he is as a character and as a person. Without her, Peter Parker is just some guy that can climb walls. The last time I checked, Spider-Man was the type of character who looked toward the future and did the right thing. Without Mary Jane Watson, Peter Parker isn't the man he is. If you take that away, you take away so much of what builds the story. Peter Parker is his reactions to Mary Jane Watson and what she does. He is that geeky boy who gets the perfect woman.
Most of what we want to read about is Peter's reactions to real life situations, like his wife being so concerned for his life that she wants him to give up being Spider-Man. This could happen in real life, and does happen all the time to soldiers who put their lives in harm's way for others. There's a certain amount of fear that goes along with the responsibility of marriage, also. Fear because you cannot afford to be reckless like you once were, when you were single, because now you have a second (and maybe third/fourth/etc. if there are kids involved) life to care about and take care of. These are basic simple lessons we all learn about living on this planet.
The idea that Spider-Man would destroy his marriage to turn back time and get Aunt May back is ridiculous, ESPECIALLY since she's just going to die again! Maybe if Peter and Mary Jane hadn't married, Aunt May would have died a lot sooner! Then what? I mean, on every level, this story doesn't make any sense, it was just a ploy to shock the fans so badly that they'd be forced into buying the comics.
Marketing like this is not going to work in the long run. Maybe in the short run, you can bank in on the death of a hero, but in the long run, you're just screwing yourself over. People don't want to read about Peter Parker 20 years ago if he hadn't married Mary Jane. They want to read about the Peter Parker they've been reading about for the past 20 years who DID marry Mary Jane. It's just sad that everything beautiful has to slowly choked to death in order to scrape out a few extra pennies from the pockets of the lifeless.
Yes sir, let it be known that greed is the ultimate evil that eventually killed Spider-Man.
HIS AUNT MAY. I mean are you kidding me? This just goes to show why Marvel has so many problems with selling comic books (none whatsoever with selling movie tickets). They're always stuck in the past! Anytime they've screwed up and pissed all their fans off has been when they've messed with the past of comic. Hell, why didn't Peter make the deal with the devil to get Uncle Ben back too? This makes absolutely no sense.
First of all, the death of Uncle Ben was a major part of the entire story. Peter had to learn to deal with what happened and he grew as a character because of it. We all grew along with him. The bitter truth is that everyone close to us is going to pass away sooner or later, it's how we deal with it that makes us heroes or not. Peter took his uncle's death and turned it into a new, beautiful story. I think the death of Aunt May should have mirrored this, as a way of bringing back Peter Parker to his roots, back to the reason why he dedicated himself to being Spider-Man in the first place.
Instead, we get probably the most cowardly decision made by possibly the greatest hero of all time. He destroys the absolute love of his life, his marriage to his wife, in order to resurrect his aunt. I must say that I think this is the most preposterous thing Peter Parker could have ever done. The original (pre-clone saga) Spider-Man would have never done this.
You're reading it here, folks. You can now see corporate greed at it's worst. You have now seen corporate bigwigs choking artists/storytellers to death in order to make a quick buck. Under the pressure to sell more and more comics, Marvel has consistently destroyed everything great they've ever done by constantly tearing it all back down in the past 10-15 years. The Clone Saga was the beginning of the end. You can now see how one bad/venomous idea grew and grew and grew until it eventually swallowed up the entire story.
The thing that Marvel doesn't realize is that Mary Jane Watson defines Peter Parker. She defines who he is as a character and as a person. Without her, Peter Parker is just some guy that can climb walls. The last time I checked, Spider-Man was the type of character who looked toward the future and did the right thing. Without Mary Jane Watson, Peter Parker isn't the man he is. If you take that away, you take away so much of what builds the story. Peter Parker is his reactions to Mary Jane Watson and what she does. He is that geeky boy who gets the perfect woman.
Most of what we want to read about is Peter's reactions to real life situations, like his wife being so concerned for his life that she wants him to give up being Spider-Man. This could happen in real life, and does happen all the time to soldiers who put their lives in harm's way for others. There's a certain amount of fear that goes along with the responsibility of marriage, also. Fear because you cannot afford to be reckless like you once were, when you were single, because now you have a second (and maybe third/fourth/etc. if there are kids involved) life to care about and take care of. These are basic simple lessons we all learn about living on this planet.
The idea that Spider-Man would destroy his marriage to turn back time and get Aunt May back is ridiculous, ESPECIALLY since she's just going to die again! Maybe if Peter and Mary Jane hadn't married, Aunt May would have died a lot sooner! Then what? I mean, on every level, this story doesn't make any sense, it was just a ploy to shock the fans so badly that they'd be forced into buying the comics.
Marketing like this is not going to work in the long run. Maybe in the short run, you can bank in on the death of a hero, but in the long run, you're just screwing yourself over. People don't want to read about Peter Parker 20 years ago if he hadn't married Mary Jane. They want to read about the Peter Parker they've been reading about for the past 20 years who DID marry Mary Jane. It's just sad that everything beautiful has to slowly choked to death in order to scrape out a few extra pennies from the pockets of the lifeless.
Yes sir, let it be known that greed is the ultimate evil that eventually killed Spider-Man.
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