The question of whether Spider-Man should remain single has once again made headlines in some online media.
Described by Pop BusCurrent X-men Editor Tom Brivert was asked about Marvel’s editorial duties during a panel at Baltimore Comic-Con this weekend. “If you work at Marvel, the ground rules are that all the characters are Marvel’s, and Marvel as an entity gets to decide what’s right and what’s wrong with those characters,” Brivert said. “So there are certain things I don’t want Spider-Man to do.”
At this point, the audience member who originally asked the question interjected with a controversial follow-up: “Go back.” [together] “With Mary Jane?” Brevoort said, calming the nervous murmurs from the crowd that followed. “He can get back with Mary Jane, but he can’t really. Get married With Mary Jane. That’s the basic rule. No matter what character you’re working on, whether you’re working on Daredevil, you have to accept that he’s blind, and you probably will be for a while.”
The argument that Peter Parker should remain single and take a swing at the mainline MCU has been the subject of fierce debate for years, and is notoriously One more day 2007 story arc. In a desperate plea to spare Aunt May a few precious years, Parker foolishly gave up his marriage to Mary Jane in a deal with the demon Mephisto. Now Mephisto himself He was legally married to Mary Jane, and he thought the annulment was a fair deal simply because he was the devil incarnate. It didn’t make much sense, but the machinations of god and devil are said to be beyond our mortal comprehension. However, the deal worked wonders for the Marvel editorial staff, taking the star character out of marital bliss and putting him back into the unforgiving dating pool of the Marvel Universe. Readers, by and large, were not pleased with this development.
Despite protests from fans, Marvel refused to make the decision, and Peter and Mary Jane continue to live in sin to this day. However, as the media reported, the couple actually got back together and are now legally married. Ultimate Spider-ManA series that sets a different continuity from the mainline Marvel series. The book, published last month, was also the #1 bestselling comic of August 2024, outselling the mainline titles. The Amazing Spider-ManRanked 29th.
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