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Marvel Erase's Web-Slinger's Marriage
Here's something you might not have known. The Amazing Spider-Man (from the comics, not the movies) has been married for over 20 years to Mary Jane Watson. Or at least he was. Marvel Comics, Spidey's publisher, recently announced that the couple's marriage has been erased from existence via some creative story telling.
Of course, you don't just reverse over two decades of history without causing a bit of controversy. Marvel's decision to make Peter Parker a swinging bachelor sent shockwaves through Search. Angry and confused fans searched on "spiderman single again," "spider-man one more day" (the issue's title), and the writers behind the bombshell, Joe Quesada and J. Michael Straczynski.
So, why did Marvel erase 20 years of intricate plots and backstories? According to the company, Spidey's story had just gotten too confusing. They needed to start fresh in order to make the character appeal to newcomers. Here's hoping the long-time readers continue to find him appealing, too.
Filed under: Spider-Man, Comics
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Posted by stephaniemason30 | Fri, January 11, 2008, 4:37 pm PST
ok thanks for that news
Posted by transephera | Sun, January 13, 2008, 2:22 am PST
Appealing??? That's appalling!! They've been married 20 years, and they're going to throw that away to make him look better?! How is that better?!
Posted by dragonmage49 | Sun, January 13, 2008, 7:43 pm PST
This is such BULL S**T! You would think they would have learned from the whole Spider-Man Clone Saga feasco which caused sales of Spider-Man comics to drop to the worst they had ever been. This is going to be 10 times worse for the comic. I just wish Marvel would let their Heroes grow and change rather then keep hitting the "reset" button every 10 years or so
Posted by dragonmage49 | Sun, January 13, 2008, 7:47 pm PST
This is just BULL! You would think they would have learned from the whole Clone feasco which caused sales of the comic to drop to their lowest ever. I wish Marvel would just let their characters grow and change rather then keep hitting the reset button every 10 years or so.
Posted by dragonmage49 | Sun, January 13, 2008, 7:48 pm PST
This is just BULL! You would think they would have learned from the whole Clone feasco which caused sales of the comic to drop to their lowest ever. I wish Marvel would just let their characters grow and change rather then keep hitting the reset button every 10 years or so.
Posted by dragonmage49 | Sun, January 13, 2008, 7:50 pm PST
Opps, Sorry for the mulitable posts. I did not do it on purpose.
Posted by rjwood6972@sbcglobal.net | Mon, January 14, 2008, 9:42 am PST
So even in marvel universe couples get divorced.
As if our society doesn't have enough negative plot lines via movies, books, television, etc.
Thats sad.
Posted by enis_hodzic@sbcglobal.net | Mon, January 14, 2008, 9:56 am PST
I don't understand why people care who has and is married. Celebrities are people just like us and they get divorsed and they make mistakes too, it's only human. Seriously, people need to care more about their life instead of caring about what the celebs do.
Posted by voiceonstage | Mon, January 14, 2008, 9:56 am PST
They said they did this becuase it was getting "too confusing"??? Did it ever occur to them that all this starting over crap they've been doing in the past is the REASON for all this confusion? Each time the continual plot lines are so different you don't even know which one you should really follow or believe in. Even the movie series has it all wrong! Needless to say I have to hangup my interest in the poor webslinger now--to quote Marvel, "It's just getting too confusing". Give me the original series (1960's-80's) any day. Don't fix something thats not broken!
Posted by bsgeertsen@sbcglobal.net | Mon, January 14, 2008, 9:58 am PST
I don't follow the comic books but I don't like it either. Peter Parker should stay married to Mary Jane. After all they went through to be together.
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