The question of whether Spider-Man should remain single is once again making headlines in some online media outlets.
According to PopVerse reports, currently X-Men During a panel discussion at Baltimore Comic-Con over the weekend, editor Tom Brevoort answered questions about Marvel’s editorial mandate. Brevoort responded: “If you work for Marvel, the basic rule is that all characters belong to Marvel, and Marvel as an institution gets to decide what’s right or wrong about those characters. So there are things you don’t want Spider-Man to do—”
It was at this point that the audience member who originally asked the question chimed in with a controversial line: “It’s like going back.” [together] And Mary Jane? Brevoort quelled the crowd’s nervous murmurs before replying: “He can come back with Mary Jane, but he actually can’t. tie the knot With Mary Jane. These are the basic rules.
The insistence that Peter Parker must remain single and swing through the main Marvel Cinematic Universe has been the subject of fierce debate for years, culminating with the infamous incident. another day The story takes place in 2007. Now, Mephisto doesn’t have himself Legally married to Mary Jane in the deal; he just found out that, since he was the devil incarnate, the annulment was a fair deal. It makes no sense, we are told, but the machinations of the gods and devils are beyond the realm of our mortal knowledge. However, the deal was a huge blow to Marvel editorial, lifting their star character out of the doldrums of marital bliss and returning him to the Marvel Universe’s unforgiving dating pool. Overall, readers were not happy with the progress.
Despite fan outcry, Marvel refused to budge on the decision, and Peter and Mary Jane continue to live in sin to this day. Although as the outlet noted, the couple did get back together and were legally married in the pages of The New York Times. Ultimate Spider-Manthe series is in a different continuity than the main Marvel series. The book published last month also became the number one best-selling comic in August 2024, outperforming the main line book. The Amazing Spider-Manranked 29th.
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