SpiderMan 10 Comic Book Storylines The MCU Should Avoid
Spider-Man: 10 Comic Book Storylines The MCU Should Avoid
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There is a lot of anticipation about where Spider-Man is going in the MCU. Several comic storylines have been considered, but some should be avoided.
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Spider-Man: Far From Home was partly based on classic teenage comedies and partly on some classic Spider-Man storylines from the comics. Many other great comics could come into play with Peter Parker exposed and accused of murder. But there are some less than stellar comic book storylines the Marvel Cinematic Universe should avoid.
Spider-Man is one of the greatest superheroes of all time, but the last twenty years or so in the comics, with some notable exceptions like the introduction of the Spider-Verse through Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen, haven’t been amazing for the Wall-Crawler. Many are best-avoided as the MCU forges ahead.
10 One Moment In Time
Two wrongs don’t make a right, as One Moment In Time proved. This 2010 story written by Joe Quesada and illustrated by Paolo Rivera, was originally published in The Amazing Spider-Man #638-641 and attempted to retcon a retcon. The marriage between Peter Parker and his perennial comic and movie love interest Mary Jane Watson had been revised out of existence in One More Day, a story that generally didn’t go over well with longtime readers. One Moment In Time tried to explain the dissolution of the marriage again as something that never happened but actually made things worse.
9 The Gathering Of Five
The erasure of Spider-Man’s marriage happened more or less to save Aunt May’s life, but she had actually died at one point. This plot point becomes a major factor in The Gathering Of The Five, a 1998 storyline by a number of Marvel writers and artists, including John Byrne and John Romita Jr. In the story, Norman Osborn, AKA Green Goblin, engages in some magical activities that are outside the bounds of his usual interests, and another Parker tragedy, the stillborn child of Peter and Mary Jane, becomes a creepy aspect of the story that was best left unexplored.
8 Crossroads
Aunt May factors again in Crossroads, a Spider-Man story from writer Dan Slott and artist Ryan Stegman. In this story, Betty Brandt is hospitalized after being viciously attacked by a mugger. Spider-Man tracks him down, but right when he captures him, Aunt May calls him to scold him for not being at the hospital with Betty. So he lets the mugger go. He eventually catches him, but there was the chance the mugger could do harm again – something that bit Spider-Man hard with Uncle Ben. It made no sense.
7 The Peter Principle
The Peter Principle, again by Slott and Stegman, doesn’t really improve things. Though the Superior Spider-Man, with Otto Octavius in Peter Parker’s body, is one of the best versions of Doctor Octopus, this story is one of the worst from this particular period. In the story, Otto lusts after Mary Jane in ways that are creepy and disturbing.
Otto, as Peter, eventually pleasures himself to Peter’s memories of Mary Jane in a scene that is hard to believe was ever put to page in a Marvel comic book.
6 Maximum Carnage
The introduction of the symbiote kicked off a new era for Spider-Man and a new mythology in the comics that continues in fascinating ways to this day in King In Black. Not all of it has been great and Maximum Carnage is perhaps the best/worst example of this. Carnage is the subject of a lot of funny memes, but there wasn’t much humor in this overstuffed, gory storyline. This 14-part crossover from 1993 threw everything at the wall, including a grim and gritty death toll typical of the 90s.
5 Trouble
Trouble is a curious experiment from the early 2000s. Ostensibly an attempt to revive the tradition of romance comics, it features a young Aunt May going on a weekend trip with her future husband Ben Parker, and their best friends, Richard and Mary, who will become Peter Parker’s parents. Or so everyone thought. The comic strongly implies that May is actually Peter’s mother, after a tryst with Richard. It’s all been quietly forgotten, despite its pedigree: it was written by Mark Millar and drawn by Rachel and Terry Dodson.
4 Sins Past
Gwen Stacy is one of the most important figures in Spider-Man’s life and her death is one of the most iconic moments in comic book history. Movie sequels often commit some horrible retcons, but the one in Sins Past is one of the worst in the comics. The story, written by J. Michael Straczynski and drawn by Mike Deodato in The Amazing Spider-Man #509-514 in 2004-2005 revealed that Gwen had a sexual relationship with Norman Osborn, who later killed her, and also fathered twins by him.
3 Clone Saga
The Clone Saga is one of the most controversial Spider-Man stories of all-time, and it has some serious competition. The mid-90s story spiraled out of control, intended to be a brief crossover event that replaced Peter Parker, revealed to be a clone, with the ‘real’ Peter Parker. It went on for years, with seemingly no way out.
Many alternate versions of Spider-Man could appear in the MCU at some point, including Ben Reilly, the Scarlet Spider. But the Clone Saga took things too far and alienated readers to the point it’s arguable if the book ever recovered.
2 Reign
The Dark Knight Returns is easily a Batman story fans want to see adapted into a movie. Fans likely do not want to see Reign on the screen anytime soon. The story of an older retired Peter Parker shares some similarities with the classic Dark Knight story but adds in a disturbing and unnecessary wrinkle. Mary Jane has died, a victim of cancer inflicted from Spider-Man’s radioactive sperm. It’s completely nonsensical and pointless, as is most of this story.
1 One More Day
One More Day remains the gold standard in unfortunate Spider-Man stories. Marvel editorial decided that Peter Parker being married was working against the character, so this story was developed to make it so the marriage never happened. Major Marvel and possible WandaVision villain Mephisto erased the marriage in exchange for saving Aunt May’s life. It created a lot of continuity issues and headaches for the characters involved, and Peter and Mary Jane have never really been the same.
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