This last show, this particular topic REALLY stuck in my craw. I’ve always had a soft spot for Peter Parker’s Spidey for quite a while.
We all know that Soda has a hate boner for Spider-Man, and to nobody’s surprise, he trolled everybody, and did everything in his ever-loving power to derail the conversation. But…on to the meat of this topic!
There was a recent statement by the current executive editor of Marvel, Tom Breevort, and it truly reflected some anti-money perspectives of the state of the industry.
In this interview, Breevort voiced his dismissiveness of the idea that Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson needed to be a couple. It’s clear that the Ultimate Spider-Man run of the comics is outselling, out performing, and out-doing the main storyline of Spiderman; it’s clear to long-time fans why that is, too.
In the current main storyline of The Amazing Spider-Man, the marriage between MJ and Peter was nullified by a deal with the devil, and she ended up marrying some wild self-insert of the writer that was an absolute insult to the titular Web-Head, firmly friend-zoning him to ‘brother’ status with the iconic red head. Meanwhile, in The Ultimate Spider-Man storyline, they ran a short term story arc called “One More Day,” where Peter and MJ are married, have a child, and reflects where the pair would be in their relationship, had the storyline with them being together had continued on, rather than being rebooted, and then ret-conned. The Ultimate run has far outperformed the Amazing run, and Breevort has seemed to take it personally, and taken to insulting the fanbase, and dismissing them as a vocal minority.
In later comments in the interview, Tom’s language changes, slightly, reflecting “We decided,” and “Our stance,” instead of personalizing the responses with “Me, My, I,” etc. This, in my opinion, is indicative of, maybe a Disney curated response, or mandate. I’m theorizing that maybe Disney and Marvel have added some stats to Spidey’s character bible. Considering that Spider-Man is a fan favorite of the younger/kid demographic, would it be too much of a stretch to think that maybe an executive decision was made that Peter had to remain single, in perpetuity, to continue to evoke the younger stigma of Spidey? I propose that Disney decided the ‘family friendly’ image must be pushed through Marvel’s single most popular super hero. No love interests, high school/early college age forever, and so forth.
What do you think, Legion? Am I hitting the mark? Or do you think that, perhaps, Tom and Disney, just haven’t learned their lesson? Let us know below!
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