Spider-Man: 10 Dumbest Creative Decisions The Comics Have Ever Made

10. Radioactive Sperm Killed Mary Jane Watson-Parker

Spider-Man: Reign is one of many Marvel stories set in a possible future, and there are definitely some good ideas to be found here. Written and illustrated by Kaare Andrews, this tale takes place in a New York City which has fallen under the control of a fascist government (and superheroes are no more).

Peter Parker is now in his 60s and seemingly not all there, and while things do get a little too weird and silly with the addition of a zombie Doctor Octopus and the return of the Venom symbiote, there are some strong ideas to be found.

However, the biggest creative failure comes when the cause of Mary Jane's death is revealed.

It turns out that spending years having sex with Peter and, ahem, sharing his "DNA" led to MJ suffering terminal cancer.

The wall-crawler's radioactive... fluids... killed his wife, and learning that led to him giving up being Spider-Man. This was just too strange, and a ridiculous way to push poor Peter over the edge.