10 Terrible Mistakes That Almost Ruined Spider-Man For Everyone

3. Wolverine Hits On Mary Jane As Peter Parker - Ultimate Spider-Man #66-67 (2004)

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In the now-defunct Ultimate Marvel universe Jean Grey grew so tired of Wolverine hitting on her, she pulled a Freaky Friday and swapped Logan's mind into Peter Parker's body and vice versa. As the two superheroes try to reverse their predicament, they do their best to adapt to their bodies, leading to all sorts of wacky and terrible hijinks.

This story may be pure filler but it's pretty funny. Seeing Peter depicted as a broody, tough guy while Wolverine acts neurotic and whiny is hilarious.

Now, this story isn't to be taken seriously. The issue is literally called Jump the Shark so you know the writer, Brian Michael Bendis, was just having a laugh.

Nevertheless, you can't ignore the disturbing implications of the ending. After Spider-Man and Wolverine are returned to their original bodies, Peter meets up with Mary Jane and apologises if he was acting weird earlier. MJ then points out that Peter tried to do something sexually inappropriate with her and asks him "not do that 'till we're older."

Just to remind readers, MJ is 15 years old at this point and Wolverine is 150! This throwaway line was completely unneeded and just cemented that the Ultimate Wolverine was a complete and total creep.

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