9. The Spider-Man Comic Strip Is The Only Place MJ And Peter Are Still Married
At some point after taking control over Marvel Comics, editor-in-chief Joe Quesada went mad with power and decided that the only version of Spider-Man permissible was the one he grew up with, one in which Peter Parker was not married, free to be a hapless superhero largely devoid of the "responsibility" part of the whole "power and responsibility" bit. Never mind that nearly - almost literally- every other version of the character from across a multitude of movies, cartoons, and even other comic books basically held to the "classic" version of Spider-Man as a teenage web-slinger; he had to have it all, including/especially the core/main Marvel universe books. What's that? You grew up with Spider-Man married to MJ? You like them together? "Too bad," he says. "Have 'One More Day' instead, and if you're still reading, we'll address your grievances with mockery in the letter column." Yeah, it's a pretty raw deal, but at least there is some source of salvation. For whatever reason, the newspaper comic strip The Amazing Spider-Man managed to escape this edict, although not unscathed. On January 1st, 2009, the strip indeed attempted a reboot which followed the comic books with an unmarried Wall Crawler; however, rather than erasing the marriage from existence, the story was said to be set before the two were wed. A few months later, presumably after outcry, the marriage was returned to the strip with the previous arc revealed to be a dream, Dallas-style. Currently - at least, until someone who grew up on a married Spider-Man takes over as EIC of Marvel, presumably - the newspaper comic strip (which is still written with an assist from Stan Lee) is the only place you'll find a Spider-Man married to Mary Jane Watson. Oh, and if you dig back through the archives a bit, you'll find J. Jonah Jameson hunting Spider-Man in a suit of Iron Man's armor, too.
Former Nintendo Power writer, current Nintendo Force writer. Wrote the book on Mega Man (The Robot Master Field Guide). Was once fired by Vince McMahon. Dabbles in video games, comic books, toys, and fast food curiosities. Once had a new species of exotic bird named after him. It died.
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