9 Famous Spider-Man Comic Book Moments That Will Never Happen In The Movies
4. The Green Goblin Hires An Actress To Fake Aunt May's Death, Installs Bomb In Her Brain
It's true that nobody stays dead in the world of comic books (except for Peter Parker's Uncle Ben), but an elderly woman with no superpowers, who had long been portrayed as being ill and one heart attack away from biting the dust, seemed like a pretty safe bet to rest in eternal peace. Instead, the powers that be at Marvel decided that the world of Spider-Man comics really needed Aunt May back, so they created one of the most perplexing resurrection explanations in history: May had actually been kidnapped by Norman Osborn, aka, the Green Goblin, while an actress had been hired to die in her place as part of some grand scheme to emotionally torment Peter.
To make matters worse, after Aunt May is revealed to be alive, Osborn tells Peter that he installed a genetic bomb in her head that would detonate if anyone tried to remove it. Of course, the bomb is removed, nobody is hurt, and May remains alive to this day, as resilient as ever.
Aunt May's resurrection remains one of those only in comic book kinds of moments and even with that explanation, it's a story that strains credulity to its limits.