Spider-Man: 10 Dumbest Creative Decisions The Comics Have Ever Made
3. One More Day
One of the most hated Amazing Spider-Man stories of all-time among comic book fans, "One More Day" is also undeniably stupid.
After Peter Parker reveals his identity to the world, but turns on Iron Man's pro-Superhuman Registration Act forces, he becomes a wanted fugitive. Seeking to take the ultimate revenge on his old enemy, the Kingpin puts out a hit on Spidey and his family, and poor Aunt May ends up taking a bullet. Long story short, she's dying, and Peter is forced to take drastic measures.
After everyone he turns to makes it clear that they can't help, the Marvel Universe's version of the devil, Mephisto, offers Peter a deal: his marriage in exchange for his aunt's life. Peter and MJ accept, and what followed was a new status quo for the web-slinger which regressed his character development by a good 20 or 30 years.
"One Moment in Time" attempted to make sense of this baffling story, but it appears Marvel Comics has finally seen sense and are allowing Nick Spencer to undo this during his current run.