10 Iconic Spider-Man Comics Moments We're Still Waiting To See On Screen
9. The Death Of Jean DeWolff
Writer Peter David forever changed the way readers viewed Spider-Man comics with his 1985-86 Spectacular Spider-Man arc, The Death of Jean DeWolff. In this story, longtime supporting cast member police Captain Jean DeWolff, is murdered in her home by a masked sociopath dubbed the Sin-Eater. The arc is significant because it is the first truly "dark" Spider-Man comic that is similar in tone to Frank Miller's work on Daredevil and Batman. DeWolff has yet to figure into the Spider-Man cinematic universe, but she could easily be introduced as a tertiary character at some point (a la Felicia Hardy and Alistair Smythe in The Amazing Spider-Man 2), so that an adaptation of this storyline would be a possibility. The only potential strike against it is that DeWolffs death is quite violent in the comics, which is what makes the moment so shocking. A faithful adaptation could potentially raise the hypothetical films rating to an R, which is usually bad news for a movie studio trying to attract the largest audience possible. Still, the idea of seeing Spider-Man sleuthing around New York City trying to find Jeans killer, would be a terrific and dramatically different take on the character. Its not exactly friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, but the potential is there for some top-notch storytelling for the director and the rest of the films creative team.
Mark is a professional writer living in Brooklyn and is the founder of the Chasing Amazing Blog, which documents his quest to collect every issue of Amazing Spider-Man, and the Superior Spider-Talk podcast. He also pens the "Gimmick or Good?" column at Comics Should Be Good blog.
