Spider-Man PS4: 10 Comic Storylines Insomniac Must Use

by Ewan Paterson

1. To Have And To Hold

Spider-Man Matt Fraction To Have and To Hold
Marvel Comics

Anyone who's anyone knows that Peter Parker is a bit of a hit with the ladies. Most have endured tragedy as a result, but still, Parker's had an awful lot of love interests.

Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson are of course his two most famous flames, but Peter's also held romantic attractions with Betty Brant, Felicia Hardy and more. There's only really one person who's been able to truly capture the wall-crawler's heart however, and that has to be Mary Jane.

Having hit the proverbial jackpot when Pete first met the archetypal 'girl next door', the two have dated, broken up, married and, well, we won't bother talking about that ret-con again. Regardless, she's Spidey's most iconic flame and one of Marvel's greatest supporting characters. If you're looking for a place to find that best represented, you could do a lot worse than looking at 'To Have and To Hold' - a one shot issue written by Matt Fraction in the immediate aftermath of Civil War.

Fraction is of course one of the industry's brightest talents, and his love letter to the Pete/MJ relationship is as wonderful and endearing as comics can get. Over the course of 30 pages, Fraction not only reiterates just how important their romance is to the identity of Spider-Man as a whole, it shouts their marriage loud and proud, unashamedly, in a manner that I can only imagine infuriated those with the notion that superheroes somehow can't get married. Of course they can. And if any couple were to best encapsulate the reasons why heroes should be able to tie the knot, it would be Spidey and MJ.

If Insomniac's Spider-Man really is a long way into his unconventional career, it would be absolutely wonderful if he and MJ were together. If they're looking for reasons why, then To Have and To Hold offers them in abundance.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.