In true nerd fashion, I received a text message from a friend of mine a few days ago that said “check out spidey controversy peterandMJ done.” I had to follow up on this cryptic, and clearly distress-driven message. I mean, he couldn’t even bring himself to separate peterandmj with spaces, indicating his desire for them to remain together (Or maybe it’s just hard to text while you’re driving). The bottom line is this: Peter Parker and Mary Jane are no longer, at least in the comic book world. Let’s discuss!

Spidey’s main book, “The Amazing Spider-Man” started a new arc titled “Brand New Day” which comes out three times a month (Three times?? That requires dedication, even from a nerd). In it, Aunt May is on her death bed, but Peter and Mary Jane are visited by Mephisto, a dude who wears a cape but no shirt underneath. A superhero who can’t properly dress himself clearly has priority issues, so he makes a bizarre offer to save Aunt May in exchange for Peter and Mary Jane’s marriage vows. Oh, and he also made everyone in the world forget that Peter Parker revealed himself as Spider-Man. So we’re basically looking at pre-1987 Spider-Man (before he married MJ).

Every year, it seems like two or three big events occur to shake up the comic world. Last year it was Civil War, which revealed Peter Parker’s identity to the world. Marvel said this would open up Spider-Man to an entirely new batch of stories, but they must have run out of those pretty quickly if they’re already resorting to another major change in his life. These types of events are good press for comics, as they always get national coverage. Everyone knows Captain America died last year. But ultimately, these attention-grabbing storylines run out of steam because the writers don’t plan far enough ahead. That makes it hard to invest in this new twist, because fans have been burned before. I bought Civil War and all the Amazing Spider-Man issues that coincided with it, and now I feel like I wasted my time because that entire story is erased.

I could demonstrate another level of nerdiness by continuing, but I don’t want to bore the casual readers out there. Just know that Peter Parker and MJ have split up, and they’ll probably be back together in a year.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 8:25 pm and is filed under Nerd Supreme, Comics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

In true nerd fashion, I received a text message from a friend of mine a few days ago that said “check out spidey controversy peterandMJ done.” I had to follow up on this cryptic, and clearly distress-driven message. I mean, he couldn’t even bring himself to separate peterandmj with spaces, indicating his desire for them to remain together (Or maybe it’s just hard to text while you’re driving). The bottom line is this: Peter Parker and Mary Jane are no longer, at least in the comic book world. Let’s discuss!

Spidey’s main book, “The Amazing Spider-Man” started a new arc titled “Brand New Day” which comes out three times a month (Three times?? That requires dedication, even from a nerd). In it, Aunt May is on her death bed, but Peter and Mary Jane are visited by Mephisto, a dude who wears a cape but no shirt underneath. A superhero who can’t properly dress himself clearly has priority issues, so he makes a bizarre offer to save Aunt May in exchange for Peter and Mary Jane’s marriage vows. Oh, and he also made everyone in the world forget that Peter Parker revealed himself as Spider-Man. So we’re basically looking at pre-1987 Spider-Man (before he married MJ).

Every year, it seems like two or three big events occur to shake up the comic world. Last year it was Civil War, which revealed Peter Parker’s identity to the world. Marvel said this would open up Spider-Man to an entirely new batch of stories, but they must have run out of those pretty quickly if they’re already resorting to another major change in his life. These types of events are good press for comics, as they always get national coverage. Everyone knows Captain America died last year. But ultimately, these attention-grabbing storylines run out of steam because the writers don’t plan far enough ahead. That makes it hard to invest in this new twist, because fans have been burned before. I bought Civil War and all the Amazing Spider-Man issues that coincided with it, and now I feel like I wasted my time because that entire story is erased.

I could demonstrate another level of nerdiness by continuing, but I don’t want to bore the casual readers out there. Just know that Peter Parker and MJ have split up, and they’ll probably be back together in a year.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 8:25 pm and is filed under Nerd Supreme, Comics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.