Spider-Man comic update

Marvel erases Spidey-MJ marriage

Those who know Spider-Man only from Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst in the movies might be surprised to learn that in the comic book, the web-spinning hero has been married for almost 21 years.

In Amazing Spider-Man #545 last week, Peter and Mary Jane make a tearful deal with the devil-like character Mephisto: In exchange for saving Aunt May’s life, Mephisto erases all traces of the Peter-Mary Jane marriage from memory.

(Aunt May was shot by a sniper Kingpin hired. Pinapapatay na po kasi ang lahat ng family ni spiderman after lumantad sya sa public na sya si Peter Parker) — Basahin nyo ang Marvel Comics crossover “Civil War” andun yan!

In the issue out this week, subtitled Brand New Day, Peter Parker returns to his roots — young, nerdy and single. Aunt May is alive and well and Mary Jane is again just part of the cast. The marriage never happened.

A Brand New Day

With time running out, Peter tried several avenues, from the technological to the mystical, to save May’s life. At a dead-end, Mephisto appeared to Peter and Mary Jane offering to restore May to health, but at the price of their holy bond of matrimony. To prevent May from simply getting shot again, Mephisto agreed to use arcane means to make the world forget they ever knew Spider-Man’s secret identity. After spending one more day together, Mary Jane selflessly took the initiative and agreed to the bargain, knowing Peter would never forgive himself if he rejected a chance to save May for his own happiness. She had faith that their love would be strong enough to reunite them. Peter consented and awoke to a world where his marriage never took place, and his relationship with Mary Jane broken. Living back with Aunt May, alive and well, in his old Forest Hills home, Peter attended a party welcoming home from rehab his old friend Harry Osborn – somehow returned to life in the aftermath of the deal.

cheers!

~ by ishotaby on January 11, 2008.