Comic By Comic: Spider-Man's One Night Stand

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I cam across this particular blog post and i could not let it pass without comment. In case you haven't heard, Spider-man has been reb00ted according to a storyline called "Brand New Day". In effect they started from scratch. Almost none of the events of the past 20 years happened. No marriage and no public reveal of Spider-man's secret identity. In effect I'd say that the move was made to try to make Spider-man more relateable to young readers. What they forgot was that many of us fans are now grown and married with families of our own. It was fun watching Peter struggle with many of the same issues I fight with. But they wanted a Spider-man free of the responsibilities a wife brings and instead free to date....and have one night stands!!!!?



As the blogger points out, it's only hinted at that Peter and this woman had sex and not explicitly said...but I don't need spider-senses to notice something happened. The scene is played for laughs but I'm not laughing. It's exacerbated by the fact the Peter doesn't remember what they did. Not good. And a big difference from a story in 2001 when Spider-man was hired to stop a gamma-powered zombie by a wealthy man. When Spider-man was on the plane a woma, who woman who worked for the mobster, hit on him and made it plainly obvious what she was offering him. Because Peter was married then , he said no and even webbed the entrance to the cabin where he was so she couldn't get to him. Now that was funny and tasteful. And the kind of hero Spider-man truly is. When I have a chance to scan that page, I will post it as soon as I can.



Comic By Comic: Spider-Man's One Night Stand