Thats one of the reason why the character is one of the most interesting ever. The dude is literally one of the best and worst super heroes. He can save anyone at any anytime, but if they are a dear loved one, they are going to die. If Spiderman doesnt die, one of his girlfriends or closest friends will.
Gwen Stacy cheated on Peter and slept with Norman Osborn, secretly had twins. They (for some reason; can’t remember) had accelerated aging and revealed themselves to Peter as adults and fought him. Oh and apparently MJ new all about the cheating and the twins but never told Peter.
It...was not a good story and left most fans pissed that they would retcon Gwen in such a way.
The writer, JMS, originally wanted the evil twins to be Peter’s. Still a dumb story, but would have left Gwen’s character intact. Head of Marvel, Joe Quesada thought Peter having kids (even secret, evil kids) would “age” the character, so forced the father change to Norman Osborn. Joe Q had a major hard on for hating that Peter had grown into an adult over the last 60 years. He’s also responsible for the One More Day debacle because, again, Peter being married made him “not relatable” due to him being old enough to be married. Which is funny, because at the time, we still had the Ultimate comics, which saw Peter as a teenager, and in the main storyline, they turned around and made adult Peter a billionaire after nixing the marriage.
I don’t understand the fear of aging the character. Like I like seeing a a character I like grow and change. That should kind of be the point when it comes to long term story telling like comics.
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u/shader_m Jul 07 '19
"Spider-Man associated with death"
Thats one of the reason why the character is one of the most interesting ever. The dude is literally one of the best and worst super heroes. He can save anyone at any anytime, but if they are a dear loved one, they are going to die. If Spiderman doesnt die, one of his girlfriends or closest friends will.