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Meanwhile, the next Spider-Man movie may bring elements of One More Day into the MCU, with Tom Holland's Peter Parker enlisting Doctor Strange's help to make the world forget his secret identity. The question now is whether Ben is temporarily filling Peter's spandex boots, or if our Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man might finally take some time to rest and focus on his personal life for a change.

We recently learned he'll be appearing in Devil's Reign, a Kingpin-centric crossover spinning out of Chip Zdarsky's Daredevil series. He'll even have the backing of the mysterious Beyond Corporation.īen will apparently be Spider-Man in the Marvel Universe for the foreseeable future. In his place, Peter's wayward clone Ben Reilly is going to get a second chance to prove himself as Spider-Man. The Amazing Spider-Man #75 will show Peter being hospitalized after a run-in with a mystery villain, leaving him out of commission for an extended period of time. Hellions writer Zeb Wells and a rotating team of creators are establishing a new storyline dubbed Spider-Man Beyond.
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Regardless, the Peter/MJ romance will remain at the forefront of the series as the next creative team takes over in issue #75. There's no reason to assume that thinking has changed over the last 14 years. Again, Marvel's entire reasoning for ending their marriage in the first place was to bring Peter back to his roots as a freewheeling, chronically unlucky bachelor. Peter and MJ are back to being a couple after roughly a decade's worth of comics spent apart, but it's a little premature to predict wedding bells in their future. Image Credit: Marvel What's Next for Spider-Man?ĭoes this mean Marvel is undoing the events of One More Day? It's hard to say for sure. He even turns the screws by appearing in the form of a young girl, revealing only after the deal is struck that this form is the daughter Peter and MJ will never have. Souls are tasty, but stolen happiness is a true delicacy. In One More Day, Mephisto claims to be motivated out of a general desire to spread misery in the mortal realm. That story infamously shows Peter sacrificing his marriage to MJ in exchange for Aunt May's life, part of Marvel editorial's efforts to bring Spider-Man back to a more traditional, non-married status quo (apparently a divorce would have been a step too far). This is where the series ties back to the events of One More Day. But even Norman was only ever a means to an end so Mephisto could strike at Peter Parker. Mephisto has been the hand guiding Kindred. He sold Harry's soul to Mephisto in exchange for power and notoriety, and the unholy consequences of that bargain have been plaguing the Osborn and Parker families ever since. It all dates back to a time before Norman Osborn became the Green Goblin. In the end, we learn even Kindred has just been a pawn in a multi-year game being played by Mephisto. But if that weren't all complicated enough, there's an even bigger villain who's been pulling the Harry A.I.'s strings - Mephisto. He's even relied on partners like Mysterio to create illusions and false memories, which is why both Norman and Mary Jane thought they remembered the Gwen affair. (Image Credit: Marvel)īasically, all of these lies and deceptions have been part of the Harry A.I.'s fiendish plot against Spider-Man and his father. Harry is back to being Spidey's dead best friend.
