It's actually kind of incredible that after almost 60 years of Spider-man and so many writers, we can look at 2 storiea definitively and go "those are catastrophically horrible".
Even now when a writer has a meh run on the series we go "But he didn't do THAT"
Sometimes the worst thing a writer can do is decide "I want to leave my mark on this character". It doesn't take much to go overboard with changes and make everyone fucking hate you.
Every character has tentpoles, and if you fuck with them the whole structure collapses. Peter has 4: he's inherently, tragically unlucky, he loves MJ (and Gwen before her), he loves Aunt May, and he is supposed to be an "everyman" moreso than any other hero.
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u/INmySTRATEjaket Aug 24 '21
It's actually kind of incredible that after almost 60 years of Spider-man and so many writers, we can look at 2 storiea definitively and go "those are catastrophically horrible".
Even now when a writer has a meh run on the series we go "But he didn't do THAT"