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Yet Batman is able to. Superman, too.

If Spider-Man is so successful bringing in younger readers as you said, surely that would extend to spin-offs?



My mistake, I left Spider-Boy off,...

Thanks for teeing me up!

I agree.

ULTIMATE Spider-Man is doing an amazing job bringing new faces into the stores, as LCS owners have testified on social media.

ASM and Batman sell well,...

And then he wrote a treatment where Peter finds Mary Jane.

https://spiderman-animated.fandom.com/wiki/Peter_Finds_Mary_Jane



They “end” it all the time, or come close to the end.

JMS...

I’m still confused. The story very explicitly states that Spider-Man’s continuity is Marvel U continuity and vice versa. That’s the world built in the story.



I continue to be confused. If...

But...but...that's treating Peter like he's an actual three dimensional human character whose adventures and experience matter and build upon and inform each other and not his current actual...

I don't think overall fan opinion was necessarily low, but I highly doubt anyone would have put Kraven on the same level as, say, the Green Goblin or Doc Ock prior to KLH.

Now he's enough of an...

I'm confused. Because rejecting it for continuity was about the Marvel Universe, not Spider-Man. If they were concerned only about re-setting Spider-Man, then JMS's story would have been of extreme...

A bit off topic but quickly: I’m an omnivore media consumer. To list my favorite books/media properties would take pages and bore everyone.

But on storytelling, here are a few classic resources...

There are zero problems with killing a supporting character off, and I doubt anyone would have called Kraven a “staple” before KLH elevated the character. IMO, that’s allowing nostalgia to take the...

The real reason IMO why none of the Kraven replacements work is that they are the epitome of “and then” storytelling. They just appear because “we need a Kraven” without examining WHY the story needs...

That’s the iconic Alien Costume Saga by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz.

Amazing Spider-Man 258 has the costume taking Peter out for a spin while sleeping

That issue also has:
Mary Jane reveals...

Word of God:

https://i.imgur.com/JjhuHsV.png

You’re discussing story beats instead of character progression.

However, KLH continues to be referenced as a touchpoint in Peter’s life to this day, even brought up in the current run via...

Spider-Man’s story is an integral part of the Marvel U. They can’t be separated. That’s why JMS’s original ending for OMD was rejected.



It is impossible to have one’s cake and eat it, too....

He's not allowed to now.

But before OMD, he did. That's what Spencer is meta-critiquing.

You bring up great points, although I would argue this is still about plot beats instead of the main topic which is character development.

You point to the difference between "but/therefore"...

Examples?

Because Peter declaring "Otto was a jerk" and putting on a web diaper as his reaction to Superior is, um, yeah, no. Not character development and growth. The opposite.

Peter taking...

Quoting for truth.

The toy box mentality should be number one on the list of things to eliminate to maintain the life of Peter Parker. It's not preserving him, it's killing him as a viable,...

Since we're identifying fallacies, this is the moving the goalposts informal fallacy, as the original assertion was "There were no fans 'demanding' it."



You're right, although I believed the...

MARVEL tells us it is one story.

MARVEL, the ones who supposedly "got their continuity right this first time."

This isn't a case of fanon, of readers trying to impose their interpretation on...

I agree, there are a myriad of possible solutions that can be used to cross that bridge should the bridge need to be crossed.

And it's not like one has to worry about his supporting cast. His...

It’s more that thanks to social media and the like, fallacious arguments are amplified and multiplied. And it feels like fewer and fewer people are educated how to recognize fallacies.

In my...

By this definition - an editor determining a title's direction - much of Marvel's history is "editorial interference." We're seeing X-Men go through it right now. Are X-Men fans not supposed to...

You are describing toxic masculinity. But agree with getting back on topic.



Not to mention, this is a story with established characters so even if reality matched what was being asserted -...

No one gender has the monopoly on being "weak" or "needing protection" or cheating on their spouse/lover. I also find the characterization of what women look for in a partner to not be accurate.
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