Quote Originally Posted by Kevinroc View Post
Even though MJ wasn't physically there, she still had a presence in the book since Aunt May first threw out the idea of Peter going out with her. She was first mentioned in ASM #15. That's only ONE issue after The Green Goblin first showed up. And it's also the same issue that saw Kraven the Hunter first appear.

(And it seemed, for a time, that Aunt May's whole role in the book was getting Peter to go out with the neighbor's niece.)
Most people seem to feel like MJ is pretty foundational to the Spider-Man mythos.

That could change with mainstream audiences, I suppose, given that neither the Webb films nor the MCU has used her yet. (Unless you count the "my friends call me MJ" line in Homecoming.)

But I don't see it changing with comics fans anytime soon.