Quote Originally Posted by WebLurker View Post
Well, "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" has been vindicated by history, OMD has not (in terms of the stories themselves, not talking about the repercussions on the franchise). Also, a lot of OMD division and controversy is centered on whether the retcon to the status quo was good/needed/etc. or not. (In fact, I think that the the "OMD discussion" has not become about the story itself but the marriage.)
I do think "making a deal with the devil" is the real major sticking point to why people hate it so much. I believe if it had just been something like a divorce, people would've still been upset but the backlash would not nearly be as bad.