Quote Originally Posted by CrimsonEchidna View Post
The more I think about it, Peter the "eternal Grad Student" makes sense since Marvel has been trying to put the genie back in the bottle concerning Peter's age since the end of JMS' run.
Agreed.

They re-established Peter and Mary Jane as students in 1997-1998, I wonder why they backed away from it, why it took this long. They clearly wanted a younger Spider-Man, and establishing him as a student is the best way of achieving that.