Last edited by Chubistian; 09-10-2019 at 12:05 PM.
"The Batman is Gotham City. I will watch him. Study him. And when I know him and why he does not kill, I will know this city. And then Gotham will be MINE!"-BANE
"We're monsters, buddy. Plain and simple. I don't dress it up with fancy names like mutant or post-human; men were born crueler than Apes and we were born crueler than men. It's just the natural order of things"-ULTIMATE SABRETOOTH
Some lists do consider ASM #41-43 to be one big story.
https://www.cbr.com/50-greatest-spid...s-master-list/
Granted, the story is more than just the one moment.
But Gwen remains a love interest even when she isn't in a relationship with Peter.
Sincerely,
Thomas Mets
I didn't know that but I think it's fine to consider it one story, and I also agree that it's more than just one moment that made it special. The introduction of The Rhino is important, not just because of his relevance as a villain, but also because he is the first rogue introduced by John Romita Sr in ASM. Also, it was part of the selection of stories taken by Loeb to do Spider-Man Blue, while the plot concerning John Jameson was disposed of
"The Batman is Gotham City. I will watch him. Study him. And when I know him and why he does not kill, I will know this city. And then Gotham will be MINE!"-BANE
"We're monsters, buddy. Plain and simple. I don't dress it up with fancy names like mutant or post-human; men were born crueler than Apes and we were born crueler than men. It's just the natural order of things"-ULTIMATE SABRETOOTH
This. All of this.
Gwen at the time was not that interesting (to me). Her personality was inconsistent. She was Liz 2.0 for awhile - I really wonder why they bothered to write out Liz if they were going to replace her with someone just like her. And then like someone just flicked a switch, Gwen became this clingy nice girl. MJ was always more interesting.
I can see Gwen and Peter breaking up because of his Spidey secret.
Gwen became a lot more interesting in death than she ever was in life. I think it worked out for the best the way it happened, although I am appalled that Conway got death threats, I didn't know that.
Marvel actually printed those letters on page back in the day. They put death threats in the actual letter's columns and so on. This was Pre-John Lennon's assassination where people didn't think fans would outright murder creators.
The real low point for Conway was Stan Lee's conduct. Stan Lee knew about Gwen's death and he basically shrugged and said why not. When the backlash happened, Lee tried to pass the buck on to Conway and say that he knew nothing and so on, and Conway felt that Lee was putting his own reputation and fondness for being liked over loyalty to his writer. Roy Thomas who was Lee's friend was appalled at this and he put out a public letter shaming Lee and telling everyone that Lee knew the story and approved it.
As per Sean Howe, Conway never forgave Lee for that, although professionally they kept working and Conway speaks well of Lee after that.