I think the story has its problems. I mean, so many problems.

And yet, when I reread it, I always get to that last page before her murder and I find it hard to turn that page. Because so long as I don't turn that page, then things stay the same.

Her death isn't just the death of innocence for Peter Parker's story, it's also a pivotal moment in comic book history. It is the very beginning of the Dark Age of comics and a major point of maturation for the medium, for better and for worse.

But again, it's pretty offensive. Even if MJ is given a major push because of it, you still have a woman who's death is used as a plot device and not much more. Her story is taken from her.