Mary Jane Watson-Parker Appreciation 2020

[Frontier]

Bendis didn't care about that at all.

And we are glad for it, lol.

(Slott probably had some idea he wanted to do for MJ that probably involved Regent, but had to change it when Bendis claimed her for Iron Man.)

I thought the whole Regent arc was just so he could do an Iron Man crossover. Although we may never know...

[Revolutionary_Jack]

I thought the whole Regent arc was just so he could do an Iron Man crossover. Although we may never know...

Slott said that he wrote the Regent story under the impression that Bendis was planning to ship Iron Man and Mary Jane, but that never happened at all in Bendis' run.

The idea of MJ maybe dating Tony which was in that Power Play arc was literally never followed by Bendis even once. Since he portrays MJ consistently as friendly with Tony, but at the end of the day, not impressed with him.

[Agent Z]

Re: the upside down kiss. It has been done in the comics before the movie but with Black Cat in place of MJ if iirc.

[Kevinroc]

I thought the whole Regent arc was just so he could do an Iron Man crossover. Although we may never know...

This was really an assumption on my part that Slott was going to do a Regent arc in ASM after RYV and that it would have involved MJ in some way. The Regent arc in ASM is really weird and didn't really gel with what Bendis was doing with MJ over in Iron Man.

[WebLurker]

From the outside looking in moreso then if you get to know them better.

That's how a lot of good "opposites attract" and similar pairings work.

[Celgress]

A new chapter of my "What If OMD Never Happened?" story Another Strand in the Great Web has been posted. Spider-Verse cometh, but without any tired vampire ripoffs lol! -

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1281972...-The-Great-Web

If so inclined, enjoy.

[Frontier]

For anyone who's interested, Mary Jane was mentioned in the first Marvel's Spider-Man: Maximum Venom special when Aunt May tells a lonely Peter that Anna Watson's niece just moved in next door.

She'll appear in the next special scheduled to air May 17th.

[Electricmastro]

Checked around, and apparently this is Mary Jane’s first cover appearance (The Amazing Spider-Man #59, April 1968):

[Huntsman Spider]

For anyone who's interested, Mary Jane was mentioned in the first Marvel's Spider-Man: Maximum Venom special when Aunt May tells a lonely Peter that Anna Watson's niece just moved in next door.

She'll appear in the next special scheduled to air May 17th.

Thanks for the heads-up. Another reason to look forward to next month.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

Checked around, and apparently this is Mary Jane’s first cover appearance (The Amazing Spider-Man #59, April 1968):

Yeah. Also before Gwen.

[Frontier]

Checked around, and apparently this is Mary Jane’s first cover appearance (The Amazing Spider-Man #59, April 1968):

That go-go dress .

[Digifiend]

For anyone who's interested, Mary Jane was mentioned in the first Marvel's Spider-Man: Maximum Venom special when Aunt May tells a lonely Peter that Anna Watson's niece just moved in next door.

She'll appear in the next special scheduled to air May 17th.

Why is it only airing monthly?

[CrimsonEchidna]

Slott said that he wrote the Regent story under the impression that Bendis was planning to ship Iron Man and Mary Jane, but that never happened at all in Bendis' run.

The idea of MJ maybe dating Tony which was in that Power Play arc was literally never followed by Bendis even once. Since he portrays MJ consistently as friendly with Tony, but at the end of the day, not impressed with him.

Didn't Bendis even go on record that he requested to use MJ as a supporting character in the Iron Man book at the time because Slott, at the time, he no plans for her?

[Revolutionary_Jack]

Didn't Bendis even go on record that he requested to use MJ as a supporting character in the Iron Man book at the time because Slott, at the time, he no plans for her?

Yeah.

Real miscommunication of intent all around there.

[Frontier]

That was a weird time for Spider-Man in general.

Why is it only airing monthly?

They only have six specials. They're likely trying to space them out.