Originally Posted by
Adam Allen
Also, think I'd have to disagree with you about Peter Parker. Not only was he married to MJ and had a successful career through the 90s, which is why the decision to undo his marriage has remained a controversial if not universally despised editorial decisions to this day, but as Spider-Man he has gone from being JJJ's "menace" to probably the most universally respected superhero on 616 earth. Think about it, Parker can waltz into the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and (when they are not doing some editorially mandated mutants-only thing) even the X-Men and get accepted more or less like family in any of the groups. Not even Cap can pull that off, at least not as well. Now true, some of that is due to the popularity with fans, so we've likewise seen Wolverine slutted out to the Avengers and FF on occasion, too -- but I suppose owing to being a generally more likeable person, I think it seems a more believable thing with Peter than with the Canadian cowboy ninja guy.
That's to say nothing of how he's basically like a Professor X type as far as legacy goes, post all the Spider-geddon stuff. You know, not only does 616 have Miles, Jessica Drew, Caine, Ben Reilly, Arana, Octavius and probably a couple others I'm forgetting all running around concurrently, making the Spider-family competitive with the Bat-family for sheer number of associated heroes, but when you dive into the Spider-verse stuff, you have versions of Peter Parker being heroic all over the multiverse, with 616 Peter generally conceded by all the "spider totems" as being the number one real deal, the go-to guy if you really need to save all of reality. And again, gonna grant, this is of course within the fictional context of a character the company already realizes is insanely popular with fans ... my point just being, this is still a pretty far evolution from the awkward teenager and accidental neighborhood hero he was originally created to be.