Zendaya's "MJ": Future as a Comics Character?

[Mister Mets]

What role do you think the new supporting character should have in a nearly 60 year old franchise?



What role do you think a new supporting character should have?

New stories allow for new characters. As technology and society change, there's immediately room for new characters to fill new roles. Journalism and media are different now than in the 90s, so a story about Peter at the Bugle or MJ doing a TV show allows for characters whose jobs didn't exist thirty years ago.

When the main characters have new developments, that also creates room for new characters. If Peter & MJ had a kid (or suddenly reunited with a three-year old Baby May) it would be logical to introduce babysitters or other young parents who could be part of their social circle.

There are stories that could've been done before given the backgrounds of the characters, but just haven't been explored yet. How often do we see MJ's directors, or Daily Bugle foreign correspondents?

Nobody would care if they tried to insert Zendaya's MJ into the comics. Nobody cares when they take characters created for the movies and shows and put them in the comics. We saw what happened to Coulson when they added him to the comics.

Her particular role is awkward first love, which is kind of hard to add to Spider-Man at this point outside of major retconning or a new continuity or a reboot.

You may have an exaggerated sense of the effects of a supporting character.

Coulson being in the comics doesn't mean he'll be as popular as Deadpool.