I am a 50 year old Spider-Man fan that prefers an adult Peter and one that is married to Mary Jane. I want them with children.
I am a 50 year old Spider-Man fan that prefers an adult Peter and one that is married to Mary Jane. I want them with children.
Last edited by Starrius; 01-21-2022 at 12:20 AM.
I created a thread about Dick Grayson/Nightwing and Koriand'r/Starfire. It is to acknowledge and honor their iconic and popular relationship.
I created a fan page about Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson. This page is for all the Spider-Marriage fans.
HAH! He was legit hoping his daughter wouldn't develop spider-powers! He was aspiring to be a non-mentor in the superhero way.
Funny thing is that is part of what made it feel right. Pete's insecurities about his abilities as a hero exploded when he tried to figure out how to teach May how to use her powers.... then the April story happened... ooooh boy did THAT make Pete's life even more interesting.
Yeah, I remember that one. Felt kind of bad for her, given that Peter didn't react so well to having a clone of his daughter created by one of his archenemies and hybridized with the Venom symbiote (another one of his archenemies). Understandable, but still kind of sad.
The spider is always on the hunt.
Adult with a wife and a kid. I know he has multiple alt-future daughters but it would be interesting to see Pete deal with the responsibility of being a new father and a superhero.
Maybe even have MJ die and he has to be a solo parent (with Aunt May’s help) and he has to tell May that he’s Spider-Man and the conversations she would have with him about how she’s proud of him being a hero but his child has to come first now.
You could eventually revive MJ but have that single father period.
Spider-Man is primarily for kids. The teenage version is more relatable if he's dealing with school work, bullies, crushes, an over-protective parent, being misunderstood etc. Practically every American teenage super-hero since has been, to one degree or another, a copy of Spider-Man.
As a kid I cared more about the issues of him married and an adult than when I read his high school years in the classic comics. If all it is was high school I would have never been into him because I preferred adult heroes. The fact that he was in high school in his past was cool because it shows he grew as a hero, and the fact that he started as a kid and grew into the adult he was currently was the most interesting part of deciding to follow the character and having him become my favorite.
If Spider-Man was only a high school hero, he would be very limited in appeal and it would be extremely reductive compared to what he has become by telling the story of how he grew up. It is due to his growth that he is both popular with kids AND adults. I honestly would be on the Batman forums and not even read Spider-Man if he was in high school for 60 years.
Last edited by Vortex85; 01-22-2022 at 11:37 AM.
For main canon; yes, I prefer Peter as a married adult trying to balance between his responsibilities both as a man and a superhero.
I was a teenager reading marriage Spider-Man comics. The main appeal to me was Peter's forward progression as a character. He went from High School to College to marriage to potentially having children. People don't like high school Spider-Man so much as they like the idea of seeing Peter grow from high school to adulthood.
If I wanted High School Peter I could always read Ultimate Spider-Man and if I wanted near future adult Peter Parker, I could always read Spider-Girl.