The Amazing Spider-Man: One Last Dance Saga

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These are ideas for an imaginary Amazing Spider-Man run that came about from a conversation in the What's The Problem With Spider-Man Comics Today? thread about how to go about undoing One More Day. I decided to refine those ideas and make them into a list of "Previews" for what would probably end up being one of the most insane, hopefully compelling and probably divisive Amazing Spider-Man runs of all time if it could ever become a reality, I also expanded these ideas into full arcs. I've made a big old list of the characters that would show up in this arc if it were real at ComicVine. Enjoy!

1. "One Last Dance: The Heart of The World" - The lives of Peter Parker and his longtime on and off again girlfriend/ex-fiancée Mary Jane Watson are about to change forever as The Redeemer, the living embodiment of The Enigma Force, returns to Earth for the first time in years to return something precious that was lost to them, but will they be able to hold onto it when The Redeemer begins to show an intense distrust of Mary Jane?

2. "One Last Dance: Imposters Among Us" - After the shocking events of last issue, Peter and The Redeemer find themselves on the run with That Which Was Lost after upending the lives of everyone who thought they knew Mary Jane Watson including her current boyfriend Paul!

3. "One Last Dance: Finding Ways to Deal" - What is the one thing that Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, Johnny Blaze, Miles Morales, Otto Octavius, Stephen Strange and Tony Stark all have in common? That is the question The Redeemer seeks to answer as he and That Which Was Lost delve into some of The Enigma Force's oldest memories.

4. "One Last Dance: Moments in Time" - It's time to suit up for a Journey Into Mystery as Peter Parker, Johnny Blaze and The Redeemer take That Which Was Lost into the wild spaces of The Outside to retrieve the enigmatic Books of Peter, Mary Jane and Johnny. What are these strange fragments of Creation and what mysteries do they contain?

5. "One Last Dance: Revelations" - The truth behind Peter Parker's greatest sin stands revealed as The Redeemer tears open the false universe of Earth-81545, a world in which Peter Parker did not make it to his and Mary Jane's wedding! But where is the real Mary Jane Watson-Parker? The answer will surprise you!

6. "One Last Dance Finale: Redemption" - After the events of Civil War and Back in Black, Peter Parker was forced to make a decision that forever changed his life. Now, as he prepares to dive straight into Hell to save Mary Jane, he must once again make a similar life-altering choice as The Redeemer offers him one final chance at redemption. What path will Peter choose this time?

7. "Paths: Separate Ways" - As everyone grieves over the deaths of her husband Peter and his Aunt May, Mary Jane Watson-Parker and her five year old daughter May "Mayday" Parker begin the next phase of their lives. But who in the Wild World of Sports is Paul and why is he claiming to be Mary Jane's boyfriend?

8. "Paths: With Ultimate Power..." - The Redeemer once walked the path of the Warrior to save the Microverse from a madman and walked the path of the Healer following his resurrection but now, in the wake of Peter Parker's death, he finds himself on the verge of another major course correction. The path of the Paladin now lies before him, will The Redeemer claim the mantle of Captain Universe for himself or give into the darkness?

9. "Paths: Coming of Age" - Miles Morales is having trouble adjusting to life as New York's one and only Amazing Spider-Man and a change in tactics as he finds himself picking up Peter's workload. After learning of his growing distress, Mary Jane offers to help Miles make sense of the situation he has found himself thrust into and come to terms with Peter's passing.

10. "Paths: Cats in the Cradle" - Felicia Hardy a.k.a. The Black Cat finds herself crawling back up from an abyss of despair as she deals with coming to terms with Peter's death, the crushing guilt of dating him and befriending a false Mary Jane while the real deal was in mortal danger and her newly restored memories of the true timeline.

11. "Paths: All the King's Horses" - Miles and Captain Universe's unending crusades against the forces of evil on both ends of the power spectrum has lead to the dismantling of Wilson Fisk's largest operations, dramatically reducing the size and influence of his criminal empire, leading to the rise of several would-be crime lords who see this as an opportunity to take the big man down once and for all. Meanwhile, Mary Jane's life becomes even more complicated when Wolverine comes around for a visit, trying to find the reason behind his newly restored memories of living alongside her and Peter at Avengers Tower.

12. "Paths Finale: All for One and One for All" - The dawn of a new Heroic Age is at hand! After finding a recording Peter made prior to his death, Mary Jane forms the think tank aptly named "Amazing Friends" comprised of herself, her daughter Mayday, Captain Universe, Miles Morales: The Amazing Spider-Man and The Black Cat in hopes of brainstorming a permanent way to honor Peter's legacy as Spider-Man and the lives he touched.

13. "Amazing Friends Prologue: Clash of the Spiders" - While news of the newly established Amazing Spider-Man Foundation backed by Mary Jane Watson-Parker and her Amazing Friends begins making waves across the Marvel Universe, Miles finds himself in a fight for his life against the Bonnie and Clyde-esque ride or die duo of Chasm and Hallow's Eve! But something seems off about them, even more so than usual, whatever could it be?

14. "Amazing Friends: Beyond Good and Evil" - While Miles teams up with The Slingers to investigate the alleged return of Eddie McDonough a.k.a. The Hornet, Chasm and Hallow's Eve find themselves in Captain Universe's crosshairs as he realizes they are being controlled from outside space-time by the faceless Mr. Beyond.

15. "Amazing Friends: Light and Shadow" - Captain Universe elicits help from his opposite, the King in Black, and an even greater power, The Phoenix Force, in order to deal with the Multiverse-ending threat of Mr. Beyond in The Outside while Miles and The Slingers face off against Hornet, Chasm and Hallow's Eve.

16. "Amazing Friends: Mary Jane & Black Cat: Into the Microverse" - Mary Jane and Felicia Hardy fight a desperate battle to protect both themselves and Mayday after Mr. Beyond's reality-twisting death strands them on the planet of Yttrium in the Microverse, where the Squadron Sinister's Hyperion reigns as its Emperor and the Sinister Six now serve as his Imperial Enforcers.

17. "Amazing Friends: Mayday & Slapstick's Echhscellent Adventure!" - After the harrowing events of "Into the Microverse", everyone is in desperate need of a vacation, thankfully the Impossible Man has the perfect place in mind...Dimension Echhs! Can the awesome hero Slapstick and young Mayday Parker save her beloved mother Mary Jane and her friends the powerless Captain Universe, the all-too curious Black Cat and the less-than-Spectacular Miles Morales: Spider-Man from the crazy machinations of Obnoxio the Clown before they all get pies to the face?

18. "Amazing Friends: Love vs. Marriage" - Mary Jane finds herself in the middle of the ultimate couples dispute between Captain Universe and his estranged wife Cilicia, the Queen of Lost Spartak! Can examples of the problems she and Peter Parker once faced in their own marriage and the ways in which they overcame them prevent a lethal divorce?!

19. "Amazing Friends Finale: One Year Later" - It has been one year since Mary Jane was rescued from the clutches of Mephisto, reunited with a daughter she thought stillborn and lost her husband to the machinations of fate. As the rain falls outside this night, Mary Jane finds herself learning things about her husband even she was not aware of as Lord Chaos and Master Order come to pay their respects to their former champion's beloved.

20. "Amazing Friends Epilogue: The Road Home" - In another world, Peter Parker's wife Mary Jane was killed by the Kingpin's assassin, he got his revenge and has languished in jail for over a year but now, without warning, he finds himself in another world...one in which he died saving her from the ultimate foe. Determined to get the woman he loves back, Peter Parker makes his way home...

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21. "Intermissions: Daughter of the one, true Spider-Man" - In the not too distant future, Mayday Parker battles Mephisto for the fate of Earth, reflecting on her life and the people who made her into who she is today.

22. "Intermissions: The War on Paul" - After learning "his" Mary Jane was a demonic doppelganger and that the real one will have nothing to do with either him or his children, Paul has been losing his mind, his obsession with the real Mary Jane growing out of control. As Paul teeters on the edge of oblivion and his children are taken by CPS, a war-weary Mephisto appears before Paul to make a dark deal but it would seem that Dormammu, Shuma-Gorath and Nightmare all have other plans in store for him!

23. "Intermissions: Tournament Arc" - The Champion of the Universe is holding the ultimate Contest of Champions on Earth to decide the next holder of his title and Felicia Hardy is hedging her bets on Captain Universe! With an all-star line up of powerful opponents to face, can Captain Universe come out of the tournament on top?

24. "Intermissions: My Own Romance" - It's the return of Spider-Gwen! Miles is having a bad day, what with him being kicked around by the U-Foes all day, can Gwen Stacy of Earth-65 help take some of the edge off?

25. "Fractured: Living Nightmare" - Norman Osborn's sanity has been shattered once again and he has reverted back to his Green Goblin persona, with full knowledge of Mayday's renewed existence, Norman attempts another kidnapping but when he succeeds he quickly learns he has gotten more than he has bargained for as Miles, the Black Cat and Captain Universe descend upon him...or has he?

26. "Fractured: Return of the Iron Spider" - Mary Jane has had enough of Norman Osborn's sick games and she is not going to stand on the sidelines while her daughter is in mortal danger! But she won't have to, as Tony Stark finally comes to make amends for what he put her and Peter through during and after Civil War!

27. "Fractured: The Final Fantasy" - Captain Universe, Felicia Hardy and Miles Morales all lie in comas following the events of Norman Osborn's resurgence as the Green Goblin and the attempted kidnapping of Mayday. Meanwhile, Mary Jane must contend with Queen Cilicia and Miles' parents over the incident.

28. "Fractured: To You, 15,000 Years From Now" - In the far distant future, Prince Wayfinder of Ithacon digs through the records of his family history on Earth when he finds a letter and a mysterious key addressed to him by Mary Jane Parker, a woman claiming to be his distant ancestor.

29. "Fractured: From You, 15,000 Years Ago" - In the present day, Mary Jane receives a letter and a key from Prince Wayfinder of Ithacon, a man claiming to be her future descendant, telling her to use the key to open the doors of time and seek out the living embodiments of her past and future.

30. "Fractured Finale: The Faraway Prince" - Pasts, Presents and Futures collide as a teenage Peter Parker, present day Mary Jane and a twenty-one year old version of Mayday find themselves on the planet Ithacon in the far future where Prince Wayfinder has been awaiting their arrival.

31. "The Microverse Saga: Bride of Hyperion!" - Captain Universe awakens from his coma to find something has gone horribly wrong, Mary Jane and Mayday are missing, and all evidence regarding their captors leads him back to the Microverse, to Yttrium, to Hyperion...who is planning on marrying MJ?! With Felicia and Miles still out for the count and his powers on the fritz, Captain Universe assembles a crack team of specialists to aid him in rescuing Mary Jane and Mayday from the clutches of one of the most dangerous tyrants the Microverse has ever known!

32. "The Microverse Saga: Wedding of the Century" - Arcturus Rann! Bug! Captain Universe! Cilicia! Flare! Marionette! Quark! Together...they are THE ENIGMA FORCE and they are coming to crash the Wedding of the Century! As the date of Hyperion's marriage to Mary Jane draws ever closer, so too does the beat of war drums as Marquis Radu goes on the offensive with his newly-perfected symbiote super-soldiers! Can they save Mary Jane and Mayday from becoming victims of war before it is too late?

33. "The Microverse Saga: The Living Death That Walks" - Mary Jane and Mayday have been saved from a fate worse than death but in the midst of a chaotic all-out war between Hyperion and Marquis Radu, a new player has entered the scene...ANNIHILUS! But what does the Lord of the Negative Zone want with The Microverse and why is he so obsessed with killing Bug?!

34. "The Microverse Saga: Acts of Vengeance" - Fifteen years ago Mayday Parker was spirited away by Flare to Tropica after witnessing the violent deaths of Mary Jane, Captain Universe and the rest of the Enigma Force at the hands of Annihilus, the Living Death That Walks. Entrusted with the mantle of Captain Universe and the full might of the Enigma Force itself, Mayday Parker has trained herself diligently to walk the combined paths of Warrior and Healer as her predecessor before her did, but the hatred that has hardened her heart has never gone away. With it consuming her from the inside out, Mayday Parker sets out into the war-torn Microverse to make a deal with the devil or in this case...devils by allying herself with Marquis Radu and her former captor Hyperion against the forces of Annihilus! But when all is said and done, will the Microverse ever be the same?

35. "The Microverse Saga Finale: Travelers in the Dark" - Mayday had won, all of her enemies now lay dead at her feet, her mother and her friends had all been avenged. So why?! Why does she feel so hollow? So empty? Was it all for naught? Her...revenge? As she wanders the zones of Homeworld, Mayday Parker finds herself being guided to The Dead Zone by a voice shriller than all the music. But what is this voice? Who does it belong to? And why has it brought her to the final resting place of Prince Wayfinder?

36. "Sword in the Star: Beyond the Thunder" - Sword in the Star begins here! Mayday returns home to the Macroverse to seek out the missing fragments of the Sword in the Star starting with Queen Storm of Wakanda, whose daughter Nikosavana has been protecting the sword's hilt under the grave misunderstanding that it is of Wakandan origin. As tensions begin to rise between the Goddess of Storms and the Goddess of Light, the question of whether to surrender the hilt becomes of paramount import to the entire world, will Nikosavana do what is right or is Mayday going to have to shave Wakanda down to its very atoms in order to get it back?

37. "Sword in the Star: Kill the King" - After the vibranium-shattering conclusion of "Beyond the Thunder", Mayday ventures to New York City to find her next target: Dylan Brock a.k.a. The King in Black, her polar opposite and holder of the pommel. It's the daughter of the one, true Spider-Man vs. The Son of Venom in a battle of wills, strength...and love?! Can Mayday resist the temptations of forbidden romance with the son of her father's once most hated enemy or will she give in to the whispers of her heart? Plus: Who is Reynard "Wes" Westin and what does he want with Mayday?

38. "Sword in the Star: Divine Division U" - With her hot and heavy encounter with the King in Black behind her, Mayday takes her fight for the star-shaped guard fragment directly to Division U, a Uni-Power hunting government taskforce that has operated with impunity since long before the dark days of the Superhuman Registration Act. It is a fight that has been long in the making and when it is over, only one will be left standing. Steve Coffin, the son of the original Captain Universe, swears it!

39. "Sword in the Star: Empty Hollow Puppet" - Once upon a time, a man named Paul gave himself to the darkness over a woman who never loved him, now all that remains of him is an immensely powerful husk being pulled in four directions by Mephisto, Dormammu, Shuma-Gorath and Nightmare in their eternal struggle for domination. But he won't have to suffer for much longer as the daughter of the woman who lead him down this path to destruction comes to retrieve the blade fragment lodged in his rotting black heart. The end of Paul is nigh as darkness falls over the cursed ruins of Broxton, Oklahoma.

40. "Sword in the Star: The Perfect Shade of Crimson" - In her search for the reclusive Laura Keller a.k.a. X-23, the wife of Avengers Unity Squad leader Julian Keller, Mayday encounters Daily Bugle reporter Reynard Westin and is reunited with some old friends...Felicia Hardy and Miles Morales: The Amazing Spider-Man! But how long can this bittersweet reunion last and can Mayday ever find it within herself to forgive them for not being there when her mother and Captain Universe needed them the most?

41. "Sword in the Star: There Will Be Frost" - With all the fragments of The Sword in the Star collected, Mayday turns her attention to the three lost Zodiac Keys required to activate Prince Wayfinder's tomb and open the path to the Forge of Stars. With Latveria first up on her list of places to visit, Mayday goes forth into the wintry night to face Doctor Doom in open combat.

42. "Sword in the Star: Somewhere Beyond the Sea" - Atlantis is the next stop on this wild ride as Mayday confronts Namorita the Sub-Mariner far beneath the deep blue sea, but can even the world-shaping power of The Enigma Force withstand the incalculable might of an Infinity Gem?

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43. "Sword in the Star Finale: The Stairway to Heaven" - The shocking finale to Sword in the Star is here! Mayday has fought her way across the Macroverse in a quest for the fragments of The Sword in the Star and the three Zodiac Keys. Now, as she stands on the precipice of finding the last key, Mayday finds herself somewhere far beyond the confines of the Multiverse. A dark place rooted in the memories of The Enigma Force known only as The Outside. What unholy nightmares could possibly await Mayday in the tomb of a rogue Beyonder and will she survive the experience long enough to retrieve the third Zodiac Key?

44. "Opposites Attract: Daydreams" - As Mayday prepares for her return trip to Prince Wayfinder's tomb in the Microverse, she finds herself daydreaming about Dylan Brock, why can't she seem to get him out of her head or her heart? Could she be...in love?!

45. "Opposites Attract: Young Love" - Dylan Brock, son of Venom, finds himself unable to concentrate on his work or studies as thoughts of Mayday Parker fill his mind. Knowing full well that she plans to leave soon, Dylan jets off to Florida in order to find her before she returns to The Microverse!

46. "Opposites Attract: Whispers of the Heart" - Be certain not to miss this one! Following their heartfelt and romantic reunion, Dylan decides to accompany Mayday to the tomb of Prince Wayfinder, and aid her in restoring The Sword in the Star back to its full glory at the Forge of Stars. What does the future hold in store for our favorite star-crossed lovers?

47. "Opposites Attract: Reunion" - Fifteen years ago, Mayday Parker and Dylan Brock intervened in the final battle against Annihilus, saving Mary Jane, Captain Universe and their friends in The Enigma Force from certain death. With the future she came from now averted, Mayday contemplates on where she and Dylan should go from here.

48. "Opposites Attract: New Lease on Life" - Having returned their respective Enigma Force and King in Black powers back to their timeline of origin, Mayday and Dylan settle into a more normal routine on Earth-616 while Mary Jane Parker and her Amazing Friends welcome a new member into their group.

49. "Opposites Attract Finale: Return of The Amazing Friends" - Mary Jane and her Amazing Friends are back in the news as Wilson Fisk takes measures to try and gain control of the Amazing Spider-Man Foundation with what little money he has left!

50. "Back to The Wedding" - It's Peter and Mary Jane's anniversary! But with Peter gone, Mary Jane is left alone with only fond memories...that is until Prince Wayfinder arrives from the future to give his favorite ancestor a very special gift that allows her to go back and relive any moment in time she chooses. With only one possible destination in mind, Mary Jane finds herself teleported back to the day of her and Peter's wedding but something seems...off about the world. You'd think it was the 1980's again given the way everyone's dressed!

51. "Heavy Metal: Will of Iron" - Mary Jane dons the Iron Spider suit once more as Stark Industries throws their lot in with the Amazing Friends and backs the Amazing Spider-Man Foundation in the wake of Wilson Fisk's attempted takeover.

52. "Heavy Metal: Detroit Steel" - There's a new Detroit Steel in town and he's gunning for the Iron Spider but just who is the mysterious mercenary driving the mech? Who could possibly be this crazy, this homicidal and this hilarious? No...it couldn't be...could it?!

53. "Heavy Metal: Nobody's Fool" - The Regent returns for revenge on the Iron Spider, despite the fact that she's never even met him before! What's a woman to do when a guy just won't listen? Call for backup and get ready for a big showdown, of course!

54. "Heavy Metal: Girls Night Out" - Rescue teams up with Iron Spider, Queen Cilicia and The Black Cat to track down a shipment of illegally imported Savage Land Vibranium that has been brought stateside by Advanced Idea Mechanics, but things get a little dicey when the Super-Adaptoid catches them in the act! Will Mary Jane make it back from this girls night out in time for her daughter's first school play?

55. "Heavy Metal: 2020 Vision" - Arno Stark joins up with the Amazing Friends as the reputation of The Amazing Spider-Man Foundation grows by leaps and bounds with each passing day. But will Mary Jane be able to handle the new workload being thrown her way?

56. "Heavy Metal Finale: The Iron Spider Queen of Metropolis" - The corporate expansion of the Amazing Spider-Man Foundation has only just begun! With enough money, power and influence fully backing them, Iron Spider and her Amazing Friends make a major play for all of Beyond Corporation's assets especially the Spider-Man trademark, the Slingers trademarks and Parker Industries, totally crippling the influence of the rogue Beyonders on Earth-616.

57. "Brave New World: Quantum Hearts" - With the new Amazing Spider-Man Foundation firmly established in New York City, Captain Universe and Queen Cilicia plan out a major operation to begin sending Humanitarian aid and resources to the denizens of the Microverse who are still recovering from the war between Annihilus, Marquis Radu and Emperor Hyperion. Meanwhile, Mary Jane hires Miles' dad Jefferson Davis on as the new Head of Security for the Foundation, with his S.H.I.E.L.D. expertise what could possibly go wrong?

58. "Brave New World: The World of Fashion is H.E.L.L." - While Miles spends some Father/Son time with Jefferson, Mary Jane and Arno Stark begin work on the Foundation's emergence into the world of high fashion with the debut of a new line of Spider-Man inspired clothing using Felicia Hardy as a model. Meanwhile, Captain Universe and Queen Cilicia care for young Mayday while on a trip to Human Engineering Life Laboratories in Cape Canaveral to acquire a very important piece of technology related to their plans for the Microverse.

59. "Brave New World: Superior Foes of Mary Jane Parker" - Otto Octavius is on the warpath in a desperate bid to reclaim his inventions from his time as the Superior Spider-Man but with a literal army of superheroes standing between him and The Iron Spider Queen of Metropolis, he's going to have to get creative. Surely, a new Sinister Six made up of her deadliest foes wouldn't be out of the question, right?

60. "Brave New World: Against All Odds" - Otto Octavius pulls off the impossible as he gathers together Emperor Hyperion, Marquis Radu, Annihilus, The Regent and The Super-Adaptoid together to form the most lethal incarnation of The Sinister Six yet! Can the Foundation survive this new assemblage of the Amazing Friends' greatest foes?!

61. "Brave New World: Warzone" - The Avengers and The Fantastic Four guest star in this double-sized issue as the new Sinister Six turn all of New York City into a warzone!

62. "Brave New World Finale: Aftermath" - With the new Sinister Six defeated, Captain America and Mr. Fantastic confront Mary Jane about the acquisition of Beyond Corporation and Tony Stark's involvement in it.