so issue 35 came and went and as usual there is no consequences and the status quo will probably be back to normal with Green Goblins triumphant return in issue 950.
Zeb has had a lot of criticism online for his run so far but my question is what is left for any writer to actually do with Peter?
I feel like Zeb has been given Amazing at the worst possible time, in fact the book is a poisoned chalice now.
lets go back 25 years
Aunt May was resurrected and the downfall began, she is literally in no danger of being killed off again and never will be.
The baby was simply taken away and never heard from again
The marriage was blown up in a plane, kidnapped, put on a break and finally retconned to have never happened.
with this is we have established that Peter will never have a family and his only close relationship will be with his aunt may who should have stayed dead after issue 400.
So what did writers (In this case Dan Slott) have left to play with? His brain.
and so we eventually got a Peter Parker who had a PHD and ran his own company but what happened there? his company was destroyed and his PHD wasn't actually his and so we have taken away his ability to grow outside of a family in the job department meaning he will never achieve any kind of success.
so I ask again what's left for new writers?
They can still play with his powers cant they? nope, that was done during the other storyline and was undone alongside the marriage.
well what about death and rebirth? thats been done too
body swap with a villain? combined with the death and rebirth story above.
Alternate version? been done to death and there's anew spiderverse crossover in the works
There is literally nothing left but the random adventure and bad guy of the trade for peter to beat.
Family, relationships, success, power upgrades, killed off, resurrected, mind swapped, everything has been done and then undone.
I feel like Marvel knew that which is why they let Nick bring Peter and MJ back together for his run because there was no hook left and unfortunately now for Zeb that last hook has been taken away and once Norman is back on his glider throwing pumpkin bombs at spidey we will truly have done it all the redemption arc will be over and the last hook they have left will be gone.
so when Zeb eventually leaves the book and we get a new writer, what's left for them to do? everything's been done?
No stakes are left, no consequences are left, no growing, learning or evolving is possible.
Peter Parker will simply be hollow and a new writer will be stuck with that.