That's an interesting point about how this can connect to people who feel that they should be more impressive adults.
It seems that the comic is currently a bit light on specifics: What was Peter's education? What is his current job title? What does Mary Jane do for a living? How did Peter and MJ decide to get married?
I suspect we'll get most of these answers soon, and an obvious subtext for the reader is that we know what Peter Parker should be like.
Something complicating is that Peter doesn't know what other versions are missing. That's going to be an interesting tension going forward.
Fair point.
Hickman is great at payoff, so it's possible that the second year is going to be really impressive.
It's possible that people who love the first issue will eventually decide that it wasn't that great compared to what came next, but that doesn't diminish their current enjoyment.
Er, I'm not sure Ben should start reading long novels.
I don't think it was a wilful misread when someone turned one goalpost "best Spider-Man story of the last 15 years" into another "best Spider-Man story ever."
It seems like an honest mistake, especially if someone's trying to signal that a story is really popular.
To be literal, there would be two ways for someone to think this is their favorite Spider-Man story in 15 years.
It could be that generally they're not familiar with the new material. Maybe they tried it and didn't care for it.
It could also be that they're familiar with the new material, and like some of it, but find this version much better.