Originally Posted by
Kaitou D. Kid
It needs 4 things that all go together IMO.
1. Undo OMD - The obvious one. Let Peter and his world grow instead of being stuck to the 70s status quo. Also, you kinda need to undo OMD at this point to re-establish consumer confidence. If this was the Slott or Spencer era, you could get away with putting Peter and MJ back together without marrying them. After the disaster that is Wells' run, I don't think just having Peter and MJ together would make people happy.
2. New Blood - Both the writers and editors. You can still keep old talent like JMD on satellite books and minis, but ASM should be given to new people that bring new perspectives (like Hickman before Ultimate).
3. Make Spidey's world "the world outside your window" again! Hickman's book is about a disenfranchise Millennial in a world of income inequality. JMS' book was all about post-Columbine and post-9/11 America. ITSV/ATSV aren't that political, but they connect with people because (1) it actually looks like New York and (2) Miles and Gwen actually feel like real Gen-Z people. Point is, the book was always at its best when it felt like "the world outside your window". It's the tagline of the company, FFS! So whatever ASM does after Wells, make it connect with real people and real problems again. Drop the high concept crap. No more CEO Spidey, or Wayeb, or Peter working at Horizon, etc. There's lots of ways you can do it, so please for the love of God, make people open the book and go "This feels like a real guy in 2024".
Some fans might struggle with this: 4. Drop all expectations of what a married Spider-Man with kids would look like. Along with the being "the world outside your window", ASM's other strength was that it always felt different and fresh from other stuff. Stan said he wanted a character who "breaks all the rules"... and that's kinda what Spidey was before OMD. Teen Spidey was nothing like the teen sidekicks at the time. Married Peter and MJ were nothing like the couples in sitcoms. So don't expect a new married Spider-Man or Dad Pete to be like other stuff, or even like stuff from AU's. Question every predictable trope you want to use. Consider that some of the tropes fans have been wanting for years are now dated, like the idea that it's mandatory for a parent figure to die for someone to grow up (which a lot of us insist should happen to Aunt May). Superhero stuff that's actually relevant and popular right now (like ATSV and My Hero Academia) are pushing back against "classic" tropes like that. That's just one example. I don't want to go on a tangent about what they should/shouldn't do with each character. Point is, ASM needs to get back to pushing boundaries, and the only way it can do that is if the next writer questions tropes the way pre-OMD writers did.
Also, this one isn't tied to the main four, but it's still pretty important...
5. Address the fact there are now multiple Spider-People. I mean actually address it. What's Peter's opinion on so many people taking on his mantle? How does Jameson feel? How about Spider-Man's villains? Because Peter and his supporting cast have been frozen in amber since OMD, we never properly got into their head to learn how they feel about Miles, Spider-Gwen, etc. No more. The existence of multiple Spider-People in the MU should be like Krakoa. It should be a "new chapter" in Spidey's history, like when he graduated high school, lost Gwen, got married, etc. They don't all have to form a team or live together but the attitude of the characters in the book can't just be "Yeah there's another Spider-Man and we team up sometimes". Drop that. Also drop any old Spider-Man tropes that don't work with Miles being around. The whole "What if I'm doing more harm than good as Spider-Man" thing that 60-70s comics liked to do doesn't work anymore when there's literally a younger gen inspired by you.