Controversial Spider-Man Opinions

[Alan2099]

Spider-girl is the best alternate Spider-man book. It was far more entertaining and better written than Ultimate, 2099, or any of the other not-616-Peter titles.

[babyblob]

Spider-girl is the best alternate Spider-man book. It was far more entertaining and better written than Ultimate, 2099, or any of the other not-616-Peter titles.

I agree with this. I am 15 issues into the first run and I am loving it. But then again I love all things MC2

[exile001]

I could prefer if Ben Reilly being the original and was there way it could have worked with spider man going on ?

Absolutely!

The creative/editorial teams made a billion mistakes with the whole Clone/Ben sagas, but the biggest two were changing too much at once and removing Pete and MJ.

Fans like familiarity so if you're doing something as big as revealing the main character the audience followed for 20 years was a clone they need to be eased into the new guy and be reassured the other guy that they've loved all this time in't going away or be reduced/sidelined. We loved that guy and don't really know the other "real" guy.

Couple that with killing/changing a bunch of regular villains, new status quo, new supporting cast, new costume, new name (he kept Ben) and suddenly it feels like you're not reading a Spider-man book but a spin-off hero with the same powers.

All they needed to do was give two books to Pete and two books to Ben, keep their separate costumes (but drop the "Scarlet Spider" and both be Spider-man), have them crossover regularly, and they could have had a chance at an unmarried Spider-man AND two viable Spider-men.

[Kevinroc]

Spider-girl is the best alternate Spider-man book. It was far more entertaining and better written than Ultimate, 2099, or any of the other not-616-Peter titles.

I did a reread last year. I agree with this.

[PanicPixieDreamGirl]

Gwen Stacy was kind of an unpleasant person in many ways and that made her interesting. I support women's rights but I also support women's wrongs, as they say.

[babyblob]

I dont understand the massive love fest some people have for Gwen. To me she was a boring character whose best story and most well known story was when she died. I cant think of many stories of hers that stand out.

[phonogram12]

Peter really doesn't need to be settled down with one person, regardless of who that person is.

[Matt Rat]

Spider-Girl is the true ending of the Spider-Man story.

[Agent Z]

Gwen Stacy was kind of an unpleasant person in many ways and that made her interesting. I support women's rights but I also support women's wrongs, as they say.

With Gwen, she's either a saint or the worst person in the world with people. Rarely is there an in-between.

[Lukmendes]

I dont understand the massive love fest some people have for Gwen. To me she was a boring character whose best story and most well known story was when she died. I cant think of many stories of hers that stand out.

Being killed made people overrate how interesting she was as a character is the reason.

The exact same thing thing happened with Aerith in Final Fantasy VII, with fans many years ago talking about how great and pure of a character she was, when that really wasn't the case, and from what I hear, the writers in other games did lean a bit into this "Aerith was pure and great" shit for a while lol.

Human species can have really funny cycles.

With Gwen, she's either a saint or the worst person in the world with people. Rarely is there an in-between.

Yeah, in actuality she was just a really boring, generic love interest, with a headband and a tragic death, that's it, she was nice at times, a bitch at other times, but never goes too far in either direction.

And yes, that includes her hate for Spidey, ultimately he was an incompetent moron who made it look like Spidey was going around kidnapping Peter and extorting Peter for money, and that was before it looked like Spidey killed George, she had more than enough reasons to hate Spidey, unlike aunt May.

[babyblob]

With Gwen, she's either a saint or the worst person in the world with people. Rarely is there an in-between.

Im just Meh on her and voer the love fest. I dont have hate for her. She wasnt interesting enough for me to hate. She was just there for me. I didnt care one way or the other. I did hope she and Pety would break up. Wasnt expecting her to die.

Not a super huge fan of Peter and MJ either. But I do enjoy Charlie so who am I to judge.

[Kevinroc]

I'm just waiting for the Wells run to be over by this point. It's the definition of "mid."

[Sr. Bungle]

I'm just waiting for the Wells run to be over by this point. It's the definition of "mid."

I don't know if I'd call this opinion controversial tqh.

[Lukmendes]

I'm just waiting for the Wells run to be over by this point. It's the definition of "mid."

That's the most uncontroversial opinion posted here since that guy who said MacFarlane and Bagley are great artists lol.

[Lunala]

Gwen

There are Gwen Stacy haters, but I think most of her detractors are just forceful in their claims that she lacks personality. When I read other people's comments, I often think, "Man, they don't let Gwen have anything." It still surprises me that some fans claim she could be replaced by any woman.

Gwen assaults demonstrators(who slandered Peter), tells picketers that protesting won't help, and backs fascists. Gwen Stacy behaved as befitted a spoiled daughter of a 1960s police captain. Her tolerance for some views was poor back then, but it has gotten worse over time.