Spiderman needed to have joined the avengers because it would have lead to him being acceptable as a superhero rather than masked menace but given how all the latest threats had arised directly or indirectly due to avengers past actions or interventions like civil war or age of ultron it would be more wise of him now to strike solo.
Honestly, I rarely "Avenger" anymore. After the Avengers got Bendis'd, it kind of ruined it for me.
I like Peter as an Aveneger cause it fits. They are "Earth Mightiest Heroes". Why wouldn't one of your biggest and most popular heroes be on the team? That's like Batman not being on a Justice League team. My problem was marvel kinda having their cake and eating it too with him as an Avenger. Like cops trying to arrest him during Avenger missions. Or civilians he's saving thinking the Avengers are after him. It just makes this world look stupid. The way Bendis used him just as "the wise ass" also failed. member he had almost zero impact on Norman being taken down during Siege. Spider-man's #1 villain only ever went after him during dark reign in ASM and Iron Man's book. Instead it was mostly Clint and Luke focus. With them treating Peter like he's still 15 and just started being a super hero.
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Definitely agree with you that Marvel wasted a real opportunity to have Spider-Man step up in Dark Reign with his worst enemy in charge of H.A.M.M.E.R. (formerly S.H.I.E.L.D.) and leading his own twisted Avengers impostors, and the two major pillars of the superhero community either dead or thoroughly discredited among the public and their heroic peers. For that reason, I'm hoping Nick Spencer does better with Secret Empire, considering Spider-Man's been in the literal center of the promotional art. After all, he and Steve Rogers are usually the two most morally resolute heroes in the Marvel Universe, and if Steve's gone HYDRA and Tony's out of the picture thanks to Civil War II, which has also rendered Carol a highly controversial figure, it could finally be Spider-Man's time to step up and prove he's earned being known in at least several futures as his time period's greatest hero.
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I don't know, I think Spider-Man was better suited for the occasional team-up rather than being part of the Avengers:
1.) The Avengers take on the national and cosmic threats. Spider-Man's bread and butter has always been the street-level crime and problems.
2.) The Avengers have the reputation as heroes, Spider-Man does not. (He may be the most popular character to us readers, but he's not that well loved in the Marvel world.)
3.) Most of the other Avengers seem to be most steeped in their superhero careers, Spider-Man seemed to prefer his normal life.
4.) The Avenger members all seem to live larger-than-normal lives and be really famous. Peter Parker is very much less so and had a very normal life (blue-collar job, a wife and maybe kids depending on which continuity we're talking, etc.)
The Avengers did need Spider-Man's popularity to boost them among the marvel readers, but after the successfull movies I would argue that the inclusion of Spidey is no longer that vital. I would much prefer Spider-Man having a team of some spider themed chars like: Silk, Scarlet Spider(Kain), Firestar, Silver Sable for example.
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