JechtShotMK9
The Sublimely Magnificent One
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- Kamiccolo9
The year is 1998. The Clone Saga and the immediate fallout that came afterward are now over, and Spider-Man is gearing up to enjoy his all-time worse run leading up to the Chapter 1 reboot.
However, in the far-flung corner of Marvel that occasionally churns out What-If?, veteran Spider-Scribe Tom DeFalco had a Great Idea (TM).
You see, in the mainline Spidey comics, Peter and Mary Jane's baby, May, had been kidnapped by a creepy nurse working for Norman Osborn. Thinking that their baby was dead, the Parkers grieved and moved on with their lives, all the while, the comic was showing hints that Baby May was still alive. All of this seemed to be coming to a head, when disaster struck.
Anyone familiar with Marvel editorial interference with Spider-Man knows that it is almost universally catastrophic. "Kids can't relate to a married Spider-Man" brought us One More Day. The same kind of sentiment brought Aunt May back to life after being replaced by a genetically modified actress and dying in possibly the single best Spider-Man comic of the nineties. All of the hints that Baby May were alive were revealed to be about Aunt May instead.
Tom DeFalco, a man I normally like to keep away from my Spiders, disagreed. And, to give the man his due, penned possibly the most consistently good Marvel title of the late-nineties-early 2000's, surpassed only by Daredevil. I speak, of course, of Spider-Girl.
This history of the series is interesting in and of itself, having been cancelled and renewed multiple times due to an extremely devoted fanbase. It was at one point, and may still be (I dunno), the longest-running Marvel comic starring a female character.
The basic premise just continues on from the original storyline, back when Baby May was the one kidnapped. Flashbacks tell us of a final climactic battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin over the fate of Baby May, in which Osborn dies, and Peter is heavily wounded. Peter thus retires in order to raise his daughter with Mary Jane. Little does he know that May will herself exhibit Spider-powers when she gets older....
However, in the far-flung corner of Marvel that occasionally churns out What-If?, veteran Spider-Scribe Tom DeFalco had a Great Idea (TM).
You see, in the mainline Spidey comics, Peter and Mary Jane's baby, May, had been kidnapped by a creepy nurse working for Norman Osborn. Thinking that their baby was dead, the Parkers grieved and moved on with their lives, all the while, the comic was showing hints that Baby May was still alive. All of this seemed to be coming to a head, when disaster struck.
Anyone familiar with Marvel editorial interference with Spider-Man knows that it is almost universally catastrophic. "Kids can't relate to a married Spider-Man" brought us One More Day. The same kind of sentiment brought Aunt May back to life after being replaced by a genetically modified actress and dying in possibly the single best Spider-Man comic of the nineties. All of the hints that Baby May were alive were revealed to be about Aunt May instead.
Tom DeFalco, a man I normally like to keep away from my Spiders, disagreed. And, to give the man his due, penned possibly the most consistently good Marvel title of the late-nineties-early 2000's, surpassed only by Daredevil. I speak, of course, of Spider-Girl.
This history of the series is interesting in and of itself, having been cancelled and renewed multiple times due to an extremely devoted fanbase. It was at one point, and may still be (I dunno), the longest-running Marvel comic starring a female character.
The basic premise just continues on from the original storyline, back when Baby May was the one kidnapped. Flashbacks tell us of a final climactic battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin over the fate of Baby May, in which Osborn dies, and Peter is heavily wounded. Peter thus retires in order to raise his daughter with Mary Jane. Little does he know that May will herself exhibit Spider-powers when she gets older....
