Since debuting in the 1960s, Spider-Man has been one of Marvel Comics’ main heroes. Relatable, down to Earth, and more grounded than many of the mightier Marvel icons, his comics, movies, cartoons, and other iterations have continued to be major hits. Unfortunately, the source material has been in a major rut, and this would be helped by getting the character back to basics.
Spider-Man’s web has become far too tangled lately, with the character moving further and further away from what makes him special. Crowding New York City with an endless array of Spider-People, plopping the friendly neighborhood hero into continuous multiverse stories and eradicating his central thesis, recent Spider-Man comic books feature the story but said stories don’t fit Spider-Man. Add in a Marvel Universe that’s, strangely enough, too connected, and it feels like a lot of thematic rain is washing Spider-Man out.
Things were strange enough in the 1990s when an infamous storyline called “The Clone Saga” muddled up the Parker family with clones and copies. A general consensus surrounding the eventual death of clone Ben Reilly was that fans wouldn’t support two similar Spider-Men running around, even if Ben reverted to the Scarlet Spider persona. That logic was arguable back then, especially given the success of fellow spinoff character (and former villain) Venom, the symbiote Lethal Protector.
Since debuting in the 1960s, Spider-Man has been one of Marvel Comics’ main heroes. Relatable, down to Earth, and more grounded than many of the mightier Marvel icons, his comics, movies, cartoons, and other iterations have continued to be major hits. Unfortunately, the source material has been in a major rut, and this would be helped by getting the character back to basics.
Spider-Man’s web has become far too tangled lately, with the character moving further and further away from what makes him special. Crowding New York City with an endless array of Spider-People, plopping the friendly neighborhood hero into continuous multiverse stories and eradicating his central thesis, recent Spider-Man comic books feature the story but said stories don’t fit Spider-Man. Add in a Marvel Universe that’s, strangely enough, too connected, and it feels like a lot of thematic rain is washing Spider-Man out.
Things were strange enough in the 1990s when an infamous storyline called “The Clone Saga” muddled up the Parker family with clones and copies. A general consensus surrounding the eventual death of clone Ben Reilly was that fans wouldn’t support two similar Spider-Men running around, even if Ben reverted to the Scarlet Spider persona. That logic was arguable back then, especially given the success of fellow spinoff character (and former villain) Venom, the symbiote Lethal Protector.
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