

He had a run in awhile back with the disturbing new villain and hasn’t been the same since. While this relationship is the entry point for Amazing Spider-Man #24, the bulk of the issue is spent with Mysterio, now serving time in Ravencroft. It’s no wonder he’s having nightmares about it. If that connection is suddenly taken away, especially after he just got it back, it would shake Peter to his core. This is why the potential threat against MJ is so serious. She’s one of the few people that knows his secret identity and keeps him sane even when he faces all sorts of insanity. MJ represents this strong foundation for his life in and out of the costume. Sure, he has spider-like agility and all sorts of crazy powers, but at the end of the day, he’s a regular guy, thrust into the role of a hero.

In many ways, Spider-Man is the people’s hero. Michael Straczynski’s run which also reinforced this relationship…up until One More Day, but we don’t talk about that arc. I’ve been loving every minute of this as I was a fan of J. Writer Nick Spencer brought that back in a big way, making it a major part of the wall-crawler’s life. One of the key elements of this volume of Amazing Spider-Man has been Peter’s relationship to Mary Jane. Now he stares right into this monster’s eyes as we finally learn the being’s name.
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He had a horrifying vision of Mary Jane in danger from a mysterious new villain that’s been lurking in the shadows since this series began. Spider-Man may have escaped the physical dangers of Kraven’s master plan in “Hunted” but the mental ones are still lingering.
