Spider-Man has had the same problem for 61 years and it’s time for Marvel Comics to revisit this “toxic side”
Spider-Man is one of the sunniest characters, a benefactor and protector of his community who well represents the main elements of pure superheroism, based on generosity, empathy and sacrifices. But Peter Parker has a “toxic friendship” that’s lasted 61 years and, well, it’s starting to do a lot of damage to the Marvel Comics icon.
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Introduced sixty-one years ago, Spider-Man has always struggled to maintain a social life. And, after all this time, Peter Parker’s difficult daily life has become an increasingly important part of the hero’s plots. In most cases this resulted in great stories, including ones that began to explore the more fallible aspects of him as the center of the narrative.
But over the past two decades, its most explored fallible aspect, the “toxic friendship” about Spider-Man’s difficulty being everyone’s best friend, is something that has escalated to levels that are even starting to mischaracterize his heroic constitution.
It wavers for a long time
From the 1980s to the 2010s, Spider-Man’s infamous side began to become more and more evident, when, in several situations, we saw the hero community complain or isolate the Climber for his inability to team up and for the simple fact that he makes fun of everyone or doesn’t take anyone seriously.
In recent months, Pietro fought with Daredevil and he saw their feuds with Iron Man deteriorated; AND created the Muggle Avengers and argued bitterly with Captain America. This culminated in an even greater depression, which put an end to his romance with Mary Jane once and for all and as long as youin influenced the hero’s behavior.
And the latest episode regarding “toxic friendship” happened recently, when Miles Morales got fed up with the fact that Peter had been a terrible friend and mentor for the past few years.
Toxic friendship
In The incredible gang war of Spider-Man: First Strike #1recently released, the backdrop is a storyline that serves as a prelude to Marvel’s next big event, Gang war. To face the gathering of numerous enemies on the streets of New York, Peter Parker recruits Mile Morales.
However, Miles doesn’t agree to help him, at least initially, because he isn’t Peter’s biggest fan at the moment. The issue exposes how Peter can be a bad friend, especially since Miles has been experiencing extreme levels of stress lately, such as almost being killed by Carnage.
In a recent storyline, Peter spent a few minutes outside New York in another dimension, facing off against the villain Rabin. But to everyone around him, he was gone for six months. And that’s what Miles reminds Peter, who has been nothing more than a “ghost” lately, for when he needed him most, he wasn’t there.
This is the culmination of this “direction” that Marvel has taken over the last two decades and, it seems, we have arrived at a delicate point, where Spider-Man is truly becoming a superhero who is still generous and resilient, but not more altruistic. This is mischaracterizing the character in a dangerous way.
Many people in the community have been unhappy with these choices, and with the arrival of another major episode in Spider-Man’s life, many people, including myself, have increased the chorus to bring Peter Parker’s selfless heart back to life. We continue to follow each other to see if Marvel will listen to us.
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