If 2012 was Peter Parker's final year...

[David Walton]

A very enjoyable year, but if I looked at this as Spidey's last hurrah---well, the higher note to go out on would probably have been ASM 200 or Kraven's Last Hunt.

[E. Wilson]

Well, if this was Peter's last year, I'd want a whole lot more emotionally-charged throw-downs with his arch-enemies than he's had lately. Sure, the Six and the Lizard got pretty decent send-offs, but Carnage? The Jackal? Heck, Spidey still doesn't know the truth about the new Venom or Hobgoblin...

[Mister Mets]

A very enjoyable year, but if I looked at this as Spidey's last hurrah---well, the higher note to go out on would probably have been ASM 200 or Kraven's Last Hunt.

I'm not judging the last hurrah, but the stories that came before the last hurrah. Should there have been more closure on certain stories?

Hell, one reason I'm pretty sure Peter Parker will be back in the suit by the time Amazing Spider-Man 2 comes out is that we haven't seen the story in which he learns that Flash Thompson is Venom.

[Darthfury78]

I'm not judging the last hurrah, but the stories that came before the last hurrah. Should there have been more closure on certain stories?

Hell, one reason I'm pretty sure Peter Parker will be back in the suit by the time Amazing Spider-Man 2 comes out is that we haven't seen the story in which he learns that Flash Thompson is Venom.

Personally,
I think that Peter should follow his Ultimate counterpart and not return to the world of the living for at least 5 to 8 years. Let Dan Slott enjoy his opportunity to make Superior Spider-Man a household name like Bendis has with his very own Spider-Man(Miles Morales). This is the path that Dan wants to take. So we should give him a chance. Besides, Peter Parker BELONGS to Mesphisto now, as in Marvel NOW!!!

[Lars C]

I really hope Dan is planning for a glorious return for Peter in at least a year. The character should always be bigger than the writer. If he wanted to write someone else, why not write Scarlet Spider?

[Castel]

The character should always be bigger than the writer

So very true. Something all writers should keep in mind indeed.

[ParkerLuck]

I really hope Dan is planning for a glorious return for Peter in at least a year. The character should always be bigger than the writer. If he wanted to write someone else, why not write Scarlet Spider?

That can't be stressed enough these days! Here's hoping too, but... Come to think about it: Spider-Man was intended by it's creators to be Peter Parker's story, it was inovative back then, has always made Spider-Man diferent from every other comic book super-heroe, and has resonated with readers so dearly for no less than half a century. What is supposed to be the point, story-wise, to get rid of Peter Parker in ASM? Internet hype? Those elusive - and yet so precious - new readers? I believe I'm not alone (and it is very sad) when I say if 2012 was Peter's last year, it was also my last year of reading this comic book that I grew up with and held close to heart into adulthood.