If you were the E-I-C at Marvel what Spidey stories would you retcon?

[Confuzzled Mutie]

I changed the title because it technically isn't arbitrary if you have an argument for it.

I might undo Sins Past and Parallel Lives, but it probably wouldn't be worth the effort.

I don't get the hate that Parallel Lives receives from some folks. It was just a touching story about how Peter and MJ's lives have been so damn similar. Even the Raimi films took a slight inspiration from it as when Peter finally reveals his identity to MJ at the end of Spider-Man 2, she goes, "I guess I have always known.." Which makes sense.

[Spidey616]

The whole Peter Parker parents LMD robots storyline

[Aziz Abbasi]

One More Day
That useless Hate Monger story
The black suit being alive, I'll retcon the whole freaking thing and keep it as a nice favorite of Spidey

[Hamdinger]

Nothing. Onward and upward.

This is the correct answer, you don't even ever have to reference the bad stories, just move on. That's another major unspoken reason why there was so much long-term backlash over the BND OMD stuff, they kept bringing it up, teasing the fans and outright taunting the readers instead of just doing it like taking off a Band Aid, just rip it off and discard it and move on instead of picking at it. Enough retcons please.

[ngroove]

Civil War, Back In Black, & One More Day - so no Aunt Mays getting shot at, no deals with Mephisto, and with marriage completely kept.

Quality of Life too - without One More Day, I'd assume all whose lives f$%^ed up following it would be restored too - Billy included. Why not Martha as well - not to mention Curtis'?

[Spidey_Legend]

Sins Past should be erase of Earth and all copies being burnt to hell and not allow to speak about that disgusting story ever.

[Mister Mets]

I don't get the hate that Parallel Lives receives from some folks. It was just a touching story about how Peter and MJ's lives have been so damn similar. Even the Raimi films took a slight inspiration from it as when Peter finally reveals his identity to MJ at the end of Spider-Man 2, she goes, "I guess I have always known.." Which makes sense.

The idea that Mary Jane always knew just doesn't fit many of the depictions of the character in the 60s and 70s. And it changes the nature of their relationship.

There's a discussion about it in an earlier thread. Slott makes some good points about in posts 33 and 60.

http://forums.comicbookresources.com...8#post12093878

[Ed Sizzers]

One More Day, natch.

Actually, no. Let's go further back. Revelations (The Clone Saga finale, not Straczynski's story) And May's subsequent resurrection later on. Surely then everyone's a winner. Single spidey. Pete and MJ living happily ever after with baby May. Aunt May's finest hour remains Aunt May's finest hour.

Sorted.

[rocky123]

Sins Past, Parallel Lives, OMD and whatever stupid story arc made the Aunt May that died in #400 a fuckin actress.

[Phelpzy]

Grim hunt would have never happened undid Last Hunt which was a fantastic story

[Shade 20x6]

Not really a fan of retcons. I would probably opt instead for a reboot.

[David Walton]

I changed the title because it technically isn't arbitrary if you have an argument for it.

I might undo Sins Past and Parallel Lives, but it probably wouldn't be worth the effort.

It really might be worth it, as neither story fits well with what we know about Gwen or MJ up until that point. And their histories were established enough that it's a fight worth picking.

[DamnYellow]

Sins Past. Whoever wrote that should never touch the series again.

[ViewtifulJC]

Well, I wouldn't miss Parallel Lives, OMD, or Alpha, I'll tell you that much.

But I probably wouldn't retcon anything. Spider-Man has a lot of shit stories, but who cares? Time better spent making good stories instead.

[Mister Mets]

It really might be worth it, as neither story fits well with what we know about Gwen or MJ up until that point. And their histories were established enough that it's a fight worth picking.

There are a lot of things a retcon of Parallel Lives would have to explain, including Mary Jane's knowledge of Peter's secret identity in Untold Tales of Spider-Man. It will be complicated reconciling a reversal of that with the rest of the character's history.

Sins Past is tougher. You'd have to explain why Mary Jane recalled learning Gwen's secret, as well as dream sequences of Norman Osborn's in Dark Avengers. And then you'd need to figure out why someone wanted to convince Peter Parker that Gwen Stacy had been knocked up by Norman Osborn.

This was manageable during Secret Invasion, when you could just blame the Skrulls. There's more to contradict any retcon of it now.