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Let me on the record here. I didn’t read the Ultimate Spider-Man story that killed off the original Ultimate universe version of Peter Parker. I know the Ultimate universe fell apart because the comics around it had the Hulk as a horny cannibal, The Blob also being a cannibal, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver as an incestuous couple that the book seemed to be pushing as a good thing, Wolverine leaving Cyclops to die so he can steal his wife,  Captain America being a total a-hole, and all that is for starters. For all the heck I give Brian Michael Bendis he was the only one who understood the assignment: create a fresh start Marvel universe for new readers who for some reason considered years of history as too much baggage, kind of like the writers today because it gets in the way of telling their story instead of their characters’ stories. Instead it’s “alternate universe, so we can get away with whatever horrible things we want to make the characters do”. Turns out they couldn’t.

So I’m not aware of the specifics of the “Death Of Spider-Man”, I can still at the reasoning of Collider contributor Eddie Possehl as to why that storyline should be adapted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and say…really? I’ve been critical of the MCU’s approach to Spider-Man, even being one of the few downvotes of Spider-Man: Homecoming and not wanting to see any of the movies after it. Thanks to Sony putting rather stupid restrictions on Marvel Studios that it’s a poor adaptation on Peter and his corner of the world no matter how good the movie itself is. Peter’s personality as Spider-Man is the only thing it got right. However, I’d go so far as to say this is when Marvel Studios started to realize that they didn’t need to stay close to the comics to get fans watching, and given how little respect they have for the source material they were more than happy to push what they were doing as far away from the things that made those characters popular enough to be worth adapting as they could in favor of their own stories. I don’t know this for certain, but it is when the problem started, before the culture war and the “MSheU” was ever a factor.

So, the question of whether or not Peter should die is now on the table, and I’m here to pick it up. Knowing my biases on MCU Spidey I still have to say…no. I don’t think it should happen. It would just be another symptom of what’s wrong with the MCU right now. The article is “It’s Time To Adapt “The Death of Spider-Man” in the MCU, and We’re Giving You 6 Reasons Why“. So let’s peruse those reasons and point out the flaw in the plan.

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