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>Joey Q said
I don't give a fuck. His name means nothing.
>Unique appeal was being an awkward kid who couldn't balance real life relationships with the stress and responsibility of being a hero
That was part of his appeal in the beginning and it still is a part. However, those problems changing and morphing into new and different ones and some being short-term or long-term ones makes it more interesting and keeps him relevant.
Spider-Man has had a bunch of fan letters in the earliest comics debating about whether Peter should change or not. Yet, when he went to college or progressed at points, people like Joey Q still liked Peter when he was a bachelor and got to that point. People didn't drop the book in droves because it was compelling stuff. Joey Q has stated Roger Stern's run is the best like all the other BND losers. I don't blame them because it is good. But constant nostalgia is grating and depressing. There are no new ideas.
Before OMD, Peter could have progressed alongside the Marvel U but as OMD and Disassembled happened, Marvel wasn't like it once was, and continuity flew out the window. Thus, this neverending story problem began to set in. I mean sure the 616 is largely ambiguous with time passing but old Marvel had the resources and motivation to plan out an ending for that universe so that they could have then rebooted it later.
Marvel could have made Secret Wars 2015 a Crisis event that completely reset everything but it didn't.
Marvel deluded themselves into thinking their mistakes didn't necessitate a reboot. The problem is a crisis needs planning and the time between two of them has to have an era with a clear vision and effort to make it distinct from the other one with these characters being distinct and different from the last era.
Marvel is too nostalgic for their old shit because they think they are carrying on the legacy when they aren't. Who cares if the current one ended now? It isn't like Marvel at all used to be.