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Buying a comic book for the first time can be jarring because it's like tuning in for the 42th season of a serial drama. Especially for Spiderman. Marvel comics are specifically written as a soap opera with superheroes. This has given us great origin stories but this formula leads long-standing characters into really weird places. So most storylines share the same continuity on paper, but you're better off picking and choosing your own headcanon. While each writer has to deal with the baggage from previous runs, they strive to put a different spin on the characters.

But yeah, Peter and the Osborn family are the worst offenders by far.