Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4617081-20130807064546/@comment-61022-20130809181500

This happens once every decade or so. Marvel does something radical with their most popular character and hardcore fans freak out and swear off a title because of these changes. It happened with Brand New Day, the Clone Saga, heck even when Peter married Mary Jane.

Spider-Man 2099 hasn't been in that long of a hiatus either. He was predominantly featured in the later part of the Exiles series prior to Chris Claremont rebooting it with New Exiles. In that series Proteus caused the 2099 universe to diverge, so technically there is an alternate reality Miguel O'Hara out there somewhere in the multiverse.

But the thing about comics is that anything can happen. Things can get undone, reversed, retconned and whatever. That's the magic of it.

It gives them the opportunity to try something different, and if it doesn't work out they can quickly switch it back to the old status quo. A good example is the mess all of Spider-Man's titles were in prior to J. Michael Straczynski revitalized the title in the early 2000s.

I haven't read any of the Superior Spider-Man stuff as yet, but from what I understand they have a means of bringing Peter back when the current plot thread rides itself out. I think you're getting a little too worked up about it.

As for Spider-Man 2099... Wiping him out from existence? Meh, I mean don't get me wrong here, I've read a good deal of the original Spider-Man 2099 run and it was a great series... However looking back at when it was published (the early 90s) a story about the distant future, its actually quite dated in much the same way as comics about the future that were published in the 50s and 60s are dated.

I have to say though, having read comics for almost 30 years I like it when they change things up a little because otherwise things get stale and repetitive, and there is no forward motion. I especially like it when they have a new individual take up the mantle of a popular hero (DC Comics does this all the time) They aren't all bad. Look at when James Barnes took over as Captain America as a great example of this. Amazing stuff, because here you have a different character at the helm of a iconic super-hero and they do things differently than the original.

You're more than entitled to not like what they are currently doing with a character, have at 'er, but to complain about how they are ruining the character and getting all worked up about it is not very productive.

It's Marvel's most popular and recognizable character, Peter will be back eventually its only a matter of time. Until then, just take a deep breath, relax a little and enjoy the titles that you still read.