All those women you mentioned... you, Jessica, Storm... you're all super-powered. I don't have that to lean on. 
- —MJ
Appearing in "The Husband or the Spider?"
Featured Characters:
- Mary Jane Watson-Parker (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Aunt May (Main story and flashback)
- ⏴ Spider-Man (Peter Parker) ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
- Sue Richards (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Mary Jane Watson-Parker (Dream)
- Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) (Dream)
- Morbius (Michael Morbius) (Dream)
- Hydro-Man (Morris Bench) (Dream)
- Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) (Dream)
- Will O' The Wisp (Jackson Arvad) (Dream)
- Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) (Dream)
- Swarm (Fritz von Meyer) (Dream)
- Carnage (Cletus Kasady) (Dream)
- Carnage Symbiote (Dream)
- Scorpion (Mac Gargan) (Dream)
- Tarantula (Dream)
- Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton) (Dream)
- Sandman (Flint Marko) (Dream)
- Lizard (Curt Connors) (Dream)
- Vermin (Edward Whelan) (Dream)
- Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (Dream)
- Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Dream)
- Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) (Dream)
- Kraven The Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff) (Dream)
- Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (Dream)
- Venom (Eddie Brock) (Dream)
- Venom Symbiote (Dream)
- Molten Man (Mark Raxton) (Dream)
- Mysterio (Quentin Beck) (Dream)
- Electro (Max Dillon) (Dream)
- Hammerhead (Joseph) (Dream)
- Emperor Tony Stark (Dream)
- Queen Gwen Stacy (Dream)
- Madame Web (Cassandra Webb) (Dream)
- J. Jonah Jameson (Only in flashback)
- Harry Osborn (Only in flashback)
- New Avengers (Mentioned)
- Reed Richards (Mentioned)
- Jessica Jones (Mentioned)
- Luke Cage (Mentioned)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Mentioned)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Mentioned)
- Madeline Watson (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Symbiotes (Dream)
- Living Vampires (Dream)
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Midtown
- Hotel
- Times Square
- Madame Tussauds New York (First appearance)
- Midtown
- Manhattan
- New York City
- Chicago (Referenced)
- Boston (Referenced)
- Washington, D.C. (Referenced)
- New York
- United States of America
- Rome (Referenced)
- North America
- Earth-TRN1110 (Dream)
Items:
- Rhino Armor
- Spider-Man's Suit
- Scorpion's Suit (Dream)
- Kraven's Lion's Head Vest (Dream)
- Doctor Octopus' Tentacles (Dream)
- Mysterio Suit (Dream)
- Goblin Armor (Dream)
- Vulture's Wings (Dream)
- Wax statues of Fantastic Four
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Husband or the Spider?"
The imbalances brought to life by the Civil War have brought Mary Jane to the breaking point. The fact that she is now known only to be Spider-Man's wife burns them, and loses engagements because the producers are afraid that Spidey's enemies may attack her while she is acting at the theater. The redhead begins to think about running away from New York, and goes to lunch with Sue Richards to let off steam. Returning home, she finds Peter in a lake of blood, covered with wounds.
Solicit Synopsis
- While his cabal of villains attacked Spidey from all sides, weakening our favorite wall-crawler, the Chameleon sat back and waited.
- Through thick and thin, for better or for worse, Mary Jane Watson-Parker has always stood by her man’s side, supporting him in all his decisions.
- But as Peter’s latest choices have cost him and his family plenty—perhaps too much—has MJ finally reached the breaking point?
Notes
- This issue contains a flashback panel to Amazing Spider-Man #257 (Oct. 1984), in which Mary Jane reveals she knew Peter was Spider-Man long before they were married. The scene is shown from a different angle but with the same dialogue.
