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 (Only in dream)
- Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) (Only in dream)
- Morbius (Michael Morbius) (Only in dream)
- Hydro-Man (Morris Bench) (Only in dream)
- Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) (Only in dream)
- Will O' The Wisp (Jackson Arvad) (Only in dream)
- Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) (Only in dream)
- Swarm (Fritz von Meyer) (Only in dream)
- Carnage (Cletus Kasady) (Only in dream)
- Carnage Symbiote (Only in dream)
- Scorpion (Mac Gargan) (Only in dream)
- Tarantula (Only in dream)
- Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton) (Only in dream)
- Sandman (Flint Marko) (Only in dream)
- Lizard (Curt Connors) (Only in dream)
- Vermin (Edward Whelan) (Only in dream)
- Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (Only in dream)
- Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Only in dream)
- Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) (Only in dream)
- Kraven The Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff) (Only in dream)
- Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (Only in dream)
- Venom (Eddie Brock) (Only in dream)
- Venom Symbiote (Only in dream)
- Molten Man (Mark Raxton) (Only in dream)
- Mysterio (Quentin Beck) (Only in dream)
- Electro (Max Dillon) (Only in dream)
- Hammerhead (Joseph) (Only in dream)
- Emperor Tony Stark (Only in dream)
- Queen Gwen Stacy (Only in dream)
- Madame Web (Cassandra Webb) (Only in 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
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.