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{{quote|''"Though the world may mock Peter Parker, the timid teen-ager, it will soon marvel at the awesome might of... '''Spider-Man!'''"''}}

 

''You'll find the Spider-MAAAAAN!''

|"Spider-Man" ([[Title Theme Tune]] of the 1967 [[Spider-Man (1967 TV series)|cartoon]])}}

During the '90s, it was felt that Spider-Man had strayed too far from the original concept, gathering a bunch of unrelated cruft onto the premise. So, another Peter Parker showed up, and it was [[Retcon|revealed]] that the Spider-Man we'd been following for the past twenty years was a clone. Through [[Executive Meddling]], the storyline became more and more unwieldy, until the whole thing was undone through a series of [[Retcon|retcons]] and quietly swept under the rug -- with the main consequence that the original Green Goblin was [[Back From the Dead|back among the living]]. (Oh, and providing a possibly-dead baby to become [[Spider Girl]] in an alternate timeline.)

 

 

After Aunt May takes a bullet meant for him, Peter becomes so distraught that he's willing to make a [[Deal with the Devil]] to fix things. But the price is amazingly steep... Editor Joe Quesada... Er, Mephisto wants to suck all the happiness out of Peter's life, and so demands his marriage to Mary Jane declared null and void. As side effects, Peter's identity (which was public since ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'') is a secret once more and Harry Osborn is alive again. And of course, writers can start screwing with Peter's love life again.

 

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