AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #74 Leak Reveals What Mephisto REALLY Gained From "One More Day"

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #74 Leak Reveals What Mephisto REALLY Gained From "One More Day"

Wednesday's issue of Amazing Spider-Man will wrap up Nick Spencer's run, and a new leak sheds a little more light on what Mephisto's real plan was when he made that "One More Day" deal with Peter Parker...

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By JoshWilding - Sep 27, 2021 08:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics
Source: Bleeding Cool

Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man run reaches its conclusion with this Wednesday's issue #74, and we're anticipating a lot of big reveals. The writer has already retconned "Sins Past" so that Gwen Stacy and Norman Osborn never had an affair, while it appears the Harry Osborn A.I. that tormented Peter Parker after his death could be the one responsible for Kindred's creation.

We still don't know what the deal with the other Harry (or his corpse) is, while it's become clear the artificially created Gabriel and Sarah Stacy have also played a role in Kindred's plan. The giant-sized finale needs to tackle all of this, but we do have at least one intriguing reveal courtesy of Bleeding Cool.

In the pages of "One More Day," Mephisto made a deal with Spider-Man: he would save Aunt May's life in exchange for Peter Parker and Mary Jane's marriage. Fans have wondered ever since what the devil would want out of this bargain, and it turns out Mephisto had a bigger plan. That involved making sure his vision Spidey is the one who ends his reign in Hell never comes to pass (and now, you're not imagining it - this is the first time we've heard of any such vision). 

However, it's not Peter who is ultimately responsible for that; instead, it's his daughter, May Parker. 

We met her as a child in "One More Day," and this deal means Mephisto succeeded in ensuring Spider-Girl would never be born. Taking the marriage was all a ruse, and while we still have some unanswered questions, we can't help but wonder if Peter and MJ's true relationship will now be restored. 

Spider-Man has been contemplating proposing to Mary Jane again, but Kindred has managed to put a stop to that...for now. Needless to say, Amazing Spider-Man #74 can't get here soon enough!
 

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Fares
Fares - 9/27/2021, 9:05 AM
I've never read "One More Day", but day by day I become more intrigued to do so. I want to see whether people dislike it because of structural storytelling porblems, bad dialogue, etc or because it just goes in directions they didn't want.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 9/27/2021, 9:08 AM
@Fares - OMD (not Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark) gets a lot of flak, but it impressed me when it was published. I recommend it highly.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 9/27/2021, 9:09 AM
@Fares - It was basically an editorial mandate made by Joe Quesada that in order for Peter Parker to be relatable, he had to be single, which pissed off long-time fans because he and MJ had been married for some time at that point.
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 9/27/2021, 9:09 AM
@Fares - Its both. I don't know if you like him or not but linkara has a massive review of one more day detailing all its issues. I'd recommend it.
Kurban
Kurban - 9/27/2021, 10:10 AM
@Fares - I think the problem most people have with it is that it regresses the character of Spider-Man. After then-20 years of marriage in the comics, they reverted him to a swinging bachelor like during the 70s. There are also story problems as well, but I think thats the biggest complaint people have and it’s a valid one considering this one story changed how Spider-Man as a character has operated for the last fifteen years.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 9/27/2021, 10:39 AM
Time to move on from Single Peter.

Superman has a family and everybody loves that
Origame
Origame - 9/27/2021, 11:11 AM
@Fares - it's basically one of those stories designed to fill an editorial mandate. So it's basically what that meant to the Spiderman franchise that people remember, how we got that (Spiderman making a deal with basically the devil), and it's just a lackluster story outside of that.
MrMediocre
MrMediocre - 9/27/2021, 11:14 AM
@Mrcool210 - oh shit, The Lightbringer covered OMD? I'll have to check that out.
BroskiTroski
BroskiTroski - 9/27/2021, 11:24 AM
@Fares - You think “Spider-Man making a deal with Marvel’s Satan so he can save his already cripplingly old aunt from dying and sacrifice decades of comic book stories and one of the most popular, comic book romantic relationship” can be labeled as “a direction they didn’t want”. You’re technically not wrong.

But when I hear “direction they didn’t want” I think making the Ancient One a woman or making Bucky the one who killed Tony’s parents, NOT committing the comic writers equivalent of canon seppuku.
Fares
Fares - 9/27/2021, 11:41 AM
@BroskiTroski - See, the perception definitely differs depending on where you stand. I wouldn't allow anyone to question my unconditional love for the character of Spider-Man. I watched the cartoons, saw the movies, played the video games, got the merch, etc.
But seeing how comics change over the years depending on the writers and artists, I don't feel inclined to read them on a regular basis, and thus I don't feel the weight of the history. I'll read the handful of runs that are recommneded and that's all.
So when you tell me about how a deal with the devil is about to undo decades of Spider-Man history, I just think it's another Tuesday, and judge the story based on it's own self-contained merits.
BroskiTroski
BroskiTroski - 9/27/2021, 12:49 PM
@Fares - That’s great and all but that was like one aspect from a fan perspective. The main criticism is it’s incredibly shit, out of character, ruins a good thing, and was a pathetic attempt at a retcon and reboot.
MotherFuckerJon
MotherFuckerJon - 9/27/2021, 2:32 PM
@Fares - don't it's horrible
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 9/27/2021, 7:05 PM
@Fares - This should tell you all you need to know
DrSmoonk
DrSmoonk - 9/27/2021, 9:09 AM
Christ josh, is it really so hard to proof read before you upload your articles? This is one of the worst yet.
Matador
Matador - 9/27/2021, 9:37 AM
@DrSmoonk - Josh says,
dragon316
dragon316 - 9/27/2021, 5:28 PM
@DrSmoonk - yeah someone is going to jail for it
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 9/27/2021, 8:52 PM
@dragon316 - well you actually should.
BassMan
BassMan - 9/27/2021, 9:15 AM
So many typos…
dragon316
dragon316 - 9/27/2021, 5:29 PM
@BassMan - yeah someone is getting electric chair tonight typos is crime
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 9/27/2021, 8:54 PM
@dragon316 - well you should be, because everything you say is a typo.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 9/27/2021, 9:29 AM
Matador
Matador - 9/27/2021, 9:42 AM


Every morning @JoshWilding pissing excellence every morning lives by example!
jj2112
jj2112 - 9/27/2021, 1:03 PM
I have virtually all Spidey comics up to the last Secret Wars, and I don't feel I missed anything important tbh.
4thMaster
4thMaster - 9/27/2021, 1:59 PM
Reading this only made me think if Mephisto has ever heard of people having children out of wedlock, but then remembered the deal nuked the whole relationship. You'd think the actual devil would seek out a more permanent solution if he wanted to stop *Peter's daughter deposing him to become Ruler of Hell herself*.
Comicbook storytelling is WILD sometimes.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 9/27/2021, 2:30 PM
@4thMaster - I think this mainly just boils down to making up and retconning story points along the way. But yeah, its wild
4thMaster
4thMaster - 9/27/2021, 3:33 PM
@bkmeijer - It tends to get really bad when you start retconning stuff to big bigger than they were at the time. Specially since the devil convincing a vulnerable good person to make a bad deal is textbook stuff, no need to say anything more.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 9/28/2021, 12:15 AM
@4thMaster - I do like what they added here day. The deal didn't really make a lot of sense from Mephy's side initially
generictheeric
generictheeric - 9/27/2021, 2:00 PM
"It was me Peter, all along."
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 9/27/2021, 2:27 PM
I don't know if its how the article is written or if I really can't grasp the story, but this all just sounds so complicated (especially for a Spider-Man story)
MotherFuckerJon
MotherFuckerJon - 9/27/2021, 2:31 PM
I salute the man for retconning two of the stupidest [frick]ing stories ever told..but shit all this is confusing. There had to be a simpler more direct way of fleshing all that out.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 9/27/2021, 5:27 PM
It sounds a bit intriguing but the parts of Harry and his corpse plus the other factors do make it sound complicated.
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