MJ And Paul, No More: Marvel Comics Might Finally Be Ending Controversial AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Romance In VENOM

MJ And Paul, No More: Marvel Comics Might Finally Be Ending Controversial AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Romance In VENOM

Fans have made it clear that they hate Mary Jane Watson's romance with Paul Rabin, but this week's All-New Venom #9 may have finally brought their relationship to a close. You can find out more here...

By JoshWilding - Aug 07, 2025 09:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

The Amazing Spider-Man storyline, "One More Day," was released in 2007 and officially ended Peter Parker's marriage to Mary Jane Watson. Their 30-year union was sacrificed to Mephisto to save Aunt May's life, and fans have been waiting for them to reunite ever since. 

Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man run came close, though editorial interference appeared to derail his plans. Later, Peter looked set to propose to MJ, though that fell apart when she and Spidey were dragged into the future by the Emissary.

The web-slinger was sent back in time by MJ, but her life continued without him for four years. During that period, she met a man named Paul, adopted a couple of kids, and brought him back to Earth 616 with her. Their romance has since continued, much to the chagrin of many comic book readers.

Amazing Spider-Man #1000 is fast approaching, and the hope now is that it will be there that we see Peter and MJ's romance finally reignite. The latter is currently serving as Venom in the pages of All-New Venom, and yesterday's issue #9 might have finally drawn a line under Paul's story. 

Following a discussion about the strain that acting as guardians for Dylan Brock has put on their relationship, not to mention her being Venom, Paul reaffirms his love for MJ...only for the issue to end with her breaking up with him! 

Peter has grown distant from Mary Jane in recent months, particularly with her serving as Venom. Even if things are over between her and Paul, it feels like we're a very long way off from seeing Spider-Man's greatest romance being revisited on the page. As for a marriage, who knows whether we'll finally get to see the superhero grow up. 

Fortunately, Ultimate Spider-Man (which is set in an alternate reality) does follow a version of Peter who is married to MJ and has two children. That series is coming to an end with issue #24, perhaps right in time for Marvel Comics to finally bring the mainstream versions of these characters together again.

Are you hoping this is the end for MJ and Paul? Stay tuned for more on Amazing Spider-Man and All-New Venom as we have it.

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BREAKUP AND BREAKOUT! It's Team Venom vs. Team Octopus - and the outcome might just decide the fate of Symbiotekind! But what's Doc Ock's real master plan? And why does he need the Sleeper Agent to do it? Meanwhile, Mary Jane's home life goes from bad to worse...as Dylan finally learns the truth!

ALL-NEW VENOM #9
Written by AL EWING
Art by CARLOS GOMEZ
Cover by ADAM KUBERT

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Simonsonrules
Simonsonrules - 8/7/2025, 9:39 AM
Rob Paul to pay Peter.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 8/7/2025, 9:52 AM
@Simonsonrules - LOL!!!

Love your user name. Walt Simonson does Rule!

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Simonsonrules
Simonsonrules - 8/7/2025, 6:52 PM
@Nomis929 - Thanks. I take it you're a Simon of some sort.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 8/7/2025, 9:07 PM
@Simonsonrules - Of a sort. :)
RolandD
RolandD - 8/7/2025, 9:41 PM
@Nomis929 - one of these days I need to check and see if I still have that comic in my collection. Some of my comics got damaged.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 8/7/2025, 11:59 PM
@RolandD - Oh you HAVE to have this one in your collection, it's a True Classic.

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By the by, I started to DIGITIZED all the comics I have this year and save them on a flash drive just in case the actual ones get damaged.
RolandD
RolandD - 8/8/2025, 12:59 AM
@Nomis929 - I am pretty sure that I do. I just haven’t seen it in years, but I haven’t looked for it either.
Radders
Radders - 8/8/2025, 8:50 AM
@Nomis929 - I've got it, its a classic. Though the comic tends to fall apart, is yours the same>?
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 8/8/2025, 9:15 AM
@Radders - Yeah, all those '80s comic that used the higher end paper like this one to print on were still using cheap staples to hold the books together nade them easier to fall apart.
SATW42
SATW42 - 8/7/2025, 9:48 AM
This is some Days of Our Lives Shit right here. Just get Marlena Possessed by the devil and Stefano coming back to life for the 80th time
GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 8/7/2025, 9:49 AM
Clarence MacAnaly
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 8/7/2025, 9:56 AM
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clogan
clogan - 8/7/2025, 11:46 AM
@Reeds2Much - I feel like MJ is just not good for Pete the way they've been handling it all since 2000s.
asherman93
asherman93 - 8/7/2025, 9:20 PM
@clogan - "...handling it all since OMD."
FTFY, because prior to that, Peter and MJ's relationship was going strong.

They need to [frick]ing rip off the bandage, actually directly tackle the deal with Mephisto, MAYBE let Aunt May die finally, let Peter and MJ get back together properly and have Mayday, let Peter get to retire gracefully and allow Miles to be the main Spider-Man, and then start sewing the seeds for Mayday to eventually take over as Spider-Girl.
RolandD
RolandD - 8/7/2025, 9:43 PM
@asherman93 - That’s not how comics work. I do think that they should be able to have their marriage back but there’s no way they age Peter to retirement.
asherman93
asherman93 - 8/7/2025, 10:04 PM
@RolandD - At least let Peter have an actual break for a little while. The Spider-Verse films show that the audience is ready to accept Miles as a main Spider-Man.
RolandD
RolandD - 8/8/2025, 12:58 AM
@asherman93 - Let’ em both.
asherman93
asherman93 - 8/8/2025, 3:55 AM
@RolandD - True, but I really want Mayday to finally become mainstream canon.
clogan
clogan - 8/8/2025, 12:43 PM
@asherman93 - Yeah. Corporate mandate of forcing Pete to be "Young and Single" is just hilarious because Ultimate Spider-Man has been outselling almost every other Marvel comic ever since it released.
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/7/2025, 9:58 AM
Was waiting for this be news found this out yesterday
hainesy
hainesy - 8/7/2025, 10:28 AM
My comic book introduction to Spider-Man was in the early 80s and it was both the current run and reading the first 30 or so issues of the series via re-releases under the Marvel Tales banner. I would then go buy old issues from the 70s at comic book stores and loved them all. They had decent continuity and they didn't seem to run out of ideas. 40 years later, I can't say the same. The ideas have gotten so far fetched and whenever I try to read something, it's a let down.
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 8/7/2025, 10:56 AM
Now all we need is Timothee Chalamet as Paul in Brand New Day and the Paul well will be officially dry..
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 8/7/2025, 12:04 PM
lol this is so shit, well Marvel hates Peter so much?

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