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comics only so controversial movies or
TV shows don’t count number 10 the Clone
Saga the premise started out okay on
paper Peter Parker discovers that he’s
actually a clone and has been for the
last 20 years of adventures and now the
real Peter Parker is back and ready to
jump back in into the old Spidey suit
unfortunately Marvel kept the storyline
going far too long two years to be exact
adding more convoluted details along the
way it didn’t get any better through
repetition and fans were pissed that 20
years of comics history had been a fraud
eventually it turned out that our Peter
was the real thing after all
so it was all an overly long exercise in
misdirection that left fans utterly
disappointed number nine more lunes
unusual appetite in a storyline called
the other your friendly neighborhood
spider-man develops a crazy radioactive
sickness that seems to be destroying him
so he’s already in sorry shape when he’s
attacked by the nefarious villain more
loon this dude likes to travel from one
alternate earth to another gathering up
totems that belonged to the spider-man
of each earth 20 attacks Peter he goes
all out and one of the grossest moments
in the comics he actually eats Peter’s
eyeball right out from its socket for
good measure he also seems to kill Peter
but that didn’t generly as his optic
apatite don’t worry Peter would return
with both eyes intact number 8 the
suicide of an weighing the overused
trope where a woman suffers just so that
her love interest be it Pierrot or
villain can get angsty gets really old
in superhero comics and weighing was the
ex-wife of Eddie Brock host to the
symbiote known as venom she had even
unwillingly hosted the symbiote herself
briefly becoming she venom which left
her deeply scarred when Eddie tries to
make up with her she freaked out at the
sight of spider-man swinging by in a
venom inspired costume she was even more
freaked out when at each
and venom right in front of her to bite
spider-man so much so that she throws
herself out of her window this was all
done to justify Eddie’s hatred of
spider-man some fans bought the tragedy
but others find it superfluous and
heartless number seven buried alive
Craven’s last hunt is generally held as
an exciting and gripping story arc one
which really explored the titular
villains personality but that doesn’t
mean it didn’t generate controversy it
was for the time an especially dark and
grim tale which put off some fans most
controversial was Kraven disposing of
spider-man seemingly killing him turns
out he actually paralyzed him and buried
him alive it takes two weeks for the
drug to wear off after which readers
injured an excruciating sequence as
Peter somehow saved himself there was a
lot to admire in the story but not
everyone could get beyond the darker
aspects and the intensity of the story
number 6
Spidey unmasked to show his commitment
to Tony Stark’s registration campaign in
civil war Spiderman took the
unprecedented step of revealing his
secret identity to the world sure it
made for a powerful moment but it also
riled up a lot of fans who felt that
this would fundamentally change the
character after all Peter had made a
huge deal since the beginning of keeping
his identity a secret so his loved ones
would be safe so willingly giving up his
secret fell out of character and forced
sure enough Aunt May ended up getting
shot and writers had to find a way to
make Peters identity a secret again more
on that later
number 5 Aunt May’s final chapter not
speaking of Aunt May she had actually
met a tragic end during the Clone Saga
so how could she have been shot during
civil war blamed the final chapter a
story arc with one of the absolute worst
comic-book resurrections in history see
it turns out that wasn’t dear Aunt May
who was killed among all that clone mess
no that was an actress who had been
genetically altered to pass for may yes
the Green Goblin once again came up with
a convoluted plan to mess with Spidey’s
head and in doing so negated any real
emotional value her death had provided
many readers found this explanation too
big a stretch to accept number 4 death
by sperm we like to say we’re kidding
about this but we can’t Marvel ripped
off The Dark Knight Returns to put Peter
into a dark dystopian future called the
rain it picks up with Spidey as a
retired six year old getting suited up
again to
go after the sinister six there’s a lot
of grim posing going on that doesn’t
really fit with Spidey but the most
controversial moment was the discovery
that in this timeline MJ was dead and
spider-man was responsible or rather his
sperm was see all that radioactivity in
his body trickled down into his sperm
and got transferred to MJ every time
they you get the idea but it’s an idea
that a lot of fans objected to for
obvious reasons number three superior
spider-man the superior spider-man
storyline inspired passionate supporters
and equally fervent haters before his
body withers and dies Doc Ock finds a
way to switch his mind with Peter
Parker’s but surprisingly the doc is
inspired to become an even better
spider-man than Peter ever was a
superior spider-man he’s good but not
perfect
he kills Massacre a mass murderer who he
assumes is beyond redemption and ruins
Spidey’s reputation with the Avengers
eventually it turns out that Peters
essence is still in spider-man’s body
and Otto ultimately relinquished his
control back to the real spider-man some
hailed it as a masterpiece but others
found it way too weird to be taken
seriously number two sins past the death
of Gwen Stacy was one of the defining
moments in spider-man’s history this
2004 storyline and it’s equally
controversial sequel sins remember’d
fascinated some readers but outraged a
sizable portion of the community how by
creating a back story in which Gwen had
an affair with Norman Osborn the Green
Goblin and gave birth to twins according
to this retcon goblin threw her off the
bridge to keep their offsprings
existence a secret
Gwen Stacy’s reputation was besmirched
by the story arc which angered longtime
readers and new fans alike number one
one more day there are good ways to
reboot a character and then there’s one
more day the marriage of Peter and MJ
had been one of the most beloved
relationships in all of comic ‘dom and
many fans had invested a lot of
themselves in their relationship but
after Aunt May was shot thanks to Peter
revealing his secret identity in civil
war
Peter was overcome with guilt and
anguish and we mean literally overcome
so much though that he made a deal with
Mephisto the devil of the Marvel
Universe
Peter traded his marriage in order to
save Aunt May rewriting the timeline and
splitting up the iconic couple it
remains one of the most despised moments
in spider-man’s long history
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of the time as these divisive webslinger
moments prove welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down the top 10
most controversial moments in spider-man
history before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re looking at
comics only so controversial movies or
TV shows don’t count number 10 the Clone
Saga the premise started out okay on
paper Peter Parker discovers that he’s
actually a clone and has been for the
last 20 years of adventures and now the
real Peter Parker is back and ready to
jump back in into the old Spidey suit
unfortunately Marvel kept the storyline
going far too long two years to be exact
adding more convoluted details along the
way it didn’t get any better through
repetition and fans were pissed that 20
years of comics history had been a fraud
eventually it turned out that our Peter
was the real thing after all
so it was all an overly long exercise in
misdirection that left fans utterly
disappointed number nine more lunes
unusual appetite in a storyline called
the other your friendly neighborhood
spider-man develops a crazy radioactive
sickness that seems to be destroying him
so he’s already in sorry shape when he’s
attacked by the nefarious villain more
loon this dude likes to travel from one
alternate earth to another gathering up
totems that belonged to the spider-man
of each earth 20 attacks Peter he goes
all out and one of the grossest moments
in the comics he actually eats Peter’s
eyeball right out from its socket for
good measure he also seems to kill Peter
but that didn’t generly as his optic
apatite don’t worry Peter would return
with both eyes intact number 8 the
suicide of an weighing the overused
trope where a woman suffers just so that
her love interest be it Pierrot or
villain can get angsty gets really old
in superhero comics and weighing was the
ex-wife of Eddie Brock host to the
symbiote known as venom she had even
unwillingly hosted the symbiote herself
briefly becoming she venom which left
her deeply scarred when Eddie tries to
make up with her she freaked out at the
sight of spider-man swinging by in a
venom inspired costume she was even more
freaked out when at each
and venom right in front of her to bite
spider-man so much so that she throws
herself out of her window this was all
done to justify Eddie’s hatred of
spider-man some fans bought the tragedy
but others find it superfluous and
heartless number seven buried alive
Craven’s last hunt is generally held as
an exciting and gripping story arc one
which really explored the titular
villains personality but that doesn’t
mean it didn’t generate controversy it
was for the time an especially dark and
grim tale which put off some fans most
controversial was Kraven disposing of
spider-man seemingly killing him turns
out he actually paralyzed him and buried
him alive it takes two weeks for the
drug to wear off after which readers
injured an excruciating sequence as
Peter somehow saved himself there was a
lot to admire in the story but not
everyone could get beyond the darker
aspects and the intensity of the story
number 6
Spidey unmasked to show his commitment
to Tony Stark’s registration campaign in
civil war Spiderman took the
unprecedented step of revealing his
secret identity to the world sure it
made for a powerful moment but it also
riled up a lot of fans who felt that
this would fundamentally change the
character after all Peter had made a
huge deal since the beginning of keeping
his identity a secret so his loved ones
would be safe so willingly giving up his
secret fell out of character and forced
sure enough Aunt May ended up getting
shot and writers had to find a way to
make Peters identity a secret again more
on that later
number 5 Aunt May’s final chapter not
speaking of Aunt May she had actually
met a tragic end during the Clone Saga
so how could she have been shot during
civil war blamed the final chapter a
story arc with one of the absolute worst
comic-book resurrections in history see
it turns out that wasn’t dear Aunt May
who was killed among all that clone mess
no that was an actress who had been
genetically altered to pass for may yes
the Green Goblin once again came up with
a convoluted plan to mess with Spidey’s
head and in doing so negated any real
emotional value her death had provided
many readers found this explanation too
big a stretch to accept number 4 death
by sperm we like to say we’re kidding
about this but we can’t Marvel ripped
off The Dark Knight Returns to put Peter
into a dark dystopian future called the
rain it picks up with Spidey as a
retired six year old getting suited up
again to
go after the sinister six there’s a lot
of grim posing going on that doesn’t
really fit with Spidey but the most
controversial moment was the discovery
that in this timeline MJ was dead and
spider-man was responsible or rather his
sperm was see all that radioactivity in
his body trickled down into his sperm
and got transferred to MJ every time
they you get the idea but it’s an idea
that a lot of fans objected to for
obvious reasons number three superior
spider-man the superior spider-man
storyline inspired passionate supporters
and equally fervent haters before his
body withers and dies Doc Ock finds a
way to switch his mind with Peter
Parker’s but surprisingly the doc is
inspired to become an even better
spider-man than Peter ever was a
superior spider-man he’s good but not
perfect
he kills Massacre a mass murderer who he
assumes is beyond redemption and ruins
Spidey’s reputation with the Avengers
eventually it turns out that Peters
essence is still in spider-man’s body
and Otto ultimately relinquished his
control back to the real spider-man some
hailed it as a masterpiece but others
found it way too weird to be taken
seriously number two sins past the death
of Gwen Stacy was one of the defining
moments in spider-man’s history this
2004 storyline and it’s equally
controversial sequel sins remember’d
fascinated some readers but outraged a
sizable portion of the community how by
creating a back story in which Gwen had
an affair with Norman Osborn the Green
Goblin and gave birth to twins according
to this retcon goblin threw her off the
bridge to keep their offsprings
existence a secret
Gwen Stacy’s reputation was besmirched
by the story arc which angered longtime
readers and new fans alike number one
one more day there are good ways to
reboot a character and then there’s one
more day the marriage of Peter and MJ
had been one of the most beloved
relationships in all of comic ‘dom and
many fans had invested a lot of
themselves in their relationship but
after Aunt May was shot thanks to Peter
revealing his secret identity in civil
war
Peter was overcome with guilt and
anguish and we mean literally overcome
so much though that he made a deal with
Mephisto the devil of the Marvel
Universe
Peter traded his marriage in order to
save Aunt May rewriting the timeline and
splitting up the iconic couple it
remains one of the most despised moments
in spider-man’s long history
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
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