History YMMV / TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski

* FanonDiscontinuity: Different groups of fans consider different parts of the run as discontinuity. Many fans would rather just forget anything to do with Sins Past or the Totem issue and don't consider them part of Spidey's official universe, for some only ''ComicBook/SinsPast'' didn't happen, for certain parts of the fandom ''The Other'' and/or everything after it happens in "Quesadaverse" is not regular continuity, and for loads of people there's no such thing as ComicBook/OneMoreDay.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Different groups of fans consider different parts of the run as discontinuity. Many fans would rather just forget anything to do with Sins Past or the Totem issue and don't consider them part of Spidey's official universe, for some only ''ComicBook/SinsPast'' didn't happen, for certain parts of the fandom ''The Other'' and/or everything after it happens in "Quesadaverse" is not regular continuity, and for loads of people there's no such thing as Comicbook/OneMoreDay.

* TheChrisCarterEffect: Nothing was ever really explained regarding the whole Totem thing, and eventually it grew into a KudzuPlot, thanks to ''The Other'' (why did Morlun come back from the dead? What was Miss Arrow? Why did the spider-god resurrect Peter after he was 'killed' by Morlun when it would have violated the natural order?) Sad part is that everything was explained in an acceptable way before the Other came and threw loads of questions. Which is one of the reasons why many people consider it the point the run started going downhill.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Different groups of fans consider different parts of the run as discontinuity. Many fans would rather just forget anything to do with Sins Past or the Totem issue and don't consider them part of Spidey's official universe, for some only ''Sins Past'' didn't happen, for certain parts of the fandom ''the Other'' and/or everything after it happens in "Quesadaverse" is not regular continuity, and for loads of people there's no such thing as Comicbook/OneMoreDay.

** In the 9/11 issue, when Spider-Man is trying to take a young boy from Ground Zero. The kid explains that he is waiting for his dad, a firefighter, when he sees his father's dead body begin being moved from the rubble. Cue to the scream of despair.

** Captain America's "''[[PatrickStewartSpeech Plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth and tell the whole world]] '[[YouShallNotPass No. You move.]]'''" speech is from ASM #537, the tie-in with ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. It's so iconic it got adapted into the [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar movie]].

* FauxSymbolism: According to John Romita Junior, it was him who wanted to do the crying Dr. Doom scene (JMS only wanted to put Doom there, the other villains and crying were JR Jr's idea). He also claims that it was only the symbolic expression of how he feels about 9/11.

** '''Doctor Doom crying''' over 9/11, despite the fact that he does much worse things on the regular with zero regrets.

** Three words: '''Doctor Doom crying.'''

* {{Narm}}: The 9/11 VerySpecialEpisode showed [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the supervillains were horrified by the attack on the World Trade Center, with Doctor Doom crying and the words "even the worst of us, however scarred, are still human. Still feel. Still mourn the random deaths of innocents"]]. Common fan consensus is it's a nice sentiment and all, but... many of these guys make bin Laden look like that kid who simply kicks down sandcastles on a regular basis and all of them have had absolutely no problem ruining or taking the lives of innocent people in the past. Plus, one of the villains helping is the Juggernaut, who has attacked the Twin Towers previously in his supervillain career. Even if Doom crying was meant to be symbolic of Romita Junior's feelings on 9/11, it's still considered a bizarre choice.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The 9/11 issue, where it's revealed that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even numerous big-shot supervillains were horrified by all the innocent lives lost in the attack]] and pitched in to help. Problem here is that many of these villains (namely Doctor Doom, who the narrative specifically focuses on) have had little to no qualms against the mass loss of innocent lives in the past and routinely make Al-Qaeda look like playground bullies in scope, making this come across as more insincere hypocrisy than any genuine standards.

* AssPull: With Morlun on the ropes, Spidey is forced to consider whether or not he'll violate his ThouShaltNotKill rule. Rather than actually resolve the conflict, Morlun's assistant/slave Dex renders the point moot by simply shooting Morlun dead for Spidey. Justified, as it was done to create in-Universe NightmareFuel for Spidey, once he realizes that now he will always be suspecting, to his terror, that he would kill Morlun himself. It lacks this justification when the situation repeats itself with Spider-Wasp.

** It's especially noticable that Juggernaut is one of the villains put in here, as a decade before the events of 9/11, he destroyed one of the twin towers in an issue of ''ComicBook/XForce1991'' and ''bursted out in laughter'' after the fact. That makes his presence here, mourning the damage and death of the people caused by the distraction even more awkward and out of place.

* {{Narm}}: The 9/11 VerySpecialEpisode showed [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the supervillains were horrified by the attack on the World Trade Center, with Doctor Doom crying and the words "even the worst of us, however scarred, are still human. Still feel. Still mourn the random deaths of innocents"]]. Common fan consensus is it's a nice sentiment and all, but... many of these guys make bin Laden look like that kid who simply kicks down sandcastles on a regular basis and all of them have had absolutely no problem ruining or taking the lives of innocent people in the past. Plus, one of the villains helping is the Juggernaut, who has attacked the Twin Towers previously in his supervillain career. Even if Doom crying was meant to be symbolic of Romita Junior's feelings on 9/11, choosing Doctor Doom is still a bizarre choice.
* NeverLiveItDown: Some people cannot stand that Spider-Man told Morlun that he is the first villain who ever pissed him off. Hyperbole is to be expected, but considering that there's a [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn certain villain]] [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied that killed]] [[ComicBook/GwenStacy his first love]] it's no wonder that people are pissed at blatant [[CharacterShilling Villain Shilling]]. There was also the "never been hit that hard before" moment in the same story. Reaction was similar and Creator/PeterDavid couldn't resist poking fun in a ''Friendly Neighborhood'' issue.

** ''Comicbook/OneMoreDay'', albeit not in a flattering sense.

* SignatureScene: From his run:

* TearJerker: Several.

* NoYay: The Norman Osborn and Gwen Stacy affair in ''Sins Past''.

* SeasonalRot: The JMS run is generally agreed to have started out very good, with some cool new additions to Spidey's RoguesGallery and the introduction of a solid MythArc. But then much of his goodwill ended with storylines like ''Sins Past'', and ''The Other''. The Myth Arc thus became [[TheChrisCarterEffect a tangled mess]] and the book went through a horrible DorkAge that took several years to recover from completely. On top of it all, ''Civil War'' came along, and Joe Quesada began [[ExecutiveMeddling ruthlessly meddling]] in nearly everything with the storyline ending with ''One More Day'', one of all the time worst stories, not only in Spider-Man but comics and any media.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: After May finds out Peter's secret and tells him gravely that they need to talk, Peter starts worrying and thinking of all the things that she could need to tell him so direly. His mind flashes between "I have six months to live", "Mary Jane has six months to live", "the planet has six months to live"... and then in a moment of levity, to "Doctor Octopus has six months to live. So, do you want to go out for pizza?" Now, over a decade after the scene in question, consider how Amazing Spider-Man ends with Doctor Octopus having only a short time to live... and deciding to [[OmnicidalManiac take the world with him]]. [[spoiler: Then revealing this was a distraction [[ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan for his true plan]]: pulling a GrandTheftMe on Spider-Man, and [[TheBadGuyWins that it works.]]]] Not so funny now, is it Pete?