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** ''Kraven's Last Hunt'' is often seen as one of Spider-Man's darkest stories but the bright spot is some of the strongest writing about their relationship. In a meta-example, the author J. M. [=DeMatteis=] while initially planning the story before the decision to marry them had been taken by the editors, immediately welcomed the choice and made it an essential part of a classic story, ensuring that their marriage will always be part of Spider-Man's history.
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'''Peter:''' [[ILetGwenStacyDie She knows]] [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies better]] [[TheConfidant than anyone else]] what [[KeepTheHomeFiresBurning she's getting into]]--[[TrueLoveIsExceptional and she still wants me]]! How could I possibly [[OneTruePairing turn down someone like that]]? [[TheyDo I do]].

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'''Peter:''' [[ILetGwenStacyDie She knows]] [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies better]] [[TheConfidant knows better than anyone else]] else what [[KeepTheHomeFiresBurning she's getting into]]--[[TrueLoveIsExceptional and into--and she still wants me]]! me! How could I possibly [[OneTruePairing turn down someone like that]]? [[TheyDo that? I do]].do.
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* In ''Avengers: X-Sanction #4'', ComicBook/{{Cable}} states that in the future, or at least one of the many in the multiverse, Peter will go down as the greatest hero of them all. After seeing everything the wallflower from Queens who got a strong-but-not-extraordinary power set has gone through, all the times he has been beaten down by life, all the times his powers have brought misery to him, and all the times he has briefly succumbed to self-pity and bad decision-making, to hear that he will overcome all of that and become the most beloved hero of all is extremely heartwarming.
* In ''ComicBook/WarOfTheRealms'', Peter, being appointed temporary leader of the League of Realms by Thor, is fighting alongside warriors from the other Realms to fight angels from Heven (no, not Abrahamic Heaven, the Tenth Realm). Peter hasn't been getting along with the rest of the League due to them not following his ThouShaltNotKill rule. However, Peter manages to accomplish something major nonlethally. Fernande, the leader of the army, had been starting to doubt her people's involvement in the war due to the Queen allowing Malekith to kill her girlfriend. Spidey, through words of empathy, manages to cement her HeelFaceTurn.
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* The Watcher is usually TheStoic, but this Christmas issue of Spider-Man... it's just so sweet, it made me cry! Here's the link: ''[[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1395022.html Small Miracles]]''.

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* The Watcher is usually TheStoic, but this Christmas issue of Spider-Man... it's just so sweet, it made me cry! Here's the link: ''[[http://scans-daily.[[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1395022.html Small Miracles]]''.this Christmas issue of Spider-Man]] has him helping Spider-Man save someone's life and reunite two estranged relatives under the guise of them being monumentally important to the universe's continued existence.
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* ''Amazing Spider-Man'' 252, the first issue after ''ComicBook/SecretWars'', is a BreatherEpisode about Spidey returning home after all of that miniseries' crazy cosmic action and getting adjusted to his new alien costume as he catches up on everything he missed. After nearly dying so many times on Battleworld, Spidey talks about how much he appreciates his neighborhood, even with all of its [[TheBigRottenApple mid-80s grittiness]], and in the end, he takes two teenagers he finds arguing webslinging with him to show them the beauty of New York. Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man indeed:

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* ''Amazing Spider-Man'' 252, the first issue after ''ComicBook/SecretWars'', ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'', is a BreatherEpisode about Spidey returning home after all of that miniseries' crazy cosmic action and getting adjusted to his new alien costume as he catches up on everything he missed. After nearly dying so many times on Battleworld, Spidey talks about how much he appreciates his neighborhood, even with all of its [[TheBigRottenApple mid-80s grittiness]], and in the end, he takes two teenagers he finds arguing webslinging with him to show them the beauty of New York. Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man indeed:

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** "Doomed Affairs"[[note]]''Amazing Spider-Man'' Issue #50, Vol. 2[[/note]] despite the foreboding title is entirely about Peter and MJ recommitting to their relationship after their separation all in the middle of a superhero battle, at the end of which MJ finally meets Captain America.

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** "Doomed Affairs"[[note]]''Amazing Spider-Man'' Issue #50, Vol. 2[[/note]] despite the foreboding title is entirely about Peter and MJ recommitting to their relationship after their separation all in the middle of a superhero battle, at the end of which MJ finally meets Captain America.America, who as usual gives some wise advice:
--->''The mask is supposed to hide your face. Don't let it hide your heart.''
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* One issue of ''Spider-Man Team-Up'' has Abe Jenkins, formerly The Beetle, now operating as MACH-1, helping prove Spidey is innocent of murder. When asked by the other Masters of Evil (this is before the Thunderbolt's dual identities were revealed to the public) why he did so, he says that since Spidey knew they had the evidence, not helping him would make him suspicious, and he might tip off other heroes. He later admits to Moonstone that it was crap. He helped Spidey because Spidey was a stand up guy who helped them, and it was the right thing to do.

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** What's also surprising is how aware the writers were as it would have been easy to have both abusers be male or to make Tony a girl. Instead Tony is a POC being abused by a teenage girl, which makes it clear that anyone can be perpetrator and victims of abuse.

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** What's also surprising is how aware the writers were as it would have been easy to have both abusers be male or to make Tony a girl. Instead Tony is a POC being abused by a white teenage girl, which makes it clear that anyone can be perpetrator perpetrators and victims of abuse.
abuse while avoiding the implication that sexually abusing children has anything to do with homosexuality considering what was happening during the 80s.

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* The still canon 1984 comic ''Spider-Man and the Power Pack'' features two stories meant to teach kids about what they should do if they are being abused. In the Spider-Man story titled ''Secrets'' he encounters a young boy named Tony being sexually abused by his babysitter Judy, and while comforting him reveals how he was also abused by his babysitter Steven "Skip" Westcott. He explains how the young Peter bonded with the older teen despite their age difference as Skip was supportive of Peter's interests and looked after him. However Skip would eventually show Peter inappropriate pictures and touch him inappropriately, and he eventually confessed what was happening to May and Ben when they asked why he longer spent anytime with Skip. While this entire situation is horrible the comic ends on a surprisingly hopeful tone as his story convinces Tony to tell his parents what is happening, and it is revealed that on some level Peter had still blamed himself for what happened but now realizes that it wasn't his fault.
** What's also surprising is how aware the writers were as it would have been easy to have both abusers be male or to make Tony a girl. Instead Tony is a POC being abused by a teenage girl, which makes it clear that anyone can be perpetrator and victims of abuse.
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--> '''Flash Thompson''': "I think about being married all the time. My foul-ups have only made that kind of happiness even more desirable, more precious! And if you've got a chance for that buddy, you'd darned well better go for it!"

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--> '''Flash Thompson''': "I -->'''Flash:''' I think about being married all the time. My foul-ups have only made that kind of happiness even more desirable, more precious! And if you've got a chance for that buddy, you'd darned well better go for it!"it!



--> '''Mary Jane''': "I will take this man--this very special man--to be the most important thing in my life. Because that's exactly what I've realized, he already ''is''."\\
'''Peter Parker''': "[[ILetGwenStacyDie She knows]] [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies better]] [[TheConfidant than anyone else]] what [[KeepTheHomeFiresBurning she's getting into]]--[[TrueLoveIsExceptional and she still wants me]]! How could I possibly [[OneTruePairing turn down someone like that]]? [[TheyDo I do]]."

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--> '''Mary Jane''': "I -->'''Mary Jane:''' I will take this man--this very special man--to be the most important thing in my life. Because that's exactly what I've realized, he already ''is''."\\
'''Peter Parker''': "[[ILetGwenStacyDie
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'''Peter:''' [[ILetGwenStacyDie
She knows]] [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies better]] [[TheConfidant than anyone else]] what [[KeepTheHomeFiresBurning she's getting into]]--[[TrueLoveIsExceptional and she still wants me]]! How could I possibly [[OneTruePairing turn down someone like that]]? [[TheyDo I do]]."



-->'''Jonah:''' (gesturing to himself) Me! Take me! I'm the one you want. Marla and my son have done nothing to you--nothing. Let them go--don't hurt them. Just take me.
-->'''Gargan:''' Thanks, Jameson. I need that. I've been waiting' years for this minute. But yer dumber than ya look if you think I'd let anyone walk outta here alive. Maybe I'll save you fer last.
-->'''Jonah:''' (falling to his knees) NO!
-->'''Gargan:''' Go on, beg. It's music to my ears. I'm the Scorpion! I got the power of life and death. And this where I'm gonna use it!
-->'''Spidey:''' [[BigDamnHeroes (shoots webbing at Gargan's eyes) If there's one thing I hate, it's a hammy bad guy! The only revenge you'll get is talking your victims to death]]!
-->'''Gargan:''' [[CaptainObvious My eyes! Can't see!]]
-->'''Spidey:''' That's the idea, dummy.
-->'''Jonah:''' (Picking up his wife-to-be and son) Quick! Now's our chance.
-->(Spidey and Gargan begin fighting as the Jamesons flee)
-->'''Jonah:''' That's it, keep moving. Don't stop for anything.

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-->'''Jonah:''' (gesturing ''[gesturing to himself) himself]'' Me! Take me! I'm the one you want. Marla and my son have done nothing to you--nothing. Let them go--don't hurt them. Just take me.
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me.\\
'''Gargan:'''
Thanks, Jameson. I need that. I've been waiting' years for this minute. But yer dumber than ya look if you think I'd let anyone walk outta here alive. Maybe I'll save you fer last.
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last.\\
'''Jonah:''' ''[falling
to his knees) NO!
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knees]'' NO!\\
'''Gargan:'''
Go on, beg. It's music to my ears. I'm the Scorpion! I got the power of life and death. And this where I'm gonna use it!
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it!\\
'''Spidey:'''
[[BigDamnHeroes (shoots ''[shoots webbing at Gargan's eyes) eyes]'' If there's one thing I hate, it's a hammy bad guy! The only revenge you'll get is talking your victims to death]]!
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death!]]\\
'''Gargan:'''
[[CaptainObvious My eyes! Can't see!]]
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see!]]\\
'''Spidey:'''
That's the idea, dummy.
-->'''Jonah:''' (Picking
dummy.\\
'''Jonah:''' ''[picking
up his wife-to-be and son) son]'' Quick! Now's our chance.
-->(Spidey
chance.\\
''[Spidey
and Gargan begin fighting as the Jamesons flee)
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flee]''\\
'''Jonah:'''
That's it, keep moving. Don't stop for anything.



* The four issue storyline Death of Jean DeWolfe is very bittersweet since it shows Peter being especially vicious while Matt Murdock was softer but more impotent as they tried to track down the Sin Eater. It at least ends with Daredevil revealing he knows who Spider-Man is and it ends with the two closer than ever while Murdock promises to help find someone to provide legal counsel for one of Aunt May's tenants who panicked and shot a mugger.

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* The four issue storyline Death of Jean DeWolfe [=DeWolff=] is very bittersweet since it shows Peter being especially vicious while Matt Murdock was softer but more impotent as they tried to track down the Sin Eater. It at least ends with Daredevil revealing he knows who Spider-Man is and it ends with the two closer than ever while Murdock promises to help find someone to provide legal counsel for one of Aunt May's tenants who panicked and shot a mugger.
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* Issue #186. After being hounded by the police for months for crimes he didn't do and shunned by New Yorkers thanks to Jameson's claims, Spidey is ''finally'' found innocent of causing Captain Stacy's death. Even better, many New Yorkers interviewed are actually happy that Spidey got his due. Best of all, Flash sticks up for Spidey when the Chameleon tries to discredit him, and the issue ends with a cheering crowd carrying Spidey through the streets. Of course, the guy still has to deal with insane press conferences, but it's nice to see things look up for Spidey for once.

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* Issue #186. After being hounded by the police for months for crimes he didn't do and shunned by New Yorkers thanks to Jameson's claims, Spidey is ''finally'' found innocent of causing Captain Stacy's death. Even better, many New Yorkers interviewed are actually happy that Spidey got his due. Best of all, Flash sticks up for Spidey when the Chameleon tries to discredit him, and the issue ends with a cheering crowd carrying Spidey through the streets. Of course, the guy still has to deal with insane press conferences, but it's nice to see things look up for Spidey for once.a change.

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* Yes, even a man as psychotic as Norman Osborn manages to have a moment in Marvel Knights: Spider-Man. [[DownplayedTrope However small]]. Where he sends a letter to Peter saying that he really appreciates the attention he is given and hopes that, despite the fact he kidnapped Aunt May and nearly killed MJ, there's no animosity between them. It's strangely adorable in a psychotic kind of way.
* A really minor one, but in the Amazing Spider-Man issue where Harry overdoses, number 96, seeing Norman (as the Goblin) shedding tears for his son is sweet in an odd manner. It'd be one of the few instances where 616!Norman would show his caring side towards Harry.
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** ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web #14'' also focuses on Crusher, this time in his prime as he refuses to sell out to a gimmicky professional wrestling company even though the money isn't much at the smaller venues. Crusher realizes that he can have a gimmick and self-respect at the same time by playing up his status as a heel so whoever finally takes him down will be a hero, as the issue closes with Peter stepping in to face off.

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