History YMMV / TheAmazingSpiderMan2022

* CriticProof: Despite the negative backlash the run has received from fans and critics for certain narrative and characterization decisions, Wells' run seems to have done well based on the available data from the [=ICV2=] charts, this is likely because of the [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity controversy it has garnered]] in contrast to Spencer's comparatively safe run, although in this instance [[https://www.comicsbeat.com/what-ever-happened-to-the-sales-charts/ there is no data on whether Wells' run is selling better than Spencer's, several of the latter's issues charted high in the diamond rankings which are now inoperable with the collapse of Diamond's distribution]].

* MisBlamed: After it was discovered that [[spoiler:Kamala Khan was going to be unceremoniously killed off]], writer Zeb Wells received a lot of vitriol from that character's fans--to the point where editor Nick Lowe advised him to avoid going to conventions. However, Cody Ziglar later revealed that Wells wasn't given a choice in the matter and that the character's death--and subsequent resurrection two months later--was an executive order from Kevin Feige in order to make them more in-line with their MCU counterpart.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Paul. The story tries to present him as just an average guy. However, when it's revealed that he was a man who helped his father kill a world- albeit accidentally- all hope for him being a likable character evaporated. Especially since his punishment for said crime was just feeling a bit guilty, and essentially being rewarded for it by essentially taking Spider-Man's girlfriend for himself and getting to live in domestic bliss with a pair of children. Not helped by the fact that Paul has shown absolutely no gratitude to Peter for saving him from exile, or remorse for starting a relationship with someone he ''knew'' was romantically involved with someone else.

** When Peter reveals his secret identity to Kamala [[spoiler:after she's resurrected]], he says he "I usually save this for kids with incurable diseases". Not only is this line overly edgy and out-of-character for Spidey, it makes light of story arcs such as ''The Kid Who Collected Spider-Man'', one of the most iconic and beloved Spider-Man stories of all time.
** In one issue, MJ and Paul's daughter is identified by the name "Romy"... with Zeb Wells apparently having forgotten that he had ''already named her Stephanie'' in an earlier issue. After [[spoiler:the kids cease to exist]], MJ reflects that the girl "couldn't decide which name she liked best" in a pathetically transparent attempt to HandWave the mistake that makes absolutely no sense.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Peter is meant to be seen as being unreasonable emotional and overly attached to MJ, with his actions like leaving town for six months to deal with the aftermath of MJ's abduction being presented as irresponsible and unreasonable. Unfortunately, Peter doesn't come off as someone acting irrationally. He comes off as someone who destroyed his life to save the woman he loved, only for her to coldly and cruelly reject him once he saved her, with MJ essentially blaming Peter for something he couldn't have known. Made even worse by the fact that none of Peter's allies supported him during this time, and by the fact that the person MJ left him for turned out to be a genocidal murderer. Overall, the story tries to make Peter out to be the bad guy, when he is perfectly justified in being pissed off at the circumstances.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mary Jane Watson, big time. The story wants to try and spin it that MJ was in a dire situation and no one is the bad guy. Unfortunately, the story shows MJ barely waiting a year before moving on from Peter, and coldly and cruelly rejecting Peter once he returns to save her. MJ never seems to acknowledge Peter didn't abandon her, especially since it was ''Mary Jane'' that threw him through the portal back to Earth when ''Peter'' wanted to send ''her'' back. MJ just treats Peter as if he did something wrong, and not once shows any sort of guilt or remorse for giving up faith in him and moving on to literally the only other human being on the planet. Made especially worse once her "children" are revealed to have been fakes, giving her even ''less'' reason to stay with Paul in the aftermath. Practically all sympathy is thrown out when MJ tells Peter the reason she is with Paul is because Paul reminds her of Peter, comparing the guilt Peter had for failing to stop the burglar from killing his uncle with the guilt Paul feels for ''helping to murder a planet.''
** Paul gets this as well. The story tries to present him as just an average guy. However, when it's revealed that he was a man who helped his father kill a world- albeit accidentally- all hope for him being a likable character evaporated. Especially since his punishment for said crime was just feeling a bit guilty, and essentially being rewarded for it by essentially taking Spider-Man's girlfriend for himself and getting to live in domestic bliss with a pair of children. Not helped by the fact that Paul has shown absolutely no gratitude to Peter for saving him from exile, or remorse for starting a relationship with someone he ''knew'' was romantically involved with someone else.

** When a ContentLeak from issue #26 revealed that [[spoiler: [[Characters/MarvelComicsKamalaKhan Kamala Khan]] would be killed off]] (and a Marvel press release swiftly confirmed that the leak was true), it was overwhelmingly poorly received by fans. Many pointed out that [[spoiler: not only had Kamala]] barely been present in the series [[note]]Kamala has only appeared in [[https://images.thedirect.com/media/photos/The_Amazing_Spider-Man_Pages_Direct.png 14 out of 646 pages and 37 out of 3204 comic panels]] of Wells' story prior to her death, which includes The Amazing Spider-Man #1-25, Dark Web #1, and Dark Web Finale #1. Meaning that only ''2.17%'' of Well's entire run so far had pages with her on them and that she's only in ''1.15%'' of the panels.[[/note]], she isn't particularly close to Peter or his supporting cast, so her death felt shallow. Fans have also expressed outrage [[spoiler:that Kamala's supporting cast, [[ComicBook/Champions2016 the Champions]], and [[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Miles Morales]] seem completely absent despite their closer relationship to her. All of this was aggravated by the fact that the content leak meant that Kamala's death was announced ahead of publication, during ''Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month'']].

* UnexpectedCharacter: Was anyone really expecting the Digger of all villains to make a return? Especially considering the last time he appeared was close to two decades ago (whose purpose was basically to give Spider-Man a rhyme and reason for being able to defeat/kill Hulk that he has yet to utilize to this day) and didn't really catch on as a villain enough to make any big returns in all this time. Not to mention that his personality wasn't really fleshed out beyond being your typical mobster boss character that's basically indistinguishable from Kingpin, Tombstone, Hammerhead, Mr. Negative, or Silvermane.