History YMMV / TheAmazingSpiderMan2022

* IKnewIt: Several people predicted that [[spoiler:Kamala Khan was killed off so she could be brought back as a Mutant for MCU synergy. This was confirmed with the announcement that Kamala's post-resurrection book would be titled "Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant".]]

** MJ's husband Paul is near-universally despised as a cheap obstacle between her and Peter without much personality. It doesn't help that during the entirety of the Dead Language story arc, he's presented as being far more competent than Peter, who loses basically every fight he gets into while having to be saved by Paul. If one also pays attention to what he's saying, he basically admits to helping Rabin with his work and thus is responsible for the entire fiasco. The guy is so disliked that there's a pretty substantial ironic counter-fandom dedicated to talking instead about how he is the greatest hero of all time, far better than that loser Spider-Man, Mary Jane's true love, and perhaps the most complex and fascinating figure in all of fiction.

** [[spoiler:When Kamala dies, the looks on MJ, Norman, and the Fantastic Four's faces are meant to be shock and grief. However, Romita draws them, with the exception of Norman, with dissonant faces that readers compared to getting high or being mid-orgasm.]]

** While you won't find man people who are fans of them, MJ and Paul's kids Stephanie and Owen are given basically zero depth and are just used as a way to drive a wedge between MJ and Peter; even Wells seems to not care about them beyond their capacity for drama, as he seemingly ''forgot the name of MJ's daughter'' and called her 'Romy' for no reason.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Many fans were upset that Flash's reunion with Peter was in #900 consisted of Peter casually welcoming him back to the world of the living, especially since it was the first time the two interacted since his HeroicSacrifice in ''ComicBook/GoDownSwinging''.

* UnintentionalUncannyValley: John Romita Jr. was once considered one of the great ''Spider-Man'' artists, but his character art in this run has been blasted by critics due to inexpressive faces and body proportions that just look off.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: How a number of fans feel about [[spoiler:Kamala Khan dying]]. While that plot point might have warranted its own story, doing it in the middle of a ''Spider-Man'' story arc focused on Mary Jane and Peter Parker's relationship was heavily criticized for being totally out of left field given that the character in question was a minor player in the story arc. Notably, there wasn't even a [[spoiler:''Ms. Marvel'']] ongoing at the time of the issue's publication. Also a point of contention is [[spoiler:a lack of Miles Morales in the story, given his connections with her. Indeed, ''ComicBook/XMen2021'' #23, released ''the very next week'', already suggesting that Emma Frost is planning on resurrecting Kamala as a favor for Cyclops already shows very little care was taken for this]]. On top of this, cover art released in June 2023 for the wedding of Tony Stark and Emma Frost [[spoiler:shows Kamala alive among the background characters, suggesting that she's been resurrected snd adding to fan suspicions that this was a RatingsStunt and/or meant to retcon her into being a mutant for MCU synergy]].

* CriticProof: Despite the negative backlash the run has received from fans and critics for certain narrative and characterization decisions, Zeb Wells' run has been very successful sales-wise and has performed better on the charts than [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer Nick Spencer's run]] had. Likely because of the [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity controversy it has gained]] in contrast to Spencer’s comparatively safe run.

* CriticProof: Despite the negative backlash the run has received from fans and critics for certain narrative and characterization decisions, Zeb Wells' run has been very successful sales-wise and has performed better on the charts than [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer Nick Spencer's run]] had.

** Mary Jane's relationship with Paul was confirmed to be a marriage in the '''recap page''' for the 19th issue, despite it never being mentioned by '''any''' character in the 18 preceding issues, the two issues of the ''Dark Web'' tie in, and the two issues of the Mary Jane/Black Cat mini series that came out prior to this issue. And then it turns out that this was apparently a mistake and they're simply cohabitating, which they only reveal in the editorial of a later issue.

** Mary Jane's relationship with Paul was confirmed to be a marriage in the '''recap page''' for the 19th issue, despite it never being mentioned by '''any''' character in the 18 preceding issues, the two issues of the ''Dark Web'' tie in, and the two issues of the Mary Jane/Black Cat mini series that came out prior to this issue. And then it turns out that this was apparently a mistake and they're simply cohabitating.

** Mary Jane's relationship with Paul was confirmed to be a marriage in the '''recap page''' for the 19th issue, despite it never being mentioned by '''any''' character in the 18 preceding issues, the two issues of the ''Dark Web'' tie in, and the two issues of the Mary Jane/Black Cat mini series that came out prior to this issue.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: How a number of fans feel about [[spoiler:Kamala Khan dying]]. While that plot point might have warranted its own story, doing it in the middle of a ''Spider-Man'' story arc focused on Mary Jane and Peter Parker's relationship was heavily criticized for being totally out of left field given that the character in question was a minor player in the story arc. Notably, there wasn't even a [[spoiler:''Ms. Marvel'']] ongoing at the time of the issue's publication. Also a point of contention is [[spoiler:a lack of Miles Morales in the story, given his connections with her. Indeed, ''ComicBook/XMen2021'' #23, released ''the very next week'', already suggesting that Emma Frost is planning on resurrecting Kamala as a favor for Cyclops already shows very little care was taken for this]]. On top of this, cover art released in June 2023 for the wedding of Tony Stark and Emma Frost [[spoiler:shows Kamala alive among the background characters, suggesting that she's been resurrected snd adding to fan suspicions that this was a RatingsStunt]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: How a number of fans feel about [[spoiler:Kamala Khan dying]]. While that plot point might have warranted its own story, doing it in the middle of a ''Spider-Man'' story arc focused on Mary Jane and Peter Parker's relationship was heavily criticized for being totally out of left field given that the character in question was a minor player in the story arc. Notably, there wasn't even a [[spoiler:''Ms. Marvel'']] ongoing at the time of the issue's publication. Also a point of contention is [[spoiler:a lack of Miles Morales in the story, given his connections with her. Indeed, ''ComicBook/XMen2021'' #23, released ''the very next week'', already suggesting that Emma Frost is planning on resurrecting Kamala as a favor for Cyclops already shows very little care was taken for this]]. On top of this, [[spoiler:the wedding of Tony Stark and Emma Frost shows Kamala alive on the cover among other Marvel heroes, showing definitively that this was nothing more than a RatingsStunt]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: How a number of fans feel about [[spoiler:Kamala Khan dying]]. While that plot point might have warranted its own story, doing it in the middle of a ''Spider-Man'' story arc focused on Mary Jane and Peter Parker's relationship was heavily criticized for being totally out of left field given that the character in question was a minor player in the story arc. Notably, there wasn't even a [[spoiler:''Ms. Marvel'']] ongoing at the time of the issue's publication. Also a point of contention is [[spoiler:a lack of Miles Morales in the story, given his connections with her. Indeed, ''ComicBook/XMen2021'' #23, released ''the very next week'', already suggesting that Emma Frost is planning on resurrecting Kamala as a favor for Cyclops already shows very little care was taken for this]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: How a number of fans feel about [[spoiler:Kamala Khan dying]]. While that plot point might have warranted its own story, doing it in the middle of a ''Spider-Man'' story arc focused on Mary Jane and Peter Parker's relationship was heavily criticized for being totally out of left field given that the character in question was a minor player in the story arc. Notably, there wasn't even a [[spoiler:''Ms. Marvel'']] ongoing at the time of the issue's publication. Also a point of contention is [[spoiler:a lack of Miles Morales in the story, given his connections with her. Indeed, ''ComicBook/XMen2021'' #23, released ''the very next week, already suggesting that Emma Frost is planning on resurrecting Kamala as a favor for Cyclops already shows very little care was taken for this]].

** A common in-joke among fans is to call Paul and MJ's kids by the wrong name. This is due to the girl being called two different names in the book. [[labelnote: Explanation]]Stephanie and Romy, the latter being retconned into being a nickname.[[/labelnote]]

* UnfortunateImplications: Several publications have called out [[spoiler:Kamala Khan's death]] as yet another example in the long, shameful tradition of comic characters being StuffedInTheFridge, with some, like [[https://www.themarysue.com/absolutely-no-one-is-happy-with-amazing-spider-man-killing-ms-marvel-kamala-khan/ The Mary Sue]] outright name-dropping the trope, and [[https://www.polygon.com/23726846/ms-marvel-death-amazing-spider-man-kamala-khan-zeb-wells Polygon]] calling it out for being a ploy to get more sales for the book; said Polygon article even points out the sheer deluge of hate-fueled reactions on social media in celebration of the death of a hero who is both an ethnic and religious minority.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: How a number of fans feel about [[spoiler:Kamala Khan dying]]. While that plot point might have warranted its own story, doing it in the middle of a ''Spider-Man'' story arc focused on Mary Jane and Peter Parker's relationship was heavily criticized for being totally out of left field given that the character in question was a minor player in the story arc. Notably, there wasn't even a [[spoiler:''Ms. Marvel'']] ongoing at the time of the issue's publication. Also a point of contention is [[spoiler:a lack of Miles Morales in the story, given his connections with her]].

** 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, she isn't particularly close to Peter or his supporting cast, so her death felt shallow. Fans have also expressed outrage 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'']].

** 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 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'']].

** "Fuck them kids." [[labelnote: Explanation]]When it was revealed in issue #26 that Paul and MJ's two children were actually ArtificialHumans created by Rabin who promptly wiped them both out of existence after they had fulfilled their purpose in secretly providing a tether for him to return to Earth-616, many readers actually ''[[SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced celebrated]]'' over this, partly because this meant the greatest hurdle to MJ ever getting back with Peter was [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse now removed]] and mostly out of the pure ''schadenfreude'' of seeing [[TheScrappy Paul]] finally suffer a loss. This has lead to many fans posting the UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan "fuck them kids." meme in response to the news while other people humorously point out the irony of how the mainline Spider-Man comic has officially reached such a [[AudienceAlienatingEra low point]] that the DeathOfAChild is now considered a ''positive'' by its fandom.[[/labelnote]]

** 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, she isn't particularly close to Peter or his supporting cast, so her death felt shallow. Fans have also expressed outrage 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'']].

* EpilepticTrees: The nature of Paul was hotly debated before it was revealed that [[spoiler:he's the son of Rabin]]. Theories included him being Mephisto in human form, a random villain in disguise, or even an alternate-universe version of Pete who never got spider-powers, with the last one being justified with ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming (''Peter'' Parker, ''Paul'', and ''Mary''-Jane Watson).