History YMMV / TheAmazingSpiderMan2022

* FountainOfMemes: Paul, Mary Jane's [[TheScrappy widely-loathed]] husband who exists to deter her and Peter's love life even further, has become incredibly memetic among the fandom thanks to that hatred. Enter anything related to Spider-Man on social media and expect to see dozens of jokes surrounding him.

* OvershadowedByControversy: If any discussion is to be made about the run, it is practically guaranteed to be about the ''many'' unpopular creative decisions, including breaking up Peter/MJ, the character of Paul, Peter's immense BadassDecay, [[spoiler:Kamala Kahn's widely promoted death and ''very'' quick resurrection]], and [[spoiler:Peter being infected with Norman's sins.]]

** 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!''

** MJ's boyfriend 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.

** 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 and adding to fan suspicions that this was a RatingsStunt and/or meant to retcon her into being a mutant for MCU synergy]].
*** [[spoiler:Sure enough, the ComicBook/FallOfX both resurrects Kamala '''and''' retcons her into being a mutant]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Has Mary Jane really moved on from Peter in light of issues #21-25 [[spoiler: reveal that her and Paul's relationship was the result of being trapped together in an alternate dimension [[YearOutsideHourInside where time moved faster and so spent years there despite only hours-days passed for Peter.]] When confronted about if [=MJ=] really loved Paul enough to completely cut Peter out of her life, her response was that it was a matter of responsibility rather than love. So it is really her remaining loyal to the father of her children whom she loves or is she simply trying to be "responsible" by maintain a stable home for her children? Further, neither of them are aware that [=MJ=] was cursed with 'chains she would come to accept' by Rabin aka the Scribble Man as part of his sacrificial ceremony. Are these metaphorical chains related to her death being some necessary step to his accession to godhood, or is it a literal curse that is causing her feelings for Paul to be romantic in nature]]?

* 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 based on the available date 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]].

** 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!'' and caused the audience to have a mass DudeNotFunny reaction.

* 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 based on the available date 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]].

** The Spider-Man Who Laughs [[labelnote: Explanation]]Previews for Issue #35 hinted that Peter would become a Goblin, thus raising comparisons to [[Characters/DarkNightsMetalTheBatmanWhoLaughs the Batman Who Laughs]]. Some have joked that after all the constant misery he's had to endure, Peter will finally snap and become a villain. True to predictions, in #32 Peter is taken over by the Green Goblin's sins and promptly starts laughing maniacally.[[/labelnote]]

* 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/TheAmazingSpiderMan2018'' had. Likely because of the [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity controversy it has garnered]] in contrast to Spencer's comparatively safe run.

** "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 low point that the DeathOfAChild is now considered a ''positive'' by its fandom.[[/labelnote]]

* RootingForTheEmpire: [[spoiler:Spider-Man himself has received this treatment after being infected by Norman's sins and setting out to exact cruel revenge everyone who wronged him. Although this development is meant to be treated as a bad thing due and show how far Peter has fallen as a result, many fans praised it, seeing it as well-deserved catharsis for everything he had to endure over the course of the run as well as him overcoming the BadassDecay that plagued him throughout due to his more competent and menacing portrayal. It especially helps that he made plans for [[TheScrappy Paul]] as well.]]

* FanNickname: With the revelation that Peter is going to [[spoiler:turn into a proper Goblin]] at some point later in this run, people who read the book have taken to calling him [[spoiler:"The Spider-Man Who Laughs" or "The Spider-Man Who Gobbles", in reference to "The Batman Who Laughs", a twisted version of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'']].

* BileFascination: Due to the sheer negative reception this run has received thanks to the ''many'' unpopular decisions made, mainly overturning the much more well-received ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer'', some have picked up the comic just to see what everyone is complaining about.

* 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 garnered]] in contrast to Spencer's comparatively safe run.

** Peter ''desperately'' begging Norman Osborn to save him...from the Vulture, a villain Peter has defeated numerous times without assistance. In case you're wondering, no, Vulture didn't get any special power-up that's letting him beat Peter, he's just regular old Vulture.

** The Spider-Man Who Laughs [[labelnote: Explanation]]Previews for Issue #35 hinted that Peter would become a Goblin, thus raising comparisons to [[Characters/DarkNightsMetalTheBatmanWhoLaughs the Batman Who Laughs]]. Some have joked that after all the constant misery he's had to endure, Peter will finally snap and become a villain.[[/labelnote]]

** While you won't find many 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.

* 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 and adding to fan suspicions that this was a RatingsStunt and/or meant to retcon her into being a mutant for MCU synergy]].

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Nobody believed that Marvel would truly [[spoiler:kill off Kamala Khan, especially given her massive popularity and the fact that she is getting [[Film/TheMarvels2023 a new movie]] the same year her death happened]]. In fact, Several people predicted that [[spoiler:Kamala Khan was only killed off so she could be brought back as a Mutant for [[{{RetCanon}} MCU synergy]]. This was [[IKnewIt confirmed with the announcement]] that Kamala's post-resurrection book would be titled "Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant".]]

** 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'']].

* BileFascination: Due to the sheer negative reception this run has received thanks to the ''many'' unpopular decisions made, mainly overturning the much more well-received ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer, some have picked up the comic just to see what everyone is complaining about.

** Peter desperately begging Norman Osborn to save him from the Vulture, a villain Peter has defeated numerous times without assistance. In case you're wondering, no, Vulture didn't get any special power-up that's letting him beat Peter, he's just regular old Vulture.

** How fans reacted when ''Amazing Spider-Man#31'' [[spoiler: Broke up Peter and Felicia after only a handful of issues in the previous year committed to highlighting their relationship, and for reasons that boil down to the couple being 'too healthy' , with neither character willing to test the other. Readers were upset not just at this reasoning, but for the sheer lack of effort put into exploring a romance between Peter and Felicia at a more advanced stage in their lives together, where Felicia knew and had come to appreciate the man under the mask and Peter potentially given a true challenge to his mantra when it came to romantically associating with a known criminal]]

* 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. Especially infamous in this regard are MJ and Paul's kids, who are often sarcastically described as "demon children" due to their unsettling appearances, and the flashback to [[spoiler:Peter burying his costume after escaping Paul's dimension]], where the way Peter's injuries are drawn makes him look like a neanderthal.

** How fans reacted when ''Amazing Spider-Man#31'' [[spoiler: Broke up Peter and Felicia with only a handful of issues committed to highlighting their relationship, and for reasons that boil down to the couple being 'too healthy' , with neither character willing to test the other. Readers were upset not just at this reasoning, but for the sheer lack of effort put into truly exploring a romance between Peter and Felicia at a more advanced stage in their lives, together, where Felicia knew and had come to appreciate the man under the mask and Peter potentially given a true test of his moral stance when it comes to romantically associating with a known criminal]]