Why Marvel should move the Ultimate Spider-Man to the mainstream.
If you haven't heard, Ultimate Marvel is apparently ending! After a total of 24 issues and wondering how why they are ending does this mean no more Ultimate Spider-Man, which is by far the best Spider-Man since Amazing crap right now, and we all hate Paul. Marvel nowadays seems to hate on their fans and demonize us because we can't have nice things.
What we love about this Spider-Man is that he married, Peter Parker is finally grown up for real, and he's got a family. We have always wanted that, and Marvel didn't like it because they preferred Peter Parker to be single, a loser, and having Peter Pan Syndrome.
This sums up what a terrible job they have done with Spider-Man since Zeb Wells's run.
Also, the dialogue and how Peter Parker is written are so bad, and Mary Jane has just become awful, and doesn't even get me started on Paul. Everything has just been terrible, but Ultimate Spider-Man has been great. Mary Jane is better written, and she's not unlikable, especially compared to Jackpot and Venom.
This is the best Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson we've gotten in a while. It's sad how Nick Spencer was trying to retcon it, but Marvel stopped him.
Now, this is a long shot, and I don't think Marvel would do this, but I believe they should relocate the Ultimate Spider-Man and his family to the mainstream Earth-616.
The Parker family is amazing, and I don't want to see it go to waste or be forgotten. Here's how they could do it. A great example is what DC did with Superman.
When DC was working on Rebirth, they killed off the New 52 Superman, who was dying of a disease, and the Pre-52 Superman came into the New 52 universe and took over as the mainstream Superman. The reason for that was that DC saw how fans hated New 52 Superman. Well, it's split; most non-Superman fans liked New 52 because he was more relatable, and everyone loved his romance with Wonder Woman. However, many fans prefer the Pre-52 Superman because that's the Superman they missed, who was married to Lois Lane and had a son named Jon Kent. So they brought in pre-52 Lois and Jon Kent into the New 52, and it was good at the beginning but later sucked. Also, in New 52, Lois Lane became Superwoman and died in the first issue, making pre-52 the main Lois Lane.
However, DC saw that many fans wanted New 52 Superman back. So, they brought back the character, and by doing so, they merged both Pre-52 and New 52, as revealed by Mister Mxyzptlk, who states that they are actually two halves, with New being red and Pre being blue. In the end, the two characters merge into Superman, the only Superman. It did work, and they kept the canon of New 52, except they removed his romance with Wonder Woman, which sucks. However, it has worked out for all Superman fans, and this could be a solution to Spider-Man's problem.
For example, they could pull a merge where basically the Ultimate Spider-Man, along with his family, enter the mainstream. Both Peter Parkers merge into one character that retains the canon while incorporating some elements from the Ultimate canon.
Let's not forget that Miles Morales is going to be in the new Ultimate universe, and that could lead to something, but that's not what Marvel is doing. My prediction is that Miles will return to 616 and likely lead an attack on the Maker. I think 616 Peter will meet this Ultimate version, who is married to Mary Jane and has kids. I would love to see Ultimate Peter meet Paul because I think he would sucker punch him, and even Ultimate Mary Jane would look at 616 Mary Jane and say really, you chose this guy over Peter? That would be funny. If it were up to me, I would reveal that Paul is, in fact, a demon sent by Mephisto to prevent Peter and Mary Jane from getting together, as he doesn't want his deal to be broken. So basically, Mephisto was the real mastermind behind the whole Zeb Wells arc.
Mephisto gets involved, so both Spider-Men, along with the help of Venom, Black Cat, Miles Morales, Dr. Strange, Iron Man, and the Fantastic 4, battle him too. As well, we see Paul get his ass kicked, of course, by both Peters along with Mary Jane, aka Venom/Jackpot. However, I would kill off Earth 616 Mary Jane, who dies being killed by Mephisto as she sacrifices her life to save Peter and her children. She dies in Peter's arms, not before regretting how she treated him and how she hurt him. Peter kisses her, and Ultimate Spider-Man and his family as well the others are sad until Uncle Ben shows up and helps him. Aunt May sees Ben again as they all hug. She even tells Peter that she loves him and remembers he was Spider-Man and wishes he hadn't made that deal with Mephisto. She accepted her death as she wanted Peter to be happy and even admits she never should have convinced him to reveal his identity to the world during the Civil War. Peter realizes he never should have made that deal, and even Mary Jane said before she died that she regrets ever making the choice, as they both should have said no.
Now, of course, since they defeat Mephisto, the deal is broken; everyone will remember that Peter Parker is Spider-Man and Aunt May dies in front of everyone, but Peter accepts it and tells her he loves her. Nevertheless, Ultimate Peter has a plan and shows everyone in his costume, along with 616 Peter as Peter Parker. He tells everyone that Peter Parker was posing for him. He was against the Registration Act from the beginning. He even shows off his beard, and this makes everyone realize that Peter Parker was never Spider-Man, as the real Spider-Man would not reveal his identity to the world. Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic would back this up and that Peter was never Spider-Man but posing as the real Spider-Man.
However, because the ultimate universe is no more, Franklin Richards appears and tells them they can't live in the same universe. To solve this, the he offers to merge both Peter Parkers into one. He revealed that when the deal was made by Mephisto, it actually brought both Peters into reality. One, Peter and Mary Jane are married and have a family and one where they weren't married. So he tells him he will fix this and restore the actual Spider-Man. Both Peters accept
and 616 Peter and Ultimate Peter merged into one Spider-Man.
Thus, Peter Parker is reborn with both memories of Earth-616 and Earth-6160. Therefore, we still have continuity, and Ultimate Spider-Man remains canon, having finally married Mary Jane and become a father. One More Day never happened, and Peter and MJ still remain married after the Civil War and Back in Black, and they had their two children before the events of the Civil War. Additionally, Aunt May would be retired, having passed away, and Uncle Ben from the Ultimate Universe is now alive in this universe.
Thus, we do a proper relaunch of Spider-Man, where he has now grown up and married, and it's a new chapter. However, I know the current editors at Marvel would say no, but they need to accept fans want this.
This would be a good compromise for those who prefer a single Spider-Man.
Miles needs to be the relatable one for Spider-Man fans who prefer him young and single. Not Peter Parker.
Just read Miles Morales or relaunch the Scarlet Spider series with Kaine. Miles would be more relevant to fans who prefer a young single Spider-Man, and you could see Miles being a mentor to Richie Parker, who is the Venom of the Ultimate Universe.
Miles should be the Spider-Man who's young and someone a younger generation can look up to and admire. We want Peter Parker to grow up because we are fed up with the Peter Pan syndrome they are perpetuating, which is making us dislike the character.
Still, this is what Marvel should do if they are ending the Ultimate Universe. Please don't get rid of this Spider-Man; keep him around or put him in the Earth 616; either he takes over or pulls a pre/new 52 Superman arc.
That's why I think Marvel should keep Ultimate Spider-Man going, as they are planning to end the Ultimate lineup, and we don't want that.
Marvel really needs to stop blaming and attacking us fans for wanting to see the characters we have loved receive better stories and be treated right. Sadly, I doubt they will do what I wrote but still anything is possible.
Let me know what you think.
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