Comments on: TOTALLY HYPOTHETICAL: What If…#20: What if Spider-Man had NOT married Mary Jane? http://www.continuityerror.com/2007/12/07/totally-hypothetical-what-if20-what-if-spider-man-had-not-married-mary-jane/ Because Comics Matter Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:21:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jon Plante http://www.continuityerror.com/2007/12/07/totally-hypothetical-what-if20-what-if-spider-man-had-not-married-mary-jane/#comment-77 Jon Plante Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:00:06 +0000 http://www.continuityerror.com/2007/12/07/totally-hypothetical-what-if20-what-if-spider-man-had-not-married-mary-jane/#comment-77 This is the problem with serial superhero comics - the storyline can't progress. First Peter Parker gets married, then he has kids, then the kids get old and go to college. It might work in For Better or Worse but Spiderman can't be a fat, sixty-year-old man on underoos and pillowcases. Personally, I'd like to see these serials play out to their natural conclusions. Real-time comics are a hoot but never last long enough for it to get interesting. This is the problem with serial superhero comics - the storyline can’t progress. First Peter Parker gets married, then he has kids, then the kids get old and go to college. It might work in For Better or Worse but Spiderman can’t be a fat, sixty-year-old man on underoos and pillowcases.

Personally, I’d like to see these serials play out to their natural conclusions. Real-time comics are a hoot but never last long enough for it to get interesting.

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