The couple have one day - hence the “One More Day” - to decide. Mephisto says he’ll save May’s life, and all he wants in return is Peter and Mary Jane’s marriage. Yes, Mephisto, the Satan of Marvel Comics. But he doesn’t quite, and that’s where things get weird.Īfter meeting several passersby who represent the untaken paths in Peter’s life, Peter runs into Mephisto. Strange steps into the role of mentor and friend here, allowing Peter to grieve and rage, but never budging on his stance, and Peter nearly comes to terms with May’s death. Nothing.” Which is how Peter ends up seeking out Doctor Strange, just as Peter seems to do in Spider-Man: No Way Home.īut in the comics, Strange tries to make Peter realize that there is nothing they can do: Sometimes people have to die.

The first issue ends with an ominous internal monologue, “Nothing’s going to stop me from saving her. “One More Day” opens with Peter lamenting his choices and horrified at their effects: Aunt May lies in a hospital, and doctors have told Peter that it’s only a matter of time before she passes. Kingpin sent an assassin after Peter, and Aunt May was shot in the process. The most cited reason for superheroes to keep their identities secret is to protect their loved ones from villainous reprisal, and that’s exactly what happened to Peter next. Peter resisted the call at first, but when Tony Stark convinced him it was the right thing to do he came clean in a press conference. During the original Civil War event, superheroes were asked to register their secret identities with the government. “One More Day,” a four-issue arc, was the ultimate result of a similar unmasking issue. Image: Mark Millar, Steve McNiven/Marvel Comics

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