So while for him, this was a reversion to the mean, readers saw a betrayal. Quesada didn't grow up with Peter and MJ being married, but the current generation of comic readers in 2008 had. Peter acquiescing to Mephisto is a betrayal of Spider-Man's ethos, "With great power comes great responsibility." Worst of all - instead of a simple breakup or divorce, the marriage is wiped from history. Aunt May would never support Peter and Mary Jane sacrificing their own happiness for her or them making a deal with the devil. The problem is how "One More Day" splits Peter and Mary Jane up. Even Gerry Conway - the writer who killed Gwen Stacy and made MJ into Peter's love interest - has said he thinks Spider-Man should never leave adolescence. Roger Stern, who wrote "Amazing Spider-Man" in the 1980s, also feels MJ isn't the right girl for Peter. In fairness to Quesada, he's not the only one who feels this way. Quesada disliked Spider-Man being married, feeling it aged the character. The real mastermind was Joe Quesada, then Marvel's editor-in-chief (he also personally drew the last two issues of the arc, #544 to #545, and has a co-writer credit on the latter).
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