Which is why, despite 20 something issues of Paul and MJ with kids being a thing, it was not until we knew (or thought we knew) the exact details that all this misogyny about MJ's 'betrayal' of Spidey came pouring out. And I truly do think it's been beaten into us fans to use sex as a way to identify whether a relationship is truly valid or not. Do I really want an issue of my cape of choice sitting down for a nice meal with their romance of the issue, or do I want 17 pages of action, and then five more pages of *action*? I'll leave it rhetorical, but we all know which brings in more numbers. Relationships in comics are almost purely about the physical, not only because that's way easier to write, but it's also way easier to sell. It's not real till the characters come together. Since sex in comics became a thing that we could allude to, it has been the key to defining relationships in comics, especially superhero comics. Think of it as though all of comic fandom is in a room and there's a bedding ceremony taking place in front of all of us.

It's not so much a theory as a statement of fact: Comic book romances are very simplistic, and the almighty orgasm determines all. That, coupled with the insinuation that Paul is impotent really makes me think that Marvel is doing their damnedest to make it clear to readers that MJ and Paul don't fuck, which brings me to a theory I've had about comic book relationships. Just so the misogynists could shut the fuck up about MJ being a horrible, unfaithful slut. I think the kids being a Rabin plot rathe r than true blue children was very cathartic to read for me. Secondly, the story: Nothing here is that surprising. It's like they were short a few pages and just added more from 24 to fill the gap.

I don't think that was necessary at all, one or two would've been fine to get the point across that this is where everything converges. When Romita comes back at the end, it's not bad but I was more distracted by the reuse of multiple pages from issue 24. I'm glad to see that they will be involved with future issues. I'll just give some general scattershot thoughts about this one: Firstly, the art by Kaare Andrews is great. I think most of what I wanted to say about the state of things regarding ASM, I said with the last issue review.

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