Spider-Man: One More Day

The Amazing Spider-Man (1999) (Collected Editions) #18

by J. Michael Straczynski, Joe Quesada (Illustrator)

The stakes have never been higher for Peter Parker. At his darkest hours - and he's had plenty - Peter has always had one shoulder to lean on, one person who'd remind him who he is, who he was, and who he can be. Now he's about to lose that person. What would he do...what would you do, if you only had "One More Day?"
The most-talked about - and controversial - comic event of the year - brought to you by J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada!
Collects Amazing Spider-Man #544-545, Sensational Spider-Man #41, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Spider Man, Comic Book, Superheroes, Fiction

196 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Joseph Michael Straczynski is an American filmmaker and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is best known as the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998) and its spinoff Crusade (1999), as well as the series Jeremiah (2002–2004) and Sense8 (2015–2018). He is the executor of the estate of Harlan Ellison.
Straczynski wrote the psychological drama film Changeling (2008) and was co-writer on the martial arts thriller Ninja Assassin (2009), was one of the key writers for (and had a cameo in) Marvel's Thor (2011), as well as the horror film Underworld: Awakening (2012), and the apocalyptic horror film World War Z (2013). From 2001 to 2007, Straczynski wrote Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man, followed by runs on Thor and Fantastic Four. He is the author of the Superman: Earth One trilogy of graphic novels, and he has written Superman, Wonder Woman, and Before Watchmen for DC Comics. Straczynski is the creator and writer of several original comic book series such as Rising Stars, Midnight Nation, Dream Police, and Ten Grand through Joe's Comics.
A prolific writer across a variety of media and former journalist, Straczynski is the author of the autobiography Becoming Superman (2019) for HarperVoyager, the novel Together We Will Go (2021) for Simon & Schuster, and Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer (2021) for Benbella Books. In 2020 he was named Head of the Creative Council for the comics publishing company Artists, Writers and Artisans.
Straczynski is a long-time participant in Usenet and other early computer networks, interacting with fans through various online forums (including GEnie, CompuServe, and America Online) since 1984. He is credited as being the first TV producer to directly engage with fans on the Internet and to allow viewer viewpoints to influence the look and feel of his show. Two prominent areas where he had a presence were GEnie and the newsgroup rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated.

Reviews

[Nicolo · Rating 3 out of 5]

J. Michael Straczynski (JMS) final story of his acclaimed and often times polarizing but overall commercially successfully run on Amazing Spider-Man ended with his most controversial storyline: the dissolution of Peter and Mary Jane’s marriage. This was an editorial mandate from Joe Quesada , so JMS’s final story was not entirely his own. Quesada wanted to make Spider-Man more accessible to new and younger readers with an unmarried hero and a streamlined continuity. Quesada’s fingerprints were all over this story, he even handled the art for this four part tale. Much has been said about this decision and One More Day, and almost of all of it lambasted the heavy-handed way one of comics most enduring couples were torn apart. If there was one good thing that came out of this debacle, was that it eventually led to Dan Slott penning the tales of the web slinger with a brain trust of writers in a relaunch called Brand New Day.

I bought this hardcover collection at a bargain price from the online store of Barnes and Noble. I was looking for a another cheap book to pair my The Book of Genesis Illustrated by Robert Crumb to split the shipping cost and make the long wait worth it.

I’ve never followed JMS’s work in Amazing Spider-Man, but I sure did enjoy his work on the Thor relaunch. In his final scripted Amazing Spider-Man tale, there wasn’t much action, it had a lot of drama and exposition though. I thought that turning this into a four part crossover was too much, the story could have fit into an oversized annual.

The art by Quesada is usually good, but I have mixed feelings about his work here. I’ve always been a fan of his character work. Their faces may look more constipated than usual, everything else iss great. His art is usually kinetic and action packed, so the pacing of this story seemed a wrong fit for his art.

Despite the critical baggage this story came with, this is a nice book to have on a shelf. Quesada rarely has a chance to do interior art work these days, so any collected edition that features his work throughout is a treat. Suffice to say, I bought this book for the art.

I may have been too hard on JMS. This story was editorially mandated, and the writer was not one to burn a bridge since he had a Thor series after this title. (July 25, 2025)

[Sud666 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very interesting tale. After Parker's identity has been revealed, Aunt May is shot by an assassin's bullet. Peter needs to try to save her, but no one can help. Only Mephisto. When one makes a bargain with the devil, one always waits for the deal to come due.

I rather liked this story, but the ending was rather nebulous. Peter and MJ's bargain with Mephisto seemed to be left hanging. Now I don't know if this was the basis for an entire run (perhaps Straczynsji's run?) but it must be -otherwise it was a rather anticlimactic ending.

My copy also had some extras like an older Spiderman story that explained the MJ story and it had a Silver Surfer issue that introduced Mephisto. Good artwork, but a strange ending caused this to be a three star story.

[A.L. · Rating 1 out of 5]

I can no longer read new Spider-Man comics. Over 10 years of my reading, and 20 years of continuity - not just in the Spidey world, but with ramifications throughout the Marvel universe - were wiped away in a badly written four part series.

Every character acted completely OUT OF CHARACTER culminating in with Mary Jane and Peter Parker, quite literally, selling their souls to the Devil.

This is without doubt the worst comic book series I've ever read. This is how you kill a hero, and lose readers.

I will not be reading new Spider-Man titles.

[Hal Johnson · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is the one where Spider-Man sells his marriage to the literal devil to save the life of a woman who was 98 years old in 1963. Very possibly the worst comic ever published.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

This happens to me all. the. time. with superhero comics. People will be like, Oh, this is the SEMINAL storyline to read! And I'll be like, Okay! Gonna find out what's what with Spider-Man! And then it ends and I'm like, Wait. What?

No, this is not a storyline. It's a collection of four comics that basically present a hinging point in the Spider-Verse. It's not even a complete story in and of itself. There's an extensive intro to explain how they got to where they are, and then it ends very abruptly. If you want to know what actually happens, you'll have to keep reading I don't know how many of the comics that came after.

Yes, it was interesting. Yes, it was beautifully drawn. Yes, I totally see why people are comparing this story to the new Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer, and wondering if Mephisto will pop up in the movie which . . . wait. I'm still so confused. IS THE LITERAL DEVIL ACTUALLY A CHARACTER WHO INTERACTS WITH SUPERHEROES IN MARVEL COMICS AND WHAT THE (LITERAL) HELL? I mean . . . it just seems like a weird cop out. Like a deus ex machina in reverse or something.

Anyway, as is pointing out in another review I just saw that made me laugh out loud: Peter risks the love of his life to save a woman who was 98 years old in 1963, and I find that deeply stupid. Especially since Mary Jane was just so super supportive, wanting him to give her up (does she want out of this marriage?!) in favor of . . . a woman who was 98 in 1963. Marvel's killed off more younger, healthier, and far more tragic people in their day, whyyyyyy are they so obsessed with keeping Aunt May alive? I swear to Mephisto, every Spider-Man story I have ever read has revolved around saving Aunt May. She's nice and all, but REALLY?!

[Jason · Rating 1 out of 5]

Easily the worst Spider Man story evertold. First of all this makes all of JMS' entire run on spider man useless in addition to many years of continunity.
Second this undermines Spider Man's message of "With great power comes with great responsibility" with Spider Man making a deal with the devil (in this case it's Mephisto) to save Aunt May's life. Here's the thing, Aunt May in the book wanted to die, and Mary Jane explain to Peter that she lived a good long life. Instead Peter goes off and gives no regard to Mary Jane and Aunt May want to make a deal with the devil to fulfill his own wish. Does that sound responsible to you? Not to mention that the story is really contrived and tends to ignore continuity
This reason why this was written sounds total BS. Apparently the writers of spider man claim that a good story with Peter and Mary Jane can't be told. I'm sure that 30+ years of spider man comics gonna disagree with that. And if your gonna make Peter and Mary Jane not married, a simple divorce paper would work (not to mention that a interesting story can be told with that situation) and can make it a little more realistic and maybe relatible with readers than making a deal with the devil which feels like a cheap cop out. We don't need Peter Parker back in basics we already have that with ultimate spider man. This alienates a huge part of your fan base.
Overall stay away from this story. The only thing I can give to this book is the artwork is okay.

[Alex Min · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was reminded about this comic today

[Norman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sad. Sad sad sad.

I dunno what all the negative hubbub and hooah's about, but I thunk it to be a nice ending without actually "ending" the character. Who wants to read a story that goes on forever? I love that there's variation - like Ultimate Spider-Man was a much-needed fresh take. I know I've already lost interest in Slott's run and feel like I need a reboot. I'm probably in the minority in that regard.

Then again, I'm pretty bummed out. Married and older Peter is sort of a parallel to my current moving age, so I feel as though I've grown up with him. Kind of like Toy Story 3 I guess. Then again, it's been quite a while since its original publication. Still though. I'm gonna miss the family man. Maybe they'll bring it back. I would much rather read this version of Peter instead of the company owning dolt version.

Didn't love Quesada's art in that last part with Mephisto. Everyone looks a bit washy with the same kind of middle ground this-is-tragic-but-I'm-just-a-character look. Would have preferred less realism and less constipated facial expressions, but what do I know. Shadows were on point though.

It's funny - that part with woman-Mephisto explaining about the whole "But what happens if we make the tiniest change" reminded me of that scene in Benjamin Button where Daisy gets hit by a car and he's narrating over a series of possible flashbacks. Very cinematic, very effective.

All-in-all, a nice regrouping into the post-human world with magic and demons and time changing, albeit a bit formulaic and company induced. As a standalone book, I probably wouldn't list it as my favorite Spider-Man story, but it works for me given the previous volume's predicament.

[Hannah Call · Rating 4 out of 5]

On its own, it’s a good read and JMS does a good job of delivering a solid story. But other than that, I will never forgive the editors and publishers for what they did to Peter and MJ, who are one of the best comic book couples of all time.

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading this story I have mixed thoughts, first I can understand from a story POV and then is Why do this but then again if you think from POV of Peter and how he wants to save his aunt and all, and everything in the larger context that makes sense why this Mephisto deal happened. The story is cut and dry starting with Peter having to arrange money and has an interesting confrontation with Iron Man and their rumblings happen, but despite it he helps Peter. After that you can see him going to Dr Strange and they try time-travel Hijinks and it doesn't work and he tells Peter..sometimes you just have to let go then is the part with Mephisto coming in different forms and has interesting conversations and then offers the deal. The last issue is MJ and Pete spending time and deciding are they gonna say yes and the deal happens and the shocker comes of what they lost and why Mephisto targeted them and its very hazy and lazy. But yeah from story POV it was a deal that makes sense but from a fan perspective..personal feelings...it just shatters your heart seeing your favorite couple divide like this. But MJ is the real hero as she was ready to sacrifice multiple things for her husband's happiness and then the retcon happens in the end with Brand New day. Okay-ish, controversial and a story I have mixed thoughts on!

[Jim Ef · Rating 2 out of 5]

Come on Marvel, you can do better. I find it kind of stupid to be honest. Again and again the same thing. Peter is feeling guilty and he will do anything to make things right, but it never that easy blah blah blah.

[Aaron · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well, here it is. The infamous end to JMS’s 6-year stranglehold on Spider-Man. I read this back when it was being released in single issues, and remember just being confused by it, as I wasn’t totally caught up on Spider-Man at the time. But now I’m 100% caught up, and all that’s done is make this goofball story seem even sillier.

About halfway through the book, I thought about giving up. Knowing this was his final Spider-Man story must’ve put JMS in Existentialism Explosion Mode, because every word uttered by every character is just so full of “meaning” and “importance.” However, it’s so forced, and so far from how any human being short of Confucius has ever spoken, that it just comes across increasingly pretentious throughout the book.

OK, now I want to talk about how stupid the plot of this thing is, so I guess SPOILER ALERT blerp blerp blerp.

The entire concept of this story is ridiculous: with Aunt May shot by bullet meant for him, Peter exhausts every avenue to save her. When that doesn’t work, he makes a deal with the devil to save her life (well, Mephisto, who is essentially the devil). Now, Aunt May is like 200 years old at this point, and characters continually ask Peter if he thinks it might just be her time. His answer is “No, she can’t die like this. I want her to die of old age.” Um, dude. She’s older than the pyramids. Any way she dies at this point will be of “old age.”

But, obviously, if Peter was just like “Oh you’re right, I’m being stupid,” this whole thing would be over in a heartbeat (or lack of one). But instead, Peter and Mary Jane agree to allow the devil to erase their marriage from history, giving him that sweetest of victories, victory over love (I can think of sweeter victories).

Now, this story is called “One More Day” because once Peter and MJ agree to the devil’s terms, they are given one final day together to experience each other’s love before they’re pulled apart for eternity. Cool, that’s a concept I would actually be ok exploring. What do you do with only one final day with the love of your life?

You sit alone in a room for 2 pages of a comic book and don’t say a word to each other.

I’m serious. There are two pages where they are just sitting in a room, holding each other, and when Peter tries to talk, MJ tells him to be quiet. So they sit in silence for apparently 24 hours. Now, I can’t imagine what I would do in a scenario like this, but I would not want to just sit on the floor in silence. I would AT LEAST get up on the damn couch. But I guess that’s not incredibly melodramatic.

So then the devil shows back up and is like “Ready?” and they’re like “Sure” and that’s it. The deed is done and they are not married anymore. Every major event in Peter’s life of the past few years is also erased, almost as if JMS never wrote a word of Spider-Man. Which would’ve been the only cool thing about this if it were actually true.

[James DeSantis · Rating 2 out of 5]

I originally gave this a 1 since I was so heated at what this did for Spider-Man back in the day.

Now reading it, it's not AS bad as I remember, but still feels SO forced.

Basically Peter just can NOT get over May dying. The idea that he blames himself lines up with Spidy but the fact he can't accept her death because he blames himself, despite all 3 of them making the choice for Peter to come out makes no sense to me. It just feels forced drive behind Peter's action. MJ even says the truth, May had a long life, a good one, and it's time to let go. But nope, they don't. Either way we get some rushed storyline of what ifs, and a surprise fuck you to Peter on who could have been in his life, including his daughter, which I did like. It is nice too when you see the status quo get reset at the end, brings up some hope for the series, but it feels just kind of weak in general the way it was done and forced because they backed Peter into a corner and didn't know how to get him out.

A 2 out of 5.

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Huh. Pretty much have to separate out what I think of this book from what I think of what it does to the Marvel Universe. The book itself is great - it feels real and the art captures the emotion of the story. The alternate paths of Peter Parker are better than I would have expected or hoped for. The rationale, the process Peter goes through and Peter and MJ go through ...

As for the Universe - the editors and publishers who came up with this just plain suck. You write a continuity, it'd be nice if a reader could believe in it. So you screwed up Spider-man in Civil War by revealing his identity - the solution is nah it didn't happen. You don't like Peter Parker being married, you don't divorce him - you just say nah it didn't happen.

It makes the world less real and interesting.

[Sasan Hasan-Abadi · Rating 2 out of 5]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9C79...

[Dani Wladdimiro · Rating 2 out of 5]

Toda era tiene un fin, no existen excepciones. Algunos términos nos pueden dar pena, otros alegría, siempre depende del punto de vista y también de la vivencia de cada una. Soy de esas personas que lamenta un montón que no le hayan dado mayor rodaje (sin restricciones) a JMS, quién me ha parecido que ha querido darle mayor profundidad a Peter, hacerlo crecer y sentir que el personaje ya no sólo debe ser un adolescente, sino también responsable activo con su entorno, con cada individuo de forma humana, y no superheroica.

Es una lástima este cierre, porque siempre quise saber más de Peter siendo profesor, lo que él pensaba, su relación con las y los estudiantes, sus reflexiones, el conflicto de querer enseñar y hacer comunidad en su barrio. Entender que el trabajo de superhéroe es solo a niveles macros, pero las personas siguen con sus mismos problemas; alivia los síntomas, pero no la enfermedad. Eso es lo que deseaba ver, y personalmente por eso me gustó tanto todo el desarrollo que quiso darle JMS desde los primeros capítulos, haciendo a Tía May mucho más protagonista, dándole peso al matrimonio con MJ, y sintiendo que Peter es también importante, no sólo Spiderman. Si nos alejamos de los cómics, fue una de las principales razones porque Tobey Maguire (en Spiderman de Sam Raimi) fue tan querido, porque sentías que Peter era alguien común y corriente, querías ir y abrazarlo. Es cierto que muchas veces el autor se alejaba mucho del Spidey tradicional, como toda la historia de los tótem (véase El Libro de Ezequiel), pero son saltos arriesgados, los cuales llegaron a algún punto, y me alegro que lo haya hecho, porque daba una sensación de historia auténtica y no genérica, aunque con este reinicio todo quedó en nada.

¿Por qué tomaron esta decisión si habían ideas tan buenas? Básicamente porque la editorial sentía que se estaba alejando poco a poco el personaje de su público objetivo: adolescentes y niñes que querían de su superhéroe favorito. Ellos y ellas son los que compran el merchandising (o sus mapadres), y dan de comer a los editores y escritores. Nos guste o no, eso es algo demostrado en grandes franquicias, donde el cómic o la película son solo la presentación de lo que finalmente se quiere vender en las vitrinas. Así es como Joe Quesada decide dar este giro importante, impulsado por el deseo de irse de JMS, por lo en teoría se podría hablar de un acuerdo mutuo. Pero no siempre los acuerdos llegan a buen puerto, dado que JMS consideraba que debía darse una respuesta más lógica a este reboot, y no llegar y deshacer lo realizado. Como ya he mencionado, una de las mejores cosas que tiene Marvel Saga es justamente esas introducciones, o en este caso también entrevistas que hicieron a los autores, donde explican que había ocurrido. En teoría, JMS había entregado el guion, pero fue descartado por lo arriesgado, dado que él consideraba que debía ser desde la muerte de Gwen Stancy las consecuencias de la magia de Mephisto, pero Joe Quesada pensaba diferencia, por lo que desecharon la idea. Todo terminó en un reinicio confuso, con Peter volviendo a los orígenes, sin trabajo, Harry revivido, y sin ningún tipo de contacto de MJ, todo rarísimo.

El otro problema era que quedaban muchas preguntas sin resolver: “Si Peter y MJ no están juntos, ¿eso significa que todo lo que ocurre posterior a su matrimonio no ocurre, o ocurre de otra manera? Si Harry está vivo, ¿significa que los eventos con su padre no sucedieron? Si Peter está en una fiesta, ¿significa que nadie sabe que es Peter Parker? Y si es así, ¿qué ocurrió en los eventos de Civil War?”. La cantidad de preguntas que podemos realizarnos son para no creerlo, y lo peor de todo es que el mismo Joe Quesada comentó en una entrevista que es “magia”, por lo tanto el meme de los Simpsons toma peso: “Lo hizo un mago”. Por lo tanto, sí, es un chiste de pésimo gusto, porque para las personas que siguieron todo esto al día, que estuviera cada mes comprando su grapa para seguir la historia de su superhéroe favorito, les tuvieron que decir: “Lo lamento, hicimos cambios por decisión de la editorial”.

Hay cosas que agradecer de One More Day, si esta historia no hubiera existido, no sería la inspiración para Spiderman No Way Home, donde también ocurre la explicación de “lo hizo un mago”, pero más simple (aunque la cantidad de agujeros de guión es al nivel de esta historia). Peter en la película no quería que todo el mundo se olvidara de él, pero finalmente le dice a Doctor Strange que sí, era lo mejor, terminando la cinta con un Spidey sin nanotecnología, sin ayuda de los Avengers, sin amigues. ¿Por qué No Way Home fue efectiva en la forma de contar la historia a diferencia de One More Day? Porque sólo se enfocaron en olvidar un nombre, y también porque muchas personas no quería ver a Spiderman con tanta ayuda, lo queríamos ver sufrir (sí que sufra, que sea pobre y deba vivir en un apartamento tamaño caja de fósforo), además de todo el fanservice previo al hechizo. Te quedabas con una sensación de: “Si, lo hizo un mago, pero me da igual”. Acá quedas con una sensación de desolación, de decir: ¿Por qué? Iban por buen camino, habían historias buenísimas, pero buenísimas: Hasta que las estrellas se congelen, Feliz Cumpleaños, El Otro. Son volúmenes que guardo con demasiado cariño, muchísimo, y las tomaré finalmente como una historia no-canónica, pero a la vez como una saga con mucho corazón que quedó en la retina de mucha gente, aunque hayan historias muy contradictorias como Pecados del pasado, uno se las perdona, porque si uno analiza el contexto, esta historia fue mermada por la editorial, donde marcó una diferencia sobre lo que el autor quería contar.

Conclusión, todo esto es un negocio, y como buen negocio, la empresa vela por generar más dinero, y la historia de JMS estaba volviéndose más de autor, lo cual no era el camino trazado por la editorial. Borrón y cuenta nueva, al fin de cuentas, era sólo un día más.

[Gary D. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Train Wreck.

There is a major temptation to end my review after those two words. However, I'll try to elaborate if only for the sake of supporting my claim.

But please be aware that there are SPOILERS...

Long time readers of Spider-Man knew what this story would be about going into it. Joe Quesada, current Editor in Chief of Marvel Comics, had made it painfully obvious that he felt the marriage of Peter Parker/Spider-Man to Mary Jane Watson was a mistake that aged Spider-Man, making him unrelatable to today's youth. His solution? Very simple: End the marriage.

When the advertisements for "One More Day" hit, showing Spider-Man and Mary Jane literally separated by the words "One More Day" as they tried in vain to reach over the words and grasp each other's hands, Spidey fans knew what was coming. What they didn't know was "how." Joe Quesada had alreay spoken against divorce or Mary Jane's death. If marriage aged Spider-Man, a divorce would only make the problem worse. The same issue existed when it came to making him a widower.

No, instead it seemed like a much better idea to force Spider-Man to make a deal with the devil to save his Aunt May from death at the cost of his marriage, thereby supernaturally erasing said marriage from all of existance.

Spider-Man... Making a deal with the devil...

Let that sink in.

What had started as a bad idea had evolved into a horribly executed idea. By the time "One More Day" had closed, Spidey fans everywhere felt betrayed, and rightfully so. One bad idea led to another and by the end of the story many loyal fans dropped the book.

I've read comics since I was a kid. I've probably read thousands. Spider-Man has always been my favorite hero. That said, I have to say I'd have a hard time finding a worse storyline in comic history.

[Fernando · Rating 2 out of 5]

En esencia, los eventos planteados en "One More Day" son una gran excusa para poder resetear media vida de Spiderman. Pero aún así, como historia es buena.
Algunas partes son decididamente estúpidas (Que el matrimonio de Peter y Mary Jane es uno puro que solo pasa cada mil años? Que deshacerlo es precio suficiente para Mephisto ya que le quita algo a lo que queda claro que es el dios judeocristiano? En cierto modo canonizar dicho dios en un universo que ya contiene incontables deidades y entidades extraterrestres?), pero dejándolas de lado es una historia entretenida y muy bien dibujada.

Si mientras uno la lee no se toman en cuenta las modificaciones en el universo Marvel que esta historia genera, entonces no merece menos de dos estrellas. Y así es como la voto yo, ya que los de Marvel tranquilamente pudieron haber hecho una historia 10 veces peor que esta para conseguir exactamente lo mismo (No más matrimonio y noviazgo, no más telaraña biológica, no más Peter Parker maduro y de vuelta al Peter Parker loser), sin haber puesto el más mínimo enfasis en hacerla interesante y/o emotiva.

[Виктор · Rating 1 out of 5]

Stupidest shit I ever read.

[Darcofi · Rating 4 out of 5]

#ElMefistazo

[Lauren · Rating 1 out of 5]

Weirdest episode of Supernatural ever

[Tesutamento · Rating 3 out of 5]

İki farklı görüş belirtmeliyim.

İlk olarak bu kitabı çoğunlukla beğendim. Peter çaresizce yardım arıyor. Düşmanı Stark'tan başlayarak Dr. Strange'e giden ve en sonunda Mephisto'da sonlanan bir yolculuk. Stark suçluya yardım edemem diyerek arka kapıdan Jarvis ile yardım ediyor. Stark hala iğrenç bir adam fakat içinde az da olsa iyilik kaldığını görmek güzel. Strange bazı şeylerin değiştirilemez olduğunu ve durumu kabul etmesi gerektiğini söylüyor. Haklı da bir noktada. Bir gün May yenge ölecek ve o gün bugün neden olmasın? O gün geldiğinde kabul edebilecek mi Peter gerçekten? Kendisi yüzünden yengesinin ölmesinin acısını anlayabiliyoruz tabi ki ama bazen durumlar böyledir. Mephisto ile karşılaşması ise daha farklı oluyor. Mephisto çeşitli şekillerde karşısına çıkıyor. İlk olarak kızıl ve zeki bir kız çocuğu olarak, şişko gözlüklü kendisini ispatlayamamış bir yazılımcı olarak ve son olarak da maddi her başarıyı elde etmiş fakat kendisini seven kadını kaybetmenin acısını atlatamamış bir milyoner olarak çıkıyor. Bunların hepsi tabi ki Peter'ın hayatındaki farklı olasılıklar. Mephisto büyük şeyleri değiştiremeyeceğini fakat ufak bir iki dokunuş ile kaderlere şekil verebileceğini bu şekilde gösterir Peter'a. May yengeyi kurtarabilmek için Peter ve MJ'in mutlu evliliğini çalmayı teklif eder. Hiç evlenmemiş olacaklar ve bu durumu hiç hatırlamayacaklardır eğer kabul ederlerse. Çiftimiz zor da olsa kabul eder ve yeni bir gün başlar.

Hikaye güzel olmakla birlikte yazılma amacı kötü. Civil War Spider-Man'in bütün hayatını başına yıktı. Her şeyini kaybetti ve Marvel içinden çıkılmaz durumu düzeltmek için bu yola gitti. Yaşanan kaç yıllık şeyler yaşanmamış veya daha doğrusu daha farklı yaşanmış oldu. Ben evlendikleri ilk günden bugüne okuma imkanı bulabilmiş olmasam da sinirli okuyucuları anlayabiliyorum. Peter'ın hayatı iyi giderken yine mahvedip yine onu mutsuzluğa hapsettiler. Sonra da hikayede derler ki "Peter mutluluğu hak ettiğini düşünmüyor." Editörler düşünmüyor Peter değil.

[Wing Kee · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's not as bad as I thought it would be.

World: The art is fine, the quality of this series' has been consistent and the emotions for this arc called for wonderful characters and it delivered here, at least the last 2 issues. The world building here is a reboot and a reset so I don't know how much of it I liked. I think Marvel painted themselves into a corner with Peter with Civil War and this was the only way that they were able to undo the unmasking. That being said, I found the world presented well and the end result as good as I could expect it to be.

Story: This is one of the more debated (there are a lot for Spidey...sheesh) storylines for Peter and yeah I can't see them going any other way with what they did in Civil War. After the unmasking pretty much everything went to hell and when that box was opened this was going to be the logical conclusion. It's like a Doctor Who regeneration, there is always that feeling you are happy for a new Doctor but at the same time your mourn the loss of the old one. With Stracynzki leaving the series (great run overall) and trying to fix the Civil War stuff this was what we got. Did I like it, meh. Was it the best possible way to handle it, meh. Were the emotions real, yeah. This changes things back to basics and back to the past but I found the weight of everything had already crushed the series so I welcome this reboot.

Characters: Peter is great as is MJ they have wonderful quiet moments that inform their characters written by Straczynski and their love is the payoff. I think overall it was handled well and these characters were honored. Where they go from here, well let's see what Slott and Co. does with it.

Expected, not the best but Marvel did paint Peter into a corner with Civil War.

Onward to the next book!

[Rolando Marono · Rating 3 out of 5]

Empecé a leer Spiderman justo después de esta historia así que sabía de que iba por que todos la mencionaban. "El famoso arco donde Spidey le vende su matrimonio a Mephisto". Yo esperaba que con esa presentación, el arco fuera mucho mejor de lo que terminó siendo.
Con un poco de contexto, Straczynski escribió Spiderman por más de cuatro años, terminando Civil War, también acababa su tiempo como autor de la serie y para despedirse, nos regaló esta belleza. Deshizo todo lo que había construido para el personaje. En cuatro años borró el status quo y lo regresó a una persona que vive con su tía. Entiendo lo frustrante que puede ser, porque si te gusta el personaje, y tenías toda la intención de seguir leyendo lo que seguía después de Straczynsky, de repente te encontrarías cuestionándote si valió la pena seguirlo por cuatro años porque ahora todo lo que estaba, ya no era canon.
La historia como tal está muy apresurada, es muy simple y aunque tiene un giro grande al final, ni siquiera dan tiempo para que asimiles ese giro. Los diálogos se sienten bastante forzados y vemos a Peter intentar salvar a su tía de dos maneras diferentes antes de sucumbir a la presión de Mephisto.
Si se suponía que esta historia tenía que ser emotiva, creo que no lo fue, o no la sentí así al menos.

[Javier Lárraga · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pues sin duda alguna es una historia bastante polémica.
Spider Man One More day nos cuenta que fue lo que pasó después de los acontecimientos de Spider Man Civil War donde al final de dicha historia la tia May termina malherida en un hospital, en esta secuela veremos a un Peter Parker desesperado por encontrar a alguien que le ayude a salvar a su tia a cualquier precio y todo lo que tendrá que hacer para lograrlo.

Sin entrar en muchos detalles de la trama entiendo porque esta es una historia que ha recibido mucho odio por parte de los fans, por mi parte puedo decir que ha pesar de que hay cosas que en definitiva no me gustaron en general el cómic tiene interacciones entretenidas entre los personajes y diálogos bastante interesantes, sobre todo acercandonos al final donde todo se vuelve muy onírico.

En definitiva, recomiendo la historia si ya leiste Civil War y Spider Man Civil War para cerrar el ciclo con Spider Man de dicho evento, de otra manera creo que este cómic como historia individual no tiene nada que ofrecer a los fans mas que un nuevo borrón y cuenta nueva para otro run con el personaje...

[Ανδρέας Μιχαηλίδης · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a strange comic. Were it a standalone story, the execution would be near-perfect, with a truly diabolic Mephisto and not the caricature of decades past. The whole Faustian tone, the human dilemma, the devilish mockery, all excellent.

However, the background and premise are among what I consider one of the most ridiculous ideas in Marvel Comics: the Civil War, unmasking, etc. etc. Then, there is the even more ridiculous approach of having so many god-powered individuals and not one being able to help save May, except Mephisto. The levels of technology and supernatural power in the Marvel Universe are so insane that it is ludicrous Spider-Man cannot find help from either heroes OR villains, not least of which Tony Stark.

This is what you get when you try to fuse reality with the fantasy worlds of superhero comics, while supposedly maintaining continuity. It is simply not possible.

All that said, this was a pretty good comic that could have been great.

[Sylvester · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know whether to cry or to shriek. One More Day takes place straight after the Civil War, May accidentally took the bullet for Peter after Kingpin made an assasination attempt. Now Peter found a way to save May, but for a price.

A very dear price indeed. The drawings were nice but it was too enraging to make me thoroughly enjoy this story arc, considering what the consequence of the deal created. I know it's polarized but I can't seem to figure out what to make of this volume.

[✲ pau ☽ · Rating 3 out of 5]

idk man i feel like this was horribly rushed? maybe if they took their time with this story and arc it would have made more sense? the reasoning of peter was all over the place and i'm pretty sure aunt may would have whooped him for even considering that deal with mephisto. the whole thing compromised peter parker's character and essence and threw mj and peter's relationship down the drain. ngl the art was good tho and this still got me hyped for marvel phase 4 lets goooo

[Matthew Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This story obviously sets up a new place to begin for Spider-Man comics after this issue and with that being the main purpose of this story, it could have been done worse. This was an interesting read that should’ve felt more impactful than it did, but that may be due to reading it years after it was originally published.

[Richard Radgoski · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didnt know the ending... tough to take