Two things that are 100% impossible to deny - Joe Quesada knows how to stir up the fanbase like a nest of hronets and he can get the media to jump on Marvel related stories without breaking a sweat. The New York Post has taken the OMD bait and interviewed Joey Q about the new/old status quo for Mr. Parker. In unmistakable JQ style, he uses the opportunity to swirl the stick around the hornet’s nest just a little bit more.

The first issue of the Amazing Spider-Man to feature a single Spidey in 20 years hits comic book stores this week, and the first page shows the webbed wonder’s alter ego Peter Parker locking lips with a woman who isn’t wife Mary Jane Watson.

“The first page is a real shocker and it’s done on purpose. It’s a bit of a slap of reality to longtime readers,” said Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada.

Those readers are still reeling from the company’s controversial move in the most recent issue, where the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler and his missus had their marriage wiped out.

I’ll never really be convinced that OMD was either necessary nor well crafted, but I do rather enjoy watching the sideshow that’s erupted from it, that’s for sure.

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