For years now Spiderman has felt like this horrible tug of war with each writer going "n-no! this is my toy now! this is my headcanon!" spending much of each ru trying to undo changes in a previous one to suit the writers personal bullshit.

On some level it feels like some transparently corporate way to get a lot of different action figure designs out like "this week its beyond spidey! but next month dont forget the chase figure goblin spidey!" and they story just feels like a constant back and forth of writers warring for control of dead mens ideas not even for some woke soapbox but a childish, seflish "no, but mmmmm, meeee though!" fan fiction usurping canon.

Like the last time since superior i saw an issue get praise was one about Aunt May and Doc Ock without Peter really in it.

When did it start going to shit? One More Day seems like the obvious punching bag but personally i feel like Spider Island was when it really started to dilute the characters down to nothing but costumes, power sets and final page fakeouts with nothing else sticking or mattering longterm. By the kindred stuff it felt like its decline accelerated and the beyond stuff has been atrocious even for the modern state of marvel.

What are your thoughts on the modern state of Spiderman?