Spider-Man's latest story confirms what fans suspected: Peter loves the dead Gwen Stacy more than a living Mary Jane. As Peter faces Celestial judgment, it's Gwen's form the god uses to address him.
Marvel has at last admitted what fans have known for years: Spider-Man loves the dead Gwen Stacy more than the still-living Mary Jane. Peter Parker was deeply affected by Gwen Stacy's death, and it remains one of the very few deaths in comics that has yet to be undone . Previews for Amazing Spider-Man #10 reveals that even the Godlike Celestials themselves agree that Peter still loves Gwen Stacy...and now she has returned to judge Spider-Man's fate.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY The A.X.E: Judgment Day crossover event, in which a massive war ignited between the X-Men and Eternals, has gone horribly wrong: the war awakened the sleeping Progenitor Celestial. This Celestial, wielding tremendous Godlike power, decides the beings of Earth have acted irresponsibly and are perhaps unworthy of existence.
The death of Gwen Stacy was a traumatic event in Spider-Man's life and still stands as his greatest failure; despite stopping Gwen's fall from the Queensboro Bridge using his web abilities, Spider-Man still failed to save her life. Peter has been unable to move on ever since - just before his wedding to Mary Jane, he still stared at a picture of Gwen .
The fact that Peter can't move on from Gwen's death suggests one of his most prominent early flaws is still in effect. Spider-Man's mantra of power and responsibility also applies to himself; he has a responsibility to accept Gwen's death as an unchanging moment in time and move on. Unfortunately, Spider-Man's greatest flaw is his inability to move on from anything - especially his own failures.