In a tantalizing hint back in December, editor Nick Lowe revealed that Wednesday’s issue #65 of “The Amazing Spider-Man,” penned by Joe Kelly and illustrated by Carlos Alberto Fernández Urbano, is one of the most moving comics he’s ever been involved with. This heartrending installment, making up part 5 of the 10-part “8 Deaths of Spider-Man” epic, finds Peter Parker enduring a fate crueler than death: powerless and forced to watch those he cherishes meet their untimely ends.
Kelly’s journey started when Doctor Doom, now the Sorcerer Supreme, appointed Spider-Man as Earth’s hero to face the Eight Scions of Cyttorak – these are the offspring of the dark god of devastation who controls the relentless Juggernaut. To assist him in his momentous mission, Doom armed Spider-Man with a magical armor for defense and access to mystical powers, and eight revitalizing Raggadorr Reeds.
In his eight additional chances, Spider-Man used up the first when he was disintegrated atom by atom due to spaghettification at the hands of Cyntros. The second was depleted battling Scion Cyperion, where his atoms were instantaneously annihilated through an infinite loop of space folding. The third life was lost in a confrontation with time-traveling Cyrios, resulting from his consciousness being split across past, present, and future moments simultaneously.
When Callix and his sister Cyra confronted Spider-Man, he managed to overcome Callix without experiencing a painful demise again. However, Cyra proposed a unique challenge for Spider-Man – he had to endure holding her crimson orb until it became unbearable. She explained that the orb only reveals truths and a different kind of pain: “The inescapable fact of death.
Over the following eight pages, Cyra’s orb reveals to Spider-Man the tragic deaths of all those he has cherished. His once ailing Aunt May falls victim to the Essex Virus, which claims over three million lives in just a month. In a selfless act, she gives up her hospital bed for someone with a higher chance of survival, leading to Aunt May Parker’s passing. As if adding insult to injury, Cyra mockingly remarks that May wished she could have kissed her Peter, her son, one last time before her demise.
In Spider-Man’s arms, Peter’s ex, Mary Jane Watson, passes away following a deadly encounter between Hobgoblin and her hero persona Jackpot. Previously married family member by association J. Jonah Jameson, Peter’s former boss, experiences a fatal brain embolism at work. His partner, Shay Marken, meets an unfortunate end when hit by a drunk driver. Activist friend and former roommate of Peter, Randy Robertson, succumbs to injuries sustained during a rally for housing crisis solutions after being trampled to death.
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In a tragic turn of events, Felicia Hardy, once Spider-Man’s significant other and ally, plummets to her demise while patrolling the city as the Black Cat. Betty Brant, another companion and previous colleague, succumbs to death in her bed, surrounded by her cherished ones. The transformed Norman Osborn perishes during an experiment and fades into obscurity. Young Bailey Briggs (Spider-Boy), Gwen Stacy (Ghost-Spider), and Miles Morales (Spider-Man) meet their untimely end in the Cataclysm.
Spider-Man understands these deaths aren’t set in stone. They could be various outcomes in a future that hasn’t been decided yet. However, he still sees these deaths happening, feeling the pain as his loved ones are taken by Phil Coulson, who symbolizes Death. “Whatever lives, must die,” Coulson says to a heartbroken Spider-Man as he continues to guide countless lives towards death. But Spider-Man is unable to prevent any of these deaths. (120 words)
In a solemn tone, I reflect upon the poignant words spoken by Cyra to Spider-Man: “It’s not the agony of death you’re feeling. You’ve experienced it before.” Acknowledging his own demise, she continues, “It’s not about fear, though it can be overwhelming at times…you’ve felt that fear. It’s not about the loss itself, significant as it may be…it’s sorrowful, uncelebrated, or even ignored. What you’re grasping now with startling clarity each time you witness a fellow human die…is the insignificance of their impact on the universe. From the vantage point of the cosmos’ horizon, no single life holds significance.
Cyra goes on, “The bedrock belief system you’ve built is eroding piece by piece as each life you encounter draws to a close. All live, all eventually disappear, all legacies perish, all grand accomplishments are lost. You originated from nothing… you will return to nothing. Life seems empty of significance. This is why you strive… for the preservation of fleeting echoes who were doomed to extinction at birth… confined in meaningless existences with predetermined ends whose resonances dissipate and leave only… quietude.
In the midst of mourning every life that was lost, Spider-Man crumples in Agent Coulson’s embrace. Meanwhile, Callix seizes this moment to brutally attack the champion. However, Spider-Man refuses to let go of the orb. He perseveres. Coulson reminds Spider-Man that he managed to hold on during Cyra’s ordeal, and now there are only three Scions left – each one more formidable than any of the five he’s encountered previously.
In his apartment, Peter is reminded by Doctor Strange’s spectral form about the dire consequences if the covenant is breached: the world will crumble. Despite Spider-Man still being alive, Cyra’s trial left a void within Peter Parker, causing him to sadly admit, “I resign.
The Amazing Spider-Man #65 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.
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