So, the story is circulating online that JMS tried to have his name taken off of the last two issues of Spider-Man’s “One More Day”.
It certainly wouldn’t be the first time something like this has happened. During all the fallout over the Gwen & Norman’s kids debacle, JMS went on record saying he’d been against the idea, and had tried to compromise and have Peter as the father. But he’d been over-ruled.
Its no secret that despite being part of the Spider-Man mythos for 20-some years, Joe Q’s always had a thing about trying to undo the marriage. To be honest, I’m one of the many that thinks its an awful idea. Heck, its been tried before and didn’t work.
From reading the extensive online spoilers about One More Day, it does indeed sound pretty awful. What I find particularly amusing though, is the use of Mephisto as the one who is ultimately going to retcon everything.
So what’s amusing about that? Well, from reading the Life of Reilly column, we know that back in the 90s, when the writers were looking for a way to get out of the Clone Saga, Mephisto was one of the solutions they worked on. However, it was eventually decided that Mephisto wasn’t really appropriate to use in a Spider-Man book, who’d always had a more street, and less mystical feel.
So, in order to get out of the marriage, they’re using a solution that not even the Clone Saga would touch 
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