{"id":362827,"date":"2026-03-28T14:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/362827\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:36:16","slug":"as-spider-man-dies-his-last-words-reveal-how-marvel-has-broken-the-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/362827\/","title":{"rendered":"As Spider-Man Dies, His Last Words Reveal How Marvel Has Broken the Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following contains major story spoilers for Ultimate Endgame #3.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s official: Spider-Man<\/a> of Earth-6160\u2019s Ultimate universe has been killed by the Maker\/Carnage\u2014or has he? Ultimate Endgame #3 ends too abruptly to know with full certainty whether Peter Parker is actually dead, and yet the final page being a letter addressed to Mary Jane Watson-Parker<\/a> in the event of his death suggests a sad and sudden conclusion for the wall-crawler after his own titular run had finished.<\/p>\n

This letter is sobering and poignant, penned by Peter in an effort to share one last loving sentiment to his wife, and he states he\u2019s written letters to their children, Richard and May, also. This Peter is grateful to have been able to cherish his love for his family and be loved by them, which the Peter of Earth-616\u2019s continuity<\/a> has tragically never been allowed to truly experience, with \u201cOne More Day\u201d being the nail in the coffin for Peter and MJ\u2019s happiness and the catalyst for their stagnation ever since.<\/p>\n

Even in Death, Ultimate Spider-Man is a Love Letter to Peter & MJ<\/p>\n

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\n Peter’s letter to MJ at the end of\u00a0Ultimate Endgame\u00a0#3.<\/p>\n

Peter\u2019s death in Ultimate Endgame #3<\/a>, if legitimate, seems needlessly gratuitous and grim after the lovely ending he and his family receive in the Ultimate Spider-Man run\u2019s finale. If nothing else, his death is yet another opportunity this Ultimate universe seizes to argue why Peter and MJ\u2019s relationship is the beating heart that Marvel and the main continuity of Spider-Man comic books have struck and deflated.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish we\u2019d had more time. I thought there\u2019d be more time. It\u2019s not fair. None of this is fair. Which I guess was the whole point of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the memories he\u2019d never have of his family growing older and experiencing ordinary milestones together is a gut punch, and that gut punch becomes a knife wound when acknowledging that this is everything Peter and MJ were robbed of in the main continuity, too, only almost two decades ago. Of course, Peter\u2019s death in this Ultimate canon is far more of a definitive conclusion to their story, whereas Peter and MJ\u2019s relationship in the Amazing Spider-Man canon<\/a> still has a chance to be retconned or corrected, theoretically granting the couple the life they were meant to have.<\/p>\n

Is Ultimate Spider-Man Actually Dead?<\/p>\n

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\n Ultimate Endgame #4 cover, Spider-Man in the clutches of the Maker<\/p>\n

Strangely, Ultimate Endgame #4 does feature Spider-Man on the cover (looking equally worse for wear, to be fair, but alive nonetheless), and that alone may foreshadow that he didn\u2019t actually die in issue #3. Otherwise, it might suggest that his death has a significant impact on the penultimate issue of Ultimate Endgame, or that the Ultimate Endgame #4 cover<\/a> was decided on to not spoil his death occurring in the preceding issue.<\/p>\n

This wouldn\u2019t be the first time that an Ultimate Spider-Man died. These Ultimate universes may simply bear horrible fates for their Peter Parkers; this latest one is as devastating as it is because it will tear a loving family apart, paralleling what Marvel\u2019s editorial and creative teams accomplished with \u201cOne More Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

With no more of this continuity\u2019s Ultimate Spider-Man run<\/a> on the horizon, the letter is a solemn and heartbreaking goodbye to an iteration of the character that would\u2019ve been neat to see develop beyond 24 issues. If this isn\u2019t the last we\u2019ll see of MJ, Richard, and May, as well, then it\u2019s curious why we couldn\u2019t have seen MJ reading this letter herself or explore the effect Peter\u2019s death has on their children.<\/p>\n

There are two issues of Ultimate Endgame remaining, as well as the Ultimate Universe: Finale #1 epilogue, for everything to be fully bookended, and there will hopefully be a good resolution to everything lobbed into the air in this short amount of time. The fact that Ultimate Endgame #3 ends with Peter\u2019s unceremonious death and the letter given its own whole page suggests that it will hardly be a satisfying conclusion, however.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s maybe a lot of attention to give Peter and his family in the last two issues of Ultimate Endgame, but it\u2019s deserved and necessary to actually give Peter\u2019s death value. It would be massively disappointing if the Maker\/Carnage was right, and that Ultimate Endgame killing him off was to show how little importance he and the Ultimate Spider-Man run had.<\/p>\n

Spider-Man Hasn\u2019t Been the Same Since \u201cOne More Day\u201d<\/p>\n

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Spider-Man\u2019s highly egregious and controversial \u201cOne More Day\u201d storyline<\/a> is the root of the character\u2019s comic book woes. Not every comic before or after it has been faultless, but it\u2019s undeniable how brutally \u201cOne More Day\u201d has obliterated Spider-Man\u2019s status quo concerning Peter and MJ, including their stifled and unsatisfying character developments.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s always a valid argument to be made about how we wouldn\u2019t have as many diverse Spider-Man stories in comics as we do if it wasn\u2019t for Marvel retconning Peter and MJ\u2019s marriage, as it opened up the possibility of new storylines, relationships, and developments for decades following \u201cBrand New Day.\u201d There should\u2019ve always been a glimmer of hope that Peter and MJ could restore what they once lost, though, and instead it\u2019s been excruciating seeing these characters scraped thin with every attempt possible made to separate them.<\/p>\n

A dream come true for Spider-Man fans would be if the stars align and Mephisto\u2019s deal is broken somehow. Furthermore, it would be astonishing if Mephisto\u2019s deal could be retconned, reverting Peter and MJ to the day their lives were ruined forever, and there would probably be hardly any readers who are adamantly against losing nearly 20 years\u2019 worth of Spider-Man stories<\/a> if it meant we were getting a pre-\u201cOne More Day\u201d status quo back.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a lot easier said than done, obviously. If all of Earth-616 reverted to how it was before \u201cOne More Day\u201d along with Peter and MJ, that would result in every present-day comic run and character also being retconned.<\/p>\n

Either way, Earth-6160\u2019s Ultimate Spider-Man is a beautiful representation of what Peter and MJ\u2019s life could\u2019ve looked like a lot earlier in Earth-616 if Peter had never been foolish enough to make a deal with Mephisto. Peter\u2019s letter in Ultimate Endgame then only further substantiates Peter and MJ\u2019s love being a crux of Spider-Man storytelling that\u2019s sorely missed in the main canon.<\/p>\n

Ultimate Endgame #4 is currently scheduled to be released on May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Spider-Man<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tFirst Appearance \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmazing Fantasy<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tAlias \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeter Parker, Ben Reilly, Otto Octavius, Yu Komori, Kaine Parker, Pavitr Prabhakar, William Braddock, Miles Morales, Kurt Wagner<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tAlliance \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAvengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Secret Defenders, Future Foundation, Heroes for Hire, Mighty Avengers, New Avengers, Web-Warriors<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tRace \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHuman<\/p>\n

Spider-Man is the name given to several individuals who have employed a spider-moniker throughout Marvel Comics. Typically gaining their powers through a bite from a radioactive spider, the different Spider-Man heroes employ super-strength, agility, and intellect while utilizing webbing to swing and tangle up their foes. The most notable of these Spider-Men is Peter Parker, who remains one of the most popular superheroes throughout the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The following contains major story spoilers for Ultimate Endgame #3. It\u2019s official: Spider-Man of Earth-6160\u2019s Ultimate universe has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-362827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}