{"id":604577,"date":"2026-04-25T00:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/604577\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T00:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:01:11","slug":"even-dcs-deadpool-hates-marvels-biggest-spider-man-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/604577\/","title":{"rendered":"Even DC\u2019s Deadpool Hates Marvel\u2019s Biggest Spider-Man Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

The closest thing the DC Universe has to Deadpool is calling out one of the biggest Spider-Man issues, and he\u2019s absolutely right. Now I know Wade Wilson is infamous for the way he addresses readers with jokes and snide comments about the state of the comic book world. But Deadpool is far from the only hero<\/a> who\u2019s hated by the majority of his universe, who also happens to know the truth about the reality he\u2019s in. While DC has plenty of characters that don\u2019t mind wrecking the fourth wall, the only one who\u2019s literally done so is Superboy-Prime.<\/p>\n

For those who haven\u2019t been keeping up with the current Superman title<\/a>, Superboy-Prime came back late last year to assist Superman as Darkseid began his assault on the DCU. While Superman competed in DC K.O.\u2019s Omega Tournament<\/a>, Prime worked alongside Lois Lane to deliver an important message to the Man of Steel. Now, Clark is missing, and Metropolis is without a dedicated Kryptonian to protect it. Fortunately, Superboy-Prime has decided to stick around his favorite fictional world and help out. He\u2019s even gotten a job at a comic store, and yes, he\u2019s handling exactly as you\u2019d expect.<\/p>\n

Superboy-Prime Stans Spider-Man and Mary Jane\u2019s Marriage<\/p>\n

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In Superman #37 by Joshua Williamson, Dan Mora, Alejandro Sanchez, and Ariana Maher, Superboy-Prime has been keeping busy. He recounts everything he\u2019s done since getting into the hero game to Martha and Jonathan Kent, from fighting godlike beings to checking out all the places he used to read about when he was younger. Unfortunately, a lot is on Prime\u2019s mind. Namely, the gaggle of Justice League members hovering about the Kent Farm just waiting for Prime to screw up. It\u2019s taking a heavy toll on Prime, and Martha asks him to unload anything else on his mind.<\/p>\n

Prime begins by taking the Kents (and the readers) back to the previous Wednesday. Prime is at his new job, and he\u2019s actually doing really well at it. There\u2019s even one customer who\u2019s particularly interested in Prime, but he\u2019s far too distracted with his work and superhero life to even notice. Unfortunately, not all is well in the universe, and Prime\u2019s boss wants to have a talk with him. Despite all the great work he\u2019s been doing, Prime is chewed out for his continued lateness, not to mention how argumentative he can be with certain customers.<\/p>\n

We only get a glimpse of how intense Prime can be with customers, but it\u2019s positively gold as a flashback shows Prime getting insanely defensive and screaming \u201cThey should be married!\u201d at a comic shop patron. We\u2019re not directly told who Prime is talking about, but anyone with even a faint familiarity with Marvel history knows that he\u2019s talking about Spider-Man and Mary Jane\u2019s marriage that was erased close to 20 years ago. Plus, artist Dan Mora did respond to a fan\u2019s question about who Prime was talking about with emojis of a spider and a red-haired woman.<\/p>\n

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I always find it so funny that while there\u2019s not much that creative teams can do about big, controversial decisions that are out of their hands, they can use characters who possess some kind of meta-awareness as microphones. Now I don\u2019t know if Prime\u2019s stance on the Spidey\/MJ situation reflects Williamson and Mora\u2019s opinions, but it is nice to see a character who was designed to be the ultimate fanboy make this kind of stance. I mean, I don\u2019t know who\u2019s arguing in favor of \u201cOne More Day\u201d, but it\u2019s nice to see Prime prefer the classic dynamic.<\/p>\n

Sure, at the end of the day, this is just a goofy jab at the competition. It\u2019s not the first time DC has poked fun at Marvel, and it won\u2019t be the last. But it is funny to see Spider-Man and Mary Jane\u2019s marriage erasure still being such a huge thing despite happening almost 20 years ago. While Marvel keeps baiting readers with the \u2018will they, won\u2019t they\u2019, the majority of readers just want to see them together again. Maybe not as passionately as Superboy-Prime does, but still, there\u2019s a real desire among fans.<\/p>\n

I doubt a call-out by Superboy-Prime is going to move the needle in any direction. But I love little moments like this. Meta characters getting to voice the displeasures of comic book fans is always good for a laugh, and if this kind of stuff is what we can expect from Prime sticking around, I\u2019m all for it. Who knows? Maybe Prime\u2019s next comic argument will see him expressing some very strong words about the untimely ending of Marvel\u2019s Ultimate Universe.<\/p>\n

What do you think about Superboy-Prime calling out Marvel over its Spider-Man and Mary Jane problem? Let us know in the comments or share your thoughts on the ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The closest thing the DC Universe has to Deadpool is calling out one of the biggest Spider-Man issues,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[9417,88,24783,206,128802,9167],"class_list":{"0":"post-604577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-dc-comics","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-marvel-comics","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-regular-feature","13":"tag-spider-man"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}