<P> In 1987, the character was married to Spider - Man in The Amazing Spider - Man Annual #21 . As a consequence, writer J.M. DeMatteis made Mary Jane and her marriage to Spider - Man one of the central themes of the critically acclaimed "Kraven's Last Hunt", published the same year as the wedding . DeMatteis commented that "' Kraven's Last Hunt' has a lot of darkness in it, but the story primarily is about Peter and his journey into the light and the power of simple human love . The reason Peter makes it out is because he has Mary Jane in his life, and that is his salvation ." </P> <P> Marvel editor - in - chief Joe Quesada said that he feels the marriage ages the characters, making them less appealing to young readers, and lessens the dramatic, "soap opera" possibilities, but also stated that "divorcing or widowing, or annulling the marriage...would only be worse ." He has also pointed out that the marriage itself was editorially mandated; Stan Lee decided to marry the characters in his daily newspaper strip and, even though the two were not even dating at the time in the comic book series, it was decided to marry them in the regular Marvel Universe as well . In 2007, Quesada presided over the controversial "One More Day" storyline, which he also drew, in which Peter and Mary Jane's marriage is erased from history and everyone's memories by the devil Mephisto . Quesada states he is an avid fan of the Peter and MJ relationship, and in several interviews has claimed that the alternate MC2 universe, in which Peter and Mary Jane are happily married, is a "natural progression" of the characters . </P> <P> The erasing of Peter and Mary Jane's marriage was initially adopted in the newspaper strip as well, but due to negative reader reaction Lee later revealed it to be a bad dream . Mary Jane remains Spider - Man's wife in the newspaper strip continuity . </P> <P> Mary Jane is depicted as an extremely beautiful, green - eyed redhead, and has been the primary romantic interest of Peter Parker for the last twenty years, although initially competing with others for his affection, most prominently with Gwen Stacy and the Black Cat . Mary Jane's relatively unknown early life was eventually explored in The Amazing Spider - Man #259 . </P>

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