<P> On his way to the hospital, Peter is confronted by a little girl, who says she holds the answer to his problem . He talks to the little girl, who runs off . While pursuing her, Peter encounters a group of men; a woman in red informs him these are alternate versions of himself, from alternate timelines where he never became Spider - Man . The woman in red transforms into the demon Mephisto, who tells Peter he can save Aunt May . As payment, Mephisto wants not Peter's soul, but his marriage to Mary Jane . Peter and Mary Jane are given until midnight the following night to decide their answer and, after several hours agonizing over the choice, they agree to the deal, as long as knowledge of Peter's secret identity is erased from the world . Mary Jane also whispers to Mephisto another, unspecified offer in return for Mephisto putting Peter's life back exactly how it was and "(giving) him a chance at happiness ." Finally, Mephisto reveals to the couple that his disguise as the little girl was in fact their future daughter, but she will never exist because of their decision . This future daughter is not to be confused with May "Mayday" Parker (Spider - Girl). May "Mayday" Parker is the baby that Peter Parker and Mary Jane had at the end of the Clone Saga from the 1990s and would grow up to be Spider - Girl if Norman Osborn never killed her . </P> <P> Mephisto then changes history so that Peter and Mary Jane never married, and no one remembers whose face is underneath Spider - Man's mask . Peter wakes up alone in bed, once again living with Aunt May . He attends a party being held for his best friend Harry Osborn (previously thought to have died in Spectacular Spider - Man #200), who introduces Lilly Hollister and Carlie Cooper . Peter glimpses Mary Jane sadly leaving the party . The guests all toast to a "Brand New Day ." </P> <P> One More Day was panned by fans and critics . IGN reviewer Jesse Schedeen described Amazing Spider - Man #545 as "undoubtedly the worst comic Marvel published in 2007" and a "deus ex machina of the highest order ." He did admit that writer Straczynski "had a great handle on the Peter / Mary Jane dynamic," making their potentially final moments mean something, and that Quesada's artistic style made sense given the dark tone . However, he also dismissed the story as "infuriating and downright disrespectful to anyone who has come to love Spider - Man comics over the years ." IGN published two "Additional Take" reviews for Amazing Spider - Man #545 . Bryan Joel said that he'd been a "vocal supporter" of "Brand New Day", but summarized the OMD story as "flip, weightless, and painfully brief ." Richard George stated that "One More Day" "could prove to be the best example of editorial influence gone horribly, horribly wrong" and "in trying to preserve the appeal of Peter Parker, Joe Quesada has actually managed to fundamentally undermine the character ." Both Joel and George agreed with their colleague in complimenting Quesada's artwork . Tim Marchman of The Wall Street Journal stated that having Spider - Man make a deal with the devil - like Mephisto is "the rough equivalent of having Z - movie director Uwe Boll film a studio - funded prequel to Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver ." </P> <P> Spider - Man creator Stan Lee praised the storyline and what he perceived as the courage its creators showed in so drastically changing a popular and well - established character . Lee said changes are needed to keep a series fresh and compared the criticism from fans to the backlash Marvel Comics received when Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson married in the first place . The Spider - Man newspaper strip adopted the "One More Day" retcon in its version of "Brand New Day" (along with "The Wedding!", one of just three stories to appear in both the Spider - Man comic book and newspaper strip), but reader reaction to the erasing of Peter and Mary Jane's marriage was so negative that Lee, who writes the strip, opted to conclude the story by revealing that it was in fact a bad dream . As such, Peter remains married to Mary Jane in the newspaper strip continuity . </P>

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