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Death Aunt May-Amazing Spider-Man #400 P27-Mark Bagley

Artists: Mark Bagley (Penciller) , Larry Mahlstedt (Inker)

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Title:	Death Aunt May-Amazing Spider-Man #400 P27-Mark Bagley
Artist:	Mark Bagley (Penciller)
Artist:	Larry Mahlstedt (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
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Views:	1,401
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	4/12/2021
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Amazing Spider-Man #400 stood out as a classic Spidey story in the 90's. There were so many heartfelt moments packed in this gem; May finding out MJ was pregnant, May revealing she knew Peter was Spiderman on top of Empire State building and finally the death of May. Her passing away while Peter recites Peter Pan, which she used to read to him was brilliantly handled by J.M.De Matteis and Bagley's take on Peter's expression as he puts on a brave face with tears trickling down was devastatingly well done.
Aunt May's death may not be as significant as Gwen or Ben Parker's passing, but emotionally this one hit just as hard. (I realize this was retconned at some point and I have avoided reading those storylines, to me this was the perfect send off for May).

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Sean Clarke
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 4/12/2021

Congrats on a wonderful, poignant page! It's a shame this stuff has been retconned so many times in the intervening years.

anim sketch
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 4/13/2021

Sean Clarke wrote:

Congrats on a wonderful, poignant page! It's a shame this stuff has been retconned so many times in the intervening years.

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Thanks Sean! I have not read the reconned story lines, to me this still holds true :)

Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 4/12/2021

I've always admired this page by Bagley. I'm glad you got it my friend.

anim sketch
Member Since 2008

Posted on 4/13/2021

Michael Kenyon wrote:

I've always admired this page by Bagley. I'm glad you got it my friend.

Thanks Mike! These are definitely hard to find!

Gregory Staab
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 4/13/2021

Great page glad to finally see it sell congrats

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/12/2021

Even Ben Reilly was outside the window for this. Still hits like a gut punch. You'd never believe it can actually happen as she was the hardest woman to kill for decades.

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 7/3/2022

A moving moment, later ruined By Marvel. They ruin so much. I gave up on reading Spider-Man, after reading it for over thirty years, because of such nonsense. Their dead rise more readily than zombies.

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