What's the deal with Spider-Man these days? I thought he was made to forget his deal with Mephisto?

Question

In the "One More Day" arc, when Spider-Man traded his marriage and current life-situation with Mephisto in exchange for the demon saving Aunt May's life and causing the world to forget his recently revealed secret identity, I thought part of the deal was that neither Spider-Man or Mary Jane would remember the deal.

I remember Mephisto saying something about how they wouldn't really remember what they gave up, except for a small part of their souls that would always be in pain (or something like that).

However, it seems like there have been a few instances lately in "Amazing Spider-Man," where Peter Parker sort of recognizes that the world has been made to forget his identity. This was especially noticeable in the recent ASM issues where Spider-Man joins the Fantastic Four on a mission in the microverse, and becomes very defensive when Johnny Storm starts to recall that there was a time when he knew Spider-Man's sectet identity.

So does anyone know the parameters of Spider-Man's deal with Mephisto? Does he remember making it?

(and I'm not looking for an answer like, "because Marvel sucks" or anything like that. I'm just curious if Spider-Man's recollection of the deal has been addressed)

Thanks!

Answer 1

I dont beleive it has, and even the whole fantastic four incident seems to have plot holes. Spider-man has already shown his secret identity to the new avengers and they don't remember him at all, except for one who actually went to school with him. But in the ASM story, if he shows his identity to people they instantaniously remember who he is, which didn't happen with the new avengers. So something is really screwed up in the world of spiderman and marvel really need to address it. as for me, im just gonna wait and see, coz quite frankly, not having his 'the Other' powers is soooo lame, lol.

Answer 2

I'm sure there is a plan at some point to have Spidey remember everything, or have Mephisto return and screw with him somehow.



Regarding certain writers doing different things with these ASM plots, the ASM writers are all closely connected and work together on everything. So if one writer is playing around with this idea, all the other writers who rotate in and out of the series (Slott, Guggenheim, Gale, Kelly, etc) are aware of it and there's probably some overall plan in the works.

Answer 3

im guessing the deal was that people wont remember that Parker and Spidey are the same person. Also I read somewhere that people remember him unmasking but have forgotten WHo was under the mask.



Even with this info I too am wondering if he remembers the deal that was made or did he just wake up that Brand New Day like nothing bad had happened. Hope someone can answer this as well.

Answer 4

It's because of the different writers. When a new writer takes over after an established story be may flub on a bit because he didn't write the previous one.

Answer 5

tried to contact someone at the Marvel or dc sites and ask them all i know is that the spider man and most are not nearly as good a the originals in THE ESSENTIAL SPIDER MAN