Now not having been a comic collector since my younger years, I hadn't been with Aunt May as long as some readers had. And yet still even though the whole Clone Saga thing was going on at this time (which I throughly went broke trying to read all the issues involved in this storyline, and was not impressed with the outcome) it did in now detract from the severity of Aunt May's death. The woman had been by Peter's side for so long that it was a phenomenal impact on him and those that loved her as well. Previous to her death she had taken Peter up on the Empire State Building and confronted him about being Spider-Man.

"What's it like up there? Swinging across the city like your flying?"

Ohh course Peter had no idea that she had know for so long that he was Spider-Man. But he was relieved to find out that she was very proud of what he had done and that she only didn't tell him for so long because she knew why he never told her himself. And he was only trying to protect her.



I can't really say much as regards to the Scarlet Spider. I was quite confused and had never gone back and read much of the clone saga to remember what had come about with Peter's clone. I remember that he took on the Scarlet Spider persona, once he had discovered that he was a clone. This is all if memory serves me right. However you can see that even though being Peter's clone, he still felt a closeness to Aunt May, and yet respectfully never entered. Reminds me of some families. Never shun the ones that love you, no matter the issue. I can say that reading this was very sad. I can't recall where I was, I do believe I was still at home with my parents, no doubt reading this book in my room after work. Mark Bagley, the artist really did a great job on the feel of the sorrow of these people.



Rest in peace Aunt May. Comic book geeks everywhere will mourn the loss of your presence in Spider-Man.