Ok.  Gwen had her blip too.  Karen's seems far worse than Gwen's, but IDK what had been done to Karen pre-miller.  Still, even making the Black Cat an ex porn star druggie who sold Peter's identity would seem like a big stretch and harsh.

Even if Peter forgived her and she repented.

As I recall, Karen didn't know that the information would fall into the
Kingpin's hands.

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Maybe so, but would anyone write off JMS so easy if he proposed a similar thing? She sold it for a heroin fix. I can imagine, Gwen Stacy, heroine addict/porn star.

Or even Mary Jane-her dreams of Broadway dashed, she winds up making nudie movies and selling Peter Parker's id for crack. Ok, so it happens to get into the hands of Dr. Octopus*

*Had trouble thinking of a Spidey guy who didn't know his id.

I think either way was a pretty sleazy and inappropriate thing to do.

I mean heck, MJ could become a porn star-she's an active character and she could even disappear from the book for awhile to boot beforehand, just so we could explain what happened to her. It has happened before.. and sure it is realistic, it happens. In a world of 5 billion people EVERYTHING happens.

and yet, it wouldn't be right. It just wouldn't. Whether the reset button is hit at the end or not. 

Some of your argument sounds like JMS. Sure many college girls make sexual mistakes. Many sleep with older men, who treat them badly.  Many do get pregnant.  and heck, she did the right thing, she kept the babies and she was going to tell Peter. and yet, its creepy. It wasn't right for Gwen.

Just hope it isn't revealed Jason Todd was making european porn films all these years and sold Bruce's identity for a bit of moonshine.

and heck, where is Liz Allen and Betty Brant, haven't seen them in awhile. Sure, they are nice girls, but they have their share of stress and mental problems, and NYC is a tough place to live.  What? THey are starring in a peep show??? and just what happened to Randi Bambi and Candi(?)

For Foggy's sake, he better stay in the book and remain popular!

Does anyone have a theory about why so many readers seem to hate Aunt May so much? Why they were okay with her being written out of the book (killed or otherwise)? I have long believed that readers don't appreciate nagging parental figures in their own lives so they don't want Peter to have one. Am I missing something?

And, significantly, by the end of the run, he'd redeemed her too!

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and Gwen had those babies and was going to raise them right, by golly, with Peter at her side!

(Make no mistake, I am not defending JMS here).

Heck, we haven't seen Rick Jones in awhile. Bet he knows a lot of secrets. and a musician's life is a tough life after all.  Sure, betcha it happens all the time. ;)