Summary

• Peter Parker's selfish quest to find Mary Jane leads to the brutal death of his longtime friend Robbie Robertson in Spider-Man: Reign 2 #2.
• With Mary Jane gone, Spider-Man has nothing left to lose and will do anything to save the world, becoming even more dangerous in the process.
• Spider-Man's lack of responsibility and focus on personal happiness results in innocent deaths, showing just how far he has fallen in this dark world.

Warning! Contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Reign 2 #2!Spider-Man has had a pretty difficult life and a lot of people who were in his life have ended up meeting tragic ends. Characters like Gwen Stacy are a perfect example of this, but there are plenty of others, like Uncle Ben. Now one major ing character of 57 years has met his own brutal ending.

There are few Spider-Man stories as bleak as Spider-Man: Reign. This is the infamous miniseries where the gross death of Mary Jane happens because of her relationship with Peter Parker. Spider-Man ends up slaughtering a good portion of his villains as he tries to save the world from Venom, but the sequel is even darker, as seen in Spider-Man: Reign 2 #2 by Kaare Andrews and Brian Reber.

The reason this version of Spider-Man was so brutal is due to the death of Mary Jane. With her gone, he has nothing left to lose and is willing to use any means to save the world one last time. Now, after Spider-Man finds himself transported to a universe where Mary Jane is still alive, he suddenly has everything to gain. This makes him even more dangerous, as he'll do anything to find her, leading to the death of Peter Parker's longtime friend, Robbie Robertson.

Spider-Man Confronts J. Jonah Jameson To Find His Wife

Spider-Man: Reign 2 #2 by Kaare Andrews, Brian Reber, and Joe Caramagna

Plenty of people have been allies and ed Spider-Man over the years: Mary Jane, Aunt May, Black Cat, even Flash Thompson in some circumstances. But one of the first people who ed both Peter Parker and Spider-Man was Robbie Robertson. Robbie was the city editor of The Daily Bugle and helped Peter climb the ranks, encouraging his work where J. Jonah Jameson wouldn't. Robbie kept Jonah's more absurd and inflammatory stories about Spider-Man from going live. While Jonah wanted to use The Daily Bugle to paint Spider-Man as a menace, Robbie often talked him out of it.

This makes Robbie someone very important to Peter, but in this dark world, all Peter wants is to reunite with Mary Jane, and nothing will stop him. After breaking into his and Mary Jane's old apartment, Peter eventually confronts Jonah about where MJ is. Robbie tries to calm Spider-Man down, but Jonah fires a shotgun at the Webslinger. Peter evades the blast, which hits and kills Robbie, instead. It's a brutal moment and shows just how far this Spider-Man has fallen, as he is entirely putting his own happiness above anything and anyone else.

Robbie Suffers A Brutal Death Due To Spider-Man's Selfishness

One of the most important aspects of Spider-Man's character is his sense of responsibility. Power without responsibility to wield it is just chaos, and as Spider-Man only cares about finding his lost wife, he's causing death and destruction to everyone he encounters. While Spider-Man had already killed two villains, they at least were trying to kill him first. Robbie is a complete innocent, and his death is entirely Spider-Man's fault. While Spider-Man does end up finding Mary Jane in this twisted world, it certainly isn't worth the death he causes to do it.

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