Summary
- Spider-Man finally agrees with J. Jonah Jameson’s label of “menace” while battling Nimrod in X-Men #31, leading to self-loathing.
- Against powerful enemies like Nimrod, Spider-Man is always on the ropes, causing property damage and proving Jameson’s claims of being a public menace.
- Despite Jameson seeing Spider-Man as a threat, the hero joins forces with the X-Men in X-Men #31, showing true heroism and friendship.
Warning: SPOILERS for X-Men #31Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man has been many things throughout his spectacular crime-fighting career. From joining The Avengers, to becoming a member of The Fantastic Four, and even working as a Secret Defender, Peter Parker has done it all. But according to J. Jonah Jameson, the one title the Web-Head has always held is “menace” – and now Spider-Man finally agrees.
X-Men #31 by Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto, and Clayton Cowles sees the Amazing Spider-Man team up with the titular mutants against Nimrod. Doing what little he can against the villain, Peter plows a nearby truck into the A.I. adversary, pitying the owner of the truck and saying to himself, “Maybe Jonah was right all those years—” before impact.
Spider-Man begins to agree that he’s a menace, only to be cut off by Nimrod’s counterattack. And while Nightcrawler saves Peter from certain death, he can’t save Spidey from his famous self-loathing now that he agrees with his old pal, Jonah.
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Even Spider-Man Is Starting To Agree With His Harshest Critic
One of the hallmarks of Spider-Man is that his life is almost always a mess, and, more often than not, that tends to bleed over into his crime-fighting career.
Against a foe as powerful as Nimrod – a being who can fight the entirety of the X-Men to a standstill – Spider-Man has little hope. But Peter lives with his back against the ropes all the time, and facing off against a way more powerful enemy is just another Tuesday for him. When battling a beast of this magnitude, all Spider-Man can do is his best. However, that usually involves a fair amount of property damage, which doesn’t exactly disprove J. Jonah Jameson’s years-long assertion that Peter is a public menace.
One of the hallmarks of Spider-Man is that his life is almost always a mess, and, more often than not, that tends to bleed over into his crime-fighting career. He rarely has his life together enough to keep in touch with his fellow Marvel heroes, and his public perception is rarely positive enough that they’d want to be seen with him even if he had the time. When the chips are down, Spider-Man and his amazing friends will always have each other’s backs, but when his idea of helping also cements his menacing status, it reflects poorly on his friends.
J. Jonah Jameson Has Always Seen Spider-Man As A Menace
Luckily, the X-Men currently have bigger things to worry about than the publicity blowback from working alongside the Spectacular Spider-Man. And having been their friend and ally for years, there’s no way that Peter will let Marvel’s Merry Mutants go down swinging without joining the fray. During his time at The Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson may have been right about Spider-Man occasionally being a threat to public safety, but that doesn’t make him any less of a true hero or a true friend.
X-Men #31
is on sale now from Marvel Comics.
This story originally appeared on Screenrant
