Hit issue #178 of Ultimate Spider-Man and finally realized why people love it

Everyone raves about the early stuff but I honestly didn't get the hype until that issue where Peter has to borrow money from Aunt May for rent. It just clicked for me right then, has anyone else had a specific issue change their mind on a run?

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jones.blake8d ago

Yeah, that's a solid pick, but I gotta gently push back on calling it issue #178. The rent money scene with Aunt May actually happens in issue #38 of the original 2000 run, not 178. Still, I totally get what you mean about that moment being the one that makes everything click into place, it's where the human side of the story really hits you.

claireo678d ago

Issue #38 is definitely the one I remember, I read it in a collected edition a few years back and that scene hit me way harder than I expected. I think it's because Aunt May isn't just worried about the rent, she's worried about Peter and the whole weight of being a kid trying to take care of his family. It's one of those little moments that makes the whole spider-man thing feel so much more real than most superhero stories.