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"Tom Brevoort has explained why Northstar&amp;#039;s marriage will last. The Marvel Comics executive editor was asked on Formspring whether there was hypocrisy in abolishing Spider-Man&amp;#039;s married life while introducing the new nuptials, reports The Beat. &amp;quot;The marriage of Peter [Parker] and [Mary Jane] felt far less forced or sudden,&amp;quot; said the questioner. &amp;quot;No, because different characters require different things,&amp;quot; said Brevoort. &amp;quot;This is similar to arguing that it&amp;#039;s unfair that Reed Richards is so smart - that works for his character, but wouldn&amp;#039;t work as well for, say, Ben Grimm. Different character. &amp;quot;Also, and take this from somebody who was there as a reader and watched it happen, the marriage of Peter and MJ was absolutely as forced and sudden, probably more so. It&amp;#039;s just had the advantage of having been a status quo for so long that a lot of readers grew up with it and accepted it. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve never said that no characters should be married. The point is that Spider-Man, the most popular youth-based character in the entertainment world, probably shouldn&amp;#039;t be married.&amp;quot; Astonishing X-Men #50 saw X-Man Northstar propose to his boyfriend Kyle. The pair will be married in issue #51. Spider-Man&amp;#039;s marriage was controversially undone by the demon Mephisto in 2007. The conservative religious group One Million Mums is protesting against the forthcoming gay nuptials. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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