Spider-man untold love stories: Silver sable

Prologue

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Spider-man untold love stories: Silver sable

Prologue

My Name is Uatu The Watcher; you made know me for my narrating of the Marvel What If series. Today I wanted to go back to and explore a particular what if that I did, which was the What if Spider-man never married Mary Jane but married Black-cat. For those who never read it, you can either read it or check the short version I'm about to give.

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In the What if, Peter Parker decided not to marry Mary Jane due to a severe injury she receives from Alistair Smythe's spider-slayer. The incident made him believe that she wouldn't be able to defend herself against his enemies, if they uncover his identity, and worries that he would be responsible for her death. Eventually, after calling off the wedding, he and Black-Cat restarted their relationship to where he proposed to her, hoping that finally, she would temper her reckless behavior and being able to defend herself. Unfortunately, Black-Cat decided to go to Mary Jane's place and started bragging about her engagement to Peter, not realizing that a man had overheard their conversation. Knowing that MJ was engaged to Peter Parker combined with the information from Black Cat's public rant, he has managed to uncover Spider-Man's secret identity and thus was ready to give the secret to someone for a high price.

Later, Peter and Felicia had gotten their names to change to "Peter Palmer" and "Felicia Harvey" during their honeymoon, which it doesn't last too long since Felicia was not happy. So they return to New York and resume patrol as Spider-Man and the Black Cat, and that helped get Felicia in a better mood. Peter realizes that she is love with "Spider-Man," not Peter Parker, but hoped that she would come around to like him. As time went by, Peter tried his best to make the marriage work. Still, it had so many problems with them not being able to live together because of their identities and Black-cat being jealous of Mary Jane, which caused Peter to start feeling disappointed.

The informant ends up telling the Vulture Spider-man's secret identity to collect his payment but is instead kill off by Vulture. He then uses the information to get back at Spider-man by one detonating a bomb in Aunt May's house, which he calls Peter and informs him that he knows who he is and to go after Felicia. Spider-man finds him back at the apartment and sees it filled with knockout gas and was about to kill her when he appears and severely beats him. The Vulture didn't care what Spider-Man does to him, thus telling him that if he doesn't kill him, someone will do it due to Black Cat's reckless behavior. Filled with rage, Spider-Man prepares to deliver the death blow until the just-arriving Silver Sable tells him to stop. With her are Paladin and the Sandman. They have been tracking the Vulture for the bounty and happened to find him just in time. After he calms down, Spider-Man takes Felicia's unconscious body and leaves for an isolated rooftop.

When she regains consciousness, Peter asks her a few direct questions. Felicia reluctantly admits that she "may have" mentioned his name when she "ran into" Mary Jane, but claims she didn't reveal his secret identity. Angrily Peter reminds her that there are indirect ways of doing that, one of which she has chosen. All it takes is the wrong person to overhear two public figures arguing over a current boyfriend, which ultimately leads to this. Peter had then reached his limit with Felicia and ended their relationship, swinging away. Felicia is in tears as he leaves, weeping over "Peter" instead of "Spider."

Peter considers going to Mary Jane to discuss what a wreck his life has become but decides against it. He later arrives at the Symkarian Embassy to collect his part of the reward for the Vulture. Silver Sable notices his demeanor and uncharacteristically offers to be a sympathetic ear. An hour later, he has given Silver the basics of his dilemma, and they realize that they have both experienced tragedies in their lives that have motivated them to live this type of experience.

Several days later, the Vulture stages an escape from Ryker's Island Penitentiary. He barely makes it to the first wall before an unidentified assailant kills him in cold blood. His last words are "Spider-Man."

Outside MJ's apartment, Peter was going to try to talk to her but is caught by the Sandman, who, with Silver Sable, accuses him of killing the Vulture. He denies this knowing he didn't do it, but they don't believe him. Mary Jane appears in the alley, having ditched her date to look into the commotion. She backs up Spider-Man's claim, having known him for a long time. Silver orders her to leave, but MJ refuses until Spider-Man is released.

At this point, Spider-Man escapes Sandman's hold, and the alley erupts in gunfire. Felicia swings in and saves MJ from being hit by any stray bullets, taking her to the first-story ledge. She admits that she killed Vulture, not Spider-Man. When Silver accuses her of taking MJ hostage, Felicia tells them that's not her style and tells MJ to crawl inside the next window. On her way to the window, MJ slips and begins to fall. Spider-Man instinctively saves MJ from her fall and Paladin shoots Felicia three times in the chest, thinking she is trying to kill Mary Jane, and cause her to fall to the ground. Spider-Man wants to take Felicia to the hospital, but she tells him that it wouldn't help; Paladin's too accurate. With her dying breath, she tells Spider-Man that she did what had to and that she loves him. Spider-Man looks up to a tearful Mary Jane. They silently exchange one last look before MJ turns the corner and walks away. Silver Sable escorts Spider-Man away from the arriving press, eager to get a statement from him about the death of the Vulture and being cleared of any charges.

I'm sorry that I told you the story, but this is useful to what this story is from. You see, after the death of Black-cat, I saw that Spider-man and Silver Sable had gotten into a relationship, but I didn't understand what cause it or do they last together. So I want you to join me as we travel to about a year after the death of Black-Cat to see how a new relationship began.

Overview came from comics/reviews/what_if_