Geek love: Spider-man

Feb. 13, 2012 | 4:41 p.m.

Mary Jane Watson and Peter Parker: "Face it tiger ... you just hit the jackpot." Has any comic book character ever arrived on the scene with a better opening line than Mary Jane Watson? It was November 1966 when readers of "Amazing Spider-Man" first set eyes on the face of the girl we all know as MJ and the build-up was a big one. For months Peter Parker had been pestered by his Aunt May to meet "that nice Watson girl next door" (it was a running gag for a year in the comic, in fact), and he finally relented when he found a willowy red-haired beauty waiting on his doorstep. Spidey fans are divided between MJ and Gwen Stacy (and maybe even Black Cat?) as the hero’s true soul mate, but give MJ the nod for two reasons: It was a landmark Marvel moment in 1987 when Peter and MJ got married in the comics, and then 15 years later, they took their upside-down romance to the silver screen for three "Spider-Man" films. (Marvel; Zade Rosenthal / Columbia Pictures)

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