We finally find out, with this issue, what the One More Day title of this story-arc means. And in typical Marvel fashion, it all comes down to a deal that Mephisto is trying to strike with Peter and Mary Jane. "Enjoy the world as it is for as long as you can. For you will only have it for One More Day. You will not consciously remember this bargain. Or this moment. Or the life you lived to this point. But there will be a very small part of your soul that will remember. That
will know what you lost. And my joy will be in listening to that part of your soul screaming throughout eternity. You have until tomorrow to say yes. At that instant, you will either lose your marriage or your aunt. Either way, the world you know, the world you care about and have fought so hard to protect . . . will be at an end." And that beautiful soliloquy by Mephisto . . . that is truly what this whole story comes down to. So now Peter and Mary Jane have to make a choice. Do they save their love and their marriage . . . or do they save Aunt May? Unfortunately, according to all the experts, both physical and metaphysical, this may be the only choice they have. This may be the only chance they have to bring May back to them. But, is the loss going to be worth it? How will Spider-man change? How will Mary Jane change? And there in lies the rub. This story-line has been fantastically written by J Michael Straczynski and drawn by Joe Quesada. This is truly a classic in the making.
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