 Spider @-@ Man creator Stan Lee praised the storyline and what he perceived as the courage its writers and creators showed in so drastically changing a popular and well @-@ established character . Lee said changes are needed to keep a series fresh and compared the criticism from fans to the backlash Marvel Comics received when Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson married in the first place . However , in the newspaper strip he pens , he wrote a deliberate parody of the " One More Day " retcon , revealing that it was in fact a bad dream . Peter remains married to Mary Jane in the newspaper strip . 
