 In a roundtable review at Newsarama , J. Caleb Mozzocco agreed that Spider @-@ Man was easier to relate to while young and single , but that retconning the marriage of Spider @-@ Man was unnecessary due to the existence of titles such as Ultimate Spider @-@ Man and Marvel Adventures Spider @-@ Man . He found the story confusing , wondering how this retcon made sense in the larger Marvel Universe as Spider @-@ Man played important roles in New Avengers and " Civil War " . Kevin Huxford claimed , " you can feel editorial mandate dripping from this " and called the story " utterly ridiculous , " while Lucas Siegel criticized Quesada 's decision to have heroic Peter Parker make a " deal with the Devil " for selfish reasons . Richard Renteria felt that the story 's conclusion was a missed opportunity " to add a new layer of guilt to Peter ’ s already rocky life by allowing May to finally have the send off she deserves , " while Troy Brownfield felt that the storyline damaged Marvel continuity and Spider @-@ Man 's decision was " selfish and childish , " not to mention " a big middle finger to the idea of marriage in comics . " He speculated preferable endings to the story before concluding , " As it stands , Peter , MJ , May . . . and the readers . . . all got a raw deal . " A more positive view came from Brandon Thomas , who felt that " One More Day " was " an incredibly well @-@ told story . " He praised the writing , in particular the morally ambiguous decision Peter has to make and the way he and Mary Jane deal with it together , as well as Quesada 's art , which he felt set the tone of " guilt , regret , and despair . " In regards to the change made in Spider @-@ Man canon , he said , " Peter Parker being married really isn ’ t a vital component of the mythos " and that it allowed Marvel to make " big , sweeping changes to bring things slightly more into focus and back on message . " 
