Peter declines, and Mary Jane leaves him. Īfter Peter misses his wedding he tries to explain what happened to Mary Jane, but she knows that it is because of his crimefighting, and says she will only marry him if he gives up being Spider-Man. On the wedding morning, Mary Jane shows up but Peter does not as he is lying unconscious in an alleyway. Eddie escapes, declining to kill Spider-Man because he saved Eddie's life. Though Spider-Man foils the murder, during his struggle, he and Eddie fall from a building to the ground, with Spider-Man absorbing most of the impact. He chases after Eddie and tackles him off the side of a building. While saving the policeman and his wife, Spider-Man gets hit in the head with a cinder block. Spider-Man is out patrolling that night and hears the gunshots of Eddie shooting at the arresting officer and his wife. Then Mephisto, as a red pigeon, swoops down and unlocks the door of the police car Eddie is in, allowing him to escape while the officers are occupied with cuffing Electro.

One of the gang members, Eddie, makes note of the arresting officer's name. Then they reminisce about what happened on what was supposed to be their wedding day. They talk about how they have been acting towards each other lately and both agree they want to be friends with each other. In present time MJ shows up at Peter's door. Mary Jane Watson whispers to Mephisto that Peter will not trade his marriage for Aunt May's life unless Mary Jane tells him to accept the agreement, and that Mephisto will leave Peter alone forever when the deal is done.

In Amazing Spider-Man #640, the story is told as the altered events of ' Back in Black' and 'One More Day', as well as other events contemporaneous with those storylines. These flashbacks are only panels from the original comics and not full pages. The flashbacks are from ' Civil War' and Amazing Spider-Man #539-543. In Amazing Spider-Man #639, the story is told as a mixture of flashbacks and current events. The flashbacks use actual pages from the original comics, and are mixed in with new pages that illustrate how events were changed by the villainous demon Mephisto. The flashbacks are from the end of ' One More Day' or Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21. In The Amazing Spider-Man #638, the story is told as a mixture of flashbacks and current events.

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