Spider-Man's 'Last Words' to Aunt May Are the Moment MCU Fans Deserved
Warning: contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home!
Comic deaths are often maligned for killing characters everyone knows will soon return, but one Spider-Man moment bucked the trend even without actually killing Peter Parker. Facing a foe he doesn't believe he'll survive, Peter finds the time to call Aunt May, and his final words are everything heartbroken MCU fans need to see the Wall-Crawler say to the woman who raised him.
Spider-Man: No Way Home featured many explosive and emotional moments, including the death of Aunt May. Her last words to Peter encapsulated the very theme of Spider-Man's existence: with great power must come great responsibility. It was a heart-wrenching moment that no-one expected to see, as Marisa Tomei's May passed away in Peter's arms, to his horror and disbelief. In the comics, however, it was Spider-Man who believed he didn't have long left, and chose to use his remaining time to confirm his true feelings for his aunt.
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In 2001's Amazing Spider-Man #34 by J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita Jr., and Scott Hanna, Spider-Man is engaged in a twelve-hour long battle with Morlun, a psychic vampire from a different reality. Peter is battered and bruised, hungry and tired, yet Morlun remains unaffected and unfazed, demonstrating a level of strength Peter compares to the Hulk. After putting some distance between the two of them and resigning himself to the idea that this is his last fight, Peter calls Aunt May and tells her that he loves her, she's his favorite aunt in the world, and to take care of herself before hanging up. It's a touching scene which makes it clear that Peter truly believes his time is up, and this
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