I Am THIS Close To Giving Up On Comic Books Althogether

I just saw the super-spoilerific ending of Marvel's latest crossover event issue and... there are simply no words. I cannot think of anything that would be dumber. Other than to get publicity in the mainstream press, there's no conceivably justifiable reason to make this status quo change. I haven't read the issue yet, but I cannot conceive a possibilty where this would happen and make sense story-wise. And for a company that has spent so much time complaining about Peter Parker's marriage to a supermodel, this decision makes the Spidey marriage look like a Nobel Prize-winning idea. Marvel's Powers That Be griped about how far Spidey has gone from his roots. Now they have probably done the greatest sin to take Peter Parker from the iconic figure he was into something... gah, I can't even finish sentences I am so baffled. Marrying Mary Jane, the Clone Wars, Hypno Hustler and anything else you want to throw on there is not even half as dumb as this.

"Lord knows, kids like Henry need a hero. Courageous, self-sacrificing people. Setting examples for all of us. Everybody loves a hero. People line up for them, cheer them, scream their names. And years later, they'll tell how they stood in the rain for hours just to get a glimpse of the one who taught them how to hold on a second longer. I believe there's a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride, even though sometimes we have to be steady, and give up the thing we want the most. Even our dreams."