What's up with Aunt May getting shot, is she going to die or just get hospitalized?

Question

In Amazing Spider-Man #538, theissue ends with a sniper shooting Aunt May. This comes only a few days after Capt. America dies in the last battle of the Civil War.

Answer 1

There are numerous reasons that are valid from a narrative point of view for killing a beloved character. Some of these include motivating another character to take action (e.g. Uncle Ben or Sue Dibney), showing that character sacrificing himself/herself for the good of others (e.g. the XMen 3 movie version of Jean Grey), emphasizing how dangerous a villain or threat is (e.g. Doomsday killing Superman), or making a very important point (e.g. Captain America getting killed makes a variety of metaphorical and literal points, including that the current direction of registered superheroes is a dangerous one). None of these really fit the situation of killing off Aunt May. (You could make an argument that killing Aunt May helps make the point that the registered, unmasked hero deal is dangerous, but that's redundant with the death of Captain America, so it would be frivilous.) Therefore, I think that Marvel won't have her die. They just want to add to the drama by hospitalizing her.

Answer 2

She will probably live, but she and MJ became targets as soon as Peter unmasked. What he needs to do is have Spiderman get a picture, on TV, with Peter.

Impossible? No, ask anyone with an image inducer (remember those from the old X-Men issues?) to become Peter , then have Spider save him .. and when Peter get's hospitalized, just take his place.

Morg

Answer 3

It's just some last minute make a lot of money hype for the title, right before the movie Spiderman 3 comes out.

Just like Spidey is "Back In Black".

Answer 4

Just get hospitalized!