The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man Ethics

This great story arc recently came to an end in the Amazing Spider-Man, Vol 6, series by Marvel comics. The main story line was written by Joe Kelly and Justina Ireland, with tie-in issues by Derek Landy and Christos Gage. The series deals very explicitly with the topic of death, …

Spider-Man (Peter Parker) Ethics

As a character, Spider-Man presents a unique challenge in trying to discern a consistent normative ethics theory – he is the most popular Marvel superhero character of all time. Why is that a problem? Because it means he has appeared in more stories – and been written by more authors …