Peter needed that reassurance.
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #400
Published: c. February, 1995?
Cover Date: April, 1995
“The Gift”
Writer: J.M. DeMatteis
Artist: Mark Bagley
Inker: Larry Mahlstedt and Randy Emberlin
Letterer: Bill Oakley
Colorist: Bob Sharen
Still canon to MC2.
This comic was God’s gift to Spider-Fans…
… and then a devil came and s*** all over it.
Why must comic companies ret-con their best stories into irrelevancy? Read in a vacuum this scene still has a lot of its power, at least.
ASM #400: “This is the best Peter/May story that there will ever be.”
Spider-Man PS4: “Hold my beer.”
That brought a tear to my eye.