Well, at least Peter tried.
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #38
Published: c. October, 1979?
Cover Date: January, 1980
“Curse of the Living Vampire!”
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Artist: Sal Buscema
Inker: Chic Stone
Letterer: Diana Albers
Colorist: Bob Sharen
great comment, thanks for sharing. Thats good insight on the the characters. You’re right, MJ is a flight but she’s especially flirty with Peter.
You can tell it’s a Mantlo…this is shortly after MJ angrily broke it off with Pete in Wolfman’s run on ASM and here she is still showing a lot of concern and care for him, even still calling him ‘lover’. MJ just can never shut her love for Peter off no matter how damn hard certain writers try