WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #59 by Nick Spender, Marcelo Ferreira, Wayne Faucher, Morry Hollowell, Andrew Crossley & VC's Joe Caramagna, on sale now.
Spider-Man has not had it easy over the past few months. He went into a terrible battle with Sin-Eater and had to work with his long-time enemy Norman Osborn. He watched his closest allies possessed and almost killed and realized his best friend Harry Osborn was responsible for everything as the demonic Kindred.
However, Spider-Man has always gone through these sorts of problems and found a way to come out on top because he had the fortitude to defeat evil and prove that good always wins. That hasn't happened over these last few fights, where Spider-Man hasn't won a single fight against anyone, and it looks like the losing streak is starting to get to him.
Starting with Sin-Eater, Kindred brought him back from the dead and gave him a mission to cleanse sins from supervillains everywhere. The actual deal was that Sin-Eater was taking the sins from the villains and then stealing their powers as well. Spider-Man knew something was wrong here, but Sin-Eater was getting rid of villains and many people got behind him for that, making Spider-Man look like the bad guy for trying to stop him. Even Spider-Man's own allies didn't think he should stop Sin-Eater from taking Norman Osborn's sins. In the end, Sin-Eater took his own life while Spider-Man was busy with Kindred.
Meanwhile, Kindred captured Spider-Man and killed him repeatedly, demanding that Peter admit he was responsible for all the deaths and pain that has occurred since he became Spider-Man. Kindred overpowered Spider-Man, and even with all his allies by his side, no one was strong enough to beat the demon. Then Kindred unmasked himself as Harry Osborn, striking another blow into the heart of Peter Parker. In the end, Spider-Man couldn't stop Kindred. It took Wilson Fisk and Norman Osborn working together to capture the demonic villain, leaving Spider-Man standing there alive but empty-handed.
This clearly has started to break Spider-Man as he faced off with a freshly rehabilitated Norman Osborn, saying he gives up on ever trying to help Harry. Spider-Man said he would bring everything down on the Osborn family if Harry ever gets free again. It was unlike Peter Parker to ever give up on anyone or anything, but he seems ready to be a little selfish if it means protecting those he loves, people like Mary Jane Watson and the members of The Order. However, does Spider-Man really believe that, and will people like Mary Jane and Aunt May allow him to act selfishly and uncaring when someone needs help?
Aunt May played strongly into the last failure for Spider-Man. May took in Martin Li, who was running from the sins that Sin-Eater took from him, and when Spider-Man showed up, the Inner Demons were ransacking the F.E.A.S.T. Center. Once again, Spider-Man was unable to win the fight, and it was Martin Li who saved Aunt May and her center by surrendering himself to his sins. At that moment, Spider-Man tried to stand up to Mister Negative, but Wilson Fisk showed up with the police and left Spider-Man standing empty-handed yet again.
Spider-Man was not able to stop Sin-Eater, and his friends almost paid the price. He could not do anything to slow down Kindred and Mary Jane almost died as a result. He couldn't even beat Mister Negative when Aunt May's life was on the line. In every case, someone or something else stepped in and saved the day while Spider-Man stood there helpless. Spider-Man needs a win soon because if he continues to fall short every time a villain shows up, there is no telling what negative long-term effects this could have on the Wall-Crawler.
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