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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB
So stupid. Did Spider-Man's sales even go up when they retconned away his marriage?
Way to continue to piss away "Rebirth" goodwill, DC.
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Sales were pretty lousy for the period in between 2008 to 2010, then got better when Dan Slott took over and created the well received Superior Spider-Man series, which was about Doc Ock hijacking Peter's body, so it's success did not hinge on Peter's adventures at all. When Peter returned, the book's sales declined (as did Slott's passion for the book) and stayed at low levels until very recently when Slott announced he was leaving.
Peter's marriage has survived for most of the decade across other titles and mediums however. The newspaper strip (which can be found online at Comic Kingdom) has kept it going longer than when it was in the main canon (31 years to 616's 20 years) and recently we've had the alternate universe title Renew Your Vows which introduces a new daughter for Peter and MJ, though it's sales are not exactly healthy and it's at risk of cancellation presently.