Amazing Spider-Man #601 cover with my caption
I must admit J. Scott Campbell does have his moments as an artist. And this is one of his best covers. I like how subtle it is. It has a picture of Peter and MJ together in a photo above her. There is a Spider-Man mention in a newspaper on the table. And Spider-Man swing outside the window. Plus taken at face value, you would think they are still married. 
Now let’s look back at Brand New Day once again. The choice Peter had was to save his Aunt, at the cost of his marriage and future with Mary Jane.
1. First off Peter did not take Aunt May’s opinion and consideration at all. Don’t you think May would choose to go instead, knowing that Peter is in good hands with someone who loves him?
2. If a devil, or at the very least a demon makes you an offer. Don’t you think whatever he is offering should be an automatic NO on your part? Especially for someone calling himself a superhero? Especially for someone who claims to be so very responsible?
3. Furthermore if a demon wants your marriage and says it’s basically a small victory over god if he gets it. Doesn’t this first off mean their is a god to consider, after all look who mentioned it. And then acknowledging that, do you really want to side with a demon, whatever his offer may be?
4. What about considering what his wife wants? Peter was so selfish and disregarding his future and life with his wife. Is a person claiming to be in love with their spouse really going to take a demon up on his offer?
And this was all a conscious decision. The demon did not trick Peter into accepting this offer. He accepted it of his own free will.
On all regards, this characterization is not the Peter Parker we know. We had here a very selfish, self centered, egotistic, who dammed his soul by making a pact with a devil.
He put saving his Aunt over the natural law of the universe, above regard of what his Aunt wants, above regard of what his wife wants, above regard of what god wants and of his own free will chose to make a deal.
And the question I ask is would you ever consider making such a deal if you were in the same situation?
Plus looking at Mary Jane in that cover, if that was your wife, would you give up a marriage with her? Are you freaking kidding me? No way do you let that go!
Thank you very much for that glorious article