The following contains spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #25, on sale now from Marvel Comics.

Peter Parker has been through quite a lot in Amazing Spider-Man (by Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr.) He’s lost his girlfriend Mary Jane again, only now she has a family and two fostered children. He’s been beaten to a pulp by the crime boss Tombstone. He’s been knocked back and forth between two Hobgoblins. And before all that, he had only just recovered from a radiation-induced coma. With those kinds of troubles, no one would fault him for having developed a bad attitude.

Each step he’s taken either to rescue MJ from another dimension or deal with any number of foes has been met with its fair share of obstacles. These time-sensitive matters are also regularly presented with lengthy solutions, with Spider-Man having barely a moment to spare to explain himself. Except in handling these situations, he has acted with an almost preemptive antagonism. In fact, when it comes to his treatment of colleagues and friends, Peter Parker has been an absolute jerk.

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Peter Parker Has Shown Little Concern for His Friends

Captain America confronts Peter Parker in an alley in Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man #23

What might seem the least of Peter’s transgressions is his attitude towards the reformed Norman Osborn. As the Green Goblin, Norman had been responsible for many of Peter’s woes. Recently though, he has cordially reached out twice. The first time as a well-being check and the second, with an offer to continue work on a new Spider-Man suit. Skepticism is only healthy. But on both occasions, Peter immediately shut him down, telling him he didn’t need his kind of help, only to turn around moments later and demand it from him. This brash behavior has even extended to his fellow heroes.

In his rush to procure the parts necessary for Norman to build him an interdimensional travel suit, Peter has betrayed decades of earned trust. He stole from Iron Man, Moon Girl, and The Fantastic Four, and showed he was willing to place his own imperatives above the needs of others. The matter of rescuing MJ is life and death, granted. But this approach shows that deep down, his respect for his peers only extended so far as their use to him. Otherwise, it is of little doubt that many would have helped Peter, no questions asked, had his behavior not put them on the offensive.

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Peter Has No Excuse for How He Has Treated His Friends

The Fantastic Four's Human Torch confronts Peter Parker in Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man

Unfortunately, Peter’s conduct somehow worsens with those closest to him. The Fantastic Four’s Johnny Storm for example respects Spider-Man so much that only a few years ago it was revealed he had requested Peter take his place on the team should something happen to him, a duty Peter accepted. Yet when Johnny asks him now to explain why he stole from them, Peter uppercuts him in the jaw.

Possibly worse is how Peter treats his old roommate Randy who had been paying Peter’s rent in his recent absence. Instead of gratitude, Peter brushes him off and shuts a door in his face. There is also Peter’s recent harassment of MJ and constant stalking outside her apartment. It is unclear at the moment how Peter might rationalize his new ill-mannered demeanor. But with people coming to him on their own time to check in on him, his poor attitude towards those who care about him is both unearned and something they might do well to examine.