"So you see, Peter, all those times I spoke about how awful Spider-Man was or complained about how you weren't living up to your responsibilities, I deep down knew you were really Spider-Man. Yeah, any person with a shred of decency would find causing their surrogate son that much constant emotional torment a disgusting and heartless thing to do, but I'm just kooky that way."
Yeuck! Talk about character assassination. An editor actually okayed this mess?