Overview

• Mary Jane Watson ends her four-year relationship with Paul Rabin in All-New Venom #9 by telling him she’s done trying to make their partnership work.
• Paul Rabin was introduced in 2022 as the Emissary’s son and spent four years with MJ due to multiversal time dilation and shared guardianship of Dylan Brock.
• Earlier in 2025, MJ became the latest host of the Venom symbiote, adding new stakes to her hero duties and personal life.
• Fans have widely rejected the MJ-Paul romance, calling it one of Marvel’s most unpopular modern pairings and pressing for a return to classic Spider-Man dynamics.
• Speculation is mounting that Amazing Spider-Man #1000 will address MJ’s breakup by restoring her relationship with Peter Parker.