especially those who recognize that the only "medicine" One More Day resembles is Radithor.

Ah,yes, "entitled fans" coming from Brevoort, who has spent years pissed off about MJ being Peter's main love interest, twenty years fuming about them being married, and another eighteen years salty about anyone wanting more and better character progression than he does...

an "old boys' club" culture in editorial...what have I left out?

I have a hard time thinking of anything that's been done *right* since One More Day.

evolving reader tastes (the character progression that once distinguished Spider-Man from other titles is now commonplace), nostalgia baiting, dilution of Peter's character arc ("lessons learned" is now "lessons never learned"), overfocus on plot over character...