Spider-Man is totally losing marketability. He has been since Spider-Man 3 and "One More Day". Even just the other day I heard a little kid tell his mother "Spider-Man is lame. The Avengers are cool." Some children don't even know who he is anymore. I heard another little kid call him "Praying Mantis-Man" by mistake.
I've noticed an increase in marked down Spider-Man apparel at stores. They just can't get rid of the stuff. Not even at Wal-Mart. One of my friends' girlfriend broke up with him because he said he kinda sorta liked Spider-Man. She wouldn't take him back until he said it was a bad joke and that he will "never joke about such a tragedy again."
Spider-Man fans are standing out on corners alone like smokers, shunned by society. Soon Spider-Man will be only a relic of the past, his books studied by historians and linguists and nothing more.
Truly the words of the Green Goblin in the 2002 movie have come true: "And they found you amusing for a while, the people of this city. But the one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you. Why bother?"
RIP Spider-Man. It was fun while it lasted.