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Dan Slott Reveals That Spider-Man And Mary Jane Will Get Back Together – But Peter Parker Is NOT Spider-Man (UPDATE)
Dan Slott is Marvel's special guest at the NYCC Retailer Breakfast to talk about Amazing Spider-Man and Superior Spider-Man. He again says people haven't ordered enough Amazing Spider-Man #698. He stated that Peter Parker would not be the Spider-Man in Superior Spider-Man that replaces Amazing Spider-Man. He says that he has retractable claws. And Spider-Man will get back together[...]
The End Of "Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" Dan Slott
Yup, that's three for three. Yesterday, Dan Slott gave a Marvel-arranged interview with USA Today to talk about his new comic, Superior Spider-Man, relaunching and replacing Amazing Spider-Man for the MARVEL NOW! Spinning out from whatever-the-hell he is planning for Amazing Spider-Man #700, teases with "The one thing that does not go with this Spider-Man is the[...]
Lying In The Gutters – 8th October 2012
Here's Dan Slott, geeking out at the Entertainment Media Show You can take the pro out of the fan, but you can't, etc etc. Expect slightly sporadic posting for the next couple of days New York Comic Con here I come… Top Twenty Traffic Stories Of The Week 1 Amazing Spider-Man #695 Reveals The Future Of[...]
The Comics I Found At The Entertainment Media Show
Who were at this moment, queuing for Matt Smith. Dan Slott facing a mountain of Spider-Man to sign… as well as She Hulk and the odd Thing But mostly Spider-Man And telling no one what is in Amazing Spider-Man #700. Lee Townsend showing off his own Marvel fare. My daughter Eve meets her favourite writer. Red Dwarf's Robert Llewellyn[...]
When Dan Slott Got A Photo With Matt Smith Doing The Spidey "Thwipp"
I bumped into Dan Slott at the Entertainment Media Show in London today Just after he had met a certain Matt Smith, star of Doctor Who, and managed to wangle a photograph… with a certain familiar pose… I bumped into Dan Slott at the Entertainment Media Show in London today Just after he had met[...]
Cosplay At London's Entertainment And Media Show
Went to the Entertainment And Media Show at Earl's Court Olympia today with my eldest daughter Eve… so she could meet her favourite writer Dan Slott (she loves Alpha) and see Matt Smith Both sorted And along the way, saw all sorts of cosplay Though it was mostly Doctor Who We were also very impressed[...]
Friday Trending Topics: The Superior Spider-Man?
Last Friday we did a poll about what this announcement might be, and it would appear that the collective wisdom of BCers got it right:  Dan Slott with three artists, Ryan Stegman, Humberto Ramos and Giuseppe Camuncoli will be doing something new, presumably with Spider-Man, in January for Marvel NOW. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Spider-Man Is Superior[...]
Five Possibilities for Marvel's NYCC Annoucement "Superior"
My favourite theories as to Marvel's big NYCC "Superior" announcement. What do we know? That the writer of the most shocking book of 2012 will be a very special guest at NYCC and announce a new book, for which Superior is the title. These are the five top theories. 1) The guest is Dan Slott, listed as attending[...]
Thursday Trending Topics: Amazing Spider-Man 698
The run-up to the end of ASM is going to be a pretty big deal, says Dan Slott: Dear Comic Book Retailer, you've never seen me make a post like THIS before I'm serious 10/29/12 is the FOC for AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #698 You haven't ordered enough Trust me BCers react, guest starring Dan Slott and Stephen[...]
Dan Slott Says Retailers Haven't Ordered Enough Amazing Spider-Man #698
Bleeding Cool has been talking up the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man #698 as an equivalent to Amazing Spider-Man #298, a comic book that led up to the biggest events in the title at the time, and still holds up as a fifty dollar book. Dan Slott seems to agree He tweets; Dear Comic Book Retailer, you've never seen[...]
What DC Comics Is Mark Waid Downloading?
  Only in this way can the industry as a whole expand and bring in fresh readership. Rich adds…Dan DiDio, apparently, was most amused. UPDATE: Dan Slott tweets; "Something you should know about your latest BC piece Marvel writers don't HAVE to DL Marvel books We get them emailed to us."   Will Romine writes from Baltimore Comic Con[...]
The Secret Surprise Of Amazing Spider-Man #698
The focus is all on Dan Slott and whatever he is planning to do in issue #700 that will make all the fans hate him and force him to go into hiding (Spider-Man killing Hobgoblin, Alpha shagging Aunt May, Gwen Stacy coming back to life as a zombie, Mysterio deleting all of Mary Jane from[...]
Morbius The Living Vampire #1 For January From Marvel… And More
Mostly to do with Amazing Spider-Man #700, but plenty more besides. Dan Slott has discussed how every issue from now until then will be a puzzle piece to a giant story How technology from Spider-Island will return in the Goblin War during the Danger Zone issues #695-#697, followed by #698 called Dying Wish, in which Doctor[...]
Sunday Trending Topics: Marvel Past, Marvel Next
Dan Slott says: "with Marvel NOW everything that happened yesterday and the year before STILL happened All of those comics still "count." The Marvel NOW initiative is about what happens next…" and more. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Is That Frank Cho's Wolverine Cosying Up To Shanna's Ass? | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and[...]
Ooh, That's A Point, It Couldn't Be The Reckoning War, Could It?
But what if, as he suggests, it's The Reckoning War? For the last seven years or so, in almost every Marvel comic book he can, Dan Slott has been dropping references to something in the future of the Marvel Universe called The Reckoning War, that seems to involve The Watcher, the Fantastic Four, Gauntlet, Iron Man,[...]
"Neil Gaiman Gloating Over Stealing From Todd McFarlane"
Dan Slott, Jimmy Palmiotti and Colleen Doran have been knocking back and forth the pros and cons of creator owned comics versus work for hire, sharing their own experiences and, for example, how Sandman pays Colleen's heathcare bills It was all rather civil. But then Erik Larsen joined in And it all got a little… rambunctious. Jimmy[...]
Amazing Spider-Man #700 To Change The Marvel Universe In A Seismic Fashion
But an interview conducted by CBR with Dan Slott at the show has only just gone online. In which Slott stated that Marvel Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso has been contacting other creators on other Marvel books to ensure they reflect… whatever change is coming with Amazing Spider-Man #700 towards the end of the year. What happens in #700[...]
Amazing Spider-Man Brings Us Hobgoblin Incorporated (UPDATE)
UPDATE: Dan Slott writes: This news from Bleeding Cool is inaccurate The story is NOT called "Hobgoblin Inc." As mentioned at C2E2, the story is called "Danger Zone." The original article, below; Cosplayers, get ready The next Amazing Spider-Man arc following Ends Of The Earth and the Lizard storyline, is to be Hobgobin Incorporated. Whether that will be[...]
C2E2: Amazing Spider-Man – The End Of The Ends Of The Earth
Matthew Diener writes for Bleeding Cool from C2E2. This panel included Dan Slott, current writer of Amazing Spider-Man, Ryan Stegman, current artist on Scarlet Spider, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso, editor Tom Brennan, Scarlet Spider artist Ryan Stegman, Marvel's Senior Vice President of Creative and Creator Development C B Cebulski, Venom writer Rick Remender, all moderated by[...]
And Finally… When Spider-Man Punched Out Al Gore
And that's saying something, considering how Dan Slott and Stefano Caselli have been killing it on this comic. The scene showed former Vice President Al Gore supporting Doc Octopus' moves to save the world from environmental catastrophe But in the middle of the United Nations, Spider-Man, in his new Ends Of The Earth armour, made his[...]
Future Proofing The Amazing Spider-Man #682
On Monday's Bleeding Cool, Lee Barnett was critical of the inability of superhero comic books to follow through the technological impact of their abilities on the world around them, as if they were arresting the future. As if on cue, today's Amazing Spider-Man sees Dan Slott addressing that head on Seeing Spider-Man's scientific solutions for fighting[...]
Is Max Modell's Hector… That Hector?
Could it be… a certain member of the Pantheon? Writer Dan Slott's work has been compared, repeatedly, to that of Peter David who created the character on The Incredible Hulk     Because here's the other thing Max Modell does resemble Hector's best friend and occasional homophobe Ulysses, who he stuck with, despite the provocation[...]
John Nee, Dan Slott, Rob Liefeld And Artists Alley
Murphy writes; Regarding the debate of whether comic artists should continue selling unauthorized prints/sketches of characters they don't own, I think Bissette and his legal advisor are 100% correct.  So from now on, I won't be doing any sketches or commissions at shows of any character that I don't own.  Am I rolling over in fear of Marvel?  Maybe,[...]