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It's been all Spider-Man, all the time on the internet for the past week, and another shoe drops in a few hours, it seems: What I didn't realise at the time, was that meant this was going to be the first appearance of Superior Spider-Man full stop, at last after he has declared himself such. … Most-Read Comic[...]

When Dan Slott announced the current Spider-Man plot, he noted that on publication he would probably have to get off the internet and go into hiding. He probably didn't reckon that the internet just wouldn't let him Especially when he started posting favour of gun control as well. His Twitter profile reads; Death threats and threats of violence[...]

The main attraction! Wooo! And it all began with a certain Bleeding Cool article. After the John Byrne Forum kicked off a bit, Dan Slott arrived to try and spread some calm. Can everyone PLEASE calm down. Aunt May is clearly fully clothed. A bride isn't supposed to SEE the groom before the wedding. ONLY a kiss is foreshadowed. The sequence is[...]

Is there such a thing as Too Much Information in the social media era? Today, Marvel published Amazing Spider-Man #699, the follow up to the explosive

Amazing Spider-Man #700. $7.99, out on December 26th. The seven hundredth issue and the last issue, before the relaunch as Superior Spider-Man. And I hear

When I think of Spider-Man on Thanksgiving, it's usually because of a giant Spider-Man balloon floating in the skies of New York City.  But this year,

Marvel have released the following pages from Amazing Spider-Man #700. They do spoil aspects of Amazing Spider-Man #698, so watch that if when you're

Amazing Spider-Man #698 has already gone to a second print for, you know, obvious reasons. And Marvel are promising more mind boggling occurrences in

And writer Dan Slott has gone into hiding. Rage rage rage rage, yes? Look, Spider-Man is a Marvel franchise, there's more films to come, animated series that need to tie up on some level, it is very likely that things will go back We don't know how the switch happened, but technical or mystical there are plenty[...]

I didn't want to see the spoiler, but in the end I couldn't quite manage to avoid it.  And... well, it's going to be an interesting day on the comics

So I get the following message, redacted to spare blushes and spoilers. Marvel creator got drunk in a stripclub in and blurted out the entire synopsis for

And usually with massive spoiler warnings. And second because I want Dan Slott to like me He's my eldest daughter's favourite writer so when I saw; I'm VERY serious I see you spoiling or RT'ing a spoiler for ASM #698 before Nov 21st, I'll block you from all my social media For life. — Dan Slott (@DanSlott) November[...]

Judging by how furious many of the BC forumers were that Rich blacked out the key parts of the spoiler tweet, anticipation is running pretty high on this one indeed: Dan Slott has been adamant about not spoiling Amazing Spider-Man #700 and Superior Spider-Man Even though the last issue of Amazing Spider-Man will ship to retailers[...]

Dan Slott has been adamant about not spoiling Amazing Spider-Man #700 and Superior Spider-Man Even though the last issue of Amazing Spider-Man will ship to retailers a week before it goes on sale, he has been calling on everyone not to release any spoilers on the comic That includes Marvel – don't expect to see[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

Dan Slott was Bleeding Cool's best guess for the writer of whatever this project is, due to Marvel's description of him as the writer of the year's most shocking comics story And that is still tagged as Amazing Spider-Man #700 And this is what happens next, courtesy of USA Today Dan Slott with three artists, Ryan[...]

Today's Amazing Spider-Man #695... as Madame Web goes a bit ballistic, we get a very special douple page spread, made up of images taken from upcoming Marvel titles.

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

  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[...]

 Todd's ASM #328 cover recently sold for $657,250 (it was purchased by Vincent Zurzolo and Stephen Fishler of Metropolis / Comic Connect, incidentally, who know the original art market well and have an amaaaaazing personal collection) in part because people remember that run very, very fondly, and consider it one of the definitive runs of[...]

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[...]

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[...]