CBR: CCC09: Dan Slott Talks Spider-Man

[CBR News]

"Amazing Spider-Man" writer Dan Slott met with Chicago fans to discuss Marc Guggenheim's love of the Ben Reilly era, plans for Mr. Negative, and recent Mary Jane revelations. CBR was there to get the details.


Full article here.

[yadadaimhollaing]

damn it, now i might actually have to pick up the mr negative mini series

[Shade 20x6]

Not much revealed there, actually.

[oldschool]

damn it, now i might actually have to pick up the mr negative mini series

Dude, the Mr.Negative limited series is off the hook good......you really need to get it. Trust me on this: I am very skeptical of most minis and have felt most have been non-essential and some a downright waste of money. This is neither; great great stuff so far from Van Lente----check it out!!

[RDMacQ]

I think I'd be a little more comfortable if the story about what happened in regards to MJ and Peter's wedding day was actually in the planning stages to be touched on in the near future and not just a "script in the droor" at this point, as Dan put it. I think that the readers have waited long enough for that story to be told, and if it doesn't have any bearing on any future stories I don't see why they can't just get it out of the way and be done with it. If there are bigger plans involved that having it told will significantly change things, I can see holding off on it until they are ready to implement it. But if this is going to be another story like "Mind on Fire" which really didn't change anything for the title, then just get it out and get it over with and stop drawing things out needlessly.

[John Zaleski]

So Slott said its "just what happened on the wedding day"? How is Harry alive then?

[CMBMOOL]

I think I'd be a little more comfortable if the story about what happened in regards to MJ and Peter's wedding day was actually in the planning stages to be touched on in the near future and not just a "script in the droor" at this point, as Dan put it. I think that the readers have waited long enough for that story to be told, and if it doesn't have any bearing on any future stories I don't see why they can't just get it out of the way and be done with it. If there are bigger plans involved that having it told will significantly change things, I can see holding off on it until they are ready to implement it. But if this is going to be another story like "Mind on Fire" which really didn't change anything for the title, then just get it out and get it over with and stop drawing things out needlessly.

If that's the true, then it's going to make some Spider-fans resent Spider-man even more if they told it like they did with Harry's return.

[ShaggyB]

If that's the true, then it's going to make some Spider-fans resent Spider-man even more if they told it like they did with Harry's return.

i never got why people were mad about harry;s return... ive been wondering why he didnt considering norman did. Yeah i know the formula wasnt the exact same.... but i still thought he could come back just by playing the goblin formula card.... and this was years ago.....

[yadadaimhollaing]

If that's the true, then it's going to make some Spider-fans resent Spider-man even more if they told it like they did with Harry's return.

pissed off spiderman fans are going to be pissed off spiderman fans no matter what. just tell the story and keep moving.

[CMBMOOL]

i never got why people were mad about harry;s return... ive been wondering why he didnt considering norman did. Yeah i know the formula wasnt the exact same.... but i still thought he could come back just by playing the goblin formula card.... and this was years ago.....

I think it due to the time of them waiting to tell the story, when most of the ASM readers, even myself later on, realize that it was due to the Goblin Formula.

Both that and they thought they were clever with adding Mysterio in it, but they weren't in my opinion. :rolleyes:

[RDMacQ]

i never got why people were mad about harry;s return... ive been wondering why he didnt considering norman did. Yeah i know the formula wasnt the exact same.... but i still thought he could come back just by playing the goblin formula card.... and this was years ago.....

Part of it has to do that the creators took so long to reveal the circumstances of his resurrection, which was basically handled in an info dump in the first part of a two part story. There wasn't anything really game changing about them, just explaining what went on behind the scenes. It was an underwhelming reveal, given how long it was dragged out for.

[yadadaimhollaing]

Part of it has to do that the creators took so long to reveal the circumstances of his resurrection, which was basically handled in an info dump in the first part of a two part story. There wasn't anything really game changing about them, just explaining what went on behind the scenes. It was an underwhelming reveal, given how long it was dragged out for.

if that had happened in asm 546 would it have been any better? bringing a dead character back to life is never a good story.

[stillanerd]

^^^
Well, remember J.M. DeMatties' story that showed Peter's reaction to when Harry turned up alive and well in Amazing Spider-Man Family? I think if THAT story had been a back-up feature in issue #546 instead all those other ones involving Jackpot, Freak, and the Hollisters, then it wouldn't have seem so bad when the answer for why he wasn't dead finally did happen.

I think I'd be a little more comfortable if the story about what happened in regards to MJ and Peter's wedding day was actually in the planning stages to be touched on in the near future and not just a "script in the droor" at this point, as Dan put it. I think that the readers have waited long enough for that story to be told, and if it doesn't have any bearing on any future stories I don't see why they can't just get it out of the way and be done with it. If there are bigger plans involved that having it told will significantly change things, I can see holding off on it until they are ready to implement it. But if this is going to be another story like "Mind on Fire" which really didn't change anything for the title, then just get it out and get it over with and stop drawing things out needlessly.

Agreed. It wouldn't surprise me that the reason why they keep stringing out the "mysteries" and "questions" left over from One More Day is because they know that's pretty much why some folks--despite being upset with the changes--have been still reading up to this point. It's just dragging it on for too long will be frustrating as all get out.

And even though Dan Slott is being coy about whether or not Mary Jane still knows Peter is Spider-Man, I have a feeling she still does but the twist will be that Peter has assumed all this time that she had forgotten like everyone else; after all, the idea is supposed be that she makes his love life complicated because she's his "ex" who knows his faults and who he's very close to, so having her still know he's Spider-Man helps to underscore this. To then reveal she doesn't know after they've planted clues, winks, and slaps all these past 20 months would feel like a massive cheat. Then again, these were the same guys behind Jackpot, after all.

And as for the Mr. Negative series showing how his origin connects with Spider-Man, that can mean one thing--He was the one who brought Aunt May back from the brink of death after she got shot. I've always speculated that Martin Li's powers were the ability to absorb "negative chi" like a sponge as a means of healing. In Aunt May's case, because she was on death's door, he absorbed so much that he ended up transforming into Mr. Negative for the first time, who has the ability to transfer Negative chi into objects and others as a means of "wringing out the sponge." It would also explain why Aunt May had such an attachment to him and why she volunteered at the FEAST center: just like it was the case with Eddie Brock, whenever Li heals someone, they cannot help but be drawn to him. At least, that's what I'm thinking.

[oldschool]

if that had happened in asm 546 would it have been any better? bringing a dead character back to life is never a good story.

Well, not "never"----as evidenced by Bucky's return in Cap or Colossus' return in Astonishing X-Men, but I get your meaning. It hardly ever works.....which is why the writers should not be so kill-crazy to begin with!

[iWATCHtheWATCHMEN]

So they didn't get married Mr. Slott?

Hmmm check the back issues.

If you want to rewrite history at least try and make it better...a turd with a JRjr cover is still a turd.

iW