Alonso, Wacker & Brevoort Examine the End of "Amazing" #700

[CBR News]

In "Amazing Spider-Man" #700 one era of Spidey's life came to an end and another began. CBR spoke with Editor Steve Wacker, Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso, and Executive Editor Tom Brevoort about the issue.


Full article here.

[jsg2295]

Everything in a nutshell....a lot of...great story...we are going forward...rah rah team......interact with others...meh article.

[jloder24]

I sincerely hope all the fans who, like me, hate this idea and have been vocal about it now let their wallets do the speaking for them. There is a poll up on CBR about when Peter will be back. Well, if Superior Spiderman #1 sells less than 30k books, and even less than that for #2 and on, Slott can forget whatever story ideas he has planned out for Spock (Spidey/Ock); Peter will be back by Opening Day.

[Dog]

I sincerely hope all the fans who, like me, hate this idea and have been vocal about it now let their wallets do the speaking for them. There is a poll up on CBR about when Peter will be back. Well, if Superior Spiderman #1 sells less than 30k books, and even less than that for #2 and on, Slott can forget whatever story ideas he has planned out for Spock (Spidey/Ock); Peter will be back by Opening Day.

Like, opening day of Major League Baseball? That is literally impossible.

[jsg2295]

I sincerely hope all the fans who, like me, hate this idea and have been vocal about it now let their wallets do the speaking for them. There is a poll up on CBR about when Peter will be back. Well, if Superior Spiderman #1 sells less than 30k books, and even less than that for #2 and on, Slott can forget whatever story ideas he has planned out for Spock (Spidey/Ock); Peter will be back by Opening Day.

There is no way Superior #1 sells less than 30... I bet my left...errr....arm on that.

[0bsessions]

Like, opening day of Major League Baseball? That is literally impossible.

Seriously, they've got art up through #8 done according to Slott's Twitter. That brings us through to the beginning of May.

[jloder24]

Yes, I was exaggerating by saying opening day. And yes, SSM will definitely do more than 30k books sold; that's pretty much a given, although it will be interesting to see how it stacks up against some of the NOW #1s that have already come out (I'm thinking it's going to sell way less than any of the Avengers or Xmen #1s). Sales will absolutely be the call on how long this story line runs, though, and if the Spock story line starts loosing readers after the novelty of a #1 issue, you can bet the contingency plan for bringing Peter back is ramped up.

[Optic Rage]

I sincerely hope all the fans who, like me, hate this idea and have been vocal about it now let their wallets do the speaking for them. There is a poll up on CBR about when Peter will be back. Well, if Superior Spiderman #1 sells less than 30k books, and even less than that for #2 and on, Slott can forget whatever story ideas he has planned out for Spock (Spidey/Ock); Peter will be back by Opening Day.

While i'm not going to be picking it up myself, you're dreaming if you think it's going to be anywhere close to 30k.

[Dog]

Yes, I was exaggerating by saying opening day. And yes, SSM will definitely do more than 30k books sold; that's pretty much a given, although it will be interesting to see how it stacks up against some of the NOW #1s that have already come out (I'm thinking it's going to sell way less than any of the Avengers or Xmen #1s). Sales will absolutely be the call on how long this story line runs, though, and if the Spock story line starts loosing readers after the novelty of a #1 issue, you can bet the contingency plan for bringing Peter back is ramped up.

Do you mean sales to consumers or to shops? Because the sales to shops were finalized months ago...

[Majinoaw]

For one moment, can we all just look at this and tip our hat to Dan Slott for trying to shake it up a bit. His run was pretty good - let's not condemn him or it, until we see what he has in store for Superior Spider-Man.

[Squashua]

This is electric Superman all over again. Or something. Relax, people. Dan Slott has written some of the best Spider-Man dialogue I've ever read.

[LooneyKoala]

I'm sad about the ending. But I'm excited for the future Dan Slott is a brilliant writer and I trust he will continue providing great stories. I just hope Peter comes back within the near future (like, around the time of ASM2 ).

[BeezleBob]

Do you mean sales to consumers or to shops? Because the sales to shops were finalized months ago...

One month ago, to be exact. That was initial orders for #1 and #2, and the initial orders for #3 and #4 are due with Diamond in the next few hours. So, realistically, we won't see if there's a negative sales impact from this story until at least issue #5.

[Doctor Cosmic]

For one moment, can we all just look at this and tip our hat to Dan Slott for trying to shake it up a bit. His run was pretty good - let's not condemn him or it, until we see what he has in store for Superior Spider-Man.

No, we can't. I'm not going to salute or congratulate someone for crapping on good storytelling and the history and legacy of a character for the sake of "being edgy" or KEWLL!11"

I've read the issue (WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT, MIND YOU) and it's utter garbage. Is the premise that bad? No, and it could be a great storyline in the right context. But cancelling ASM and making this the status quo (even if it's not going to be permanent) is the kind of shitty tabloid stuff Marvel's been doing for years now.

The guys in this interview claim you can't keep telling the story of Peter Parker learning about power and responsibility. Really? Did I miss the arc where Peter Parker evolved into a perfect human, incapable of making mistakes?

The problem lies with the complete vacuum of talent in the Spider-Man office, esp. Slott and Wacker. If they cared about the character and telling good stories, they'd have put Mark Waid on the title. I use him as an example because Waid didn't turn do anything outrageous or sensational to bring success to Dardevil. He could have done something nonsensical and outrageous with DD, like turning Matt Murdock into a transvestite murderer or making the character "DareDEVIL" by bonding Murdock's soul with a real demon that switches place with Murdock when he taps his cane on the ground.

Instead, Waid used these rare things in comics today, called characterization, respect for a character's legacy, and finding new stories to tell within the classic unities of a timeless character to create top-selling stories people want to read.

Marvel should have tossed Slott off Spider-Man just like they did with the other creators and their books. Waid could have kept DD and taken on ASM. Instead, we have more shitty stories being told with Spider-Man, who is now considered more of a target for pathetic stunt storytelling than Superman used to be. The big difference is that the worst Superman stunt storylines (Superman Blue, Dominus arc) didn't fundamentally change the character into an anemic version of itself. Superman was till Superman, though in stories and situations that he hadn't been in before.

THAT'S called good storytelling. Too bad Slott and Wacker know nothing about how that works.

[charlesthehammer]

For one moment, can we all just look at this and tip our hat to Dan Slott for trying to shake it up a bit. His run was pretty good - let's not condemn him or it, until we see what he has in store for Superior Spider-Man.

Nah, I mean you can do it if you like it, but if you don't, then there is no reason to supporting shaking for shakings sake.