Dan Slott covered todays edition of "Weekly Webbing". He teased "The List", his "Dark Reign" one-shot which comes out tomorrow, and the "Gauntlet", which also begins then. Here are some highlights.
Nrama: Did you know up front that the last one would be Spider-Man?
Slott: Yes. When we were talking, and as we've been talking about the List and Dark Reign, the main power broker in all of Dark Reign is Norman Osborn. So, dear God! Spider-Man's got to be integral to this storyline. Spider-Man has got to be the driving force as things come to a boiling point in Dark Reign. He's got to be there. He's got to be the guy. That meant he was either going to be the guy to kick it all off and be List #1, or he was going to be a "save-the-best-for-last" scenario and be the guy who wraps it all up. And that's the way it ended up working.
Nrama: Does the story refer more to the Amazing Spider-Man run? Or to other things in the Marvel Universe?
Slott: Both. It builds off things that have been happening in Spider-Man, but if you haven't been reading Amazing Spider-Man, everything is explained for you. And it does propel the Marvel Universe toward the next phase. I don't want to say.... well, let's just say it moves the story forward.
I know, for example, I've been putting the finishing touches Mighty Avengers #32 and #33. And they're affected by this story. In those issues, the Dark Avengers are showing up.
Nrama: Does the List issue also affect the future of Amazing Spider-Man?
Slott: Yes. I can't say a lot more than, yyyyeeesss.
Nrama: One way or another, either Spidey or Norman is going to have to go down, aren't they?
Slott: Well, we are doing a comic called Spider-Man 36 times a year, so that probably weighs things heavier in his favor.
Nrama: What's coming up that you've seen in Amazing Spider-Man scripts? I know you don't want to spoil anything, but are there any stories you want to talk about in particular?
Slott: It's all about The Gauntlet now. People have read the Joe Kelly stuff that we've seen hints about since Spidey #600, about hunting spiders. And now you see more of it with the Deadpool issue. This week, we've got the start of the Elektro issues by Mark Waid, where The Gauntlet starts. Everything is gearing up now. You're in for some good runs. For a long time, we've stayed away from the big characters, or at least the big Spider-Man villains. With stuff like "New Ways to Die," Norman and Venom were running around in the Marvel Universe, so it seemed right to use them. And in Amazing Spider-Man #600, we brought back Doc Ock. But short of that, we've stayed away from a lot of the big toys. And now, with The Gauntlet, you're getting all your favorite Spider-Man villains, one after another.
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This seems to address most fans concerns about Spider-Man being an important figure in the takedown of Norman Osborn. Looks Spidey will be pretty distracted due to the events going on in his own title though. Both books will be in stores tomorow. Check out the full interview at Newsarama.
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