Discussion with Tom Brevoort on Spider-Man marriage

[FlashingSabre]

Honestly, everything from that era not written by Waid or Kelly was trash. Even Slott didn't really pick up the quality until he took over full time.

[Lukmendes]

Slott was pretty much the MVP of that era and was consistently putting out all the best stuff, which is what landed him the regular writing gig when the era ended

That makes me wonder, did any of the other writters bring something interesting? Like, was it someone else who created Mr Negative?

[Miles To Go]

Even Slott didn't really pick up the quality until he took over full time.

Not even then

[comicscollector]

Honestly, everything from that era not written by Waid or Kelly was trash. Even Slott didn't really pick up the quality until he took over full time.

Opinions vary.
I think the team of writers of Brand New Day were awesome and gave a fast pacing tone to the stries and variety provided by diferent writers.
Sure there were some sub plots that took some time to be resolved due the writers rotating in the team,but even that was not a issue to me because Amazing Spider-Man was being published three times a month.
Bob Gale stories were not as good as Dan Slott stories or Joe Kelly but even if Gale stories were not as memorable as the other writers the stories were still a fun read and in the spirit of the Brand New Day tone in the stories.And i think the reason why Gale stories were not as good as the other writers is because he did not had so much experience writing stories as the others,even so they were entertaining.
Dan Slott stories right from the first story arc in BND that have the first apearence of Mister Negative have been always sound.I think the only story of Dan Slott that did not impressed me much was the Molten Man story arc in BND.
Marc Guggenheim stories wrote the most sophisticated stories of BND,with the plots being quite intriguing.
Zeb Wells wrote just a couple of stories but the ones he wrote were great.(See the sometimes snow in April story arc)

[The Dying Detective]

It's kind of interesting for all of people complaints against Mr. Slott many of which are valid he actually pitched the return of the marriage in 2015 but got repeatedly shot down.

[WebLurker]

It's kind of interesting for all of people complaints against Mr. Slott many of which are valid he actually pitched the return of the marriage in 2015 but got repeatedly shot down.

I do find that very ironic.

[Vworp Vworp]

It's kind of interesting for all of people complaints against Mr. Slott many of which are valid he actually pitched the return of the marriage in 2015 but got repeatedly shot down.

I do find that very unlikely.

[Miles To Go]

I do find that very unlikely.

I can believe it. It would explain the de ja vu scenes from "Power Play".

[Vworp Vworp]

I can believe it. It would explain the de ja vu scenes from "Power Play".

It's trolling. Dan (and Spidey editorial in general) have been doing it for years.

And I suppose it's a little marketing too, albeit in an unpleasant way. It's dangling the carrot for those that still hold out hope and who might still be buying the book because of that hope. It's never gonna happen under the current regime, but they're happy to occasionally let you think that it might.

[Miles To Go]

And I suppose it's a little marketing too, albeit in an unpleasant way. It's dangling the carrot for those that still hold out hope and who might still be buying the book because of that hope. It's never gonna happen under the current regime, but they're happy to occasionally let you think that it might.

That's true, but still, there was a time where callbacks to OMD weren't a priority at all and they were content to just let an uber-niche thing like the daily strip promote the marriage. Post-Secret Wars, we've had more of marketing push for Peter/MJ variant covers, an AU title featuring them together, video games where she is a major player. The only other medium that doesn't really bother with her all that much is the animated shows

Hope moves the needle.

[The Dying Detective]

I do find that very unlikely.

My source is TV Tropes and Idioms and I can assure that place has very accurate information. Dan Slott's rejected return of the marriage was listed among several possible stories in the website's What Could Have Been category. It also included the original One More Day proposal where Gwen would never have died and Mary Jane and Harry would have stayed together so effectively, Peter and Mary Jane would never have married. A slightly better outcome than than Brand New Day and One Moment in Time.

[Cmbmool]

My source is TV Tropes and Idioms and I can assure that place has very accurate information. Dan Slott's rejected return of the marriage was listed among several possible stories in the website's What Could Have Been category. It also included the original One More Day proposal where Gwen would never have died and Mary Jane and Harry would have stayed together so effectively, Peter and Mary Jane would never have married. A slightly better outcome than than Brand New Day and One Moment in Time.

Honestly this would be more interesting and just leave the missing time into a maxi-series.

[The Dying Detective]

Honestly this would be more interesting and just leave the missing time into a maxi-series.

Yeah but it will draw considerable ire towards Marvel either way. And with how Dan Slott wrote Peter and Mary Jane in Renew Your Vows kind of makes me wish he was the one writing the comic because the later writers are regressing Peter like crazy. It also sort of serves as proof of his own pitch to return the marriage.

[Mister Mets]

My source is TV Tropes and Idioms and I can assure that place has very accurate information. Dan Slott's rejected return of the marriage was listed among several possible stories in the website's What Could Have Been category. It also included the original One More Day proposal where Gwen would never have died and Mary Jane and Harry would have stayed together so effectively, Peter and Mary Jane would never have married. A slightly better outcome than than Brand New Day and One Moment in Time.

You could always give a link to any online source.

TV Tropes is essentially a wiki, so someone who is lying or misinformed could provide inaccurate insider information.

[Miles To Go]

You could always give a link to any online source.

TV Tropes is essentially a wiki, so someone who is lying or misinformed could provide inaccurate insider information.

In the case of Slott pitching Marriage comeback storylines, that rumor happened to originate from a commentor on Scans_Daily