“It’s the 600th issue of Spider-Man!”
Warming to his subject, Slott went on to describe the book as, “The super-awesome [editor] Steve Wacker comic! It is 104 Pages!” Since 104 pages couldn’t contain it there is an additional 5-page story that will be made available on the Internet. Included will be stories by Stan Lee, Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction and Joe Kelly, as well as a 61-page story by Dan Slott, drawn by John Romita Jr. Cover variants will include work from Alex Ross, John Romita Jr. Joe Quesada and John Romita Sr.
The main villain will be Doc Ock as you’ve never seen him before. Said Slott, “It’s gonna be huge! It’s just a huge thing of love!” There will be an important Spider-Man soap opera event, and it will also be a great place for new readers to jump on.
Questions about Norman Osborn were deferred until the following day’s Dark Reign panel. Some of the upcoming events will fall out from “American Son.” The reason Osborn didn’t include Doc Ock in his current plans will be revealed in issue #600. Basically, Osborn probably couldn’t get him. “I want to move [Doc Ock] up to a Doctor Doom level.” said Slott. “He’s going to get AMPed!”