Joe Quesada:
Ah, good to be back. I just wanted to apologize to the folks out there
for not being able to get to the column last week. I was called out
of town, short notice, on Marvel business, and also came down with
some horrible flu/sinus/leprosy thing. I don't know what it was, but
I'm still not 100%, so if my answers seem a bit disjointed this week,
blame it on my medication. Now, before I begin, Matt, you're saying
that this week's column is only reader's questions?
Newsarama: That's
correct - with ideally, an announcement at the end, if you're game…
JQ: In other
words, the wife is dragging you all over god's creation doing Christmas
shopping and you haven't had time to come up with some good questions
of your own.
NRAMA: Your assumption
would be accurate.
JQ: I feel your
pain. Catch a holiday flu, it's an all purpose excuse.
RQ: Kurt_Vile
- How can Marvel encourage writers and artists to introduce cool
new characters under a work for hire contract, when it's arguably
in their financial interests to save their best concepts for publication
under a creator-ownership based contract?
JQ: Kurt-Vile,
this is a great question, and yes, I won't lie to you, it has become
increasingly difficult over the last two decades or so. On the part
of creators, some of the reasons make sense and much of it is also
hinges on certain myths, but more on that in a bit. Some creators,
not all, do operate from the point of view that there is no way
in heck they would give away any ideas within a work for hire context.
One thing that I learned many years ago was to share ideas as open
and freely as possible. Those that hoard ideas (or anything for
that matter) and look at them as precious are doomed to run out
of them very quickly. I've always found that the people who are
the most giving with ideas, in other words, not keeping a running
tally, are the most round-the-clock, creative people I know. That
said, using myself as an example, I don't discriminate in my mind
between what's one of my ideas and what's a Marvel idea, they're
just ideas. Sure, while I have ideas that aren't necessarily something
the company would ever be interested in (a personal story or comedy),
when I'm in a creative Marvel setting, I just let stuff fly as do
all of the people we work with. The Santerians in DD: Father
are a very recent example of that. But, yes, creators also do have
this thing that's been firmly planted in their brains over the years
that their creation is going to make them rich, that outside of
the confines of work for hire, it's a land of milk and honey. It's
an easy thing to believe as we've heard several stories about folks
striking it rich. Sometimes we may even perceive just making a deal
for a character as striking it rich, when it fact the deal could
have been for next to nothing. But, the truth of the matter is that
for every creator owned character that's been sold, there are thousands
that just roll up and die, never to be seen again and that's the
myth that I refer to.
But now, more to your
point, there are more and more characters being created for the
Marvel Universe these days than in a very long time, at least that's
my sense of it. What's tough to predict is which of those will ever
become an icon as that's a question that only time and incubation
have the answer to. The heyday of creating new characters was the
early sixties and seventies, but that was out of necessity, a universe
was being created, writers and artists needed work and to get work
and to keep it coming, they had to write and draw stories on a regular
basis that would keep fans coming back for more. necessary for creators
to add characters the larger our library gets, it's also becomes
harder and harder to have a creation stick because fans want the
old faithfuls. When you look at Marvel per se, over the last 20
years I would argue that Punisher and Elektra and maybe Cable are
the only characters that have shown any extended life beyond their
first appearance.
 Recently
at Marvel we've seen the introduction of the Sentry, Echo, Ronin,
Runaways, Arana, X-Statix, NYX , X-23, Jessica Jones, Santerians,
Marvel Boy, Gravity, Live Wires, Vegas, Spellbinders, The Hood,
Underworld and Awesome Andy just to name a few. While none are icons
at this juncture (though my money's on Awesome Andy), they're still
new characters and I think show that there is definitely a shift
going on.
So, like so many things
in comics, we'll see what the future brings, I'm sure attitudes
will change, adapt, change and then change again, as is the ebb
and flow of comics.
Oh yeah, and don't forget
Geldoff!
NRAMA: Shhhh…listen…
JQ: What?
NRAMA: I think,
all the way from here, I can hear Brian Bendis cursing…
onward -
RQ: Forbush Man
- Does Marvel plan on doing any Jewish related comics around Christmas
time? They are a major factor and I think it's unfair that Marvel
only has Christmas specials. I know that the majority of readers
are Christians but as I'm sure you know, the comic industry was
created by Jews. Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, etc. maybe a comic with Jewish
characters like Shadowcat or the Thing. Thanks a lot. Maybe for
next year
JQ: Hey, Forbush
Man, while we have no plans for this year, keep in mind that Stan,
Jack and company started this tradition of Christmas comics. That
said, good ol' Benjamin J. Grimm makes an appearance in this year's
Christmas Special - as do M.O.D.O.K. and Fin Fang Foom! See, in
our minds, this Holiday Season is time for everyone (whatever their
faith may or may not be) to come together in the spirit of peace.
RQ: Bruce Leroy
- I don't know if this has been asked before or not, but any chance
of a Luke Cage solo book? All of his less popular (but still cool)
buddies get their own book, when is he going to get his?
JQ: No plans
for a solo book, Bruce Leroy, but you will be getting a heaping
dose of Luke Cage in several books in 2007 in particular, a Marvel
Knights four issue mini series...
RQ: pendragon12
- In Wolverine #43, Nitro blasted Wolverine apart, with only
his skeleton showing. Then he's completely healed. When Nitro was
done, all we could see was bones. No tendons. No cartilage. No ligaments.
That would mean the knee should have been in four separate pieces.
Patella, femur, fibula, muscles, & tibia should have been destroyed
at first. Unable to keep the knee together. And with the force of
the blast, they would have separated. How did his healing factor
keep the knee together? It doesn't seem possible. Please explain.
JQ: Great question,
Pendragon! Just roll with it. As soon as I can figure out how to
explain how bones can be laced with metal, beams shoot out of people's
eyes and how a man can fly, I'll have the answer ;-)
In all seriousness,
the answer is in your question, all you could SEE were bones. Also,
check out Wolverine #48 for more on this.
RQ: Captain616
- What the heck's going on between the Black Knight, the Black Panther,
Captain Britain and New Excalibur?
At the start of Hudlin's
run the Black Knight appears as a bad guy for hire, with the Ebony
Blade which he lost some years ago. Then the Panther takes the sword.
A few months later Dane
turns up in New Excalibur, with the sword which T'Challa still has
in his possession, in a three part story teaching us that only Dane
can carry the burden of that sword, even though it will eventually
turn him mad.
And now the Panther
is using the Ebony Blade to slash seven bells out of Iron Man, while
Captain Britain turns up to try and take the blade back? What?
What's Cap even doing
on American soil?
I am very confused.
Can you help?
JQ: You know
what, Captain616, yeah, what about that? I'm confused too. Editor
Nick Lowe better have an answer for this or there's going to be
hell to pay. Heh, I've been waiting for a moment to reprimand that
annoying, squeaky clean, All-American runt. This is going to be
good. What do you say Nick?
Nick Lowe: Joe,
we certainly CAN help the good Captain out. The Black Knight in
Black Panther wasn't ya' boy, Dane Whitman. It was an imposter who
stole the sword from Dane. Now, since the imposter wasn't an idiot,
he knew that if he outright stole the sword, Dane would come looking
for it. So he replaced it with a different sword, so Dane didn't
even know it was missing.
We're touching on this
in New Excalibur #14-#15. Is that okay, Joe?
JQ: Ummm, yeah
fine.
 NL:
Cool, you mind if I leave a bit early today, I'm feeding the homeless
tonight and helping little old ladies cross the street with some
pals tonight and I want to be the first one there!
RQ: barthufo
- Mike Carey had this to say to a poster on his message board:
"Cable's going to be
somewhat on the sidelines in Primary Infection but very much front
and centre in Condition Critical. I can't say anything about X-crossovers
at this stage, but I can say that in the Summer of '07 Cable is
going to be in the spotlight in an extreme and spectacular way."
So how big is this X-Crossover?
Is it going to involve the X-Universe as a whole, or is it pretty
much just gonna be the X-Men? Will any characters outside the X-Universe
be involved, i.e. Spider-Man, the Avengers, FF, etc.?
RQ: Elixir -
So we've known for a while about the "smaller than Civil War" scale
World War Hulk, but now judging by what has been said in recent
interviews, there's also going to be a big X-event around summer
2007, involving all the X books as well as "something big" going
on with the Spider-Man line and being told that it's going to be
"Spider-Man's year"...
With confirmation that
World War Hulk will be having at least some spin offs (a three-part
X-Men: World War Hulk has been briefly mentioned), isn't this getting
a bit much? I mean, if the stories are good then fine, but at some
point we need some breathing space between events.
I mean X only just had
HoM and Decimation, Spidey recently had "The Other"...
And won't having three
things running at once cause them to take attention away from each
other?
JQ: Barthufo,
while it's too early to give details about this, it's going to be
pretty huge within the context of the X universe. The event will
involve virtually everyone in the X-Men Universe. It will be structured
as an old-school X-Men event, cutting across several titles over
three months. The inciting incident will be huge, and its shock
waves will be felt for years. Will it involve other Marvel characters,
I can say for certain, but in it's early stages the answer is no.
As for the rest of your
question. I've been saying that WWH wouldn't be as big as Civil
War and it doesn't even come close. It's going to be very tight,
but yes it does have some spin off book. But if you're not reading
Hulk and you're not interested, just skip it. As for our Spider
event and X event, well, look at the Other and House of M, while
they came out in the same year, they were at different intervals.
We have 12 months to play with and we are working very hard to make
sure that these events don't step on one and other. It's not good
for you and it isn't good for us. That said, these three things,
WWH, Spidey and X events are very inclusive and don't bleed out
to the extent of effecting a large majority of Marvel titles. Heck,
the Spider event effects nothing but the Spider books just as The
Other did.
Also, we've always driven
our publishing plan through story events. Heck, there's an event
going on right now in X-Men, we've just been low key about it because
Civil War is our current focus. To me, this is nothing new in our
publishing scheme. I do however understand your point and why you
may feel that way. Civil War has been a monster of an event,
it's wide reaching and includes a lot of titles. It also overlapped
with DC's biggest event, so in the context of all of that, I can
see how series like World War Hulk may sound to an event weary fan
or retailer. Let me assure you, that when we get to the next big
story, at least on Marvel's end, you'll understand what I mean.
World War Hulk is the palette cleanser to Civil War, it's
the delicious green sorbet at the end of the meal.
NRAMA: Sorbet?
JQ: Sorbet.
NRAMA: Yeah.
Anyway…
RQ: Rodimus_Max
- Last week you mentioned how the main MU was becoming a power-house
to challenge the X-franchise. Now, the X-franchise is undeniably
strong right now in terms of quality, but, with half the books taking
place in space or otherwise in their own corners, and the mutant
population less at the forefront after HOM\Decimation, when (or
if) are we going to see the X-Men take centre stage in the MU again?
JQ: Rodimus_Max,
it's coming, my friend. The X-Men are on the road back to having
their day. According to new X-Men Executive Editor Alonso and his
new punk ass team of X-Editors, Schmidt and Lowe, they're going
to kick Marvel U's ass late next year. I'm predicting a nerd fight
in the hallowed halls of Marvel next year as Tom Brevoort's sentient
beard exacts its revenge.
RQ: Sharcque
- Huge Rob Liefeld fan here! I would love to see the Extreme Universe
more regularly. Have you guys ever thought of striking a deal with
Rob, a la the DC-Wildstorm deal?
And along those same
lines, since you have all 3 creators now (Joe Mad, Ramos & JSC),
have you guys had any thought of re-opening Cliffhanger Studios?
The 90s is big again!!!!
JQ: Hey, Sharque,
actually I'm thinking about getting all these guys together to do
an N'Sync comic. Come on, who's with me!!!
RQ: mattguthrie
12- I was wondering with the 50 States Initiative will we see a
return of the West Coast Avengers? I know it all depends on who
wins the CW if we see the 50 State Initiative but I was wondering
if we would at least see a few super teams based outside of New
York? Maybe other large cities like L.A. or Chicago? (and the Great
Lake Avengers don't count, lol)
JQ: Mattguthrie
12, you're just going to have to wait and see what happens. Can
you live with the return of the New Warriors for now?
RQ: Helsturm
- With the efforts of Wowio and Pullbox (Pullbox especially) now
getting out there, do you see either of these being viable options
to "try out" series without the overhead cost of the printers/distributors?
Speaking for myself,
and the total lack of a LCS within reasonable driving distance,
I'd be more than happy to pay $1 to check out a new offering. Especially
considering that I lack the ability to "flip through it" in a LCS.
Finally, as evident
by the success of projects such as Criminal, do you see the above
efforts as a good way to make use of "viral marketing" strategy?
In light of the increase of #0 comics we seem to be seeing, wouldn't
they better serve their purpose in a digital format?
JQ: Hellsturm,
when it comes to conversations about strategies and future technologies,
I always like to turn to your favorite Publisher and mine, Dan Buckley
for his thoughts on ways of getting the word out in the future.
Take it away Dan!
Dan Buckley:
Gellstrum, we could not agree with you more on the sampling potential
for comics in a digital format. The publishing and online folks
discuss these possibilities everyday. At present we are discussing
our options and we will let every one know our next steps when we
feel we have a plan that will excite our fans and the comic shops.
RQ: Chakra -
Can you tell us more about Jeff Parker's and Mike Wieringo's upcoming
Spider-Man/Fantastic Four mini? When is it set, etc etc.
JQ: Four issue
starting in April titled simply Spider-Man and the Fantastic
Four. It's set far away from the hubub of Civil War and Pete
and the FF's current predicaments. So we get to simply play with
the idea of these five heroes working together to save the world
before they drive each other crazy. Parker and Wieringo have created
a story that starts in Manhattan, but soon takes us to other exotic
locales giving lots of chances for Ringo to get his monster on!
We're not trying to recreate the wheel, but we do want to remind
the world why Spidey and FF is the crème de la crème of Superhero
team-ups.
RQ: softverre
- Is a Bryan Singer/Steve McNiven Ultimate X-Men arc still planned?
When will it hit stores?
And do you have some
dates for the following projects: Silver Surfer: Requiem, Logan,
Marvels: Eye of The Camera, Shanna by Gray and Palmiotti, Thor by
JMS and Olivier Coipel, 1985, Genext, Marvel Zombies II?
JQ: Okay here
goes…
Singer/McNiven/ Ultimate
X-Men- we'll see, but hopefully 2007
Silver Surfer Requiem- Late
2007
Logan-Late 2007
Marvel's Eye of the Camera- I suspect you'll
see this in 2007 but it may fall into early 2008.
Shanna- August
of 2007
Thor- In 2007
1985- It's a long shot for 2007, I'd say 2008
to be sure.
Genext- Chris is slowly getting back to work so this
will depend on his workload.
Marvel Zombies II- Late summer.
RQ: wingnut69
- I missed Dan Slott's Thing series when it came out (sorry Dan!)
but I did recently pick up the trade. Really enjoyable series. I've
seen it rumoured on 'rama that if the trade sold well there could
be a chance of another shot for Dan with the series. Any chance
of that?
JQ: At the moment,
wingnut69, no. But if it's more Thing you crave, look no further
than Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: The End, Marvel Adventures
Fantastic Four and Ultimate Fantastic Four. As for the
wonderful words of Dan Slott, you still have She-Hulk and
his upcoming secret project.
RQ: motteditor
- Joe, now that Beyond #6 is out, what's next for this group
of heroes. I'd love to see more of some of the lesser-used guys
(Hood and Firebird primarily).
And what should we expect
with Gravity? (Spoilers for Beyond #6): Marvel seems to have
invested a lot of effort in the character, and that last page certainly
sent some ambiguous messages about what's next.
RQ: Dash -The
Beyond clearly states that Gravity's death will have long-lasting
ramifications. When will we be seeing those? Can you give us any
hints as to where or in what books, so I can buy them?
And with so few new
characters making any kind of traction in mainstream superhero comics
these days, can you give us any insight into why you decided to
kill Gravity, arguably the best received new hero in the Marvel
Universe in a very long time? While I don't expect him to be angry,
as creating a character within an existing company tends to lend
itself to a loss of control over their handling, how does Sean McKeever
feel about this (assuming of course that killing him wasn't McKeever's
idea, or that you're not just planning to bring him back right away?)
JQ: Motteditor,
you managed to get at least one question in every week. I personally
think it's time for Matt to put you on the payroll. Waddaya say,
Matt?
NRAMA:- La la
la la la, I can't hear you….
JQ: While you
won't be seeing the Beyond cast as a group again any time
soon, most of the individual characters will all be making appearances
in upcoming Marvel titles during the coming year. Hank and Jan will
both be around in Mighty Avengers, Venom is a key player
in Warren Ellis' Thunderbolts beginning with #110, Medusa
plays a part in Silent War, the Hood will be showing up in
New Avengers, and most of the others are attached to projects
far enough down the line that we're not ready to speak about them
yet.
As far as Gravity goes,
Dwayne McDuffie will be following up on his death and the Watcher's
cryptic statement in Fantastic Four #545 in a few short months.
RQ: Ragnarokker
- Trying to be as non-judgmental and as kind as possible, I have
noticed that Wolverine Origins has been getting a lot of
poor reviews and has been regarded by most fans largely as a disappointment.
And I was wondering, from the editorial point of view, has it lived
up to expectations?
JQ: Ragnarokker,
if there's anything that I've learned the hard way over these past
six years is that you can't judge anything, I mean nothing, by online
reviews or online fan reaction. Wolverine Origins has been one of
our biggest hit launches of 2006. The books is currently selling
like hot cakes and I think that Daniel and Steve are doing an amazing
job on the title. Also, I've heard the cover artist ain't bad.
RQ: reinemann2
- Quick question. Will we be seeing any resolutions to dangling
plot thread from Origin like why James' mommy had claw marks
on her? And what about baby May from Spider-Man clone saga? Just
curious. Keep up the good work, m'man!
JQ: reinemann2,
Wolverine is like a fine onion, he is a man of many layers and sometimes
he can make you cry. And like a fine onion, we will peel at the
layers until one day perhaps we'll get to that story.
As for Baby May? Nope,
never happened, I have no idea what you're talking about.
RQ: mikeyg -
Joe, I'm a huge fan of Marvel Comics, but your paper stock is killing
me. It warps in the heat, the ink rubs off on your fingers and this
month the center page tore out of two of my books as I was reading
them, Uncanny X-Men and Onslaught Reborn. Since it's
the center page the staple just tore the flimsy paper as I was turning
the page. Are there any plans to upgrade the paper stock to something
a little more durable?
JQ: Hey, Mikeyg,
I checked up and down the halls of Marvel today to see if anyone
in editorial, sales or production have heard of this happening of
late and as far as anyone can tell, this is the first we're hearing
about this problem with our current paper stock. But, here's the
thing, I don't doubt anything that you're saying here. You're suffering
from a condition that is striking at the heart of every True Believer
who is reading our current batch of Marvel titles. I'm very familiar
with the symptoms, you're blood pressure is rising, you're at the
edge of your seat, your palms are getting sweaty, you're brow's
soaked and you're hands are shaking. Don't panic, it's been happening
a lot and to be honest, outside of printing our comics on sweat
proof Kevlar, I don't think there's anything I can do to help you
in this matter.
RQ: catman -
Joe, is Axel Alonso still set to become the new X-Men line editor
and if so will he begin editing all of the X-books or will they
continue to be edited by committee?
JQ:
Axel is an Executive Editor, or Senior Executive Editor as he likes
to say. Axel will be taking point on the X-Men universe and while
he will be doing hands on editing of many of the core books, the
job is way too big for one person. That's where his punk ass editors
will come in handy.
RQ: Prometheus3
- Hey Joe, anymore big exclusive deals that you are planning on
unveiling anytime soon?
JQ: Shhhh, Promethues3,
what do you know and who told you?
RQ: riddlinloser
- Earlier this year Mark Millar said "Ultimates will be done
by the end of this year, Millar said, going a little off-topic,
adding that he personally guarantees it, and will be at SDCC next
year if it's not done, and people can punch him in the stomach."
It is currently Dec 11th and still no Ultimates #13. So my
question is will I be able to punch Mr. Millar or will the book
come out by Dec 31st? Either way I'll be happy. Thanks!
JQ: riddlinloser,
I can't wait to see you punch Mark!
RQ: Moshikal
- In Joe Fridays 18 you talked about the Iron Spidey costume returning
in some form or another:
"NRAMA: C'mon, you're
better at teases than that, Joe. There is a grand tradition at Marvel
of temporary identities and costumes of established characters surviving
when the characters return to their classic personas - from War
Machine to U.S. Agent to Slingers ... even to Venom.
When and where will
readers see an Iron Spidey again? Eddie Brock has free time on his
hands these days, doesn't he?
JQ: Well, the Iron Spidey
costume design seemed to be reviled by everyone here on Newsarama,
so why would we ever bring it back? Come on now, raise your hands,
how many of you hated it when you first saw it?
Okay, now how many of
you would love to see it come back in some form or another? Well,
since I can't see you as I write this, we can discuss it again next
week."
And of course, you didn't
mention it again... so can you say something about it now?
JQ: Nope. Besides,
Moshikal, didn't everyone here on Newsarama hate the Iron Spider
costume? [laughs]
RQ: Skatonic10
- This week, the solicitation for Moon Knight #9 reads:
MOON KNIGHT #9
Written
by CHARLIE HUSTON
Penciled by MICO SUAYAN
Cover by DAVID FINCH
"MIDNIGHT
SUN: PART 3: FOR THE OCCASION"
So is Finch done on
Moon Knight, or is Suayan just a fill in? I think many people would
agree that David's art is one of the drawing points for the book,
and that - just as you have stated in the past - most would rather
wait an extra couple of weeks for the book drawn by Mr. Finch and
not by another artist (no offense to Mico Suayan).
JQ: Hey, Skatonic,
David is moving on to some amazing projects that I think will blow
you away down the road. David has been so instrumental in the launching
of Moon Knight that it's next to impossible to imagine the
book without him, but we think you're going to dig what Mico brings
to the table. As a matter of fact, Newsarama will be showing a sample
of Mico's art this week. I think that when you see it, you'll agree
that while it's tough to replace a genius like Dave Finch, Mico
is definitely a talent to keep an eye on.
RQ: LobsterJ
- Over in the Marvel forums here there have been a few threads about
Daniel Way with people arguing about his ***ish behavior to fans
(and detractors) on his own messageboard and through email. Does
Marvel have a policy regarding treatment of fans by pros? I assume
not, since they are freelancers. Does someone's behavior/attitude
have any impact on them continuing to get work from Marvel? Do you
think having a disagreeable person on staff can be a detriment in
an industry as small as comics with such little divide between creators
and readers?
JQ: No, we have
no control or say in what freelancers do in public forums. While
I'm not familiar with what you're talking about with respect to
Daniel, in all of my experiences with him in fan situations like
conventions, he's always been incredibly humble and polite with
everyone he encounters. Arguably a shy guy, especially in panels,
I've never seen him act in any other way than a professional one.
But heck, there are people right now reading this that at one point
or another or on a consistent basis view me as a huge idiot. It
comes with the territory as I see it. If you're on the net long
enough (anything over 3 minutes), someone will eventually call you
an ass.
But to the latter half
of your question, yes, if we felt that a creator was operating in
public forums in manners that we deemed inappropriate or harmful,
we would absolutely take steps of one kind or another.
NRAMA: Joe -
we're coming down to the wire this year - is there going to be a
Christmas song or not? You've got tradition on your side, here...what,
four years running? C'mon man - we're at the point where my mom
looks forwards to hearing them. Are you going to let my mom down?
JQ: Great, just
add more pressure. I'll be honest with you Matt, it doesn't look
good. I've been out of town for six days out of the last twelve,
came down with my flu/sinus/leprosy thing, and I'm currently at
a two day Spider-Man retreat.
JQ: Spider-Man
summit - is this for the post-JMS era planning, and bringing Steve
Wacker into the fold?
JQ: Yeah, yeah,
we'll talk about it next week.
We also have our big
three day creative summit next week and my annual Marvel Christmas
party. Add to that the fact that I haven't written a lick of music
and I honestly don't know if I'll get to it.
But I'll tell
you what. For those few people out there who've enjoyed them over
the last four years, and especially for your mom, I'll dig out a
bonus, non-comics related track I recorded 2 years ago. It's a Punk
Rock version of Frosty the Snow Ma, also featuring my then 4 year
old daughter. I'll pull it out for next week.
NRAMA: Wrapping
up for this week Joe, we're starting to see glimpses of what the
Marvel Universe is going to look like following Civil War.
One thing that's still hanging out there - Dan Slott's book. Can
you finally say what it is going to be and what it's about?
JQ: I'm not going
to go into detail, but it's called Avengers: The Initiative.
Wait, hold on…
What's that… that sound?
Is it… is it… yes it
is!
I think I just heard
the slightest bit of breaking across the internet!
NRAMA: We've
seen an "Initiative" in Civil War, which was part of the
Pro-Reg side's plan to have teams of super heroes in each state.
Is that what we're talking about here, or has the term been appropriated
by others for their own use?
JQ: Well, that
is kind of the question isn't it? To reveal that would give away
a very interesting plot point of Civil War, so be happy you
got that much out of me [laughs].
NRAMA: Well then,
going back to what you said, this is one of those scripts that is
already generating quite a lot of buzz in the Marvel offices, and,
as you've said, was one of the only books to make the cut at the
Marvel Editorial summit. What is it about this book that just has
everyone so jazzed?
JQ: Dan Slott's
ideas. I've now sat in a few creative meetings with Dan and he is
really coming of age here. I will say this and I kid you not, when
it comes to creative spit balling, he is right up there with Bendis,
JMS, Millar, Loeb and Brubaker. Dan Slott is the real deal, he's
impressed us to no end, we just have to figure out a way to get
him to write faster! He is the biggest superstar in comics that
no one knows about.
NRAMA: How many
issues, and when will it launch?
JQ: Currently
it's planned as a six issue series. Of course, with enough fan support,
you never know what may happen afterwards.
NRAMA: Finally
- the editorial retreat is still coming up next week - any clues
as to some of the bigger issues on the table?
JQ:We'll be going
over a lot of stuff, most of it a tightening to our post Civil
War plan, fallout from World War Hulk, the life and times
of Peter Parker, the future of the Ultimate Universe, the repositioning
of the X-Men and this little idea that Bendis has had percolating
for the world of Avengers.
Outside of
that, not much.
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