Dan Slott

Dan Slott
Slott at Jim Hanley's Universe in Manhattan on October 25, 2007.
Born	1967 Berkeley, California
Notable works	The Amazing Spider-Man Arkham Asylum: Living Hell Avengers: The Initiative Ren & Stimpy She-Hulk The Thing The Mighty Avengers

Dan Slott is an American comic book writer best known for The Amazing Spider-Man, Arkham Asylum: Living Hell and She-Hulk. He is the current writer of the twice monthly The Amazing Spider-Man.

Early writing

Slott's break came when he became the regular writer for Marvel’s Ren and Stimpy comic, where interestingly enough was where he first wrote for Spider-Man in a battle against the Powdered Toast Man. Following its success (it consistently placed in the top 50 best-selling comics) he found himself in high demand to write more children's comics, including DC’s Scooby Doo, Looney Tunes and Powerpuff Girls, but was eager to show a more serious side in superhero comics. After work on Batman Adventures and Justice League Adventures, Slott was given the chance to pitch a series for DC. The resulting miniseries was Arkham Asylum: Living Hell with artist Ryan Sook in 2003. In 2004 he wrote the 4th Parallel storyline for the Justice League which introduced the Red King; this story was published in 2007 in JLA Classified #32-36.

Marvel Comics work

Slott speaking on a panel on comic book writing at the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival. To Slott's right is Jim McCann, and to his left are Fred Van Lente and Peter David.

Arkham Asylum's success led to Slott's return to Marvel in 2004 to launch a new She-Hulk series. The title focused on She-Hulk as a "superhuman lawyer" in the Marvel Universe. After relaunching in October 2005, the second series met with higher sales, and after tie-ins with crossover events Civil War and World War Hulk, reached its highest numbers yet. In 2007 Slott left the title with (volume 2) #21, to become one of the writers on The Amazing Spider-Man.^[1]

While She-Hulk was on hiatus in 2005, Slott penned the Spider-Man/Human Torch miniseries, which chronicled the friendship of the two characters over the years, with each issue paying tribute to a different era of Marvel Comics.

Slott also gave the team the Great Lakes Avengers their first ever solo miniseries in GLA: Misassembled, which featured a character being killed in each issue. He also made the first roster changes to the team since its inception by creating a new character, Grasshopper, and reviving an obscure one, Squirrel Girl. During this period, Slott signed an exclusive contract with Marvel. He has since returned to the GLA twice, first with the 2005 GLX-mas Special, following a name change to the Great Lakes X-Men, and then again in the 2007 Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular with co-writer Fabian Nicieza, to coincide with Marvel's Initiative crossover.

At the end of 2005, Slott was assigned to write The Thing's first solo series in 20 years. It was not a sales success, and was canceled with issue #8, despite Slott's attempts to rally readers in a campaign he called "Pull My Thing." The eight issues have been released in a trade paperback entitled Idol of Millions, which sees the Thing and other heroes fighting deadly roller-coasters and other machines in Arcade's Murderworld.

Slott was also the writer of Marvel's Avengers: The Initiative, which launched following the conclusion of the 2006-7 Civil War storyline. He was also one of the four writers of the thrice-monthly The Amazing Spider-Man, a schedule which began in January 2008 following the controversial storyline One More Day. His first three issues placed in the top ten highest selling comics for January, with the first issue taking the number two spot that month, selling around 128,000 copies, a 3% jump from the previous month.^[2]

Slott appeared at MarvelFest NYC 2009, where he judged a costume contest with Joe Quesada, Scott Adsit, Chris Claremont, and Frank Tieri.^[3]

Slott took over writing duties on Mighty Avengers after writer Brian Michael Bendis's departure, starting with issue #21 and finishing with issue #36.^[4] He also wrote the story for the Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions video game, which was released in September 2010.^[5] In November, Slott took over The Amazing Spider-Man as the sole writer, marking the book's change to a bi-weekly schedule, beginning with Slott's "Big Time" storyline.^[6]

Bibliography

• 2099 Unlimited #7, Marvel Comics, 1995
• Acclaim Adventure Zone Digests #1-3, Acclaim Comics, 1997
• Age of Heroes #1-4, Marvel Comics, 2010
  • The Heroic Age trade paperback collects Age of Heroes #1
  • Age of Heroes collects #1-#4
• Amazing Fantasy (volume 2) #15, Marvel Comics, 2005
  • collected in The Mighty Avengers: Dark Reign
• The Amazing Spider-Man #546-#548, #559-#561, #564, #568-#573, #581-#582, #590-#591, #600, #618-#621, #647, #648-#660, #662- Marvel Comics, 2008
  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day Vol. 1 collects #546-#548 (along w/ Spider-Man: Swing Shift, and Venom Super Special #1)
  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day Vol. 3 collects #559-#561
  • Spider-Man: Kraven's First Hunt collects #564
  • Spider-Man: New Ways To Die collects #568-#573
  • Spider-Man: Death and Dating collects #581-#582
  • Spider-Man: 24/7 collects #590-#591
  • Spider-Man: Died in Your Arms Tonight collects #600
  • Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Book 2: Rhino & Mysterio collects #618-#621
  • Spider-Man: Origin of the Species collects #647
  • Spider-Man: Big Time collects #648-#651
  • Spider-Man: Matters of Life and Death collects #652-#654, #654.1, and #655-#657
  • Marvel Point One collects #654.1
  • Venom: Flashpoint collects #654 and #654.1
  • Spider-Man: The Fantastic Spider-Man collects #658-#660
  • Spider-Man: The Return of Anti-Venom collects #663-#665, plus backups from #660 and #662-#665
  • Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Island: Infested collects backups from #660 and #662-#665
• Free Comic Book Day 2007: The Amazing Spider-Man #1, (Free Comic Book Day issue), Marvel Comics, May 2007
  • collected in The Amazing Spider-Man: Swing Shift: Director's Cut (with new material), 2008
  • collected in Spider-Man: Brand New Day Vol. 1
• Free Comic Book Day 2011: The Amazing Spider-Man #1, (Free Comic Book Day issue), Marvel Comics, May 2011
  • collected in Spider-Man: The Return of Anti-Venom
• The Amazing Spider-Man Extra #2
  • collected in Anti-Venom: New Ways to Live
• Animaniacs #15, 16, & 18, DC Comics, 1996
• Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1-6, DC Comics, 2003
  • collected in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell trade paperback
• Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1, Special #1, #1-#12 & #14-#20, Marvel Comics, 2007–2009
  • Basic Training collects 1-6
  • World War Hulk: X-Men collects 4-5
  • Secret Invasion: Infiltration collects the last story from Annual #1
  • Killed in Action collects 7-12, Annual 1
  • Secret Invasion collects 14-19
  • Avengers The Initiative: Disassembled collects #20
  • Siege collects the Trauma short story from Avengers: The Initiative Special #1
• Batman Adventures #1-8 & #10-14 (with Ty Templeton), DC Comics, 2003–2004
  • digest Batman Adventures: Rogues Gallery collects issues 1-4
  • digest Batman Adventures: Shadows & Masks collects issues 5-8
  • "Learn Spanish with Batman: Rogues Gallery" collects issues 1-4 Berlitz
  • "Learn Spanish with Batman: Shadows & Masks" collects issues 5-8 Berlitz
• Batman: Double Trouble, Scholastic Books, 2005
• Batman: Gotham Adventures #58, DC Comics, 2003
• Big Max #1, Mr. Comics, 2006
• Cartoon Network Presents #3 & #21, DC Comics/Cartoon Network, 1997 & 1999
• Cartoon Network Starring Cow & Chicken #3, 7, & 13, DC Comics/Cartoon Network, 1999–2000
  • digest "Cartoon Cartoons: Volume 2 - The Gang's All Here!" includes Cow & Chicken #7, DC Comics/Cartoon Network
• Dexter's Laboratory #4 & #14, DC Comics, 1999 & 2000
  • digest "Cartoon Cartoons: Volume 1 - Name That Toon" includes Dexter's Laboratory #4, DC Comics/Cartoon Network
• Dark Reign: The List: The Amazing Spider-Man Marvel Comics, 2010
  • collected in Dark Reign: The List
  • collected in Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Book 1
• Disney's Aladdin #2 & #11, Marvel Comics, 1994–1995
  • trade paperback "Disney's Aladdin" includes #2
• Doc Samson #1-4, Marvel Comics, 1996
• Earthworm Jim #1-3, Marvel Comics, 1995
• Excalibur #68, Marvel Comics, 1993
• Great Lakes Avengers #1-#4, Marvel Comics, 2005
  • trade paperback G.L.A. Misassembled collects 4-issue limited series, 2005
  • GLX-Mas Special, 2005
    • collected in Marvel Holiday Magazine 2010
  • Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular, with Fabian Nicieza, 2007
    • collected in Deadpool & Cable Ultimate Collection Book 3
• Gross Point #2, 5, & 7, DC Comics, 1997 & 1998
• JLA Classified #32-36, DC Comics, 2007
• JLA: Secret Files and Origins, DC Comics, 2004
• Justice League Adventures #4, 6, 11 & 13, DC Comics, 2002–2003
  • trade paperback Justice League Adventures" includes 6, 11, & 13
  • digest The Magnificent Seven includes 6 & 11
  • digest Friends & Foes includes 13
• Looney Tunes #13, 20, 25, 26, 44, 47, 49 - 52, 57, 59, 62, 65, 70, 75, 89, 93, 100, 104, 129, 171, and 182 DC Comics, 1995–2010
  • Bugs Bunny & Friends: A Comic Celebration includes the stories from issues 44 & 47
• Marvel Comics Presents #89, 93, 98, 99, 116, 119, 129, 130, 132-136, 148, & 156, Marvel Comics, 1991–1994
  • trade paperback Marvel Visionaries: Gil Kane includes 116, featuring the Two-Gun Kid
  • trade paperback Captain Universe: Power Unimaginable includes 148
• Marvel Swimsuit Special 1992 & 1993, Marvel Comics
• Marvel Tales #256, Marvel Comics, 1991
• Marvel Year in Review 1991 - 1993, Marvel Comics,
• Midnight Sons Unlimited #9, Marvel Comics, 1995
• Mighty Avengers #21-#36, Marvel Comics, 2009–2010
  • Avengers: I am an Avenger II collects #21
  • The Mighty Avengers: Earth's Mightiest collects #21-#26 (along w/ Secret Invasion Requiem material)
  • The Mighty Avengers: The Unspoken collects #27-#31
  • Siege collects #32-#36
  • The Mighty Avengers: Dark Reign collects #21-#36
• Mighty Marvel Westerns: Two-Gun Kid, Marvel Comics, 2006
  • included in Mighty Marvel Westerns hardcover
• Mighty Mouse #10, Marvel Comics, 1991
• New Warriors Annual #1, Marvel Comics, 1991
  • collected in New Warriors Classic Vol.2
• Night Thrasher #13-14, Marvel Comics, 1994
• Nights into Dreams... #1-4, Archie Comics, 1998
• The Original Ghost Rider #3, 5-12, 15 & 19, Marvel Comics, 1992-1994 (backup stories featuring Phantom Rider)
• Pinky and the Brain #3 & #4, DC Comics, 1996
• Power Pack Holiday Special #1, Marvel Comics, 1992
• The Powerpuff Girls #34, DC Comics, 2003
• The Punisher Back to School Special #2, Marvel Comics, 1993
• The Punisher Summer Special #1, Marvel Comics, 1991
• The Ren and Stimpy Show, 1-13, 15, 17-19 Marvel Comics, 1992–1995
  • Pick of the Litter trade paperback collects issues 1-4
  • Tastes Like Chicken trade paperback collects issues 5-8
  • Don't Try This at Home trade paperback collects issues 9-12
  • Your Pals trade paperback collects issues 13-16
  • Sick Little Monkeys trade paperback collects issues 17-20
  • The Ren and Stimpy Show: Holiday Special 1994
  • The Ren and Stimpy Show Special #3: Masters of Time and Space, 1994
  • The Ren and Stimpy Show: Eenteractive Special, 1995
  • Powdered Toast Man Special #1-2, 1994 & 1995
• Saban's Powerhouse Digest (w/ Power Rangers Turbo and Masked Rider) #1-2, Acclaim Comics,1997
• Scooby Doo #5 & #50, DC Comics/Cartoon Network, 1997 & 2001
  • story from issue 5 included in Scooby Doo - Volume One: You Meddling Kids! digest
• Secret Invasion: Requiem #1, Marvel Comics, 2009
  • collected in The Mighty Avengers: Earth's Mightiest
  • collected in The Mighty Avengers: Dark Reign
• Shadowland: Spider-Man #1, Marvel Comics, 2010
  • collected in Shadowland: Street Heroes
• She-Hulk (volume 1) 1-12, (volume 2) 1-21, Marvel Comics, 2004–2007
  • Single Green Female collects volume 1 - issues 1-6
  • Superhuman Law collects volume 1 - issues 7-12
    • issue #10 is also included in Secret Wars Omnibus
  • Time Trials collects volume 2 - issues 1-5
  • Laws of Attraction collects volume 2 - issues 6-13
    • issue #8 is also included in Civil War: Marvel Universe trade paperback
    • issue #8 is also included in Civil War: Fantastic Four hardcover
  • Planet Without a Hulk collects volume 2 - issues 14-21
• Sleepwalker #25, Marvel Comics, 1993
• Sonic the Hedgehog Super Special, #8 & #12, Archie Comics, 1999 & 2000
• Spider-Island: Deadly Foes #1, Marvel Comics, 2011
• Spider-Man/Human Torch #1-5, Marvel Comics, 2005
  • collected as Spider-Man/Human Torch: I'm With Stupid digest
  • collected as Spider-Man & The Human Torch hardcover 2009
• Spider-Man Magazine For Kids - Fall, Marvel Comics, 1996
• Superman Adventures #40 & #57, DC Comics, 1999 & 2001
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures: Year of the Turtle #1-3, Archie Comics, 1996
• The Thing #1-8, Marvel Comics, 2005–2006
  • collected as The Thing: Idol of Millions trade paperback
  • trade paperback Pet Avengers Classic includes issue #4
• Tomb Raider #50, Top Cow/Image Comics, 2005
  • Tomb Raider Compendium Edition includes this story (miscredited)
  • Tomb Raider: Tankōbon Vol.5 includes this story (miscredited)
• Troublemakers #16, Acclaim Comics, 1998
• Venom Super Special #1, Marvel Comics, 1995
  • collected in Spider-Man: Brand New Day Vol.1
• Venom: Sinner Takes All #1-4, Marvel Comics, 1995
• What If...? (volume 2) #52 & #63, 1993, 1994
• What The--?! #23 & #26, Marvel Comics, 1993, 1994
• Wolverine #102.5, Marvel Comics, 1996
• Wonder Man Annual #2, Marvel Comics, 1993
• X-Force Annual #1, Marvel Comics, 1992
• X-Men Annual #1, Marvel Comics, 1992

Notes

1. ^ SDCC '07: STEVE WACKER NAMES THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TEAMS, Newsarama
2. ^ "'Hulk' Tops January Charts, Corrected Totals Change #1 Title"; icv2.com; March 4, 2008.
3. ^ Dark Avengers Annual #1 Marvel Comics; 2009
4. ^ Vaneta Rogers. "Baltimore '08: Slott Takes On Mighty Avengers, More Marvel" newsarama.com; September 28, 2008
5. ^ http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/108/1081070p1.html
6. ^ Wigler, Josh. "CCI: The Marvel: Spider-Man Panel" Comic Book Resources; July 25, 2010

References

• Dan Slott at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
• Dan Slott at the Comic Book DB
• ComiXology podcast with Dan Slott on Amazing Spider-man Brand New Day
• Interviews with Dan Slott, Fanboy Radio
• Boston Legal v. She-Hulk: Heritage and Metafiction on Trial - Article at Silver Bullet Comics.

Preceded by J. Michael Straczynski

The Amazing Spider-Man writer 2007–

Succeeded by Current Writer

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Name	Slott, Dan
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Date of birth	1967
Place of birth	Berkeley, California
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