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Dan Slott

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

Dan Slott is an American comic book writer best known for Avengers: The Initiative and She-Hulk. He is also one of the four writers of Amazing Spider-Man and is the current writer of The Mighty Avengers.

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Early writing

Slott's break came when he became the regular writer for Marvel’s Ren and Stimpy comic. 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 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 is also one of the four writers of the thrice-monthly 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 took over writing duties on Mighty Avengers after writer Brian Michael Bendis's departure, starting with issue #21.[3]

Bibliography

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. ^ Vaneta Rogers. "Baltimore '08: Slott Takes On Mighty Avengers, More Marvel" newsarama.com; September 28, 2008

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