Dear Internet,

I know a LOT of you are freaking out about the upcoming Marvel NOW! changes to Spider-Man.



But some things to keep in mind:



ASM #696 comes out next week. It marks my 100th visit to the Spider-Man side of the Marvel Universe.



About an issue or so ago I moved into the #3 spot for most issues written of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN-- after Stan "The Man" and David Michelinie.



If you put all the issues of ASM into a hat, you'd have a greater than 1 out of 10 chance of pulling out an issue I worked on-- a greater than 1 out of 5 chance for issues I was involved with (as a member of the BND writing team).



In recent CBR polls YOU guys voted me as one of the Top 10 Spidey writers (#6! Woo hoo!). You voted the current ASM: BIG TIME run as one of the Top 100 comic book runs of all time. And you voted the Spider-Man/Human Torch mini, New Ways To Die, Spider-Island, and No One Dies as four of the Top 50 Spider-Man Stories of all time. (Thanks for all of that, BTW!)



I've been reading Spidey since I was 8. Spider-Man is the reason I got into comics. There is an inordinate amount of Spider-Man memorabilia in my house-- his big, white eyes staring at you from pretty much every part of the apartment. The heat's off and I'm currently typing this in a Spider-Man Snuggie (TMI?).



I LOVE Spider-Man.



In short:



Have a LITTLE faith. ;-)

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