Marvel Editor Nick Lowe Talks Upcoming ‘Amazing Fantasy #1000’ Issue
It is easily primed to be one of the biggest issues of the month-long celebration of one of the most iconic creations in the history of the comic book industry, as Marvel editor Nick Lowe talks about the upcoming Amazing Fantasy #1000, and pays a proper tribute to Spider-Man.
There is no denying that the character of Peter Parker- and every other hero who has taken on that iconic mantle subsequently, has made an indelible mark on the history of the comic book medium, and has stood out as some of the most beloved heroes for every generation of the past six decades.
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As we arrived at the character’s remarkable feat of a 60th anniversary, there was a collective urgency for Marvel to do something that was befitting the character, and to give fans a journey that was very much worthy of the feat that was immensely are for the comic book world.
And that celebration is now coming to fruition, as the iconic comic series that started it all is being revisited to honor the beloved hero, and Marvel’s Pull List podcast was the perfect place for Marvel editor Nick Lowe to speak on the upcoming Amazing Fantasy #1000 issue.
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Lowe is Marvel’s executive Spider-Man editor (that’s right, the character has its own editor) and this upcoming issue will commemorate the iconic Amazing Fantasy #15 issue that arrived in 1962, debuting the hero.
The upcoming #1000 will feature the all-star cast of Dan Slott, Rainbow Rowell, Kurt Busiek, Jonathan Hickman, Steve McNiven, Jim Cheung, Ryan Stegman, and one of the most well-known names in the history of the industry, none other than Neil Gaiman.
Amazing Fantasy #15. Photo: Marvel
Lowe stated, “I knew I wanted to do a big celebratory Spidey one-shot and Marvel Comics #1000 had just come out. And so everyone was on board to do something. I can’t even tell you the amount of emails and calls I made to try and get people on stories.”
“But I got so many of my moonshot on this one and I’m just so proud of them.” Lowe continued, “I think maybe the most surprising one was Armondo Iannucci.”
Lowe added, “For those of you at home who might not know, he created the show Veep, he created In The Loop… and he is such an awesome person and a hilarious person and a huge fanboy. And I had been trying to get him to write comics for six years!”
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The reality is that Amazing Fantasy #1000 will bring together some of the most iconic voices in comics, and it is primed to be the massive celebratory applause that is befitting the most beloved character to ever grace the pages of a comic book.
