I keep all the fan mail. You can see some of the same people who have written about six things over the past six years that made them drop Marvel forever.

There are not a lot of storytelling opportunities in the world where you get such an immediate, visceral reaction. That's a part of the job I like.

Slott: I've actually gotten a fair amount of "This is awesome!" (reactions to the story), but it's been very polarizing. No one has a middling review. No one has a take of, "It was all right." People are very split.

I got an angry tweet saying, "I don't like seeing bad things happen to good people." I'm like, good luck reading Charles Dickens, Mark Twain -- anything in literature!

Now people are saying, "Nooooo! Why are you being mean to (Peter)?" The answer is two words: "Dra. Ma."

CNN: Have you learned anything in dealing with the reaction to this particular issue on social media?

Slott: We have the most passionate fans in the world! Everyone knows who Spider-Man is-- and everyone cares about him!

In the world of comics, thanks to (newspaper publisher) J. Jonah Jameson, everyone thinks he's a menace. But in our world, he's beloved. Now we're going to flip that too. The readers are Jonah. They aren't ready to cut this guy a break. They think he's a menace! This is going to be the most meta Spider-Man of them all! And going from everything I've seen on social media, I am so up for that challenge!