Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-8960031-20130430174429/@comment-4651179-20140114222744

"Wait, wait, are you telling me that for a 50-year old, half-century long icon, the greatest superhero of all time, Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man, we weren't going to keep him dead?"

Newsarama: Dan, do my eyes deceive me – is Peter Parker returning from the dead in a new Amazing Spider-Manseries?

Dan Slott: ''Oh man… [laughs] That is the most open-ended non-spoiler-y question in the world. One word: "Yes."''

" He’s Peter Benjamin Parker – the only one, true, amazing Spider-Man. He’s been a cultural icon for over half a century; did you really think he’d be gone forever?"

But also, just from the cover it was obvious it was going to be the return-return of Peter Parker. Why would Marvel put Spider-Man's current creative team in one of those unimportant flashback issues? Why would they redesign the logo? Why would it be in April? Why would Peter have a "I've returned!" face? Why would they do a flashback issue in a new volume if the last time they did it was with ".1" issues?

Fun fact: The only two people Dan Slott told Peter Parker was going to be back (as he had been for months telling he wouldn't) were Stan Lee and Andrew Garfield.