Dan Slott Teases Big Changes in Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows

It seems like a lifetime ago, but there was one a point in Marvel history where clones ran rampant, Carnage had a video game, and Spider-Man was happily married—with a baby on-board. But as comics are oft to do, Peter Parker's marriage to Mary Jane Watson was swept under the rug along with an entire era, as if it never happened.

But with Secret Wars yanking all of Marvel's genie's out of the bottle, Spider-Man's getting a second shot at the married life with Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows. With MJ and his daughter at his side, Peter Parker's entire rulebook is rewritten for an adventure where diaper changing is as important as the future of Manhattan.

As the foreign territory becomes familiar again, Peter will at least have a scribe who's written through it all with Dan Slott. As the veteran Spidey scribe charts Peter back to his old status quo, Slott briefly spoke ComicBook.com about the all-important storyline. Below, Slott discusses Mary Jane's importance, and how fatherhood completely upends the idea of Power and Responsibility.

And be sure to check back in later this week for the rest of our lengthy conversation with Slott on all things Spidey.

Dan, you once first wrote Spider-Man as married man way back in the Nineties. What's it like revisiting that world again, after everything you've written since Brand New Day?

Slott: Well, Mary Jane is one of the most iconic Spider-Man characters of all time. The marriage, for the twenty-odd years it lasted in the comics—and still continues in the newspaper strip—it's an important touchstone for fans. This is a chance for me to play in that sandbox.

What's the difference between writing single Peter and married Peter? Do a wife and child change his concept of power and responsibility?

Slott: Absolutely. Peter Parker, who is married, and who is a father, has a completely different set of rules. He has great power. He has great responsibility. But, as the end of the day, his responsibility, in this order, is father, husband, hero. Any grown-up will tell that that's the way it works. It is father, husband, hero. And I'm sorry, but that's going to change how Spider-Man with the world. You will see that in a very big way right off bat in Renew Your Vows #1.

The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1 hits comic shops tomorrow, June 3.