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>“Early on, I wanted to do something big that threw Spider-Man out of his element,” Kelly explains of this shake-up. "’Punching him into space’ became my quick pitch - but then it stuck. As I was working this out, the realities of how Amazing Spider-Man is a bi-weekly book started to set in. I knew that there would be two initial arcs, but I wondered if splitting a few months between Pepe and JR would work - one artist every two weeks to tell two parallel stories. We thought it would be a cool challenge, and then developed the Space/New York storylines. It's been a blast to write, and I hope folks dig it.”

>It’s also worth noting that Marvel is inching closer and closer to publishing the 1000th issue of The Amazing Spider-Man (with the recent #11 being #975 in legacy numbering). Kelly confirms that he has big plans in mind for when the series reaches that point in 2026, even if the prospect is more than a little daunting.

>“So big! The BIGGEST! No pressure at all! Why would you think that there's any pressure? No pressure... None. Zero,” Kelly says. “In all seriousness, it's a monumental milestone book, and I am so excited to be a part of it. It's going to be something special... no pressure.”