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"Amazing Spider-Man writer Dan Slott has opened up about the shocking plot twist introduced in issue #698 of the title. The comic saw a dying Doctor Octopus switch bodies with Peter Parker as he is about to perish, a move that has left readers stunned, but Slott insisted that it was no mere gimmick.   He told Newsarama: &amp;quot;We have been playing the long game. Amazing Spider-Man #698 is the magic trick. #699 is when we flip over all the cards. What you are going to see is, boy have we played a very long game.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not a stunt. It&amp;#039;s not a gimmick. It&amp;#039;s not something we threw together slapdash at the last minute for Marvel NOW! This has been something long in the making. &amp;quot;You will see that all of the puzzle pieces leading up to this story have started back as far as Amazing Spider-Man #600, and every time we&amp;#039;ve seen Doc Ock, we&amp;#039;ve gotten a little closer.&amp;quot; The long-running Amazing Spider-Man will conclude with December&amp;#039;s issue #700, making way for Marvel NOW! title Superior Spider-Man in the New Year. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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