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Say it ain't so! Tell me Sean McKeever isn't leaving Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane! Tell me he isn't leaving Marvel for a DC exclusive!!

SM: ... As far as Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, um ... my last issue of that will be #20.

NRAMA: You look like you're about to cry.

SM: Yeah. Leaving that book was a huge heartbreak for me. And it still is. I've got two issues left to write at this point. I will have written 28 issues of that book by the time I'm done, and that's the most I've ever written of any one title. And that book just means a lot to me. It has a special place in my heart. It's a lot like breaking up with a girlfriend, to leave that book. So I'm still kind of struggling with it.

Not to get all girly on you all, but.... OMG I AM GOING TO CRY TOO!!! I adored his honest take on Mary Jane and the Spidey-supporting cast that I learned more about the character than anything in the main titles. MJ is a sparkling diamond for new young female readers and a delight for the young at heart as she's such a real girl and so much fun. I know these people, I went to high school with all of them and now they're transferring.

Sean McKeever has given me something to hand to girls instead of Betty and Veronica that parents can get behind. There's a little girl who comes into the shop with her dad, just like I did and this book was the first one her dad and I were able to get her interested in. So now they come to the shop together and they are such a joy. I hated to break the first cancellation to her and boy... breaking this news is gonna hurt.

NRAMA: Wow, you really do look hurt. Is there anything you want to say to your Marvel fans who are feeling rejected right now -- to soften the blow?

SM: Sure. I love you guys. I still love Marvel. You haven't seen everything that I've done for them yet. I do have a painted one-shot coming out next year from them. I think that's all I have coming out yet. And you know -- I'll probably be back someday.

YOU ARE THE WIIIIIND BENEATH MY WINGS, SEAN! The only thing that's going to soothe this broken heart is the very notion that DC could be smart enough to give you Supergirl.

Marvel, you have no idea what you lost.