I'm a little worried about the portrayal of Ben in ASM 75, let's hope they don't go the full smug corporate puppet too deeply
I'm a little worried about the portrayal of Ben in ASM 75, let's hope they don't go the full smug corporate puppet too deeply
Yeah. His portrayal was leaps and bounds above whatever evil/sleazy personality Slott and PAD imposed on the character, but it still wasn’t perfect. I think a lot of us are willing to forgive the smugness (i.e: “I got this, they’re paying me stupid money”) because a 70% faithful interpretation of Ben is better than a 20% one. That said, hopefully they don’t make Ben too by-the-numbers as a corporate suit or a sellout. I’d rather Ben rebel against Beyond himself rather than Peter recovers and Beyond makes Ben fight Peter as their representative (that would be really disappointing and way too predictable).
Yeah, but aside from I think JMD will show an heroic Ben.
On another note, Kaine made Ben's life a living hell and he's pretty much treated with respect from Peter. And painted as the voice of good in the PAD SS series. I don't think Kaine has payed his dues to be treated as the morally superior.
A fair point, and even Ben called him on it in PAD's Scarlet Spider, as Kaine's answer to the trauma and damage Ben caused in Clone Conspiracy was to just hunt him down and kill him outright. Then again, Kaine, at least in his Scarlet Spider series, didn't consider himself a hero and was under no illusions about what sort of monster he'd been once, while Ben was (at first) struggling to justify his prior actions, even as his conscience --- represented as his old, heroic self --- was pushing back against those justifications.
Last edited by Huntsman Spider; 10-10-2021 at 06:05 PM.
The spider is always on the hunt.
Has Dan Jurgens softened on Ben Reilly?
Despite writing some of the very best Ben Reilly stories in ‘Sensational’ and seemingly nailing his voice (up there with JM DeMatteis and Todd Dezago), Jurgens disliked Ben and left ‘Sensational’ abruptly when he found out they were extending the Clone Saga.
But he came back and is doing an alternate cover of Beyond Ben for #79!
https://mobile.twitter.com/thedanjur...23682304053254
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Last edited by HypnoHustler; 10-16-2021 at 07:10 AM.
Jurgens departure really sucked, and it had the awful irony of occurring surely within a month or so that it was decided Reilly would die and Parker would be back permanently. I still don't love this suit as much but Jurgens art is still superb and its fantastic to see him drawing this character he helped define once again!!
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A hopeful image I was inspired to draw of our guy ditching the hood and ready to save the friendly neighborhood!
I want a scene where he tries to find the Daily Grind only to discover it’s been replaced by a Starbucks.