This is spectacular . . . no, sensational . . . news!
This is spectacular . . . no, sensational . . . news!
The spider is always on the hunt.
It will IMO, the writer alone makes sure of that.If they do, hopefully it's the same creative team like Symbiote.
I do wonder how much they can fit in though, symbiote series ends w/ a mind wipe most of the times, and symbiote itself makes any memory Peter should have had an excuse since it f'ed him up.
They can't use his cast w/out creating plot holes if they aren't careful , I sure DeMatties can pull it off though.
Ben's supporting cast is all but forgotten so JDM is going to have a whole lot of wiggle room here. He won't have to mindwipe anyone or find a way to sweep it all under the rug because it doesn't seem like anyone is interested in Daily Grind/Jessica Carradine/Janine.
Unless it’s a self-contained adventure where he’s in the union suit from beginning to end, then he has to incorporate them at least in some fleeting way. It takes place during the time he was working at the Grind and interacting with those people. I for one am very interested in seeing that cast again, even if it’s just a handful of panels. I think many Ben fans feel the same way.
Funnily enough, Slott included Desiree in a flashback panel when Ben first came back during Clone Conspiracy. I think JMD has real love for these characters (I doubt PAD was even aware of their existence), so we’ll probably see some. Hard to shoehorn in Janine during the Spider-Ben era, unless it’s Ben visiting her in prison after she turned herself in after ‘Redemption’ though.
The funny thing is that, if we go out there, JDM has never written them, has he (Janine aside, obviously)? I liked Redemption and all, but from my memory the Daily Grind cast didn't show up and Ben saying everyone he met were irrelevant kinda struck the wrong chord with me. I know the point is that he loved Janine that much, but still.
Either way, he does like Ben enough that I'm sure he'd be happy just to actually work with everything that was going on with him at that time one way or another.
Yes, you’re correct. ‘Redemption’ came so late in the clone saga (and plans to kill Ben) that the project was almost cancelled. Can you imagine such a stellar story never seeing the light of day? Anyway, if it takes place post-Redemption I really wonder if we’ll see a still non-powered (or sporadically powered) Peter and pregnant MJ.
So I put off posting this for a while since news of JDM's Ben Reilly book came out, but all those years back in preparation for PAD's Scarlet Spider series I did a DIY monstrosity on how the series could go - if it's way too off-topic and whatnot just let me know or let moderation cast their hammer. Ironically enough, I did get ONE thing right way ahead of time most people didn't see coming. This is Hummingbird's Champions The Scarlet Spiders, featuring Ben, Kaine, Aracely, the Scrier, and... no way, could it be?!
Since CBR allows only three images per post that's a sample, and the rest is in the link below.
Hummingbird's Champions The Scarlet Spiders
Hummingbird is way overdue for a return (then again, so is Kaine at this point).