Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider Appreciation 2021

[Huntsman Spider]

Two things for me. I really really love Ben and I have a serious Peter burnout right now. I love the guy since before I could read, but I'm a little tired of him not accomplishing a thing.

Same, though I'm more tired of Marvel retconning out his accomplishments and milestones because they think he's more "marketable" or "relatable" as a sad-sack hard-luck case.

[Sr. Bungle]

Carolyn sure looks weird here

https://www.gamesradar.com/doctor-oc...ys-spider-man/

[Huntsman Spider]

Carolyn sure looks weird here

https://www.gamesradar.com/doctor-oc...ys-spider-man/

Hmm, yeah, a bit more crazed than usual, to say the least. Maybe the interior art will do her better.

[HypnoHustler]

I dunno, I’m digging this artist’s style. Glad to see Carolyn making a comeback both here and in the present-day books. Underrated character with a unique look.

[Huntsman Spider]

I dunno, I’m digging this artist’s style. Glad to see Carolyn making a comeback both here and in the present-day books. Underrated character with a unique look.

That's cool, and yeah, I'm glad to see her come back, too. However, I think a good villainous plot for her would be if she tried marketing her hyper-advanced VR tech from her 90s comics appearances. She could be using it to get into people's homes for purposes of stealing valuable information through neural interfaces, or even (subtly) controlling people's minds by using the neural interfaces to manipulate their thought processes or their very memories.

[Sr. Bungle]

Hoping for some advance solicits soon. I'm tepid with anticipation for Ben's fate

[Huntsman Spider]

Hoping for some advance solicits soon. I'm tepid with anticipation for Ben's fate

Same here.

[Spiderfan001]

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ben-...ss-1-spoilers/

Ben's future after Beyond

I'd like if he reclaimed the Scarlet Spider moniker as well but they probably wouldn't tease that if he did

[DragonPiece]

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ben-...ss-1-spoilers/

Ben's future after Beyond

I'd like if he reclaimed the Scarlet Spider moniker as well but they probably wouldn't tease that if he did

So like we thought, Ben will get a spinoff book after the beyond era, I Wonder if Zeb will write it.

[NC_Yankee]

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ben-...ss-1-spoilers/

Ben's future after Beyond

I'd like if he reclaimed the Scarlet Spider moniker as well but they probably wouldn't tease that if he did

People should actually be happy with Ben going to “La La Land.” Why? We knew he was not permanently replacing Peter ( or even Miles), and there will be an ongoing Ben Reilly comic to read. Plus this: If you think about it there were two alternate scenarios that would have been worse. 1:He could have been made the bad guy when Beyond Ends and end up with nothing ( Parker memories included). 2: He could have been knocked off.

[HypnoHustler]

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ben-...ss-1-spoilers/

Ben's future after Beyond

I'd like if he reclaimed the Scarlet Spider moniker as well but they probably wouldn't tease that if he did

Huh? But the Ben Reilly series the BC article mentions is DeMatteis’ Untold Tales mini, meaning it doesn’t take place in the present day. So maybe BC is a bit confused? Still… interesting he’s staying in the Spidey suit. Although it probably means Ben is moving there because he had yet another falling out with Peter… which frankly I’m tired of. I want him and Peter (and Kaine) to be bros.

[Reilly]

I'm glad he won't be killed off. But I'm still worried about the ending of Beyond Era. I don't want Ben and Peter to be fighting again, they should be on good terms (Kaine included).

From what it looks, Ben is not going to be Scarlet Spider but Spider-Man and I'm actually happy about it. It does not make to me any big difference (Scarlet Spider is as cool as Spider-Man, imo), but it's cool he stays with Spider-Man moniker. Ben Reilly: Sensational Spider-Man... It sound just right.

[IamnotJudasTraveller]

Guys, remember when Marvel tried to launch new Spider titles coming off big events - namely Spider-Island, Clone Conspiracy and Spider-Geddon?

Remember how in each and every one of these launches, they placed the new protagonists away from New York?

Remember how in each and every one of these launches the books lasted more than 2 years?

'cuz I can't remember that last one.

[Spiderfan001]

Guys, remember when Marvel tried to launch new Spider titles coming off big events - namely Spider-Island, Clone Conspiracy and Spider-Geddon?

Remember how in each and every one of these launches, they placed the new protagonists away from New York?

Remember how in each and every one of these launches the books lasted more than 2 years?

'cuz I can't remember that last one.

Tbf Not being in New York wasn't the reason they didn't last

Need to see the creative team before speculating

[IamnotJudasTraveller]

Tbf Not being in New York wasn't the reason they didn't last

Yeah, it just might not be the deciding factor, no, but Kaine/Ben/Otto all worked fairly well being in Peter's periphery. In common all of those books have is that they barely dealt with Peter if at all. Doing it the exact same way a fourth time really just seems like acceptance that "yeah, this is at best getting 24 issues, we might just get that much more out before pretending these characters don't exist again".

Also in common with those is that all of these three books ended with their respective Spider-guys having what you can reasonably call a "bad ending", with Kaine's, somehow, being the better one out of the three. If we get the exact same pattern once more... well, see the point above.