Dunno if anybody pointed this out yet, but at the begining of Spencer run, when Peter and Spider-Man split up between two different bodies, there's a panel with Spidey being sponsored by various corporations. Beyond is one of them.
Yeah I know, it's a gag - but makes you think how much ahead Spencer really planed, or maybe it's just a coincidence. I remember "planting the seeds early" interviews
I wonder if the initial story was pitched by Spencer, but he decided to quit earlier, so others are continuing it.
I doubt it.He had plans for Ben in Order of the Web.
And Zeb pitched the story much after that issue came out, and even more late to when it was written.
It's a gag imo, maybe they reference it but that would be it.
And Spencer's planting seeds is what we have seen him do in this run a lot and they have payed off as well.
what is, uh, "new Ben" going to be doing for a living, when he's not Spider-Man, or is he a full time superhero now?
and is any 'romance' he explores doomed because of clone-anxiety?
I wondered about that myself. Perhaps Spencer always planned to do a few arcs with Ben, but because things happen and plans change, editorial asked other writers to pitch Ben-centered stories. So maybe the general direction is being followed, but the specifics of the story will be different.
No real evidence of this. Just a musing.
-Pav, who is impatient for Beyond...
You were Spider-Man then. You and Peter had agreed on it. But he came back right when you started feeling comfortable.
You know what it means when he comes back.
"You're not the better one, Peter. You're just older."
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https://www.marvel.com/articles/comi...5-cover-reveal Cover for 77 with a seemingly new villain's hands shown. Really enjoying the Arthur Adams covers. This all seems to imply that Peter is fine at the start of 75 and briefly is with working with Ben in some fashion until something bad happens.