Rich's BC article about today's issue claims a lot of people in the UK are turning up to buy the issue based on the controversy of the weekend leaks
Rich's BC article about today's issue claims a lot of people in the UK are turning up to buy the issue based on the controversy of the weekend leaks
i wonder if we get news about the pat gleasson ben reily in LA spiderman book later today or maybe later this week for july
Can this thread just become a place to post fun what if fan fic for our boy, Ben?
NEW YORK: NIGHT
CHASM SITS ON TOP OF A GARGOYLE, TAKING THE WORLD IN. A WORLD THAT HAS TAKEN SO MUCH FROM HIM.
THIS TORTURED SOUL KNOWS THAT SPIDER-MAN MUST PAY FOR WHAT HE’S DO—
Janine: Hey Sweetie. I found your old blue hoodie and thought you might be cold brooding up here.
CHASM SEES THIS FAMILIAR ARTICLE OF CLOTHING AND ALL HIS MEMORIES RUSH BACK AND HES TOTALLY GOOD AGAIN AND PUT ON HIS SCARLET SPIDER COSTUME AND SWINGS OVER TO KAINE’S PLACE WHERE THEY CHILL AND PLAY SOME VIDEO GAMES AND DECIDE TO SEE IF PETER WANTS TO JOIN THEM FOR BRUNCH TOMORROW.
Amazing Spider-Man #93 wasn't the worst thing I've ever read. Taken as a thing on it's it was actually well written, Ben's was wildly out of character but in the context of his mind falling apart it's understandable and even Peter didn't hold a grudge against him. It's not a good place the character has been left in but I think it's better than were PAD left him were his soul seemed permanently tainted.
I'm much more forgiving of Ben being a darker anti-hero than most fans of the character. For me the ideal scenario would be he'd just put on his 90s Spidey costume and be Spider-Man again I after all we already have multiple Spider-Mans...but I'm also a realist in the sense that if the book has any chance to catch on he needs something to distinguish him from Peter. The darker anti-hero thing worked for characters that were in similar positions like Bucky Barnes and Jason Todd so it would make sense. A series were he's based in another city or travelling around doing good trying to redeem himself for the things he did as the Jackal would have been fine but that's not what Peter David's series was and as for Chasm...I guess the jury is still out but it doesn't look good. Like I think dark would work for the character but not edge lord. Ben looks positively villainous with knockoff symbiote powers. Who knows maybe the premise for Ben going forward is that he'll hunt down Maxine or go after Beyond's villains maybe the tease that his memories are actually stored somewhere will be used to create drama.