Ben Reilly: Spider-Man/Scarlet Spider Appreciation 2022

[JustLuke]

Thread dedicated to Benjamin Reilly, the former Scarlet Spider and currently the Sensationa-*ahem*, Amazing Spider-Man!
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Let's hope that great things come for Ben this year and Beyond!

[HypnoHustler]

As so-so as Beyond has been overall, I still can’t believe Ben is alive and actually Spider-Man again. That’s definitely something I never thought I’d see again for a long time after he was killed off.

[Reilly]

I hope for the best. Ben going back to our lives after so many years is amazing feeling. The way he was brough back is THE WORST way possible though. And for that I (and probably every Ben fan) can never forgive Slott, he destroyed him completly. BUT! after some time, Ben was finally brough back on the right tracks. He is Spider-Man, and to me he'll always be the best Spider-Man ever. I wish Beyond was a better story, but I hope he'll get the chance to be amazing and most importantly... SENSATIONAL!

[Spiderfang]

So not only is Ben back, but also old villains and allies are returning? How far has this new series progressed - I'm debating on collecting Spencer's run since that has concluded, but might hold out for this.

[xpyred]

I hope for the best. Ben going back to our lives after so many years is amazing feeling. The way he was brough back is THE WORST way possible though. And for that I (and probably every Ben fan) can never forgive Slott, he destroyed him completly. BUT! after some time, Ben was finally brough back on the right tracks. He is Spider-Man, and to me he'll always be the best Spider-Man ever. I wish Beyond was a better story, but I hope he'll get the chance to be amazing and most importantly... SENSATIONAL!

I don’t necessarily have a problem with how Ben was brought back. It makes sense from a comic standpoint that the Jackal would have tried to clone Ben from the ashes. The part about Ben becoming insane and what not seemed to make a bit of sense in Clone Conspiracy. It was that Scarlet Spider series when Ben is a complete a-hole that made me hate the comeback. The whole “reboot” insanity/death thing was stupid. But sadly, Beyond is super boring.

[Obsidian Spider]

I don’t necessarily have a problem with how Ben was brought back. It makes sense from a comic standpoint that the Jackal would have tried to clone Ben from the ashes. The part about Ben becoming insane and what not seemed to make a bit of sense in Clone Conspiracy. It was that Scarlet Spider series when Ben is a complete a-hole that made me hate the comeback. The whole “reboot” insanity/death thing was stupid. But sadly, Beyond is super boring.

Agreed. I actually like how he was brought back but they lost me when he gave the order to kill Peter like some run-of-the-mill villain. And his solo series was just completely wrong but he’s back and swinging and I couldn’t be happier.

Well, I guess I could be happier if the Beyond story seemed like it was going somewhere. I’d be fine with the classic villain in the shadows pulling the strings trope at this point.

[Huntsman Spider]

In short, Ben is back as Spider-Man, but so far, aside from Janine Godbe (formerly Elizabeth Tyne) being in his life again, there's almost nothing of his unique past or previous supporting cast or rogues' gallery involved in the story. I've been waiting on Kaine/Scarlet Spider to show up with something to say about Ben acting as Spider-Man after what went down between them in The Clone Conspiracy and then PAD's Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider series. And I would very much like Ben and Carolyn Trainer/Lady Octopus to fight each other again, or even have Joystick from the Great Game (and later a short-lived Thunderbolts stint) return to fight Ben as well. Speaking of the Great Game, I could see Beyond secretly running a new version as a recruiting pool for potential agents and operatives to support Ben as Spider-Man, or even supplant him in the event they feel he's just not getting the job done.

[Frontier]

Happy New Year to Ben and his fans .