Ben Reilly: Spider-Man/Scarlet Spider Appreciation 2022

[Sr. Bungle]

Well Ben is moving to Hollywood or something with Janine right?

Not set in stone, we'll see

[MisterC]

Dunno how I feel a about the preview pages. The art looks rough and I wish there was something more interesting going on than a fist fight between Ben and Peter.

Holding out hope but the arc hasn't done much to earn it

[NC_Yankee]

Dunno how I feel a about the preview pages. The art looks rough and I wish there was something more interesting going on than a fist fight between Ben and Peter.

Holding out hope but the arc hasn't done much to earn it

The highlight has been the ladies: Felicia, Janine and MJ.

[Sr. Bungle]

Peter vs. Ben in a preview of Amazing Spider-Man #93, the 'Beyond' era conclusion

"But while it's undoubtedly the end of this Ben Reilly era as Marvel gets ready to celebrate Peter's 60th anniversary this year, it is Marvel after all, so according to the publisher, the end of Ben's time as Spidey, 'may be the beginning of something else...'"

https://www.gamesradar.com/spider-ma...ce=twitter.com

Ben is carying the device that Beyond used to erase his memories. Why is Peter trying to stop him?

[bob.schoonover]

Ben is carying the device that Beyond used to erase his memories. Why is Peter trying to stop him?

My theory from the beginning has been Ben will try to sacrifice himself and Peter is trying to stop him

[Sr. Bungle]

My theory from the beginning has been Ben will try to sacrifice himself and Peter is trying to stop him

But why does he carriy the memory device with him to sacrifice himself?

[Huntsman Spider]

But why does he carriy the memory device with him to sacrifice himself?

Maybe he thinks he can reverse-engineer it to give him back his memories, and Peter's trying to stop him because he might just end up frying his brain completely instead.

[bob.schoonover]

But why does he carriy the memory device with him to sacrifice himself?

Not sure, but it's certainly possible the memory device either has extra functionality or allows Ben access into some area.

[HypnoHustler]

Not sure why people are saying the art is rough. Looks good to me. Love the first preview page with accurate flashbacks of lesser known moments from the clone saga (Ben meeting MJ as Scarlet, and Peter and Ben’s moving talk in the attic).

Being on the same page I think it shows the duality of the mixed feelings the Parkers have towards Ben, a bit of a love-hate relationship (what family doesn’t?).

[HypnoHustler]

Ben is carying the device that Beyond used to erase his memories. Why is Peter trying to stop him?

The preview states ‘you’ll be surprised who you root for.’ People aren’t thinking out of the box. I bet Peter gets mindwiped by Beyond in #92 just as Ben regains his sense of self and now he’s trying to fix Peter too before it’s too late.

[Huntsman Spider]

Not sure why people are saying the art is rough. Looks good to me. Love the first preview page with accurate flashbacks of lesser known moments from the clone saga (Ben meeting MJ as Scarlet, and Peter and Ben’s moving talk in the attic).

Being on the same page I think it shows the duality of the mixed feelings the Parkers have towards Ben, a bit of a love-hate relationship (what family doesn’t?).

Yeah, Gleason generally does good, if not great, art. And yes, recapping those quieter moments from the 90s Clone Saga and juxtaposing them with what's going on currently . . . that's a nice touch as well.

[Sr. Bungle]

The preview states ‘you’ll be surprised who you root for.’ People aren’t thinking out of the box. I bet Peter gets mindwiped by Beyond in #92 just as Ben regains his sense of self and now he’s trying to fix Peter too before it’s too late.

Are you on Twitter? Someone has this exact theory

[HypnoHustler]

Yeah, Gleason generally does good, if not great, art. And yes, recapping those quieter moments from the 90s Clone Saga and juxtaposing them with what's going on currently . . . that's a nice touch as well.

I’d say “great” personally. I think his art in #75 was especially gorgeous.

As for this flashback page, another thought I had was maybe this is Ben regaining some memories. It can’t be Peter’s because he wasn’t there when Ben met MJ.

[Sr. Bungle]

Could be flashbacks more than memories.

[HypnoHustler]

Are you on Twitter? Someone has this exact theory

No. I hadn’t seen that. Guess we came up with it independently. Hopefully that line in the preview means something and isn’t like the Spencer era previews that would sometimes be misleading.

The one caveat is Peter isn’t a clone, so how do they use the same tech to wipe his memory that they did Ben? But I’m sure they can write around that.