Ben Reilly: Spider-Man/Scarlet Spider Appreciation 2022

[Blanks]

Well, to be honest, Ben Reilly as a non-clone could work if Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man was meant to stick in the main MCU universe. It's not a clone thing, but the concepts of a fresh start, scrapping the former life and wanting to create a new one is still there. Andrew's Peter choosing the "Ben Reilly" name makes sense.

I don't think we'll ever get the "real" Ben Reilly in the live actions movies.

I had thought about that too when I watched the last movie. I’d accept that possibility too. I could see Garfield fitting in the Ben role perfectly.

[Matt Rat]

Now that he's back, will Dan Slott write Chasm over in the Spider-Man ongoing?

[Refrax5]

I had thought about that too when I watched the last movie. I’d accept that possibility too. I could see Garfield fitting in the Ben role perfectly.

I think part of why I always liked Garfield as Spidey is that he reminded me of Ben a bit. He seemed to be a bit more angry and brooding, a bit more confident.

[Huntsman Spider]

I think part of why I always liked Garfield as Spidey is that he reminded me of Ben a bit. He seemed to be a bit more angry and brooding, a bit more confident.

Interesting point there. I would think a lot of the people who wrote him off as "Peter, but blond" didn't understand how different life experiences could shape a person's self-view and view of the world around them, regardless of how they started out or where they started from. Despite Ben being a genetically and physically identical clone of Peter, his life experiences from the point he first came out of that cloning chamber were vastly different from Peter's. He was adrift, wandering the country in search of a sense of identity, purpose, and worth outside of his memories of being Peter Parker, even if those memories would influence his overall psychological and moral/ethical foundation, and that search led his character to evolve in ways that Peter hadn't (and maybe wouldn't), as well as to serve as a commentary on Peter's development.

[Matt Rat]

Ben gets a mention in ASM#5 today, Felicia refers to what happened to him as an 'accident' and believes it's that which has broken Peter's mind and body.

[Sr. Bungle]

Ben gets a mention in ASM#5 today, Felicia refers to what happened to him as an 'accident' and believes it's that which has broken Peter's mind and body.

Well , she's surely trying to be careful with her wording

[Huntsman Spider]

Ben gets a mention in ASM#5 today, Felicia refers to what happened to him as an 'accident' and believes it's that which has broken Peter's mind and body.

Well , she's surely trying to be careful with her wording

Indeed, but it's nice to see him acknowledged, at least.

[Sr. Bungle]

Apparently Lyle Cruse (art director for Sony's spider-verse ) posted this one in his IG.
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[Sr. Bungle]

Source (in Spanish)
https://twitter.com/RenMelnik/status...fYKzI-YGA&s=19

[Huntsman Spider]

Apparently Lyle Cruse (art director for Sony's spider-verse ) posted this one in his IG.
20220710_170348.jpg

Source (in Spanish)
https://twitter.com/RenMelnik/status...fYKzI-YGA&s=19

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[Refrax5]

Apparently Lyle Cruse (art director for Sony's spider-verse ) posted this one in his IG.
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I remember that a very Ben Reilly-ish symbol briefly flashed across the screen in the brief preview. I've been hoping we'll get to see him!

[Matt Rat]

So once again, while 616 tries to force upon us an impression of what Ben Reilly isn't, blessed Lord and Miller give us what the fans actually want. The hope at the very least is that this forces Marvel's hand to revert Ben next year.

[Reilly]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Holy hell, this made my day! *thwip* *thwip*

[Refrax5]

So once again, while 616 tries to force upon us an impression of what Ben Reilly isn't, blessed Lord and Miller give us what the fans actually want. The hope at the very least is that this forces Marvel's hand to revert Ben next year.

At the very least, we'll at least get to see a version of Ben that's who he should be out there in the multiverse.

[Sr. Bungle]

I don't know if it's real guys. I don't have an IG account to check