BR:SM #3 Spoilers and Review!!!

[PanicPixieDreamGirl]

It's really good to see Edward again, but it's also a little sad knowing this nice man will become a cannibal rat again in the not too distant future. (He was last seen in Moon Knight last year in rat form eating people, I believe.)

[Kanos]

The editor for the book said Dan Jurgens' proposed Spider-costume for Ben is getting used and "Ben might not be the one using it", so it feels kinda safe to expect 'Cide to get it.

Ah good to know. I Google it since I couldn't remember it from that spread where Ben thinks about costumes. I noticed it wasn't there so it was a new costume for me. Overall I liked it. Interesting to see it being used seei g how it certainly looks like a heroic costume. Perhaps we are going a rehabilitated spidercide. Though if he is the murderer we might need something more then therapy to make it work.

Hope it's true. I want Ben Spider-man and Spidercide Spider-man to team up. I also want him to have a real name. This costume is great.

It's really good to see Edward again, but it's also a little sad knowing this nice man will become a cannibal rat again in the not too distant future. (He was last seen in Moon Knight last year in rat form eating people, I believe.)

I agree with you, Edward is a great character, I don't understand why Marvel made him Vermin again.

[Obsidian Spider]

I'm not a fan of this costume. I am inspired to try to redesign Spidercide myself. Although Bagley did seem to repurpose the costume for Ben's short-lived, not well-received new costume for his Vegas series.

[Pav]

I'm not a fan of this costume. I am inspired to try to redesign Spidercide myself. Although Bagley did seem to repurpose the costume for Ben's short-lived, not well-received new costume for his Vegas series.

Gotta agree: don't love this costume and am glad it wasn't the choice for Ben back in the day. That being said, I'm willing to give it a chance as Spidercide's potential new look. His larger size might make it look cooler(?).

-Pav, who wonders if Ben and 'Cide will play hero together...

[jebsib]

"Sensational" issue.

JMD delivers as usual. I've been waiting for a definitive return of Spidercide since June 1995...

I loved the first year of the '90s clone saga so much - that weekly sense of dread, the unexpected, the continuity rollercoaster.
Once Ben became Spidey, I was less enthused, but Lord - given what we have been subjected to "post-1998 reboot" - I have such incredible nostalgia for the "Daily Grind" era and hate what PAD - and especially Dan Scott - did to Ben's legacy.

One character I thought was fascinating during that year was Ben's girlfriend, Jessica Carradine (The Burglar's daughter)... very little has been done with the burglar at all (sans ASM #193 - 200): I saw it as an enormous opportunity squandered by the swift curtailing of the Clone Saga.

[Matt Rat]

One character I thought was fascinating during that year was Ben's girlfriend, Jessica Carradine (The Burglar's daughter)... very little has been done with the burglar at all (sans ASM #193 - 200): I saw it as an enormous opportunity squandered by the swift curtailing of the Clone Saga.

I still find it weird how the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon took that concept (dating the Burgler's daughter) and gave it to Felicia

[HypnoHustler]

"Sensational" issue.

JMD delivers as usual. I've been waiting for a definitive return of Spidercide since June 1995...

I loved the first year of the '90s clone saga so much - that weekly sense of dread, the unexpected, the continuity rollercoaster.
Once Ben became Spidey, I was less enthused, but Lord - given what we have been subjected to "post-1998 reboot" - I have such incredible nostalgia for the "Daily Grind" era and hate what PAD - and especially Dan Scott - did to Ben's legacy.

Huh, I'm a bit of the opposite. I like most of the clone saga (not a fan of some of the more convoluted Jackal-oriented stuff in the middle like 'Maximum Clonage', though even that has it's-so-bad-it's-good moments), but I prefer the Spider-Ben era over the Scarlet Spider era. It seemed once Peter came back from Portland his relationship with Ben really gelled and they became bros instead of rivals. And I prefer the Gaunt/Norman intrigue over Jackal's insane antics. Plus, Peter stopped acting insane lol.

One character I thought was fascinating during that year was Ben's girlfriend, Jessica Carradine (The Burglar's daughter)... very little has been done with the burglar at all (sans ASM #193 - 200): I saw it as an enormous opportunity squandered by the swift curtailing of the Clone Saga.

Yeah, Jessica was very interesting and is way overdue for a comeback. Well, in the last year both Janine and now Spidercide have popped up again. So hopefully we'll see her again. I even liked Desiree. Ben had no shortage of great love-interests, kinda hard to decide who I want him to settle down with.

[Marvel Man]

Huh, I'm a bit of the opposite. I like most of the clone saga (not a fan of some of the more convoluted Jackal-oriented stuff in the middle like 'Maximum Clonage', though even that has it's-so-bad-it's-good moments), but I prefer the Spider-Ben era over the Scarlet Spider era. It seemed once Peter came back from Portland his relationship with Ben really gelled and they became bros instead of rivals. And I prefer the Gaunt/Norman intrigue over Jackal's insane antics. Plus, Peter stopped acting insane lol.

Yeah, Jessica was very interesting and is way overdue for a comeback. Well, in the last year both Janine and now Spidercide have popped up again. So hopefully we'll see her again. I even liked Desiree. Ben had no shortage of great love-interests, kinda hard to decide who I want him to settle down with.

I agree, I also prefer the Spider-Ben era over the Scarlet Spider era. I've been re-reading it and I enjoyed it a lot at first, but then it becomes tooooo long after a while with mad Peter and sad Ben about being a clone and all of that. Then, Ben becomes Spider-man and it's so great to see a happy Spidey despite the hard-times he's living and Peter and MJ with their future baby. And when Peter came back and they start being bros more than rivals is also great!
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Until they decided to kill Ben, of course.

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[PanicPixieDreamGirl]

I agree with you, Edward is a great character, I don't understand why Marvel made him Vermin again.

At this point I think he needs to either be "redeemed" permanently or not used again. I mean... A CSA survivor called "Vermin," no matter how well-intended his original story was is... uncomfortable, to me at least.

[Obsidian Spider]

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As promised, my redesign of Spidercide. Kept it pretty simple but leaned into the fluid shape-shiftiness. Gave him some shines to make him seem more rubbery instead of symbiotey. I'll admit the face is very Klyntar and maybe I should go smaller with the mouth but I was feeling it when I drew it.

[HypnoHustler]

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As promised, my redesign of Spidercide. Kept it pretty simple but leaned into the fluid shape-shiftiness. Gave him some shines to make him seem more rubbery instead of symbiotey. I'll admit the face is very Klyntar and maybe I should go smaller with the mouth but I was feeling it when I drew it.

Nice one! Very stylized. Would probably make a better poster than a comic panel. That's not a diss by any means; I'd definitely hang that up in my man-cave.

Next, you should draw the four "brothers" together.

[Huntsman Spider]

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As promised, my redesign of Spidercide. Kept it pretty simple but leaned into the fluid shape-shiftiness. Gave him some shines to make him seem more rubbery instead of symbiotey. I'll admit the face is very Klyntar and maybe I should go smaller with the mouth but I was feeling it when I drew it.

Not bad at all.

[Kanos]

Variant cover art by Dan Jurgens.

[HypnoHustler]

Variant cover art by Dan Jurgens.

That is a thing of beauty.

[Lunala]

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As promised, my redesign of Spidercide. Kept it pretty simple but leaned into the fluid shape-shiftiness. Gave him some shines to make him seem more rubbery instead of symbiotey. I'll admit the face is very Klyntar and maybe I should go smaller with the mouth but I was feeling it when I drew it.

He's awesome. I'd love to see something like this in a cartoon.