Will you be buying Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider?

[ishikabe]

I have fallen out of Spider-Man comics for awhile. The last series I heavily bought was the Kaine Scarlet Spider title. What's your thoughts on this new series? I might jump on board.

[Timmyb52]

I'm looking forward to it...and since PAD is one of my favorite writers I have a good feeling he's going to do real well with it.

[Huntsman Spider]

I'm willing to give it a shot. That's about it for now.

[rui no onna]

Nope. Secret Empire and variants are using up my entire budget allocation for Marvel.

[WebLurker]

No. I don't follow 616 Marvel comics and the character isn't of interest to me. That said, Peter David does good writing and Mark Bagley is my favorite comic book artist, so I'm pretty sure that it'll be a good series for those who are interested in the premise.

[Lindsey]

I don't really like Ben Reilly but I always enjoy anything PAD does. I will most likely do what I do with most marvel and wait for it to come on Unlimited.

[rui no onna]

I don't really like Ben Reilly but I always enjoy anything PAD does. I will most likely do what I do with most marvel and wait for it to come on Unlimited.

This is what I'm doing with most Marvel now.

[The Negative Zone]

I'll pick it up, most likely through trades.

[Tycon]

Most likely trades. I'm going to be getting everything for Secret Empire, from the main series, tie-ins (even titles I don't normally collect), Brave New World and the three one-shots. I'll try to pick it up if I can, though.

[AmazingFantasy]

Yeah, I'm interested in what PAD is going to do with Ben. Bagley as the artist doesn't hurt either.

[Proteus]

Yes. Ben Reilly is one of my favorite comic book characters ever.

[rui no onna]

Most likely trades. I'm going to be getting everything for Secret Empire, from the main series, tie-ins (even titles I don't normally collect), Brave New World and the three one-shots. I'll try to pick it up if I can, though.

I salute your dedication.

April 2017: 4 issues - $16.96 (SE #0 of 9 + Opening Salvo, but there were other related titles)
May 2017: 13 issues - $54.87 (SE #1-3 of 9 + tie-ins)
June 2017: 17 issues - $69.83 (SE #4-5 of 9 + tie-ins)
July 2017: 21 issues - $84.79 (SE #6-7 of 9 + tie-ins)

Running total thus far: $226.45

[Spidey_62]

The preview pages with the dialogue encouraged me to give it a shot because it looks like they're acknowledging how bad everything was that happened and working to mend Ben, that's good stuff from PAD, and Bagley feels at home as well. But man was I apathetic towards this even with the creative team after how the character was written in the Clone Conspiracy. That event was pretty much the last straw for me as far as event comics go, I wasn't even reading Spider-Man anymore but I came back for that because of how it was sold to us in the marketing at first and I felt jipped after sticking through with it til the end. But if this will just be a solid character focused kind of book about a guy who's done some bad stuff trying to find his way again, that sounds like a book I wanna read.

[MetalWoman]

I will be buying it. I love Ben Reilly and the preview looks great.

[DieHard200904]

Try the first few issues. I am willing to believe that PAD can do something with what he's been given.