I don't hide the fact that Ben Reilly a.k.a. the Scarlet spider, a.k.a the second spider-man is my favorite character in comic books, and the hints of him returning that Marc Guggenheim dropped here have me jumping for joy. I find Guggenheim to be a hit or miss writer, some of his stories are just awesome.....and some are not. I'm hoping for the latter on AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #36.
the prospect of bringing Ben back has been discussed by fans for years and now it seems it may become a reality. while I'm quite aware it could all be a clever bait and switch to draw BND-haters onto amazing, for the sake of the article I'm gonna assume it's Ben Reilly who's coming back and not one of aunt may's long lost relatives. Ben's return would be the biggest acknowledgment of the clone saga in years, marvel typically try's to sweep any mention of it under the rug, but maybe they feel it's been long enough that they can go back to it.
Do we really need two spider-men running around again? I think it could work. I always like the portrayal of Ben as Peter's "brother" and ASM is at the point where, while getting better, it still doesn't have the strongest supporting cast. and while there may not be room enough for two web-slingers in ASM, Avengers: the intuitive could make use of the scarlet spider quite well.
Of course, one of the biggest hurdles is how to bring Ben back. Even for a comic character, he's pretty dead. The guy is the consistency of kitty litter. Re-reading his death in Spider-Man #75, I've decided there are a few options they could use. 1. they could try to say that the Ben that was impaled by Norman was a clone. (of a clone) and that Norman had been keeping the original on ice, for future use. This seems fairly plausible, for a comic anyway, until you realize that Norman doesn't know who spider-man is any longer, and having a clone of Peter Parker in a lab would be kinda confusing. 2. which I think is a better fit, could be a whole new Ben cloned and given the original's memories. it's a comic, so I'm sure you can extrapolate memory RNA from clone-goo, right? Of course, this is brand new day, and while I am a fan, they might just decide to bring him back and not give you any explanation whatsoever for a year. At the very least I'm happy my favorite character is being mentioned again.
*UPDATE*....sorta.
While there has been no new information concerning Guggenheim's upcoming story arch.
I'm happy to say that a six issue mini series called SPIDER-MAN: THE CLONE SAGA is set for september, writen by Howard Mackie(uh-oh) according to Tom Defalco it's "the clone saga: the writer's cut" and while it may be a huge "what if?" i'm jumping for joy. the clone saga hasen't had this much exposure in over a decade.
the prospect of bringing Ben back has been discussed by fans for years and now it seems it may become a reality. while I'm quite aware it could all be a clever bait and switch to draw BND-haters onto amazing, for the sake of the article I'm gonna assume it's Ben Reilly who's coming back and not one of aunt may's long lost relatives. Ben's return would be the biggest acknowledgment of the clone saga in years, marvel typically try's to sweep any mention of it under the rug, but maybe they feel it's been long enough that they can go back to it.
Do we really need two spider-men running around again? I think it could work. I always like the portrayal of Ben as Peter's "brother" and ASM is at the point where, while getting better, it still doesn't have the strongest supporting cast. and while there may not be room enough for two web-slingers in ASM, Avengers: the intuitive could make use of the scarlet spider quite well.
Of course, one of the biggest hurdles is how to bring Ben back. Even for a comic character, he's pretty dead. The guy is the consistency of kitty litter. Re-reading his death in Spider-Man #75, I've decided there are a few options they could use. 1. they could try to say that the Ben that was impaled by Norman was a clone. (of a clone) and that Norman had been keeping the original on ice, for future use. This seems fairly plausible, for a comic anyway, until you realize that Norman doesn't know who spider-man is any longer, and having a clone of Peter Parker in a lab would be kinda confusing. 2. which I think is a better fit, could be a whole new Ben cloned and given the original's memories. it's a comic, so I'm sure you can extrapolate memory RNA from clone-goo, right? Of course, this is brand new day, and while I am a fan, they might just decide to bring him back and not give you any explanation whatsoever for a year. At the very least I'm happy my favorite character is being mentioned again.
*UPDATE*....sorta.
While there has been no new information concerning Guggenheim's upcoming story arch.
I'm happy to say that a six issue mini series called SPIDER-MAN: THE CLONE SAGA is set for september, writen by Howard Mackie(uh-oh) according to Tom Defalco it's "the clone saga: the writer's cut" and while it may be a huge "what if?" i'm jumping for joy. the clone saga hasen't had this much exposure in over a decade.
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