Comics I think they should bring back Ben Reilly and Kaine

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http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210445

Nice to see Kaine getting some love on the Marvel page

 

The whole execution of the Saga wasn't what it could of been, for one thing 2 years is quite along time for a story, and many people disliked the revelation that Peter Parker was a clone. People liked Ben, even the most adament of clone saga critics admit he was a great character, they just didn't appreciate the percieved replacement of Peter Parker.

Anyway like I said check it out for your self, it runs for two years starting from Web of Spider Man 117 (October 94) all the way to Peter Parker 75 (October 97) every single comic between these two issues are clone saga related.

The Reilly thread has the full list as well as the most important/key arcs and issues.

 

I should probably post that list on page 1.

And it's funny; Marvel pretends th' CS don't exist, yet they give two clones bios on their site. Go figger.

 

Done an' done. The official Clone Saga checklist is now on post 1 of th' OFOR thread.

 

If you want to catch up on the Clone Saga, you've got a LOT of back issues to buy, heh.

And bringing back Ben Reilly would be a very tough thing to do. Kaine, is a lot easier. If you're looking for some recent stuff with Kaine in it he appears in Spider-Girl. The only Spider-Man book that has guts to still acknowledge that the Clone Saga happened, because it's written by a fantastic Spidey writer, Tom Defalco.

Enjoy and good luck.

 

you do know thats 3 years right?

 

And that's how long the Clone Saga was.

 

Check mycomicshop.com fer PPSM #75's release date if ya don't believe.

 

I loved Ben. I was extremely pissed when the killed him off because there was no need. They could have had two series. Peter as Spidey in New York and Ben as the Scarlet Spider in say...L.A.

I know Marvel can't keep anyone dead so I say bring him back during the Civil War story line.

 

I think they should bring Kaine and Ben back, just to more firmly kill them ;D

 

There recently was a Spider-Man comic that had a variant cover with the Scarlet Spider. It was during The Other storyline and each issue had it's own variant cover of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man # 1. It had all the different costumes that Spidey has worn over the years. Scarlet Spider is one of them. So if you want to check that out, go to www.spiderfan.org and browse there to find which issue...because I'm not really sure off the top of my head.

I'd like to tell you exactly why bringing Ben Reilly back would be tough but I don't want to spoil the ending of Peter Parker Spider-Man # 75 for you.

But recent rumblings of JMS/Quesada teaming up on a Spidey mini that is suppposed to fix continuity errors and, from the rumor mill, it involves time traveling. So...Ben Reilly back in the Spidey comics? With a time machine it's possible and that's really the only thing I can see bring the Scarlet Spider back to us Ben Reilly fans. I hope it happens. But I'm not holding out much hope.

 

Us Ben Reilly fans? Way you talk seems like you hate th' Clone Saga.

 

Well, if I said "US" Ben Reilly fans that means I'm including myself.

Now if I said, "You Ben Reilly fans" that would be excluding myself, therefore, I'd label myself "Clone Saga hater".

But I'm an "us" guy when it comes to the Clone Saga.

 

Shway.

And FYI, I meant way you talk in th' past sense.

 

I think it would be very easy to bring him back. There's quite the time lapse between when we see him last and then his final appearance that eventually leads to his death. And it went AGAINST continuity that he dies the way he dies, so you could easily pass the Ben you see die off as another quicky clone, ala those in Maximum Clonage.

 

Well Ben wasn't exactly dead back than, more like drugged out of his mind and thrown into a smokestack, as well the whole degeneration/ash thorey that Marvel used to prove beyond a shadow of a reasonable doubt who was who, is extremely flawed, you'll notice that once you get into the Maximum Clonage portion of the book (Try to be brave while reading Omega, it'll be over quick )

 

Marvel have enough problems with Spidey right now,without bringing back problems from the past.Leave Kaine and Reilly in the past where they belong,along with the rest of the Clone Saga.

 

I'd say Sins Past was worse than the Clone Saga. The Clone Saga was laughibly bad with the "oh Peter's the clone what no he's not" stuff, while Sins Past was just crapping on a classic story.

I'd like to see the Clone Saga stuff reprinted, at least the important parts. I'd sooner get that than trades of some of the Spider-Man stuff coming out now.