Comics Official Fans of Reilly Thread

[spidey-dude]

aquired? from where?

 

[ben_reilly_s_s]

lol...
Well, security was a little lax at Avengers Mansion after it was destroyed....

 

[mre]

I'm really impressed, or really confused.

 

[ben_reilly_s_s]

Why not both?

 

[ben_reilly_s_s]

You cant see it in that pic, but i do have the Parker/Reilly spit-curl in my hair, and it's natural too....

 

[ben_reilly_s_s]

Just thought of something the other day...
The Spider-Totem thing is complete crap...
Peter Parker got his powers from the irradiated spider.
If Pete was chosen by "the spider-god" then Ben, Kaine and all the other clones wouldn't have the spider powers because they were not chosen....

 

[Themanofbat]

Just thought of something the other day...
The Spider-Totem thing is complete crap...
Peter Parker got his powers from the irradiated spider.
If Pete was chosen by "the spider-god" then Ben, Kaine and all the other clones wouldn't have the spider powers because they were not chosen....

But they were clones of Peter Parker "after" he had his powers, so it would only be natural for them to have his powers as well... regardless of spider-gods or irradiated spiders...

 

[Neo-god]

Here's another Ben Reilly fan. I liked him because he was like Peter but without the angst (and I like Peter too).

 

[AgentEnforcer]

Well you missed an exciting time a few months ago. Lost of activity. We're kinda back to 1997-2008 levels now. ben_reilly brought it back on Halloween though. When you finish the suit I'll put it on the Tribute if you want.

 

[ben_reilly_s_s]

Yea, that'll be cool.
I can take my time on it...
I'm gonna start from scratch.
First I'll need a lighter Blue hoodie. Thats one a bit too dark, and i need to re-do the Spider.

 

[AgentEnforcer]

Not really news, but I just discovered a one panel appearance for Ben that I have never heard of before. Fantastic Four 416.

Exciting?

 

[spidey-dude]

what is it? scan it !!!

 

[spidey-dude]

any chance????

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #654.1
Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils & Cover by PAULO SIQUEIRA
Special POINT ONE issue.
START READING with this Point One issue to learn the new meaning for great power and great responsibility! Witness the birth of a new Spider-Man in the start of a brand-new story arc! Bonded to the dangerous and powerful Venom symbiote, this new webslinger is showing Peter Parker up in the hero department! Plus, who will Spider-Man turn to in his darkest hour? Believe us, it’s not who you think!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99
NOT FINAL COVER

http://www.comicbookresources.com/n...cits/marvelcomics/201102/ASM654p1_cvr_col.jpg

 

[mre]

So... Why is it a .1? Why not just 655? Is it coming out the same week? It looks to be written by Slott... What's the deal?

 

[ben_reilly_s_s]

I'm really confused by the .1
is it like back in the 90's when DC had a number in a triangle to tell what part of the story your reading? or is it like a backup issue like Amazing Spider-Man #666, Amazing Spider-Man #666.1, Amazing Spider-Man #666.2....?????

 

[AgentEnforcer]

what is it? scan it !!!

 

[ben_reilly_s_s]

Yeah, the Onslaught Saga...

 

[spidey-dude]

venom symbiote ben could be cool....

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Ben Reilly had a one-panel appearance in an Avengers issue about two years ago. They were talking about previous hosts of the Carnage symbiote. Don't have a scan though.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

any chance????

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #654.1
Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils & Cover by PAULO SIQUEIRA
Special POINT ONE issue.
START READING with this Point One issue to learn the new meaning for great power and great responsibility! Witness the birth of a new Spider-Man in the start of a brand-new story arc! Bonded to the dangerous and powerful Venom symbiote, this new webslinger is showing Peter Parker up in the hero department! Plus, who will Spider-Man turn to in his darkest hour? Believe us, it’s not who you think!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99
NOT FINAL COVER

http://www.comicbookresources.com/n...cits/marvelcomics/201102/ASM654p1_cvr_col.jpg

I can't count the number of times I've had my hopes dashed over the last 14 years every time I've read a Spidey solicit that had hyped "some new web-slinger" or "someone who knows Peter better than he knows himself" or something and thought it was Reilly only for it to turn out to be Mattie Franklin, Ezekiel, Screwball, MJ's stalker, some trick, etc. So I'm going to say no.

 

[AgentEnforcer]

Ben Reilly had a one-panel appearance in an Avengers issue about two years ago. They were talking about previous hosts of the Carnage symbiote. Don't have a scan though.

I have a scan a few places in the Tribute. Look in Appearances, I think.

 

[ben_reilly_s_s]

It was about anyone previously possessed by a Symbiote.
Ben was included in Tony Starks list, which raises the question of why would Pete give away that info....

 

[AgentEnforcer]

I think that had more to do with Bendis showing some grasp of continuity than Peter exposing that information.

 

[Rez]

Hey there everybody! BEN a while. Ha..haha.. Okay I'll stop.

Just wondering if anyone else is still picking up the Clone Saga trades. I just got number 4, and after reading through it have decided to take on a project that I've been mulling over for several years.

Maximum Clonage Redux

A complete retelling of one of the most pivotal and yet perhaps worst storylines in the entire Clone Saga.

The few of you who have been with this thread from the beginning might remember that TCS is my favorite Spiderman story ever with Ben, specifically in Scarlet getup, being my favorite character from both a design and writing standpoint.

So it always greatly dissappointed me to see that Maximum Clonage turned out as bad as it did. I could go on for hours for how bad it is- but why bother? It( and the issue directly preceeding it) is the go to story for people that hated the Clone Saga, and I can't blame them. There were serious quality issues in every way possible- the writing was awful, the artwork was all over the place, the issues had severe continuity problems, even the damn paper and printing was messed up for the 4th or 5th issue.

With that in mind, it has always been a dream of mine to go back and redo the entire thing. Put together a comic book branching the story of Spectacular 226(Part 4 of The Trial of Peter Parker) with Web 128 (the start of Exiled). It would be at least 4 issues, corresponding with the original titles, so I could literally replace them on my shelf if I wanted to. Given that the actual MC storyline included Alpha & Omega, plus that New Warriors introduction, that gives me some leeway into making it up to 7 issues long if I so choose.

When I first came up with the idea, there was no way I could execute it. My drawing skills were not up to the task. Honestly, they still aren't. Not by a long shot. But I'm going to set upon it regardless.

This storyline contains so many potentially great ideas. Questions of identity, relationships, love, regret, madness.. There's a brilliant emotional core to the work that culminates in a story that was a climax to more than a year's worth of stories. Several main characters die. Others run from the truth and others accept it and move on. Tall green monsters and clones might seem initially rediculous on paper, but there's things in the bare bones of this that I connected with a long time ago, and want to give it the story that it deserves.

This is essentially a project for my own personal enjoyment. My ultimate goal would be to have it printed up on high gloss paper and bound into issues or a hardback into something that would fit exactly into the rest. But because I know a few of you out there love Scarlet, Ben, and the Clone Saga as much as I do, I figured I'd let you know that I'm doing it. I expect it to take several years, but I'll post things of it from time to time.

Here's a quick color test so you guys can lower your expectations on the art end of things. I'll probably be using mostly watercolor pencils with a combonation of pastels for the project.. mostly because I have no experience with actual inking or coloring of a comic. However given the emotions I'll be pulling for in this story, broader less specific images could work for it. Also, I really dig working with bright pastels and watercolor, while doing up 100 pages in pencil would make me blow my brains out and no longer be fun.

 

[Chris Wallace]

One of my favorite covers by my favorite artists (Bags).

I've always been a big fan of this particular cover image.