X-Men Forever is Chris Claremont pickin' up his run on adjectiveless as it would have gone had he not been forced off the X-Books.
And Ben certainly DID have a supportin' cast. Jessica Carradine. Desiree Winthrop. Buzz. Shirley Washington. Devon Lewis. Tilde his landlady. Seward Trainer. Eventually Peter and MJ. And the original supporting cast had prominence as well. Not like the Spidey of most of the 2000s, where it was just Peter, MJ, Aunt May and the Avengers.