Should I Read Scarlet Spider?

[rdfnd1253]

That would be an awesome full-circle to the story of Ben and Kaine, as Kaine saved Ben when nobody else was able to, so Ben saves Kaine when all hope seems lost. The only thing I would mention as an addendum would be that it would have to explain how Ben came back from the dead when he was "conclusively" killed at the end of the Clone Saga. The usual theory is that it wasn't really Ben, just a defective clone programmed with Ben's memories as opposed to Peter Parker's, a clone of a clone, in other words, and the real Ben has been locked up all this time by Norman Osborn as a way to torture Peter by proxy or substitute. All the same, it would be an awesome thing to have happen and have the trinity of Spiders fighting together as real brothers as opposed to recurrent enemies.

Agreed! Or they could say after Ben turned to "ashes or goo" the Jackal collected what remained of Ben's body and put it in a clone regeneration chamber...similar to the one he used to help heal Kaine. It coudl regenerate the clone cells and reanimate Ben. THen after awakening out of the pod, due to the regeneration, he has amnesia and wonders the world going town to town trying to figure out who he is. Then one day when walking in manhattan he see's a pic in the Bugle that looks familiar, a pic of spiderman, that reawakens his memories. Or in this case they could say he see's a p[ic of spiderman, in the houston papers(it's really Kaine the Scarlet Spider).

[thecrimson]

Yes, a thousand times yes! Read this book. You will not be disappointed.

[Venomous Mask]

Yes, it's awesome. And be sure to check out the Minimum Carnage series coming out this summer.

[wc662]

I also enjoy the fact that he doesn't really care to hide his identity from his supporting cast

[darthblinx]

yes, yes, oh dear sweet God-in-whom-I-don't-believe YES!!

[cphilli]

I think I'm going to give this book a shot. Looking forward to something a little different than ASM.