Amazing Spider-Man’s New Era Brings Back Ben Reilly as Spider-Man

Ben Reilly already had a really wild legacy at Marvel Comics, however his return a number of years in the past in Clone Conspiracy—and his spinoff sequence as the Scarlet Spider as soon as extra—solely added to a backstory that, even by comedian guide superheroes’ most egregious requirements, was a bit bonkers. Ben’s pushing all that apart although in a brand new age for Amazing Spider-Man—and he’s additionally pushing apart former protagonist Peter Parker.

In the wake of the information that present Amazing scribe and former Captain America/Secret Empire author Nick Spencer could be departing the sequence (following a cope with e-newsletter platform Substack to go do… one thing on the firm), Marvel has officially unveiled a swath of recent expertise that can be a part of the Spider-Man guide group to craft the newest period for some of the in style superheroes of all time.

It’s an period, nevertheless, that can not be led by your traditional pleasant neighborhood Spider-Man. Helmed by Kelly Thompson, Saladin Ahmed, Cody Ziglar, Patrick Gleason, and Zeb Wells—with extra artist bulletins to return—The Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond arc will start in Amazing Spider-Man #75, and sees Ben return because the guide’s principal protagonist. Wearing a brand new go well with (which you’ll see under) that evokes the final time he was formally Spider-Man, the brand new run teases robust instances forward for Peter Parker that can seemingly have him query if he’s as much as the nice energy and higher duty of being the spectacular Spider-Man. Can his clone overcome these points and rise above his estranged sibling? Has every thing Ben Reilly lived, died, and lived once more by ready him to as soon as once more be Spider-Man?

We’ll start discovering out in August, with a brand new story in Marvel’s Spider-Man/Venom for Free Comic Book Day will set the stage for Ben’s new age later this 12 months, when Amazing Spider-Man #75 kicks issues off in October.

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