Saturday, December 4, 2021
THE LIFE OF REILLY
I talk to the COMIX KINGS podcast and we take a deep dive into the upcoming Ben Reilly: Spider-Man series, discussing Ben's history and what's to come for the character.
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I actually didn't really like the original idea of the clone saga. It meant that from the original clone saga of the 70s till the clone saga of the 90s I've been reading the adventures of a "fake" spider-man? I would have prefered something like this: Peter is still the original spider-man, but because he would have a daugther, he abbandons his life as spider-man so he would be with her and take care of her, while Ben the clone becomes the new spider-man. I think one of the reasons why people did not like the clone saga was the fact that they found out that they have been reading the adventures of a fake spider-man. This isn't about accepting a new spider-man (a good example, as you said, is Miles Morales, because many people like him even though he is not Peter Parker), but it is about the passage from one spider-man to another is made.
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I totallyunderstand your POV, Romeo. That said, I think if the Clone Saga had been done as originally intended—lasting six months to a year, with Ben established as the new Spidey at the end of it—it would have worked beautifully.
DeleteIt says something about the lasting power of that storyline that we're still talking about it all these years later.
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I can still prefer it if Ben was the original and maybe that Norman had stayed dead. It can get to me how things went. The reason they went back on it was because the writers and editors might not have thought of a satisfactory way of Ben talking the Peter Identity because Mary Jane was pregnant and they could think of a way to explain why Peter and MJ would “breakup”. The Editors might not have liked Ben being the original using the “Ben Reilly” identity because Peter Parker is recognised as Spider man. They should have saved the pregnancy until after Ben took back the Parker name, kept the same cast maybe not gone beyond issues 403 and maybe not Dock OCK and Aunt may. The sales might have increased with Ben as spider man and more readers were lost when it was undone. And it may have been undone not because of the readers but Because of the editors not liking this to be permanent with someone not using the Parker name. It could have been something I would really 👍 like. What do you think about what I put and do you think it could have stuck if Ben took on the Peter Parker identity as well as the Spider man one ?
DeleteFor legal reasons, I can't comment on your ideas and I havae to ask you not to suggest them in the future. That said, we had a plan in place for Peter and MJ to live happily ever after (and occasionally return) while Ben took on the mantle of Spider-Man back when we were working on the Clone Saga. The Powers That Be eventually torpedoed that idea.
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