Marvel.com just sent me a press release showing the Scarlet Spider image on fire again. What does it mean?
SCARLET SPIDER-ISLAND?
It’s the Spider-Man event of the year, and with so many twists and turns – there’s no telling what will happen next! But there’s one thing we can tell you, fans can get excited for the return of someone very important to the life of Peter Parker. Except where will he show up? With Spider-Island selling out across the board, it’s obvious that fans can’t get enough of the Wall-crawler, all 8 million of them!
Haven’t checked out Spider-Island yet? No problem! Marvel is pleased to announce that that it will be going back to press on a wide number of Spider-Island tie-ins including, Spider-Island: Cloak And Dagger #1 Second Printing Variant, Spider-Island: Deadly Foes #1 Second Printing Variant, & Venom #5 Second Printing Variant! And with the Amazing Spider-Man #666 Second Printing Varianton the way, there’s no better time to get in on the action. So what are you waiting for? Head over to your local comic shop and get in on Spider-Island today!
Curious to who will be returning? Join the conversation on Twitter with #SpiderIsland!
SPIDER-ISLAND: CLOAK AND DAGGER #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (JUL118069)
Written by NICK SPENCER
Art by EMMA RIOS
Cover by MIKE CHOI
FOC – 8/29/11, ON SALE – 9/21/11
SPIDER-ISLAND: DEADLY FOES #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (JUL118068)
Written by DAN SLOTT, CHRISTOS GAGE & FRED VAN LENTE
Art by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI & MINCK OOSTERVEER
Cover by STEFANO CASELLIFOC – 8/29/11, ON SALE – 9/21/11
VENOM #5 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (JUL118070)
Written by RICK REMENDERArt by TOM FOWLER & TONY MOORE
Cover by TONY MOORE
FOC 9/1/11, ON SALE – 9/28/11
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #666 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (JUN118171)
Written by DAN SLOTT
Art by STEFANO CASELLICover by STEFANO CASELLI
ON SALE 8/31/11
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I personally loved most of the original Clone saga. It shook things up and made a middle-aged man run to the comic shop every week for the next chapter. Now I’m even older and have been looking forward to Ben Reilly’s TRUE return, not just through flashbacks. I think if he was a clone created from Ben Reilly’s DNA as opposed to Peter Parker’s, the stories could be quite interesting, like, what if Ben remember’s Peter and Mary jane being married and expecting a child? That would be a story to tell, Dan Slott are you listening? Spider-Island is still starting, we’ll see how it goes. But looking forward to some more “shake-up” i the “spider-verse”.
i’m not diggin spider island. are you?
I can only pray that this time, it’s for real. There’s still lots to be done with the character. But I think it’s best if he’s actually revived, rather than retconning his death.
Hell yeah! BURN HOODIE BURN!
If this is a fake out, I will be not amused.
The only thing I can think of when I see that image is George Berryman leaving it on Zach’s doorstep, then ringing the bell and running.
I wish they would find a GOOd way to bring ben back,make him horrified at Peter deal with the devil, pair him with MJ and make an ongoing out of it. A man can dream…
I am with Alex…I am not a fan of characters returning from the dead when it is shown as that HUGE event, and it makes it worse when they have been dead for a long time (e.g. Harry, Norman…). Of course, if you know they are not dead, (like every Kingpin “death”), and expect their return, that is OK in my book.
Ben back? If he is, whoopee…the idea of a clone was stupid when Gerry did it, was worse when he returned..coming back from the dead three times is just asking for trouble.
For those who wonder why I call it “Spider-IslandHashtag” look no further….
@#3
Stay the hell out of my head…
… I don’t want you finding my porn.
You know, has anyone brought up the possibility that, if the Scarlet Spider is returning, it will be Kaine adopting the identity instead of Ben Reilly? After all, it’s very likely that he’s going to be cured of his man-spider mutation by the time Spider-Island is finished, just as “you know who” will very likely be cured of being the “Spider-King.”
Amazing Spider-Man #666 is getting a second printing? That’s somewhat surprising given that there are still lots of copies of that issue at all the comic shops in my area.
@CloneSaga – That’s a recipe for disaster.
Nice cover art, but I don’t trust the message of Ben coming back. And it wouldn’t matter anyway in this NuSpidey continuity. If Ben is Ben that is…
Would they dare to reveal NuPeter as Ben and let Ben resurface as the true married-to-MJ Peter? In that case I’m back in.
Don’t hold your breath, though.
That’ll be cool if they bring him back. Hope they give him his own book or put him in the avengers or sumptin
I refuse to buy a Spider-Book since OMD, and I don’t trust the current regime to properly handle Ben. This screams of being a giant purple-nurple from Marvel.
I think the ‘Return of…’ Spider-man books featuring Rielly were really good. better than the stuff they’ve been putting out for the past couple years. Ben didn’t get a costume change every few months and he’d had some great villians. He was a single Spider-man and on his own. In retrospect, it’s some of the best stuff ever in Spider-man. I read it despite being mad they made him the original. But it was good stuff.
Do I hope they bring him back? NO! They don’t write stories so much anymore. Certainly not serious stories, it’s all about costume changes and Spider-man getting new powers or losing them it seems. Its really hard for an old fan like me to read. Certainly the Worst Comic of All Time is never going to be forgotten. Reilly would bring a new edge to Spider-man without any of that magic mess. But Marvel’s still doing the same thing it’s been doing for the past five years. So…
Bring him back when they get serious about the writing again.
what would George say? Oh, yeah. “Carrot.”
TRANSLATION: “We’re going to cocktease you into buying these tie-ins, no matter what!”
Nice try, Marvel, but no dice.
I really don’t want Ben to return. I’m never a fan of people returning from the dead and knowing how Slott told us how Harry and Mysterio (or for the latter didn’t tell us) how they returned, the reason for Ben’s return will be a simple and poor one. I think Ben’s story was told with his death, sacrificing himself for his brother. Maybe Slott will write it well like Kevin has done in Crawl Space but it’s something I won’t be at all fond of.
If thats not the return of Ben I dont know what is