New series coming in January will tell brand-new adventures of Ben Reilly’s time as Spider-Man
New York, NY— September 15, 2021 — J.M. DeMatteis, writer of influential Spider-Man stories such as Kraven’s Last Hunt and Spider-Man: The Lost Years, will make his celebrated return to Marvel Comics this January with BEN REILLY: SPIDER-MAN! The iconic Spider-Man scribe will reveal new stories in the life of Peter Parker’s clone, Ben Reilly, during his time as Spider-Man. DeMatteis will be joined by X-Factor and Domino artist David Baldeón as they unlock new secrets about this fan-favorite hero! In the same vein as Peter David and Greg Land’s hit Symbiote Spider-Man series, BEN REILLY: SPIDER-MAN will explore thrilling new mysteries set in this classic time in Spider-Man history!
Darkness looms over New York City as murders begin to pile up…but how are they all connected? Meanwhile, a mysterious figure from Ben’s past has crawled his way back into Ben’s life—does the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane hold the key to their identity?
Here’s what DeMatteis had to say about spinning his webs within the Spidey mythos once more:
“What I’ve always found fascinating about Ben Reilly is that he’s Peter Parker—and yet he’s not. Life has taken Ben on a strange, twisted path and altered him, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse; but, like Peter, he’s a man who’s constantly striving to do the right thing, even if he doesn’t always succeed. Ben is wonderfully, painfully human, immensely relatable—and our new BEN REILLY: SPIDER-MAN series allows me to dive even deeper into Ben’s psyche, to explore him in new and, I hope, interesting ways.
“Having David Baldeon bringing this story to visual life has been the icing on the cake. David’s work is incredibly dynamic. Fluid and powerful. He nails the big moments—we’ve got some major antagonists going up against Ben—but he always holds tight to the characters’ humanity, so that even the smallest, quietest moments shine and have resonance.
“It’s been a true joy returning the Spiderverse and reuniting with my old friend, Ben.”
Return to the era when Ben Reilly was the one, true Spider-Man when BEN REILLY: SPIDER-MAN hits stands in January! For more information, visit Marvel.com.
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“LEGENDARY COMIC BOOK WRITER J.M. DEMATTEIS RETURNS TO MARVEL”
Nice! I wonder if he is gonna be the next ASM writ….
“IN BEN REILLY: SPIDER-MAN!”
Meh.
Yes please. I said it before and I’ll say it again… I’m a sucker for Ben Reilly. However, like Aqu@ I’m not sure the in between issues approach.
Looking forward to this and Ben taking over the Amazing title. Really hoping that they restore the brotherly relationship that he and Peter had back in the 90’s. Unfortunately, I see this setting up to a big battle when Peter has been restored and ready to resume his duties as Spidey.
I really am not happy about Ben Reilly being shoved down my throat again on the main title. I’m not really interested it weak photocopy Peter (Ben or Miles in fact). At least I can usually choose not to read them, but I don’t subscribe to ASM to be forced to read BR stories. I hope this “era” doesn’t last long.
And I don’t understand what the point of this comic is, and I’m just sad JMD’s writing is being wanted on Ben Reilly.
I was about to say: “DeMatteis? The ’90s Ben and his costume? Shut up and take my money!”, but actually I’m not fond of this kind of titles adding stories in-between stories. It’s always hard not to mess with continuity and ruin all my fun. I mean, I know the continuity is all over the place nowadays (and nobody seems to care at Marvel), but that’s no reason to mess with the past one.
Also, I find all this pushing for Ben right now kind of weird.
Anyway, as always, we’ll see.
DeMatteis writes stories like songs, so I wonder if that makes Ben Reilly a cover.
I know DeMatteis writes comics and stories like songs: https://gutternaut.net/2019/07/j-m-dematteis-the-philosophy-of-identity/ . I wonder if this means Ben Reilly is a cover song.
My thought process “a Ben Riley B title….why?” Reads the article, “Oh JMD’s writing this” 🙂
I hope this is really set in the 90’s, I want dated references and crazy fashion!