In one fell swoop back in 1992, Marvel Comics lost 7 of their heaviest hitters in both art and sales. Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, Rob Liefeld and Whilce Portacio were superstars of the X-titles and the driving force behind their recent surge in popularity and sales. Without them, Marvel moved to writers once again being … Continue reading Curtain Call after the X-Cutioner’s Song
When the Clone Saga was planned as a response to a stagnating character, the original ending was going to be Ben Reilly being revealed as Peter and then 'Peter' leaving the city to have his ever after ending with his wife. The first two months after this was used as a showcase of Ben as … Continue reading Final Thoughts – Last Days of the Scarlet Spider
Credits: Written by Peter David, pencilled by Joe Quesada, inked by Al Milgrom and edited by Kelly Corvese. Plot: After the stressful events of X-Cutioner's Song, the members of X-Factor (currently a government run mutant response team) are being psychologically assessed by Doctor. Leonard Samson. Through these vignettes, we see the flaws and secrets that … Continue reading Final Epilogue: X-Factor 87 – What if you lived…..
Credits: Written by Evan Skolnick, pencilled by Paris Karounos, inked by Randy Emberlin and edited by Eric Fein. Plot: As Justice, Turbo, Powerhouse and Firestar of the New Warriors race to the TV studio with Ben Reilly (former member known as the Scarlet Spider and currently in his costume as Spider-Man II) along for the … Continue reading Web of Scarlet Spider 4 – Yeah, definitely ending with a whimper.
Credits: Written by Fabian Nicieza, pencilled by Greg Capullo, inked by Harry Candelario and edited by Bob Harass. Plot: Following the events of the X-Cutioner's son, the members of X-Force (former New Mutants Sam 'Cannonball' Guthrie and Roberto 'Sunspot' Dacosta, former X-Terminators Tabitha 'Boom Boom' Smith and Julio Esteban Rictor, former hellion James 'Warpath' Proudstar, … Continue reading Epilogue 2 -X-Force 19: I’m a Model, you know what I mean
Credits: Written by Evan Skolnick, pencilled by Patrick Zircher, inked by Andrew Pepoy and edited by Tom Brevoort. Plot: Following directly from Web of Spider-Man 3 Scarlet Spider II is about to attack Firestar when Justice flies in and hits with a telekinetic blast. It barely slows him down. Justice checks on Firestar and complains … Continue reading New Warriors 67: Well this is a little awkward.
Credits: Written by Evan Skolnick, pencilled by Paris Karounos, inked by Randy Emberlin and edited by Eric Fein. Plot: Federal agents, including Agent Briggs are investigating the debris that was the Staten Island lair of Doctor Octopus II. They're not expecting to find anything, certainly not the very alive and chatty Scarlet Spider II (the … Continue reading Web of Spider-Man 3: Dangling from a plot thread
Credits: Written by Scott Lobdell, pencilled by Brandon Peterson, inked by Dan Panosian and edited by Bob Harras Plot: "Up and around" is a 3 story plot set in the immediate aftermath of the battle on the moon that cost the lives of Cable and Stryfe. The smaller story stars Rogue, who after being injuring … Continue reading Epilogue 1- Uncanny X-Men 297 – So Beast is also a qualified joiner?
Credits: Written and pencilled by Dan Jurgens, inked by Klaus Janson and edited by Bob Budiansky with costume design by Mark Bagley. Plot: Ben Reilly has decided to take on the mantle of Spider-Man. He's full of doubt and processes this in front of an as yet unnamed grave. As he looks to leave, he … Continue reading Sensational Spider-Man 0: Maybe a higher priority should be a decent job and a flat?
Credits: Written by Evan Skolnick, pencilled by Patrick Zircher, inks by Andrew Pepoy and edited by Tom Brevoort. Plot: Robbie 'Speedball' Baldwin is visiting his home in Springdale. As he gets off the train, he notices his powers are acting up, but he manages to get out without many people noticing. He passes a newspaper … Continue reading New Warriors 66: It’s a Speedball issue, I’d understand if you skipped it.
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