August 14, 201400:55:30

Who Is Ben Reilly?: Spider-Verse Prerequisites Part 2 (Matt) CBTM007

“Spider-Verse†is a Marvel event starting during the fall of 2014.  In this event, every Spider-Man from the entire Marvel multiverse will be featured during the course of the story.  In order to prepare for this huge spider-centric event, one of the Comic Book Time Machine hosts, Matt Anderson, will be reading important story arcs that set up “Spider-Verse.â€In the second episode of our “Spider-Verse Prerequisites,†Matt is joined by his friend, Ben Avery, as they give their opinions on the controversial Spider-Man storyline from the 1990′s, “The Clone Saga.”  Ben Reilly is the main focus in this 1990′s story, so instead of going issue-by-issue, the Time Travelers unpack the history of this divisive character.

Ben Reilly’s first appearance as the Spider-Man clone was in The Amazing Spider-Man #149 - Cover date: October 1975

Ben Reilly’s first appearance as Ben Reilly was in Spider-Man #51 - Cover date: October 1994

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