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Reilly later works with Doctor Octopus, creating five clones of Spider-Man while employed by the CIA, with the female clone, the "Ultimate Spider-Woman", adapting the role of Ben Reilly from the original Clone Saga of Earth-616, with all being clones of Peter Parker with all of his memories up to the moment of their creation.
- Overview
- History Origins and Exile
- Attributes
- Paraphernalia
- Notes
- Trivia
- See Also
- Links and References
No. Ben is gone. And where you were...there is only a Chasm.
—Chasm (Ben Reilly)
Ben Reilly is a genetic clone of Peter Parker, the super hero Spider-Man, who went on to establish his own identity as the Scarlet Spider. Ben was created by Miles Warren, the super villain known as the Jackal, to torment the hero, and seemingly died in their first encounter. The clone survived and exiled himself for five years, only returning to New York after learning that Parker's Aunt May was sick. After making amends with Peter, Ben fought alongside him as the Scarlet Spider. For a brief time, Ben and Peter were tricked by Norman Osborn via Seward Trainer to believe Ben was the real Peter Parker. Peter left New York with his wife Mary Jane Watson, leaving Ben to pick up the mantle of Spider-Man. During a subsequent confrontation against Osborn as the Green Goblin, Ben was impaled and died in Peter's arms, also discovering that Peter being the clone was a fabrication.
Ben was later brought back to life by Miles Warren using a new cloning method, and spent years being constantly killed and resurrected by his creator to improve on the cloning technology. Driven mad, Ben managed to escape and overthrow Warren, becoming the new Jackal. He founded New U Technologies in an ill-conceived attempt to use cloning technology for good, but was ultimately stopped by Spider-Man. Seeking redemption but still mentally unstable, Ben moved to Las Vegas and resumed his identity as the Scarlet Spider. He came into conflict with fellow clone Kaine, who had also adopted the moniker of the Scarlet Spider. Ben was eventually left with a damaged soul after being killed and reborn one more time. Ben saw a chance at redemption during the return of the spider-hunting Inheritors. Sacrificing himself to defeat Jennix, Ben was then resurrected with cloning technology, which gave him a clean slate. Ben briefly readopted the Spider-Man mantle, becoming a corporate-sponsored hero for the Beyond Corporation in exchange for being reunited with his lover Janine Godbe. However, Ben turned against his predecessor after Beyond's machinations erased his formative memories. Further tormented after being mutated by a mutagenic polymer, Ben became Chasm. Joining forces with Madelyne Pryor, the new Queen of Limbo, Ben and Janine helped concoct a plan to steal the memories of Jean Grey and Peter Parker by unleashing Hell on Earth, but was imprisoned in the newly installed Limbo Embassy to New York City by the reformed Queen.
Origins and Exile
Created from Peter Parker's DNA by the Jackal, this clone was made to fight him as part of Jackal's torment of Spider-Man, whom he blamed for Gwen Stacy's death. In the fight, only one could survive in order to save Ned Leeds from a bomb. The Jackal activated the bomb, seemingly dying and killing the clone. Spider-Man retrieved the "corpse" and buried him at a industrial chimney. The clone, however, was alive and managed to survive due to the Jackal injecting him with something earlier while he was unconscious. In an attempt to sow confusion between Peter Parker and the clone, the Jackal dumped a different, already dead clone of Peter Parker down the same smokestack Peter Parker dumped the living clone in after the Jackal had rescued him. After regaining consciousness, this clone witnessed Parker and Mary Jane in an embrace, and concluded that he must be the clone as the clone's feelings wouldn't have developed to the point where he could emotionally accept his feelings for Mary Jane.[citation needed] The clone spent the next five years in exile from New York, believing himself to be a worthless clone. He dubbed himself "Ben Reilly", using his Uncle Ben's first name and his Aunt May's maiden name. After a period where he was stricken by influenza, he met scientist Seward Trainer, who inspired him with confidence to be his own person.[citation needed] Trainer also helped Ben by providing him with fake references to find work. Seward's references and Ben's own skills would allow him to work for a month or so at a time until people learned that his credentials were fake, forcing Ben to move on. Although he attempted to avoid attracting attention to himself, Reilly was unable to simply hide when his spider-sense went off, resulting in him helping the local police deal with various gangs during a stop-over in Salt Lake City. During his time there, Reilly found love with college student/waitress Janine Godbe, but she later revealed that her true identity as Elizabeth Tyne, a fugitive who killed her father after enduring his repeating incestuous abuse. Although Ben spent some time living with Janine, she apparently committed suicide out of guilt at her past crimes. During this particularly bleak time, Ben began working as a janitor in a Portland high school using the alias "Henry Jones", initially allowing himself to be regarded as mentally handicapped until he rescued a woman from home invaders, which helped him realize that he could still make a difference. Following this, he lived for a short time in Italy, where he worked as an English teacher, but he was forced to leave after a Mafia boss discovered Reilly's past after his daughter expressed an interest in Reilly. The Mafioso learned about the gaps in Reilly's work record and forced him to leave the city.
Scarlet Spider
Returning to New York when he found out about Aunt May's failing health, Ben came face-to-face with Peter and had to explain his reasons for returning. His presence also inspired Peter to get through his current dark mood after recent tragedies. After an initial distrust of each other, Peter and Ben became friends and worked side by side as Spider-Man and the Scarlet Spider it was revealed by Seward Trainer that Peter was the clone and Ben had been the real Peter Parker all along. This drove Peter almost insane and left Ben stunned. They agreed to keep their names, since Ben still didn't feel like he deserved the name. Peter soon gave up the webs when he found out that Mary Jane was pregnant, leaving Ben as New York's only web-slinger.[citation needed] While Peter Parker was on trial for a murder he didn't commit, Ben Reilly took Peter's spot in prison; giving Peter the mantle of Scarlet Spider, while the police figured out how to prove Peter Parker innocent. It was later revealed that another clone named Kaine had committed the murder, leaving everyone to think it was Peter's fingerprint on the skeleton.[citation needed] With Peter and Mary Jane leaving New York to lead a more quiet life in Portland, Peter offered Ben his Spider-Man suit. Ben, having turned down Peter's original costume, continued to operate as the Scarlet Spider, and joined the New Warriors, though none of the team members fully accepted him because he refused to reveal his identity. After Peter and Mary Jane moved away however, he took over the role of Spider-Man. He soon quit the New Warriors after Lady Octopus and Alistaire Smythe ruined his reputation using a holographic copy. Reilly concluded that the deception had worked because he was too new to the group for them to trust him.
Becoming Spider-Man
With Peter gone and Ben still feeling guilty over letting his Uncle Ben down, he decided to become Spider-Man again and make up for that one moment of inaction. Having become Spider-Man, Ben began to shape his own life, between dyeing his hair blonde to distinguish himself from Peter (which almost didn't convince J. Jonah Jameson), and working as a barista at local coffee house the Daily Grind. He even started dating local university students Jessica Carradine, whom he ended things with when it was revealed that she was the daughter of the burglar who killed Uncle Ben; and then Desiree Winthrop.[citation needed] As the rumors of a new Spider-Man spread through the streets, Ben thought of contacting the Human Torch but had no idea what kind of relationship he and Peter had, the Human Torch eventually took the initiative and wrote a message to Spidey in the sky, asking him to meet with him at the Statue of Liberty. Ben saw this signal and went. On his way there Ben found Sandman and the Silver Sable and attacked Flint, unaware that the former criminal had reformed, which started a fight between the two. Ben was rescued by Johnny, who realized that he was indeed a different person to Peter Parker and angrily asked Spider-Man who he was but Ben said that he didn't have to explain himself to him. During Christmas, Spider-Man learned about a mysterious new channel network called Mystery-Vision. In the Daily Grind, Ben met a photography student of the Centennial University named Jessica Carradine, she invited Ben to join her on a walk to the University where the two stumbled upon Doctor Ramirez, with Ben leaving Jessica to follow the Doctor as Spider-Man, he found him on his lab watching Mystery Vision on TV and being in some sort of trance by it. Spider-Man was able to resist the transmission thanks to his spider-sense and broke Ramirez out of the trance, the Professor told Spider-Man that Mystery Vision was using his DIT Chip to enthrall viewers. Spider-Man went to Mystery Vision's head office, which turned out to be an abandoned movie studio where he met Rudolph Hines, president of the company, who offered him to try a new pair of virtual reality goggles, as Hines disappeared and smoke filled the room, Ben learned that Mysterio was behind the new network. Unfortunately and due to having put on the virtual reality goggles, Ben started to believe that all of which he saw was real when in reality they were all Mysterio's illusions. As Spider-Man kept being victim to the illusions that were broadcasted through Mystery-Vision, he was also attacked by Armada, who had escaped from Ryker's Island, Ben was saved from being killed by a kid named Shakim Panzos, who shot Armada to distract him while Spider-Man had time to get back up and defeat him. After this, Ben realized that he was seeing illusions created by the eyepieces he put on earlier. Spider-Man couldn't find Mysterio at the abandoned theater so he decided to get some rest and even went on a date with Jessica, Ben then developed a means of tracking Mysterio's signal with a DIT tracking device developed by its creator. Spider-Man found and destroyed the transmitter which stopped the hypnotic signal, with Mysterio later being taken into custody. After saving a woman from committing suicide and stopping a supervillain known as Scorcher on christmas, Ben met up with Johnny Storm at the Statue of Liberty the next morning after the latter wrote another message in the sky for him. He learned that the Human Torch and Peter always met up on the statue on Christmas morning and received a Fantastic Four communicator as a gift from Johnny in case he needed someone to talk to in the future.
Powers
As a clone of Spider-Man, Ben possesses the same powers he does. After being affected by the psycho-reactive goo, he developed his own set of abilities. •Superhuman Strength: Ben Reilly possesses the proportionate strength of a spider, granting him superhuman strength. He is capable of lifting 10 tons or more when under extreme stress. •Leaping: His strength extends into his powerful leg muscles which allows him to leap heights and distances far beyond human capability. •Superhuman Stamina: Ben Reilly is able to exert himself at peak capacity for several hours before fatigue begins to impair his performance. •Superhuman Speed: Ben Reilly is capable of running and moving at speeds that are far beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. Scarlet Spider has shown to be fast enough to catch up to an accelerating car while on foot, but preferred to travel by webs. •Superhuman Durability: The composition of Ben Reilly's skeleton, inter-connected tissues, and nervous system had all been enhanced. His bodily tissues are somewhat more durable and resistant to impact or trauma than an ordinary human, although he is certainly not invulnerable. While his body is tougher than an ordinary human, he can still be injured in ways comparable to an ordinary human. He is seemingly killed when impaled in the back by the Green Goblin's goblin glider. He was able to catch a bullet at close range in his hand, although the act was very painful. •Regeneration: If injured, his body is capable of regenerating faster than an ordinary human being is capable of. •Superhuman Agility: Ben Reilly is extraordinarily limber and his tendons and connective tissues are twice as elastic as the average human being's, despite their enhanced strength. •Superhuman Reflexes: Ben Reilly's reflexes are faster than an average human by about a factor of 40 (he his often able to dodge bullets only inches from hitting him). His practical reaction time is at least a dozen times that of a normal human. In combination with his spider-sense, the speed of his reflexes allowed him to dodge almost any attack, even bullets only inches away from his face. •Superhuman Equilibrium: Ben Reilly possesses the ability to achieve a state of perfect equilibrium in any position imaginable. He seems able to adjust his position by instinct, which enables him to balance himself on virtually any object, no matter how small or narrow. He had developed a unique fighting style that made full use of his agility, strength, and equilibrium. •Spider-Sense: Ben Reilly possesses an extrasensory "danger" or "spider" sense which warns him of potential immediate danger by the manifestation of a tingling sensation in the back of his skull, and links with his superhuman kinesthetics, which enable him to evade most any injuries, unless he cognitively overrides his automatic reflexes. The precise nature of this sense is unknown. It appears to be a simultaneous clairvoyant response to a wide variety of phenomena (everything from falling safes to speeding bullets to thrown punches), which has given several hundredths of a second warning, which is sufficient time for his reflexes to allow him to avoid injury. The sense also can create a general response on the order of several minutes: he can not discern the nature of the threat by the sensation. He can, however, discern the severity of the danger by the strength of his response to it. His spider-sense is directional and could guide him to or away from hidden weapons and enemies. Sudden and extreme threats can cause his spider-sense to react with painful intensity. Ben can also sense and dodge attacks directed randomly or by a computer. Using his spider-sense to time his enhanced reflexes, Ben can casually dodge attacks up to and including automatic-weapons fire, provided there is sufficient distance. His spider-sense is sufficiently well-linked to his reflexes to the point that a threat could trigger them even when he is asleep or stunned. His spider-sense has helped him preserve his secret identity since it alerts him to observers or camera when changing into or out of his costume. The spider-sense does react to those who Ben does not consider to be a threat, such as Aunt May. He can choose to ignore his spider-sense, and distraction or fatigue diminish its effectiveness. His fighting style incorporates the advantage that his "spider-sense" provides him. An interesting side-note was that, because Ben was not the host of the Venom Symbiote and was cloned before the Symbiote was bonded to Peter, his spider-sense did not see the Venom symbiote as himself, and Venom therefore triggered his spider-sense. •Offensive Spider-Sense: When Ben was affected by the psycho-reactive goo, his Spider-Sense has developed a offensive capability. Though normally the Spider-Sense as a "defensive" capability to make its users aware of the dangers around them, depending from them themselves to avoid such, Ben's new Spider-Sense can actually counterattack such dangers before being affected. •Wallcrawling: Ben Reilly possesses the ability to mentally control the flux of interatomic attraction (electrostatic force) between molecular boundary layers. This overcomes the outer electron shell's normal behavior of mutual repulsion with other outer electron shells and permits the tremendous potential for electron attraction to prevail. The mentally controlled sub-atomic particle responsible for this has yet to be identified. This ability to affect the attraction between surfaces is so far limited to the his body (especially concentrated in his hands and feet) and another object, with an upper limit of several tons per finger. Limits to this ability seem to be psychosomatic, and the full nature of this ability has yet to be established. •Energy Manipulation: During his fight with Peter, Ben displayed the capability to forge solid light weapons of his own emanating energy, a result of the psycho-reactive goo. Former Powers Ben received a few new powers when he bonded with Carnage symbiote. Mostly, he didn't use these powers. •Enhanced Superhuman Strength: Originally able to lift 10 tons, after merged with symbiote, he could lift about 80 tons. •Camouflage: The symbiote possessed limited shape-shifting abilities in the sense that it was able to immediately change itself to appear as any type of clothing or garment. •Constituent Matter Generation: Ben was able to generate tentacle-like appendages from various parts of his body. •Constituent-Matter Manipulation: With symbiote, Ben was able to morph sections of his body, such as his hands or feet, into bladed weaponry such as spikes, blades, or axes. He could also detach this bladed weaponry if he chose to.
Weaknesses
Memory Loss: Currently, Ben suffered from loss of most of his formative memories that he inherited from Peter. This affected his mentality and moral compass, making him a more violent and almost heartless figure and obsessed with regaining his lost memories at all costs. Former Weaknesses Pill Dependency: Originally, Ben Reilly was most perfect & successful clone of Peter Parker that created by Jackal since he didn't suffered the cellular degradation like other clones. However, after being brought back to life through Miles Warren's new and experimental cloning procedure, Reilly's body suffered from cellular degradation, requiring him to ingest a pill he created daily in order to keep it at bay. Currently, this weakness no longer exists due to him being cured by Death, making him a perfect clone again. Mental Illness: Recently, Ben has been experiencing hallucinations of his "Scarlet Spider" and "Jackal" personas as a result of the trauma he suffered from Miles Warren's experiments. The Scarlet Spider persona encourages Ben to make moral decisions while the Jackal persona urges him to be more selfish and apathetic.
Equipment
Spider-Man's Suit Former Equipment Scarlet Spider's Suit
Weapons
Web-Shooters: Ben originally had web-shooters that were duplicates of Peter's. After his first encounter with Venom, Ben redesigned his web-shooters to use twisting wrist motions as opposed to Peter's double tap. He also added the following to his arsenal: •Impact Webbing: Web pellets that, upon impact (hence the name), release tendrils that ensnare the target. •Stingers: Metal darts with a paralytic element that is used to temporarily incapacitate foes. Former Weapons Scythe of Sorrows: Taken from Madelyne Pryor and given to Ben by Hallows' Eve, the Scythe of Sorrows marks its wielder as the ruler of Limbo and gives them demonic powers. •Demonic Transformation: Upon claiming the scythe, Ben transformed into a demon with horns, wings, and a muscular physique.
•Between his first appearance and the Clone Saga, modern science seemed to conclude that cloning wasn't possible. Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #8 and Spectacular Spider-Man #149 attempted to address this revelation by having the High Evolutionary determine the Jackal's clones of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy weren't clones at all, but individuals who were exposed to a recombinant-DNA virus that altered them into exact doubles. The Spider-Man Clone was therefore "really" a man named Anthony Serba, under the influence of the RNA virus. When the second Clone Saga brought back the clones (and medical science swung back to believing cloning was possible), Scarlet Spider Unlimited #1 just had the High Evolutionary admit he lied, and Ben Reilly was a clone, not Anthony Serba.
•Although most people had accepted that the "new" Spider-Man was the same person as the old one (the first time that Ben took up the mantle of Spider-Man), various heroes and villains learned the truth, including Black Cat, Silver Sable, Firestar, Sandman, Venom, the Human Torch, Daredevil, Mysterio, Cyclops, Storm, Angel, Iceman, and Wolverine.
•Ben claimed that he has found a cure for degradation cellular in the form of New U Pills. They apparently prevent the cloned bodies from breaking down as a consequence of a flaw in their cloning process, and need to be ingested daily since the effect of these pills isn't permanent. Ben himself suffered from the same cellular degeneration as the other clones recently resurrected by New U.
•Spider-Geddon seems to ignore the events of Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #24 and 25, as Kaine is alive and well and Ben seems to genuinely want to atone for his sins. As well, his absorption by Jennix is treated as his 28th death and not his 29th. His resurrection by the Superior Spider-Man did not appear to permanently corrupt him, and he even claims he has been returned to "factory settings."
•During his brief tenure as The Sensational Spider-Man, Ben dyed his hair blond, to lessen his resemblance to Peter Parker. Since his return in Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy, the hair has returned to being brunette. It was suggested by Peter that Ben has kept it this way so he could replace Peter should he not go along with his plans. After being contacted by the Beyond Corporation to become Spider-Man once more, Ben dyed his hair blond again.
•Ben, like all of Peter's clones, does not set off Peter's Spider-Sense and vice versa.[119]
•Venom was not hidden from Ben's Spider-Sense as the symbiote was never bonded to him; however, in Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #16, he claims that wasn't true.
•In the story "What If Spider-Man's Clone Had Lived?" from What If? #30, an alternate climax to Amazing Spider-Man #149 is presented, in which the clone knocks Peter out, thinking he is the clone, and is able to rescue Gwen Stacy's clone and Ned Leeds. He then locks Peter in a Cryo Tube and, after living Peter's life for a day, realizes that he is the clone. He wakes Peter up and informs him about the Kingpin challenging him. After the defeat of the Kingpin, Peter and his clone agree to live together and share duties as Spider-Man. Since, in this tale, he doesn't go in to exile, the clone is never referred to as Ben in this story.
•Ben, as Spider-Man, once met The Joker, a super-villain from New Earth.[120]
•In the Amalgam Universe, Ben (during his original time as Spider-Man) was combined with Superboy, creating Spider-Boy.[121]
•323 appearance(s) of Benjamin Reilly (Earth-616)
•10 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Benjamin Reilly (Earth-616)
•55 minor appearance(s) of Benjamin Reilly (Earth-616)
•82 mention(s) of Benjamin Reilly (Earth-616)
•7 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Benjamin Reilly (Earth-616)
•479 image(s) of Benjamin Reilly (Earth-616)
References
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Jun 9, 2023 · Having one of the most convoluted origins in the Marvel Universe, Ben Reilly is essentially a clone of the original Spider-Man, Peter Parker. Debuting during one of Marvel's most controversial stories of all time, Spider-Man's "Clone Saga" from the 90s is infamous for continually stretching its plot out with a seemingly unending narrative that lost more and more logic over time.
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Benjamin "Ben" Reilly (of Earth-616), also known as Scarlet Spider, Spider-Man, Spider-Carnage, the Jackal, and Chasm, is the Jackal's fourth of five successful clones of Peter Parker and the former King of Limbo. Ben Reilly was created by the Jackal, and was the first successful clone of Peter Parker; the first clone, Kaine, suffered from clone degeneration which made him unstable. Through ...
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Yeah, the original intent during the clone saga was to say Ben Reilly was the real, original Peter, while the Peter fans had been reading about for the last few years was the clone. Peter was intended to be replaced by Ben during that time, so as others said, they wrote Ben as better than Peter during that time.
Oct 10, 2020 · Ben and Peter would occasionally work together, combining Peter's years of experience with Ben's enthusiasm to take down some Spider-Man's most vicious foes. When their old enemy Miles Warren re-appeared, their combined efforts were able to stop him and his clone army, but at the price of learning that Peter was the clone and Ben was the original Peter Parker.
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