Ben Reilly has been shaken to the core, and you will be too.īeyond Board: KELLY THOMPSON, SALADIN AHMED, CODY ZIGLAR, PATRICK GLEASON & ZEB WELLS It's not clear if that shaking will be due to the battle with Doctor Octopus or one of the other twelve core-shaking events that Marvel solicits every week, but the point is he'll be shaken.ĪMAZING SPIDER-MAN #86 by writer Zeb Wells and artist Michael Dowling will deal with the aftermath of the fight and will be a comic that fans will remember for years to come.
So the current Spider-Man, who was once a former Spider-Man, will take on another former Spider-Man, who is banging the aunt of a completely different former Spider-Man? And who says comics aren't accessible?īut the following week, Marvel claims that Ben Reilly has been shaken to his core. And he is going to lose BIG.īeyond Board: PATRICK GLEASON, SALADIN AHMED, ZEB WELLS, KELLY THOMPSON & CODY ZIGLAR But, in the Merry Marvel fashion (and as with all respectable Spider-Stories), even if Spider-Man wins, he is going to lose. It's going to take everything for Ben Reilly-and the company that backs him-to stop Otto Octavius. It begins in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #85 by writer Cody Ziglar and artist Paco Medina. Equipped with gadgets and tech from the Beyond Corporation, Reilly has everything it takes to be the superior Spider-Man, but he'll finally meet his match in a devastating battle against one of the Spider-Man's most feared enemies-Doctor Octopus! Peter Parker may be out of commission, but luckily Ben Reilly is more than capable of taking his place. From a Marvel press release talking about January's Amazing Spider-Man #85:
Anyway, could Marvel already be looking to shockingly undo the shocking change to the status quo they only shockingly introduced last week?! Well, the latest round of solicitations for Amazing Spider-Man comics shipping in January at least hints at it.