Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #5 COVER by Bagley, 2017 -- Scarlet Spider vs Scarlet Spider!

Bagley Week, Day Six! (Geez, is this guy ever gonna stop?)

Tonight I am posting both the cover and page 1 splash to Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #5.

I loved having Ben Reilly come back into the Marvel Universe, especially having everyone thinking he was the Jackal during the whole "Dead No More: Clone Conspiracy" saga. Having him return as a mentally imbalanced anti-hero was a brilliant move that surprised everyone.

Then after he was unmasked and defeated, he moved to Las Vegas to re-don his hoodie sweatshirt and have more adventures there as the Scarlet Spider. But he was not free and clear by any means. Kaine, the other Scarlet Spider (and other clone of Peter Parker) followed him there, and being unconvinced that Ben was anything but a dangerous psychopath, proceeded to battle him at every turn.

They kind of took turns getting the upper hand. On this cover image, Ben is the temporary victor, raising Kaine triumphantly over his head. Love the perspective of the buildings rising up behind them.