Don’t Call It A Comeback! The Scarlett Spider Returns!

Some will be pleased with this news.  Others will be outraged.  All that matters for Marvel is that there be fan reaction.  Marvel released the image below some months ago teasing a possible return of the Scarlett Spider. Then it was announced that there would be a storyline called Spider-Island taking place across the Spider-Man family of titles and other Marvel books.  In Spider-Island everyone in New York City gains the powers of Spider-Man.  It is revealed that it is the Jackal who is behind the scheme.  The Jackal was also the main villain during the Clone Saga which introduced the Scarlett Spider and his alter ego Ben Reilly.

Then there was the image from Point One, which is being used to forecast things to look forward to in the upcoming year in Marvel comics.

At the New York Comic-Con, it has been all but confirmed that the Scarlett Spider will in fact be returning to the Marvel universe.  But is Ben Reilly the man behind the mask and hoodie?  Or is it someone else entirely?

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