After months of waiting, after weeks of confirmation... It has ARRIVED! Featuring Ben Reilly Jr., the son of the original Scarlet Spider, and the origins of his adventures, we give you SCARLET SPIDER ISSUE 0!
-Co-creator Richard Wilson III
Spider-Man and ALL related characters are owned by Marvel Comics and Stan Lee respectively
Scarlet Spider
Issue 0
Origins
By: Tim Ruppenthal and Richard Wilson III
FOR THE BACKSTORY OF BEN REILLY SR., THE ORIGINAL SCARLET SPIDER, USE THESE LINKS!
NOTE: THE BACKSTORY DIVERGES WHERE THE CHARACTER ORIGINALLY DIED IN THE OFFICIAL COMIC CONTINUITY. BEING A WORK OF FANFICTION, COMIC CONTINUITY AND CANON IS FLEXIBLE, AND CAN BE WORKED THIS WAY… ENJOY!
Spider-Man and ALL related characters are owned by Marvel Comics and Stan Lee respectively
All original characters were created for the purposes of fan fiction. This is in NO WAY connected to Marvel Comics or the ongoing Scarlet Spider title produced by Marvel.
JUNE 19, 2013
(Two parents hold and admire their newborn son)
Anna: “Aw Ben, he’s beautiful”
Ben Sr.: “More than me? But that’s impossible!”
Ben Sr.: “More than me? But that’s impossible!”
Anna: “Nothing’s impossible smartass”
Ben Sr.: “True, but I digress… What are we going to name him?”
Anna: “Funny that you mention it, because I was thinking we could name him ‘Ben’, for the crazy guy that made him possible”
Ben Sr.: “Very well then, Benjamin Reilly Jr. it is…”
Anna: “Funny that you mention it, because I was thinking we could name him ‘Ben’, for the crazy guy that made him possible”
Ben Sr.: “Very well then, Benjamin Reilly Jr. it is…”
FIVE YEARS LATER
[Ben is 5 years old]
(Ben, Little Ben, and Anna all walk away from the local baseball stadium)
Little Ben: “It sucks that they lost”
Anna: “Don’t say ‘sucks’, but you had fun though right?”
Little Ben: “Yeah”
Ben Sr.: “Cheer up little buddy, they’ll win next year. Wanna go and get some ice cream?”
Little Ben: “Sure!”
(Ben Sr. and Little Ben both sense danger nearby)
Little Ben: "Daddy..."
Ben Sr.: "I feel it too little buddy... Honey, I gotta run"
Anna: "Go, and be careful"
Ben Sr.: "Aren't I always?"
Little Ben: "Go get him Daddy!"
Ben Sr.: "Will do, champ. Keep Mommy safe till I get back, ok?
Little Ben: "Ok"
Anna: “Don’t say ‘sucks’, but you had fun though right?”
Little Ben: “Yeah”
Ben Sr.: “Cheer up little buddy, they’ll win next year. Wanna go and get some ice cream?”
Little Ben: “Sure!”
(Ben Sr. and Little Ben both sense danger nearby)
Little Ben: "Daddy..."
Ben Sr.: "I feel it too little buddy... Honey, I gotta run"
Anna: "Go, and be careful"
Ben Sr.: "Aren't I always?"
Little Ben: "Go get him Daddy!"
Ben Sr.: "Will do, champ. Keep Mommy safe till I get back, ok?
Little Ben: "Ok"
(As he swings away)
Little Ben: “Mommy...Daddy’s gonna be okay, right?”
Anna: "Of course dear, Daddy's going to be fine"
(Looks away, worried)
Anna (to herself): "He'll be fine..."
(Looks away, worried)
Anna (to herself): "He'll be fine..."
A few hours later
(Ben Jr. running through the streets turning erratically)
Ben Jr: “Mommy, mommy! It’s this way!”
[Spider Sense flares again]
Noooooooo it’s that way!
(Ben runs towards the alley chased by his mother)
Anna: “Benjy no!”
(They reach the end of the alley where they see a building engulfed in flames, with SCARLET SPIDER fighting a CLOAKED FIGURE)
Little Ben: "Mommy, I see him!"
Anna: "Oh, dear Lord in Heaven..."
Little Ben: "Daddy's going to be alright, he ALWAYS beats the bad guys!"
Anna: "Always..."
(EXPLOSION from where Scarlet Spider was fighting the Cloaked Figure)
Anna: "BEN!"
Little Ben (in a small voice): "Daddy...?"
(The Scarlet Spider's hoodie [now with a cut running from the right shoulder across the Spider Symbol] flutters from where he was prior to the explosion, and lands within young Ben Reilly Jr.'s hands)
Anna (small voice, in denial): "No... NO!"
Little Ben: "Dad? DAD!"
(Pull away to see a Mother and Son, crying into the damaged, tattered hoodie, that remains of their beloved husband and father)
Little Ben: "Mommy, I see him!"
Anna: "Oh, dear Lord in Heaven..."
Little Ben: "Daddy's going to be alright, he ALWAYS beats the bad guys!"
Anna: "Always..."
(EXPLOSION from where Scarlet Spider was fighting the Cloaked Figure)
Anna: "BEN!"
Little Ben (in a small voice): "Daddy...?"
(The Scarlet Spider's hoodie [now with a cut running from the right shoulder across the Spider Symbol] flutters from where he was prior to the explosion, and lands within young Ben Reilly Jr.'s hands)
Anna (small voice, in denial): "No... NO!"
Little Ben: "Dad? DAD!"
(Pull away to see a Mother and Son, crying into the damaged, tattered hoodie, that remains of their beloved husband and father)
FOUR YEARS LATER
[Ben is 9 years old]
(It is the Anniversary of Ben Sr.'s death and Ben is crying in his room holding the hoodie)
Anna: "Benjy, honey, I know what day it is, and I KNOW your upset, but you need to go to school"
Ben Jr.: "I know, but I MISS him."
Anna: "I miss him too, but I want you to remember something."
Ben Jr.: "What?"
Anna: "Your father and I had a mantra, or a saying: To live your life without regrets, and that you can't let your decisions control how you live your life. That means that your father never regretted any of the heroic deeds he did, like how I would never regret being your mother. Even though he's not here physically, he is a part of us, and can never be taken away, no matter what happens, ok?"
Ben Jr.: "Ok, mommy... Does that mean I still have to go to school?"
Anna: <Playful Sigh> "Yes, honey it does."
Ben Jr.: "I know, but I MISS him."
Anna: "I miss him too, but I want you to remember something."
Ben Jr.: "What?"
Anna: "Your father and I had a mantra, or a saying: To live your life without regrets, and that you can't let your decisions control how you live your life. That means that your father never regretted any of the heroic deeds he did, like how I would never regret being your mother. Even though he's not here physically, he is a part of us, and can never be taken away, no matter what happens, ok?"
Ben Jr.: "Ok, mommy... Does that mean I still have to go to school?"
Anna: <Playful Sigh> "Yes, honey it does."
Ben: Okay...
(As she leaves the room we see Ben pull the hoodie on looking in the mirror as it falls down to his knees)
Ben: “’No regrets’… I’m gonna make you proud dad… Someday…”
(Ben, on his way to school, sees his mother's EMT Ambulance fly by and decides to run after it instead of going to school. He runs into an alley and climbs up the building ferociously trying to keep up with the ambulance. He sees a fire from a nearby tenement building and see's the ambulance in front of it. He pushes his way to the front of the gathered crowd and sees a CLOAKED MAN in the crowd across the way, when another EXPLOSION collapses the front of the building, and Anna Reilly stumbles out clutching a baby and collapses. Ben runs from the crowd to his mother)
Anna: "Ben...?"
Ben Jr.: "Mom, I'm here!"
Anna: "Remember: No regrets..."
Ben Jr.: "Mom? MOM!"
(Ben begins crying and clutching his mother's body as the other EMTs attempt to take him away to bag Anna's body. Ben looks up to see the Cloaked Man has vanished)
Anna: "Ben...?"
Ben Jr.: "Mom, I'm here!"
Anna: "Remember: No regrets..."
Ben Jr.: "Mom? MOM!"
(Ben begins crying and clutching his mother's body as the other EMTs attempt to take him away to bag Anna's body. Ben looks up to see the Cloaked Man has vanished)
FIVE YEARS LATER
[Ben is 14 years old]
(Ben Reilly Jr. is seen running out of a corner supermarket holding a bag)
Store owner: GET THAT KID!
Ben: Crap, crap, crap, crap, CRAP!
(Runs into a cop)
Ben: "OW!"
Cop: "Watch where you’re going!"
Store Owner (running towards them): "That kid didn't pay for his stuff!"
Ben: "SHIT!"
Ben: "OW!"
Cop: "Watch where you’re going!"
Store Owner (running towards them): "That kid didn't pay for his stuff!"
Ben: "SHIT!"
(Ben runs into the alley)
Cop: "STOP!"
(Store Owner and Cop enter the dead end alley to find it empty and give up, while Ben looks down from the roof above)
Cop: "STOP!"
(Store Owner and Cop enter the dead end alley to find it empty and give up, while Ben looks down from the roof above)
Ben: “Man, you gotta love that spider agility, but I GOTTA do something about the webs, they're too gooey to be useful... Maybe in a few years or so."
SEVERAL MONTHS LATER
Ben (swinging from a webline): "YAHOO!"
(Jumps from the webline mid arc and flips to the ground)
Damn I’m good!
(Sees kid being mugged on the corner)
Ben: "I see two idiots hitting on a guy that looks like he stepped out of a James Bond movie... So, I'm guessing that you two want to be the next Bond Girls, right?"
(Ben dodges their punches and knocks them onto the pavement, causing them to turn tale and run away)
Ben: "Schmucks..."
Guy: "Thanks, but you know I could have kicked their asses myself..."
Ben: "You could have, but then I wouldn't get to be a hero."
Guy: "Too true... The name'sWilson by the way."
Ben: "I'm Ben."
Wilson
Ben: "Pizza with a guy you barely know? You do this often?"
Wilson
Ben: "What kind of girls are we talking about?"
Ben: "I see two idiots hitting on a guy that looks like he stepped out of a James Bond movie... So, I'm guessing that you two want to be the next Bond Girls, right?"
(Ben dodges their punches and knocks them onto the pavement, causing them to turn tale and run away)
Ben: "Schmucks..."
Guy: "Thanks, but you know I could have kicked their asses myself..."
Ben: "You could have, but then I wouldn't get to be a hero."
Guy: "Too true... The name's
Ben: "I'm Ben."
Ben: "Pizza with a guy you barely know? You do this often?"
Ben: "What kind of girls are we talking about?"
(Both Ben and Wilson walk off into the city night as friends)
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