Monday, July 16, 2012

Character Songs! (Connor) song selections by Co Writer Tim Ruppenthal

Connor Parker is a young man who has lived almost the opposite childhood of Ben. His family has always been there, loving and supportive. But whereas the Amazing Spider powers  have grown in strength through Ben's father and himself (even bringing him organic webbing and increased strenth) they  have dwindled through his bloodline, leaving Connor with maybe a quarter of the strength Peter is famous for.  This has lead to his parents refusing to let him become the hero hes meant to be! Spider-Man! He feels out of place in spite of his family's support. He wants nothing more then to be who destiny put him on the earth to be. 


A cheesy song selection maybe, but Connor is a cheesy guy (and a HUGE Disney fan) and this song best describes him 


Go the Distance


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SMpi0yefeI

Tim Ruppenthal

Character Songs! (Ben) selections by Co Writer Tim Ruppenthal

Ben Reilly Jr., our main character, is a young man living with many crimes that he has put on himself for causing. Despite his not being able to do anything to stop them from happening.  This is what has led to his overly serious demeanor both as a teenager and as the Scarlet Spider. We'll go more into his darker feelings as we progress through the story. But this song is one I feel really describes his torture of himself in the face of his tragic childhood and his feelings of inadequacy because of just who his father is. 

I will admit that the song is "Homestuck" styled. But Karkat and Ben are equal in their feelings about their past and the accomplishments that they succeed in. 

So here it is, Broadway Karkat: Knight of Blood.


Tim Ruppenthal

Monday, July 2, 2012

Scarlet Spider Issues 4 and 5 and News


GASP! What is THIS!? A DOUBLE FEATURE!? Is that even possible? It's at this point that I answer with a resounding YES! Along with this comes some news: The month of July will not have any new issues, but will have song commentary by myself and Mr. Ruppenthal that we feels best describes the main characters. This will happen occasionally as we introduce new characters to the main cast list. With that, enjoy our issues 4 and 5 double feature!
-Co-creator Richard Wilson III

                                       Scarlet Spider      
                      
                  Issue 4
    
Something New, With a Twist
                        
                  Part 4
               
              Birds of a Feather



By: Tim Ruppenthal and Richard Wilson III



New York Alleyway, 6:28 AM
(Ben looks on as the Vulture flies off with Connor)
Ben: “DAMMIT KID!”
(Ben runs into another alley, holding his ribs, and changes into the Scarlet Spider as quickly as possible, Ben climbs up the wall fast, too fast for his ribs to handle)
Ben: “Damn it! That’s the ribs; enhanced healing my ASS!”
(He reaches the top as Vulture is almost a speck in the sky. He swings as fast as possible trying to use the buzzing of the spider tracer to his advantage)

Above the New York Alleyway, 6:28 AM
Vulture: "Now it's MY turn to bring the heat!"
Connor: "’Bring the heat’!? I never said anything REMOTELY like that!"
(Connor throws his legs back while head butting the Vulture, who drops Connor)
Connor: "OH CRAP!!"
(Ben swings under Vulture catching Connor hard in his diaphragm)
Ben: “OW!”
(Connor falls on top of Ben, causing him more pain)
Ben: "AH!"
Connor: "Sorry, get me on top of that building so I can fight back!"
Ben: "Spin a damn web and get there yourself!"
Connor: "I CAN'T SPIN WEBS!"
Ben: "WHAT! What the hell happened to 'does whatever a spider can'!?"
Connor: "It… it died down after a few generations!"
(Ben flings Connor on the building and kicks Vulture in the wing)
Ben: “Died down... Oi vey…”
(to Vulture): "Are you seriously going to wear that TODAY? You should fly home and change your suit THIS INSTANT!"
Vulture: "Bite me!"
(Vulture sends out more 'feathers' and discharges electricity through them, electrocuting Ben in the process)
Ben: "GAH!"
(Internal) "My SECOND confrontation with my first super villain, and I'm LOSING!?"
Connor (to Ben): “Nice job SUPER HERO!”
Connor: "Lets see how us 'common folk' handle"
(Connor leaps into the air and uses Ben as a springboard to grab onto the Vulture and ram one of the electrified 'feathers' into his flight harness)
Vulture: "GAH! DAMN YOU!"
(Vulture shakes Connor off and begins to fly away, towards his warehouse hideout)

Adjoining Rooftop, 6:33 AM
Ben: "What the HELL was THAT!"
Connor: "What?"
Ben: "You used me as a freaking springboard AND he's not getting away AGAIN!"
Connor: "You need me for this"
Ben: "I don't need anyone"
Connor: "The way you're holding your side says differently, and you don't have much of a choice in the matter"
Ben: "Fine, but if you get killed, it's all on you"
(Bens side cracks as he swings up)
“OOOW!”
Connor: "Try using your webbing as a bandage"
Ben: "I know, I've done this before!"
(Ben grabs a piece of wooden debris and makes a splint for his side)
Connor: "Are you sure that's going to work?"
Ben: “YES IT’S GOING TO WORK!”
Connor: “Well okay, if you're sure....Ben right?”
Ben: "This will not become a regular habit, I swear"
Connor: "We need to hurry up here"
(Ben finishes hastily, leaving it unsecured and pulls the suit over the splint)
Ben: “Let's go kid!”
(Both begin to make their way towards the Vulture’s hideout, Ben swinging, Connor leaping across the rooftops)

To Be Continued…


              Scarlet Spider
                       
                   Issue 5
      
Something New, with a Twist
                       
                   Part 5
          
         Two Spiders, Same Web


By: Tim Ruppenthal and Richard Wilson III


Pier 32, 6:42 AM
(Ben and Connor swing and leap towards a seemingly abandoned warehouse on the Hudson River pier)
Ben: "That's where the signal's coming from"
Connor: "An abandoned warehouse? Figures"
Ben: (absentmindedly) “I swear it's always an abandoned something... My dad wasn't kidding with those bed time stories”
Connor: "How about we forget about those old ghost stories and get him already? I'll go in from the top and--"
Ben: "If anything I'd go in from the top, but I'm not letting you go in there"
Connor: "Stop me!"
(With that, Connor leaps into the air and lands onto the warehouse roof)
Ben: "That kids gonna get me killed someday." (And leaps down to the ground entrances)

Warehouse 32D, 6:43 AM
Vulture (from indoors): "That damned kid! Damaged my flight stabilizer, and the wings are useless without it! However--"
(Suddenly Doc Ock's tentacles break through the floorboards and wrap around Ben)
Ben: “GAH! Miss me!?”
Vulture: "No, on the contrary, I would have liked it better if you left me alone"
Ben: "Ok, I give up, why is it so important that you shack up here?"
Vulture: "This is all I have left what you damned superheroes did!"
Ben: “Oh you mean protecting people and crazy things like that?”
Vulture: "I mean increase the need for cops to do increased background checks before they go on the job! Stark Solutions made a device to search familial relation into the past several generations!"
Ben: “Okay, and what the hell does that have to do with anything?”
Vulture: "My great grandfather was Adrian Toomes, the FIRST Vulture! Because of the new emphasis on genetics, they thought I could potentially become a criminal!"
Ben: “So you became a villain just to prove them wrong huh? That's some crazy sitcom shit right there… Next you’re going to tell me you’re my evil half brother”
Vulture: "I became a villain because they fired me, froze my assets and wrongly imprisoned me thanks to my genetic makeup! I didn't even KNOW he was a villain until they TOLD me!"
Ben: “Well regardless, you were a naughty birdie and now you've got to go back in the cage”
Vulture: "You're not in any position to make that decision"
Connor: "But I am!"
(Connor leaps down from the rafters and kicks Vulture in the chest)
Vulture: "GAH, you DARE?"
Connor: "I dare"
Ben: (sees the pumpkin bombs blinking) “Hey, uh, ‘Spider-Boy’....  Should those things be blinking?”
Connor: "What things?"
(The pumpkin bombs explode and destroys the remote for the arms, causing them to drop Ben and flail uncontrollably, hitting him in the head)
Ben: "GAH!"
Connor: “OH CRAP!”
(Vulture deploys Shocker's gauntlets, sending Ben into the flames and hitting a safe, sending it into the wall and breaking the seal, disturbing the contents inside)
Vulture: "Did you know what this place was!? It’s a police storage center for super villain weaponry! Everything from the Green Goblin's glider to the Jackal's cloning equipment!"
Connor: “Wow… A real Super villains R’ Us!”
Ben: (starting to hyperventilate) “Cloning? What is this 1995?”
(More explosions send a beam down from the rafters knocking the Vulture unconscious)
(Ben falls to the ground holding his head
Connor: “Ben!? Come on we gotta get out of here!”
Ben: "Get Vulture! I'll get out soon!"
(Behind Ben Jackals equipment overloads and explodes, sending Ben across the warehouse
Ben: "GAH!"
(internal): "I finally fill-out the body suit and this is what happens? Maybe I should retire…"
(Ben gets up and webs out of the warehouse, just as the roof collapses)
Ben: (internal) “Nah, I have a job to do…”

Adjoining Building, 7:10 AM
Connor: “What the hell took you so long?!”
Ben: "I was facing my fear of large explosions"
Connor: “Fear of large explosions huh? You picked a hell of a time to do that”
Ben: "Shut up, we need to get to school"
(Ben is weak in the knees and almost falls)
(Internal): “OH NO, I will not pass out, I will not pass out, I will not pass out...”




Midtown High School, 7:50 AM
(Ben swings onto the rooftop of Midtown High School and painfully changes into his civies)
Ben (internal): "Figures that people see a fire and panic… Broke up three robberies on the way here… Running late…”
(As Ben walks through the door he sees Wilson strutting down the hallway)
Wilson: "BEN! It's about time you got here!
(To same kid from the day before) Pay up!"
Ben: (No passing out, No passing out...) “You bet on me, AGAIN?”
Wilson: "What? You're easy to place a bet on"
Ben: “Sigh, you're lucky I like you…
(Walks to his locker) Did anyone notice me?”
Wilson: "Of course people noticed you; You came in late, missed homeroom and you smell like a fireplace... Not to mention you're speaking with the most attractive male this side of the hallway"
Ben: (noticing an attractive blonde cheerleader in her uniform walking late as well) (internal): “Will not pass out will not- Wait is there a game today? Shit! Not passing out…) “I, um, ran into some trouble with an old friend”
Wilson: "I see... Well tell him to lay off the explosive gel then"
Connor: "Ben!"
Ben: "Ugh, what?"
Connor: "We gotta talk"
Ben: "Later!"
(internal): "Not gonna pass out, not gonna pass--- Aw fu--*"
(Ben collapses to the floor as the cheerleader opens the door and hits him in the head)
Connor: "BEN!"
Wilson: "What the hell?"
Cheerleader: "Oh shit, when he wakes up could you give him my number?"




To be Continued…



Police Storage Warehouse 32D, 7:51 AM
(The safe that was damaged in the ensuing fight fell through the damaged support structure into the beach below. A cloaked man approaches the safe, rips off the door and takes the vials labeled S-01, S-02 and FS-102, upsetting and damaging vial WB/FM/SM SEED GRAIN sending it into the sand below… The sand begins to shift and shake and explode into the recognizable shape of a man…)

UP Next: THE SANDMAN COMETH!