Post by Craig Daniels on May 4, 2010 19:20:47 GMT -6
Benjamin Reilly
The Basics
- Real Name: Ben Reilly
- Alias / Codename: Scarlet Spider
- Gender: Male
- Age: 26
- Affiliation: Hero
- Canon / Original: Canon
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- Responsible
- Witty
- Strong willed
- Protective
- Aggressive
[/blockquote]Extraordinary Features
Powers & Abilities
- Superhuman Strength: Possesses the proportionate strength of a spider, granting him superhuman strength. He was capable of lifting 10 tons or more when under extreme duress.
- Superhuman Stamina: Able to exert himself at peak capacity for several hours before fatigue begins to impair his performance.
- Superhuman Durability: The composition of the Scarlet Spider's skeleton, inter-connected tissues, and nervous system had all been enhanced. His bodily tissues were somewhat more durable and resistant to impact or trauma than an ordinary human, although he was certainly not invulnerable
- Superhuman Agility: The Scarlet Spider was extraordinarily limber and his tendons and connective tissues were twice as elastic as the average human being's, despite their enhanced strength
- Spider-Senses: Possesses an extrasensory "danger" or "spider" sense which warned him of potential immediate danger by the manifestation of a tingling sensation in the back of his skull, and links with his superhuman kinesthetics, which enabled him to evade most any injuries, unless he cognitively overrode his automatic reflexes. (Note: He can sense the Venom Symbiote, but not Spider-man or other Clones)
- Superhuman Reflexes: Reflexes are faster than an average human by about a factor of 15. His practical reaction time was at least a dozen times that of a normal human
- Superhuman Equilibrium: Possesses the ability to achieve a state of perfect equilibrium in any position imaginable. He seemed able to adjust his position by instinct, which enabled him to balance himself on virtually any object, no matter how small or narrow.
- Wall-Crawling: The Scarlet Spider possessed the ability to mentally control the flux of inter-atomic attraction (electrostatic force) between molecular boundary layers
Equipment
- Modified Web-Shooters: Has web-shooters similar to Spider-man. However, unlike Spider-man’s, Ben’s shooters are not hidden in his costume, and are activated by a twist of the wrist.
- Impact Webbing: A type of webbing which will encase a foe in a cocoon of web after impact.
- Stingers: Diamond Shaped darts which are coated with a paralytic chemical agent for incapacitating opponents.
Weaknesses
- Ben could choose to ignore his spider-sense, and distraction or fatigue diminished its effectiveness.
- While Ben has superhuman durability, he can only take so much damage. He can still be hurt in ways comparable to an ordinary human.
Biography
- Current Residence: New York, New York
The Beginning
The clone of Peter Parker, who would later become Ben Reilly, was the 2nd successful clone created by The Jackal. The Jackal's first Spider-Man clone turned out deformed and was later dubbed " Kaine". The 1st successful clone was a clone of Gwen Stacy.
The Jackal kidnapped Spider-Man, when Spider-Man awoke in Shea Stadium, he found himself next to his clone and both are dressed in the Spider-Man costume. The two fought briefly before deciding to team up to save the Gwen clone. The Spider-Man clone seemed to have died while trying to save Gwen, and fearful of questions raising about a dead Peter Parker body, Spider-Man threw the "dead" clone into the smokestacks.
The Lost Years
The clone was in fact, not dead and climbed out of the smokestack. He named himself Ben Reilly (Ben after his uncle's first name, and Reilly after his aunt's maiden name) and left New York deeply depressed. Ben was hit by influenza and met Seward Trainer (who was being black mailed by the Green Goblin to keep on eye on him). Trainer helped Ben back up on his feet and find a job, all while Kaine was hunting Ben believing Ben to be the real Peter Parker and hates his "brother" for it.
Three years have passed and Reilly has been working in Salt Lake City as a research and teaching assistant, thanks largely to Trainer's references. Reilly met Janine Godbe who at first did not want to be involved with Reilly, but later reveals that her name is actually Elizabeth Tyne and she is a child abuse victim, killed her abusive father, changed her name and ran away to escape her crime. Reilly accepted her and even trusted her enough to reveal to Tyne that Reilly was actually a clone of Spider-Man, Tyne also accepted Reilly for who he is.
When Kaine killed a corrupt policewoman named Louise Kennedy, the Police believed that Reilly was the murderer because Kaine has the exact same fingerprints. Reilly and Tyne were on the run together for a year until Kaine forced her to leave Reilly, dropping a dead clone of her off a bridge to make Reilly think she had died.
Return to New York
Two years later, Reilly received news that Aunt May had a stroke and was currently ill, he returned to New York. While trying to visit Aunt May he ran into Peter Parker, who was not happy to see that his clone was still alive. The two exchange blows, but Spider-Man would later be captured by Judas Traveller. Reilly came to save Peter and the two teamed up to defeat Traveler.
Reilly eventually donned the Spider-Man mantle when he found a sweater with the spider symbol on it. Combined with that and an extra pair of spandex, Ben Reily went out and the newspapers began to dub him "The Scarlet Spider". Scarlet Spider fought various enemies during his time protecting New York from villains such as Venom, Carolyn Trainer (Lady Doctor Octopus) and Alistair Smythe.
The Real Deal?
When Seward Trainer revealed to the Parkers and Ben Reilly that Ben was in fact the original one, Peter became extremely depressed and moody. Peter would eventually ask Ben to take over as Spider-Man for New York while Peter and Mary Jane move to Portland to try and raise their baby in a normal life.
As Ben is now the only Spider-Man, he fights various villains, both new and old. He dons a new costume when guy named Joe Wade, who is infected with nanobots that are programmed to look like Scarlet Spider and destroy the real ones name. New costume looks more like the original costume but with bigger spider-symbol on it. In the Web of Carnage storyline, the Carnage symbiote escapes from Ravencroft in search of a stronger host. It eventually found and merged with Ben Reilly to become Spider-Carnage and he was forced to try and kill Peter Parker and other innocent people.
With the help of Dr. Ashley Kafka and John Jameson, they were able to remove the Carnage symbiote.
Ben became then involved with a girl named Jessica Carradine, who was the daughter of the burglar that killed Uncle Ben. When she discovered that Ben was Spider-Man, it became a problem because Jessica believed that Uncle Ben was the one with the gun (who accidentally shot himself in the stomach) and that Spider-Man had killed her father to keep the truth from surfacing. Jessica went as far as almost mailing a picture of Ben in the Spider-Man costume to the Daily Bugle. But she had a change of heart when she saw Spider-Man save many innocent lives.
It soon became clear that Ben's life was involved in a conspiracy when a skeleton of a Spider-Man clone was found in the same smokestack that he had once occupied, Seward Trainer disappeared, and Ben has his bank account frozen and his apartment's possessions stolen before finally the Grind (the place where he works) was burnt down and Ben was framed for arson. The Hobgoblin reveals that he is the man behind everything but it was later that the original Green Goblin, Norman Osborn, reveals that he is the true mastermind.
When Norman ,in his Green Goblin suit , was preparing to kill Peter with his glider ,Ben sacrificed himself .The glider implants in Ben's chest .Ben eventually dies . Right before he died, Ben tells Peter that, "clone or not, Peter is now Spider-Man and would have to carry on for Ben. When Ben died, his body decomposes rapidly, revealing Seward Trainer's hypothesis about clones to be true that when a clone dies, the body decomposes. Peter then says "Rest easy... brother". (Note: Canon history ends here)
Seeing Scarlet
Ben Reilly has recently reappeared in his Scarlet Spider costume, despite the fact that he is deceased. As to why he is now alive, that's a question for another day…
