| Title | : | Scarlet Spider, Vol. 1: Life After Death |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0785163085 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780785163084 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 |
| Publication | : | First published August 22, 2012 |
Collecting: Scarlet Spider 1-6 & material from Marvel Point One.1
Scarlet Spider, Vol. 1: Life After Death Reviews
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After the events of
Spider-Man: Spider-Island, Kaine leaves New York to start a new life in Mexico. However, he only makes it as far as Houston before life throws complications in his way in the form of a shipping container full of dead illegal aliens, a fire-powered super villain, an assassin guild looking for revenge, a dirty nuke, and a living girl he found along with all the dead illegals who seems to have a psychic link with him. All in a day's work for your not-so-friendly neighborhood Scarlet Spider.
I'll bring everyone up to speed really fast: Kaine is a clone of Spider-Man who was a murderous super villain until the events of Spider-Island. He has most of the same powers plus a couple extras and a suit that lets him turn invisible. Everyone got that?
So I really liked this Scarlet Spider collection. It's both a tale of Kaine's second chance at life and a chance to tell Spider-Man tales that couldn't be told with Peter Parker. Kaine's got all of Spider-Man's powers but has been a criminal and killer in the past and he's struggling with the idea of being a hero but he's working on it. I like that his sense of humor is a lot more negative than Spider-Man's and he handles things with a heavier hand. Ever see Spider-Man crush a gunman's hands or use a pistol or katana on someone?
I have to admit that I wasn't expecting much from the supporting cast but I'm already digging them. There's Wally and Donald, the cop and doctor gay couple, Annabelle, the punky bartenders, and Aracely, the girl Kaine has made it his responsibility to protect. The villains are nothing to write home about but seeds are planted for future stories involving Kraven and the Assassin's guild led by Belladona, Gambit's ex-wife.
Not really anything bad to say about this one. I'll be picking up the next volume and, if rumors are true about Kane being Spider-Man soon, I'll be reading that too. -
Finally, I found the starter point of Kaine (well, apparently the starter point is in Spider-Island or somewhere & I might read it one day, but for now, I'm happy. it also had some tiny backstories too & it was enough for now)
ever since I've seen Scarlet spider in Ultimate Spider-man the animated series & liked his brooding attitude & seriousness, totally opposite of Peter (which made me laugh, even though his intention was not humour AT ALL) I wanted to know more about his history, which is dark & cruel.
& of course, Aracely, which I've seen in New Warriors (2014) & wanted to know how these two ended up together. (not as in 'ship' together, mind you. I understood here)
now all I have to do is find the starter point of Ben in modern comics! (funnily enough, I know his future, I just need the beginning of his story, even though I shortly (& vaguely) know.) -
{March 10th, 2015} MINI REVIEW
4.5 stars.
My younger brother was getting me to read this, and me being a fan of Spiderman and everything happily accepted. He got it from Universal Studios and plans to get more, stated he liked this version of Spiderman more.
The Scarlet Spider where to begin?
Well Kaine is a clone, a failed clone of Peter Parker aka Spiderman apparently. And this are his own adventures that land him far away from New York City but Houston, Texas. Of course, what's our anti-superhero without problems and villains out to get him? Kaine may act like a darker version of Spiderman but he does contain some traits akin to a superhero, hence my labeling of anti-superhero.
He's like the Batman Spiderman hybrid, and I look forward to reading more when I get the chance. -
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“With great power comes great responsibility.” The Spider-Man films turned that line into a cliché. Marvel’s new comic series, Scarlet Spider, gives a twist to the infamous line: “All the power, none of the responsibility.” It’s the best way to describe Kaine Parker and his alter ego, Scarlet Spider.
Scarlet Spider was first introduced in Spider Island as a flawed clone of Peter Parker, created by one of his enemies to kill Spider-Man. Parker fixed him, however, and now he’s been given a second chance. True to his tagline, Scarlet Spider feels little of Spider-Man’s responsibility. Yet, the Peter Parker is strong in him and, despite his attempts at pretending not to care, he soon becomes Houston’s very first superhero. This struggle between seeking for personal gain and helping those in need forms the core of Scarlet Spider and is intriguing to witness.
An interesting series with beautiful artwork, Scarlet Spider more than lives up to the expectations created in Marvel’s Point One. This captivating story combines all the good things of Spider-Man—breathtaking action, likeable characters, humor, and creative villains—with an intriguing, no-nonsense, morally ambiguous main character. I’ll definitely continue buying these issues, and I can very much recommend Scarlet Spider to all fans of Spider-Man. -
3.5. I almost went with a 4 star but there's some story elements lacking. Probably if I read all his history it would make more sense but yeah.
So what's Scarlet Spider? Well if you read Clone Sega from Spider-man back in the day you'd know. He's a very bad, evil, clone of Spider-man. But more than that, he was dying. So this is a story of him restarting his life basically, with the same memories, but trying something different.
But still, he thinks like a asshole not a superhero. This is what makes this volume so much more fun. The nonchalant way of Kain is just so refreshing. His blunt ways to people he saves makes an enjoyable read. The best comes with diffusing a bomb. When you read it I dare you not to laugh.
Overall very enjoyable and worth reading it. -
Far better than expected!
Kaine is an hell of a troubled Spider-Man and the Assassins Guild storyline was just great. -
"What if, now... now that I'm not dying... what if I could truly live?"
This trade collects an eight page introduction from Point One #1 and Scarlet Spider issues #1-6.
I haven't read much Spider-Man related comics in years, but I'm somewhat familiar with key happenings, intrigued by "Spider-clone" stuff (tracing back to enjoying Ben Reilly's introduction) and a fan of Yost. So I decided to give this new series starring the former assassin Kaine a shot.
Life After Death follows Kaine trying to flee the country and lay low along the beaches of Mexico, convinced the entire U.S. is after him for his past crimes. But along the way he stops in Houston, and his need for money and willingness to take it from other criminals causes him to stumble upon something worse than he imagined, a girl who needs help, and a city that needs a hero. Kaine isn't one, and knows it, but he might stay all the same. Or maybe not. Staying in one place too long is a poor choice for someone who's made the enemies Kaine has...
This was a lot more accessible and engrossing than I expected. Since Kaine is a man trying to come to grips with his past and decide on a future, glimpses of him thinking of his former life fit naturally into the story and Yost skillfully uses them to fill the reader in on Kaine's origin and the legacy he's trying to leave behind. Placing things in a city without other metahumans lets the story settle in at its own pace without having to rush Kaine's confrontation with established heroes. The supporting characters are interesting and add layers to both the story and Kaine's struggles with both himself and outside forces.
Overall the Scarlet Spider is an engaging character to anchor a series around and a very different type of protagonist than Peter Parker. Life After Death is a strong start and has me looking forward to more. -
(4/?) starting out my next re-read comic review with a message i send to my friends a lot: "if i had a nickel for every red and black coded, second son vigilante with daddy issues who is often regarded as the edgy one and had a shoddy redemption arc i'd have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice". it's kaine. i get a nickel for kaine.
i have a soft spot for pretty much every trope that's in this book, and i won't list them at the risk of sounding ridiculous, but it really is that good. who knew a story about an angry not-really-spider-man trying to flee to mexico who accidentally gets psychically linked to a teenage girl would be so heartwarming? -
The Clone Saga is not fondly remembered by all, but as a kid, for whatever the reason, I freaking loved Ben Reilly. For some strange reason, I didn't play Spider-Man, I played Scarlet Spider. I loved the weird anklets and the blue hoodie outfit, so, yeah.
In adulthood, just after the events of One More Day (ugh) I came up with an idea from a Scarlet Spider comic, about a reformed Kaine that takes the role of Ben Reilly in California as a sweet, bearded Scarlet Spider. I figured it would be a MAX book so Scarlet Spider could do all the things Spider-Man couldn't do.
Aside from that last detail and a change in location, this is pretty much that same book, and I couldn't be happier with it. Sure, I would be happier with more beard and hoodie, but that would be a lame thing to complain about. The art screams Spider-Man, Yost handles the writing duties well, and the amount of cursing at old ladies Kaine does is unreal. This is an easy recommend for anyone who was reading Spider-Man in the 90s. -
Chris Yost and Ryan Stegman work miracles with this first volume of Scarlet Spider.
Yost is a master of really getting into the heads of the character he's writing, and this is evident here as we learn lots about Kaine, how he thinks and his motivations. Yost crafts a formidable rogue's gallery in just six issues, as well as a fun supporting cast who all bring something special to the story. It's clear Yost is playing the long game, seeding lots of potential stories and posing some interesting questions. He also manages to use Kaine's backstory as part of the Clone Saga without becoming bogged down by it, which is no mean feat.
Stegman's art is superb throughout, popping.off the page and being extremely versatile. He captures everything with ease, and his depictions of Kaine truly highlight the difference between him and Peter Parker.
If you're looking for a darker side of Spider-Man, Scarlet Spider is your first port of call. This is an excellent book, with the potential to get even better. -
I collected the Spiderman comics back in the day that featured the Scarlet Spider. I really liked Ben Reilly. I think it was the hoodie and the fact that he was so alienated (I was 14 years old). I didn't care too much about Kaine, the other spiderman clone, but here we have Kaine reluctantly assuming the role of Scarlet Spider. Even though I haven't interacted with these characters in over 20 years, everything was easy to pick up and get into.
This is a fantastic comic book. Kaine trying not to give a fuck, setting the story in Houston, and the cool villains all mix together well to make a fun and exciting book. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series. Just wish he still wore that hoodie. Sorry, Kaine. -
Lo leí prestado en la edición española, pero lo tuve que devolver antes de terminármelo, así que como el tomo español tiene 9 capítulos y este 6 (justo lo que llegué a leer), marco la edición yanqui.
En cuanto al contenido en sí: entretenido, pero innecesario. No se jugaron ni a hacer un Kaine reacio y amoral ni a un verdadero héroe redimido.
Extraño a Ben Reilly, si puedo después reseño los tomitos de Forum que leí hace como 15 años. -
I loved the Spider Island event and that brought me to this book. It's a very good follow up and nice start for the series. I hope Kaine sticks around as a (anti-)hero for a long time.
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Bueno,obvio que empecé a leer esto solamente porque me encanta el traje.
Después de un tiempo muerto Kaine,clon fallido de Peter Parker,vuelve a la vida en el evento Isla Araña lo que nos lleva a su propia serie,dónde con un nuevo rostro no deformado decide escapar a Houston para comenzar una nueva vida,sin estar seguro si quiere escapar o la responsabilidad de ser un héroe lo llama.
La primer historia es simple,una introducción al personaje si no lo conoces bien y un inicio de su camino a ser un ¿anti-héroe? No estoy seguro de si lo es o es simplemente un villano redimido. Supongo que la chica mexicana tiene un revés más interesante pero me aburrió un poco. La segunda parte con el gremio de asesinos está bien,aunque la solución que se le ocurre a Kaine es bastante estúpida.
Lo de la bomba fué...meh? La cuarta parte debe haber sido lo más interesante,aunque nunca me queda claro qué pasa con Kraven en general ¿Está muerto o no?
Siempre me gustó Kaine (esto supongo que es gracias a que me niego a leer la saga del clon) quizá por el traje porque su personaje siempre va alrededor de lo mismo repetitivamente. Ser un personaje oscuro tratando de redimirse. Eso es casi todo lo que hay de Kaine. PERO me gusta por alguna razón,se me hace un personaje...cool? Me gusta que los villanos no están acostumbrados a este estilo de héroes y el énfasis que hacen en él rompiendo brazos,manos y demás huesos. Prefiero mucho más la segunda tanda de villanos que el primero,el combo entero los hace mucho más interesante.
Tampoco entiendo por qué se la pasa mostrando su cara a todo el mundo ni que el autor deje pasar que básicamente mató a un tipo manejando un auto,ni que todo el mundo hable maravillas de él cuándo le pegó una paliza a medio Houston mientras que a otros los crucifican por nada,mucho sin sentido.
Me gusta que la historia le de importancia a que el vive en Houston y juguen con esto,la cercanía a México y el hecho de que no hay tanto edificio cómo New York.
Aprecio mucho que un personaje de otro país no hable inglés cómo si fuese angloparlante y hable su propio idioma (aunque es un español un poco mal hecho) pero se banca el esfuerzo (bueno,hasta que lo hechan a perder)
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Szkoda, że nie można dawać połówek, bo przygody Kaine'a zasłużyły na mocne 4,5.
Jak to się mówi: "Umarł król, niech żyje król." Kaine Parker, klon powstały z DNA Petera Parkera miał być całkowitym fiaskiem. Okazało się jednak inaczej. Uratowany przez Spider-mena, ucieka przed przeszłością i samym sobą, kierując się w stronę granicy z Meksykiem. Ląduje w Houston. Napada na drobnych rzezimieszków i zdobywa upragnioną kasę. Jak to bywa, sprawy jednak się komplikują wraz z odkryciem zawartości pewnego kontenera...
Miasto nie miało do tej pory własnego super bohatera, więc pojawienie się takowego z miejsca uczyniło go medialną sensacją, co było mu wybitnie nie na rękę. Zwłaszcza, że chciał raczej siedzieć w cieniu i nie rzucać się za mocno w oczy. Scarlet Spider-Man jest nieco bardziej brutalny, ale nie spodziewałem się ukazania go jako kogoś innego, zwłaszcza z taką przeszłością. Dlatego wydaje mi się o niebo ciekawszą postacią niż świętoszkowaty oryginał.
Wewnętrzna walka z samym sobą i stawianie czoła demonom przeszłości. Gość rodem z wierzeń południowo-amerykańskich, władający ogniem. Liga zabójców. Córka Kravena Łowcy czy wreszcie bomba atomowa. Ten pajączek będzie miał w tym mieście całą masę roboty.
Dialogi są momentami dość ostre, a czasami nawet śmieszne. Za to duży plus. Kreska jest nieco podobna do tej z runu Slotta, ale to w końcu pajęczaki. Jakieś podobieństwo musi być. Graficznie bardzo mi się podobało. Za bohatera, który nie chce nim być trzymam mocno kciuki. I czekam na więcej zwłaszcza, że reszta postaci z uratowaną, tajemniczą brunetką, nieco otyłym lekarzem i zaprzyjaźniony z nim policjantem, to też postacie z krwi i kości, których losy nie są mi obojętne. Za to brawa. -
Wow, Christopher Yost and Ryan Stegman really do an amazing job of breathing life into a character. Kaine, the oft-maligned defective clone of Peter Parker, stars as the Scarlet Spider and nothing about the book should work but it does really well. Yost infuses the book with action, humor, and drama all while building a world in Houston, which in the Marvel Universe might as well be another planet. I loved that the book was non-stop action it could have still afforded to slow down a little to flesh out some of the new characters. The art by Stegman was really good and suited the book well. I love the costume but do slightly wish Kaine was still dressed as Kaine. Overall, an exciting addition to the Spider-verse.
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For all the interesting ideas about Kaine becoming a pseudo-Ben Reilly and exploring his own growing sense of morality (he's trying!!), this gets bogged down by an over-serious arc that has our Spidey going to Houston and playing the part of white savior. Why not let a Latinx or black character go and be the protector of a deeply diverse city like Houston? This was fine. It would be better if it just went all-in with the 90s BS and became Spider-Punisher or something. Instead, it's just an okay story. The best part of the trade is the head-scratching yet entertaining timeline of the clone saga in the back of the book.
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Wait, what? The Scarlet Spider? Who gave him a book?
So, I haven't read the Clone Saga or Spider-Island. I only know a little bit of the backstory. This provides a decent summary of who Kaine is as a person, but there's a distinct lack of explanation of his powers. Like, once, spikes come out of his arms. But only once. And half-way through his suit starts turning invisible. Why wasn't he doing that from the beginning?
This does a decent job of setting up the former villain, murderer, and assassin as an unlikely superhero. His motivations make sense and the character is consistent. I'm curious where this is going. -
I had no idea this Scarlet Spider existed. I always thought SS was just Ben, doing the exact same Spider-man thing but not in NYC. However this is "evil" clone Kaine doing morally dark grey things in Houston! If you love Spidey but wish he were a less goodie-two-shoes when it comes to dealing with murderous criminals, this is the Spidey for you!
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awesome
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Good volume.
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I know next to nothing about Kaine, Spider-Man's "evil" clone, but this was a fun book. It's colorful, it's action packed and I might benefit from NOT having knowledge of Kaine's full backstory.
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This is one of the best books I have ever read, no exaggeration, Scarlet Spider 🕷 will now go down as one of my favorite superheroes, even if he doesn’t like being called one!
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Didn't know anything about the character going into it. Definitely enjoyed the initial take on a different kind of neighborhood Spiderman.
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One of my new favorite characters and stories, as of late!
Kaine is such a tough guy, and an awesome Spiderman! I'm loving this costume, these stories, the humor to it all! Everything works so well, in this book!
Also, the art is nice for this tone of story.
Definitely want more of this character. Kaine ranks among the other greatest Spidermen (my favorites being Miguel O'Hara, the Spiderman Noir Peter, and the Marvel 1602 Peter). I'm so impressed, I don't have words for it lol. -
Spider-man is such a beloved Marvel character after so many years different character developments happen that it is difficult to see that character act in any different way. If Zach Snyder's Man of Steel movie is anything to go by people don't like change. There were some grumblings about the direction that Spider-men went through with Dan Slott's iteration of Spider-man. As the quote goes "you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain", which might have happened to Slott with his take on Spidey.
I loved the concept behind the Dan Slott's Superior Spider-man, it was ambitious and it was different, and it seems when you've covered a character for so long you want to be able to explore that character fully. And I think an obvious question would be what would Spider-man be like if he was more of an anti-hero and not the friendly neighborhood Spider-man that people know and love? obviously, that comic series was going to run into a couple of speed bumps, with the death of the old Spider-man we knew and loved. Marvel was going through a lot of character changes at the time the Superior Spider-man story-line came out, from changing old character arcs like Iceman from the X-men being gay, to Thor being a woman and so. Some of these changes worked and some of them didn't, it did allow of lot of changes in the Marvel comic book universe to happen some good, some bad and some just lazy.
Anyway I digress, we've seen Spider-man explored as an anti-hero one of my favorites was "The Spider Who Went Into The Cold", a what if storyline in which "Spider-Man is a killer. In 1987, Peter Parker followed Wolverine to Russia, who was on the trail of a friend working for the KGB. Realizing that the KGB would eventually kill his friend, Wolverine wanted to put her out of her misery. Peter tried to stop him but accidentally killed the friend instead. Haunted by his actions, Peter fled home into the waiting arms of Mary Jane.
But WHAT IF…Peter never went home?
WHAT IF…the Spider never came out of the cold?"
In Scarlet-Spider it is the same kind of concept, an anti-hero Spider-man that won’t be held back by the "responsibilities" of Spider-man. For the most part of this run worked, for the most part. The story spins out of the Spider-Island storyline, there is a new Scarlet Spiderman based in Houston, Texas, albeit a reluctant Spider-man who wasn’t looking to be a hero. That hero is Kane, going by the moniker Ben Reilly; Kane has a rich history and a strange connection with Spider-man in New York, Peter Parker, what with being a clone of Parker created by Jackal to kill Peter Parker. Kane was flawed by cloning process is left deformed and mentally unstable, The Jackal goes on to create a new, better clone which would become Ben Reilly, the clone that inspired Kane to take up the Ben Reilly mantle. Having been cured of his mutation, but not his spider-powers, he takes up the Scarlet Spider mantle. Kane started a trip around the USA to enter Mexico, earning money from both stopping robbers and committing robberies. Kane’s reluctance mirror that of our hero when he first became Spider-man by only wanting to look out for number one, something which never works out for our web-heads.
Scarlet-Spider starts out strong with interesting takes on what Spider-man would be like if he wasn’t afraid to cross the lines that Peter Parker’s Spider-man tries not to cross. The writing starts out well put together and interesting, as the series went on it became more obvious that there wasn’t much more than writer Christopher Yost could do with the character that was going to push him into an interesting direction. Kane is a great character, who interestingly meets the Superior Spider-man in his run, unfortunately, that encounter fell short of the greatness that it could have been which is an apt way to look at the Scarlet-Spider storyline. Peter Parker's Spider-man works because he endures hardship to do the right thing regardless of how it affects his personal life because as we've learned from Spider-man with great power comes great responsibility. -
Bastante buenos.
Los leí hace mucho, pero me encanta como profundizan mucho en el personaje de Kaine que es básicamente lo opuesto a nuestro Peter Parker.
Hablamos de un tipo bastante traumado, con emociones reprimidas, complejos internos y actitud violenta, en busca de su redención y su camino como héroe.
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what a lovely young man!
4.5 stars (read as single issues)
