I saw the list... and the only thing I have is Spider-Man Lost Years.

Peter Parker from 1986/1987 onward was a hard act to convince he was suffering a losing streak. He had a super model wife, good job as a photographer, was having a book published on his Spider-Man pictures, and nationwide recognition.

What did he have to whine about?? He looked pathetic if he was complaining about that lot in life.

JB wrote: Funny thing about "The Clone Saga". Many a time I have heard fans moan and wail about how awful it was, yet to this day I have really not been able to get a straight answer as to why.

The technical merit was certainly there, aside from that rough patch in the middle, but I hated the key twist (the Peter Parker I'd read about my entire life wasn't the real one) and the ending (return of Norman Osborn).  Not liking those lowers my opinion of the whole shebang pretty thoroughly. 

QUOTE: Do you think the end of this new mini will be different from the original one? Could they dare bring back Ben from the dead??? I'd love to have him back?? Whattasay Clone lovers?"

If this is supposed to be the original planned story, the ending should be different than what we got, but I don't believe it'll be affecting current continuity at all. 

I don't care if they bring Ben back or not, but I'd wonder what the point was.  His purpose was to bring back "single Spider-Man."  Marvel's already done that.  So how would Ben stand out? 

Thanks for the good word, man. I've been working on the book for a couple years now and it's pretty much done (except for some major editing) and will now feature interviews and commentary from about 20 creators/editors who worked on the books.

After getting a chance to speak to Howard (and Terry) back in February, I'm quite happy that he's getting a chance to work with Tom on the 'writer's cut' and can't wait to read it

QUOTE: I don't care if they bring Ben back or not, but I'd wonder what the point was.  His purpose was to bring back "single Spider-Man."  Marvel's already done that.  So how would Ben stand out?

I think it'd be hilarious if he came back and was married to Janine and had a baby girl and was maybe working as a scientist.

I think making Ben Reilly stand out and be interesting now is up to the writers. There are plenty of stories to tell about a man with great abilities who remembers much of a life that he didn't really experience and doubts whether he deserves a life at all.

Hell, even a Lost Years ongoing would be amazing.

I just have to chime in, and say that I too am psyched about this; so psyched in fact that I'm doing a series of interview with the principals involved in this new project; Tom, Howard, and Todd. The first part of the Tom DeFalco interview just went up:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41609

The interviews with Howard and Todd are coming soon as well.

And I also want to add that the interviews owe a lot to Andrew Goletz and Glenn Greenberg; the Life of Reilly was invaluable in doing research for them. Andrew or Glenn, if you're reading, e-mail me!

I was a big Ben Reiley as Spider-Man fan.  It was a great jumping on point when he dropped the Scarlet Spider outfit.  And I for one love the Spider-Man 2.0 costume.  It really annoyed me when they killed him instead of allowing a character to just go away.  But it is comics, they can bring him back with a wave of a pencil.