Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider #8
| Writer | Peter David |
| Artist | Will Sliney |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
When a mysterious new Hornet armor appears in Vegas, THE SLINGERS roll into town to try and track it down!
But whoever's pulling the Hornet's strings would like to remain anonymous, triggering an all-out war...and Ben's caught in the middle!
Rated T+
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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7.2
IGN - Blair Marnell
Sep 28, 2017This is what it looks like when an event storyline completely upends a loosely affiliated series that just happens to share the same universe with it. Read Full Review
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7.0
Superior Spider-Talk - Russ McDonald
Oct 04, 2017Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider #8 begins a new era for the book. This issue is not overly consequential, but it is fun to see the book bring back some somewhat obscure nineties characters. Read Full Review
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7.0
Razorfine - Alan Rapp
Oct 06, 2017For now it looks like Ben's path is clear. Thankfully this should be a less jack-ass version of the character and (hopefully) one who is serious about his potential redemption. As for how long this new outlook will last, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Worth a look. Read Full Review
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4.5
AIPT - Nick Nafpliotis
Sep 27, 2017A disjointed plot and a less interesting Ben Reilly continue to drop this book from the brilliance of its opening story arc. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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7.0
Art doesn't have the same personality as Bagley's work and story is decent but not great
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7.0
Peter David pulls the trigger and jumps his setting into the post-Secret-Empire "ruined Vegas" status quo. Coming along for the ride are some old faces in the form of the Slingers - wasn't some of them supposed to be dead? Well, we did just get a Significant Visit from Death herself last month ... This issue delivers a nicely-sized piece of plot development and some decent characterization. After several issues of sterling performance, Will Sliney's art backslides a little. Poses get stiff and everything is looking sterile again. Tipping a few skyscrapers over in the computer-generated backgrounds does a poor job of suggesting that this is a post-apocalyptic Vegas.
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