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starwolf_oakley (starwolf_oakley) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-05 00:06:00

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char: mysterio/quentin beck, char: scarlet spider/ben reilly, creator: mark bagley, creator: tom defalco

Clone Saga: Revamped Mysterio look
The new Ultimate Mysterio looks a lot like an older Mysterio, namely the one that appeared in Media Blizzard, one of the few "Ben Reilly as Spider-Man" stories that didn't involve Peter Parker.

From AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #408.

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	icon_uk 2009-09-05 11:36 am UTC (link)
	So, apart from the orange flames being replaced by greenish smoke he essentially nicked Dormammu's look? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	khamelea 2009-09-06 02:40 am UTC (link)
	Crossdimensional intellectual property regulations are pretty loose. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sir_mikael 2009-09-06 02:47 am UTC (link)
	But with BELTS! (Reply to this) (Parent)

thatnickguy
2009-09-05 02:58 pm UTC (link)

I mention this over on the ol' NoScans, but you know what I'd love to see?

A series of super-thick trades ala the four-volume Age of Apocalypse, going through the whole Clone Saga. It'd be a LONG series of volumes, but I'd love to see it.

I'm both ashamed and proud to say that I owned MOST of the Clone Saga, myself. And at the time, I actually enjoyed it. I managed to hold on for a few years of it, up until they did the arc with Gaunt and such.

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starwolf_oakley
2009-09-06 02:40 am UTC (link)

Most of the Clone Saga isn't really that bad, the Powers That Be just kept "baiting and switching" us over which was the "real" Peter Parker. And when it turned out Ben was the "real deal" the fans went apeshit.

And it went on to such a degree, they decided to bring Norman Osborn back to make him the big mastermind. I like Dark Reign, but I've never been crazy (pun intended) about Norman still being alive as a warped hybrid of Lex Luthor (billionaire with political influence) and the Joker (crazy murderer).

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Also...

thatnickguy
2009-09-05 03:00 pm UTC (link)

From the Life of Reilly regarding Mysterio:
http://lifeofreillyarchives.blogspot.com/

"As I recall, the idea for "Media Blizzard" originated with Dan Jurgens, who wanted to do a story where Mysterio takes his illusion-casting powers to the next logical level, and revisits his origins in show business. Tom DeFalco and Howard Mackie tried to help bring the story to fruition, but I think "Media Blizzard" was one of those instances where just one writer should have handled all the chapters. I can't imagine that the finished product turned out the way Dan had originally envisioned it. But to be fair to Tom D. and Howard, they were basically telling the rest of someone else's story. I know from experience that trying to write a story that originated with another writer is not always an easy thing to do. Unfortunately, the Spider-Man titles were still tightly connected at that time, with each of the writers telling one chapter of a bigger story arc, so no one really got to tell their own stories from beginning to end. No one liked the situation, but it was an undeniable fact that linking the books in this way helped their sales - especially SPECTACULAR, which was the weakest-selling title in the group. So the cross-continuity remained in place. Dan, of course, was no stranger to this type of scenario, having successfully worked this way for many years on the Superman books at DC. But having never collaborated with Tom and Howard before, there was undoubtedly going to be some rough spots at first."

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psychop_rex
2009-09-06 05:37 am UTC (link)

Meh - it's all right, but I think I prefer the 'bubble-head' look. It's more distinctive, and less inexplicable. (I mean, does he not find it difficult to BREATHE while wearing this costume? His head's surrounded by glowing smoke!)
Also, is there any chance of posting some stuff with Armada in it? I'd like to read some more of that guy - he's one of the Spider-villains that just kinda vanished.

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