Ben Reilly

Ben Reilly
Artwork for the cover of Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider vol. 1, 1 (April, 2017 Marvel Comics). Art by Mark Bagley.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	As Peter Parker's Clone: The Amazing Spider-Man #149 (October 1975) As Ben Reilly: Spider-Man #51 (October 1994) As Scarlet Spider: Web of Spider-Man #118 (November 1994) As Spider-Man: Sensational Spider-Man #0 (January 1996) As the Jackal: The Clone Conspiracy #3 (December 2016)
Created by	Gerry Conway Ross Andru (based upon Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko)
In-story information
Alter ego	Benjamin "Ben" Reilly
Team affiliations	New Warriors
Notable aliases	Scarlet Spider, Spider-Man, Spider-Carnage, Peter Parker, Henry Jones, Jackal II
Abilities	Expert swordsman Master hand-to-hand combatant Superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina, durability and reflexes Genius-level intellect High pain tolerance Precognitive Spider-Sense Ability to cling to most surfaces and shoot impact webbing from devices

Benjamin "Ben" Reilly, also known as Scarlet Spider, Spider-Man, Spider-Carnage and Jackal II, is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by Marvel Comics. He is a clone and ally of the original Spider-Man (Peter Parker) and is prominent in the "Clone Saga" story arc. He first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #149 (October 1975).

Ben Reilly was first featured as Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man #149. The issue was later revisited in What If #30. The character returned to the comics during the "Clone Saga", which ran from October 1994 to December 1996 through all five of the concurrent Spider-Man titles — The Amazing Spider-Man, Web of Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Unlimited, and The Spectacular Spider-Man. Between November and December 1995, Scarlet Spider replaced Spider-Man in all five of the comics' titles, which became The Amazing Scarlet Spider, Web of Scarlet Spider, Scarlet Spider, Scarlet-Spider Unlimited, and The Spectacular Scarlet Spider. Reilly was also featured prominently in the supplemental material provided for the storyline, including Spider-Man: The Lost Years and Spider-Man: Clone Journals. The storyline was later revisited in What If vol. 2 #86. Reilly was passed the mantle of Spider-Man and was featured throughout the Spider-Man titles The Amazing Spider-Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Unlimited, and The Sensational Spider-Man, which replaced Web of Spider-Man as an ongoing monthly title. Reilly remained as the featured Spider-Man between January and December 1996. During this period, the character was also featured in two intercompany crossovers DC vs. Marvel with DC Comics and Backlash/Spider-Man with Image Comics.