me: hmmmm am i still that interested in the spider-man ps4 game
me: [remembers that there's an original hoodie scarlet spider costume] yes
me: [remembers that there's an original hoodie scarlet spider costume] yes
justice for ben reilly
"the clone saga wasn't bad, it was just overly long" is probably one of my longest held comic hot takes
ben reilly also was a fundamentally top to bottom good addition to the spider-man universe, ESPECIALLY at the time of publication. pete was a huge sad sack, ben provided much needed character and thematic contrast as a relentlessly optimistic dude even in an existential crisis
also i'm like 99 percent certain Enter The Spider-Verse used the clone saga and ben reilly's personality as a big inspiration for its plot with the two peters