Here it is. Finally. The beginning of the end, for both Ben Reilly as we knew him, and of this show. It’s been nearly 10 years, with unforeseen twists and turns, but it’s finally here. I’ll share more thoughts on a lengthy post later, but for now, enjoy the first three parts of Revelations, with Josh, Don, Gerard, Greg, and Zach. Issues Covered in this Episode include:Spectacular Spider-Man 240Sensational Spider-Man 11Amazing Spider-Man 417
Zach, Donovan, Greg and Gerard all are back to talk about the final 90’s issues of the main titles before the REVELATIONS Storyline. They cover the following issues: Spider-Man 73-74, Amazing Spider-Man 417, Daredevil 458. With this episode, every issue from the Ben Reilly Epic Books 1-5 is covered. Highlights include Judas Traveller’s final ‘revelations’, Scirer is revealed, Delilah is Bae (For Gerard, at least), and much much more. After the next few episodes, we will begin wrapping everything up with CSC.
Zach and Gerard tackle the Grim Hunt Story. They discuss the stories that came before it, Kraven’s Last Hunt and Soul of the Hunter before the main event of The Grim Hunt. They explain the role that Kaine plays in the story and how it did or didn’t work. Check out this comprehensive coverage!
Zach, Don, Josh, Gerard, and Greg all team up to tackle 3 issues: 9-10 of Sensational Spider-Man and issue 14 of Spider-Man: Unlimited In this episode, the gang wraps up their coverage of Ben Reilly Epic Book 5, and launching their coverage into Ben Reilly Epic Book 6. They also take a voicemail… that gets cut off.With this episode, we wrap up Sensational, joining Spectacular being done until Revelations. Naturally.NEXT TIME: Kraven’s Last Hunt, The Grim Hunt, and Soul of the Hunter…. An Analysis.
One of the reasons that Blood Brothers (Covered in Episode 50) wasn’t the end of the Clone Saga was because of the crossover that is covered in this episode. Bob Harras’ big X-Men story was morphed into a line-wide scaled event, that gave us that wonderful relaunch of Heroes Reborn. You know, where the Image guys were tasked with relaunching the Avengers and Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America. Things that would be unheard of today. Nevertheless, we see the final issue of Mark Bagley, More John Romita Jr, the Debut of Mike Wieringo, and Ron Garney makes…
This episode… Zach, Josh, Don, Gerard and Greg tackle the controversial storyline that run through the Amazing Spider-Man title from October of 2016 through March 2017. The issues that are covered are as Follows: Clone Conspiracy #1 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol IV) #20* Clone Conspiracy #2 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol IV) #21 Clone Conspiracy #3 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol IV) #22 Clone Conspiracy #4 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol IV) #23 Clone Conspiracy #5 Clone Conspiracy Omega #1*Briefly covered, but only because of the inconsequential nature of that issue compared to the rest of the story. What is their reaction to this story? A story…
Zach and Gerard return to discuss Redemption, which ran for four issues, chronicling the final confrontation between Kaine, Ben, and Janine, which was the final Ben Reilly Mini-Series that came out before Revelations. They then are joined by a surprise co-host towards the end. Also in this episode: discussion of rumors about a new Ben Reilly series, and reaction to Ben’s return in Clone Conspiracy.Next Time: The Not-So Final Adventure, then… Clone Conspiracy.
The latest episode of Clone Saga Chronicles begins the wrapping up the Complete Clone Saga Trades with the backup “flipbook” story from Planet of the Symbiotes that was published during that story that starred Ben Reilly as the Scarlet Spider (for the Main Story, see Episode 53). Then, they jump to Ben Reilly Epic Book 5 to discuss the 2 part finale of the Spectacular Spider-Man story that began in 235, (Known as ‘Little Deaths’) covered in the August 1996 episode, Episode 57. Issue 236 is the final issue that Sal Bucemea drew as the penciler of Spectacular Spider-Man, a…
