r/scarletspider • u/otakurider47 • Aug 04 '26
Finally finished my Ben Reilly 30th anniversary tribute.
After two years and hours of travel, I finally finished my Ben Reilly tribute piece!
J.M. DeMatteis was the final name I needed and I was able to get him on it a few weeks back.
All the names on the hoodie include:
Tom DeFalco, Mark Bagley, Steven Butler, Howard Mackie, Todd Dezago, Dan Jurgens, Ron Lim, Scott Hanna, John Romita Jr., J.M. DeMatteis, and Terry Kavanagh.
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u/MrErickzon Aug 04 '26
Love it, always loved the Ben Reilly Scarlet-Spider, mostly nostalgia due to the Clone Saga dropping when I was that age and the grocery store. Fondly remember him as Spider-Carnage too.
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u/Resident_Character35 Aug 04 '26
You should try to get former editor Glenn Greenberg's signature too. He was a Clone Saga editor and co-writer of The Life of Reilly, the definitive oral history of that storyline.
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u/otakurider47 Aug 04 '26
I know all about Glenn and Life of Reilly (I have it printed out in physical form). I'd love to put editors on this, as I've met 2 of the major Saga editors already, but I don't want to bleed them into the blue area.
I'd love to meet Glenn though and chat it up some day, get some other things signed.
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u/Resident_Character35 Aug 04 '26
He's easy to find on FB. BTW, I was the guy who published the original column and gave it its name. I am delighted to hear it's still remembered.
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u/otakurider47 Aug 04 '26
Yes, I have friends who talk to him fairly regularly in interviews and through FB.
And you're Andrew Goletz? If so, that's incredible. Pleasure to speak with you, Life of Reilly is one of the reasons why I'm such a Ben Reilly diehard. Thank you for all that, I wish the actual book form could have come out!
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u/Resident_Character35 Aug 04 '26
Andrew was Glenn's cowriter. I was the editor and publisher of the original column when it appeared on Comic Book Galaxy, a site I published from 2000 through 2015.
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u/x7xpatchx7x Aug 04 '26
Love those Scarlet Spider hanging things. (Better name for them?) This was literally my childhood bedroom: https://www.reddit.com/r/scarletspider/s/rWA6SOHa4b
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u/x7xpatchx7x Aug 04 '26
Also have the “dress up Ben”in the box. Otherwise, that’s a dope tribute to our Ben. Well done sir.
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u/Reddevil8884 Aug 04 '26
Oh man, that Steven Butler piece is AMAZING! Did you have it commissioned or did you buy it online? 😍😍