8 Alternate Versions Of Spider-Man We Need To See On The Big Screen

3) Ben Reilly

While The Clone Saga is widely considered one of the worst and most convoluted stories in comic book history, there’s a lot in there which could work well in this new Spider-Man franchise.

When The Jackal successfully cloned Peter Parker, Spider-Man came face to face with himself, but assumed that his doppelgänger had been killed when an explosion went off moments later. Instead, the clone fled and started a new life as Ben Reilly, only to return years later when it was revealed that he was actually the real Spider-Man (he wasn’t; it was all just part of Norman Osborn’s plan to mess with Peter – see what I meant by “convoluted”?).

It was during that period that he took over as the new Spidey, donning a costume loved by fans and attempting to forge a new life after years earlier having to say goodbye to everyone he cared about. Honestly, Ben’s big screen’s debut is long overdue at this point and Marvel could really do a lot with this.