Just finished reading Scarlet Spider #1 which came out yesterday. I was skeptical about it being good, but incredibly surprised at how excellent it came out.

I know the 90s were a dark time and the clone saga is considered by some to be the worst Spider-man arc ever, but I really thought they did a great job.

Anybody else read it or thinking about reading it? This series has the potential to be great, so I'd recommend looking into it.

I read it.

It was alright. I haven't been a fan of Spidey since the BND bit, this may just be a nice alternative.

Still, it was a good read and nice to find out more about Kaine's day-to-day life since his last major appearance during the clone saga.

I am a bit biased as a child of the 90s, but I really think it could become my second favorite series. Amazing Spider-man being forever my favorite.

I like the mindset they've given him between Peter and the Punisher, and about handling consequences and everything.

I look forward to seeing where it goes.

Kaine seems to need to remember Uncle Ben's old adage "With great power must also come great responsibility."
And that instant rice take five minutes of boiling in water, so it's not really "instant".
Then there's "Only lie to your wife when she's 6 months pregnant and asks if you think she looks fat."

The tagline is "All of the power. None of the responsibility." That's kind of what makes it cool. This is more of the "I used to be an assassin and now I'm going to try to go straight." I really love it so far. I haven't been this excited by a comic in a long time.

I read the tagline too.
And I still see him re-learning ""With great power must also come great responsibility."
He sort of proved that when he saved the old lady. Then felt bad for the guy from the truck.

I grew up predominantly in the 90's and Spider-man was the reason I got into comics the first time. It's also the reason I fell out. Now since I did read a lot of Clone Saga (even bought the new mini-series), I like Yost's previous work on the x-titles and Marvel cartoons he's worked on, AND the series is based relatively close to home in Houston, TX, I should have every reason to like this series. Unfortunately I've fallen out with Spider-man and can't bring myself to support any Spider-related book outside of the two issues of Avengers Academy tie-ins that were done within the last year. Spider-man just feels like the Dragonball series of American comics, if it were still ongoing. I liked it as a kid and will gladly support other media adaptations, but as the stories go on, you see patterns & formulas fall into place, and while "new" storylines attempt to draw in more readers, they're ultimately variations of older story elements. I guess that could be argued for many DC/ Marvel comics, but it's also that I prefer many other titles over Spider-man books, and I've become more of a team book reader over the years.

Now if this Scarlet Spider joins a team like Secret Avengers, I'll gladly read him in it. But I don't read Spider-man & I can't continuously read Punisher solo books, so this series sounds unappealing. If I can find an issue one to borrow & read, I'll give it a small chance to win me over.

I really liked it. I can admit that some Spider-man books needed a lot of help and were really awful, but I've always been a fan. Spider-man is my one subscription and the books I pick up at the local comic shop are all Spider-man related. That was the reason I checked out the Scarlet Spider. The character appeared at the end of the Spider Island saga and I found him intriguing. I fear that by getting my hopes up for the series they'll eventually be dashed, but it's worth the risk.