Marvel’s New Spider-Man Is Venom’s Greatest Threat
Marvel’s new Spider-Manhas so far done an amazing job at upholding the heroic title of the original, though there are some skeletons in his closet that make this version of the web-slinger Venom’s greatest threat. After Peter Parker was badly injured during a battle with the villainous team the U-Foes, his clone Ben Reilly stepped up as the new Spider-Man while Peter recovers. While Ben has become Marvel’s new Spider-Man, he has been a spider-hero for quite some time. During his first run at being a superhero, Ben faced off against Venom and proved himself to Lethal Protector’s greatest threat, something that still rings true to this day.
In Spider-Man#53 by Howard Mackie and Tom Lyle, Ben Reilly is on the hunt for criminals across New York City as his original alter ego Scarlet Spider. Scarlet Spider comes across Venom who attacks Ben for being an imposter Spider-Man. Previously, Spider-Man and Venom came to an understanding that Spider-Man wouldn’t mess with Venom so long as he stayed out of trouble. Scarlet Spider does not uphold that treaty and goes all-out in his fight against Venom.
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Scarlet Spider is vicious while fighting Venom as he didn’t hold back his full fury against the villain-turned-antihero. In the end, Scarlet Spider rips Eddie Brock out of the Venom symbiote then traps the alien in a makeshift containment vessel until both entities can be separately taken away by the authorities. Marvel’s new Spider-Man completely destroyed Venom when they fought, and with how the story ended, he could have permanently defeated the antihero once and for all. After proving what kind of damage the current Spider-Man can inflict upon Venom, he continues to
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