SCARLET SPIDER
Earth-95099
Real Name: Ben Reilly
Identity/Class: Alternate Earth (Earth-95099) cloned human mutate
Occupation: Mutant hunter
Group Membership: Avengers (Black Widow, Captain America, Daredevil, Goliath, Hercules, Iron Man 2020, Quicksilver, Wasp)
Affiliations: Land-Crabs
Enemies: The Mutant Resistance (Angel, Banshee, Beast/Henry McCoy, Blink, Blob, Caliban, Callisto, Colossus, Copycat, Frenzy, Gambit, Nurse Jean Grey, Magneto, Masque, Mastermind, Mimic, Mister Sinister, Morph, Nemesis, Nightcrawler, Polaris, Pyro, Rogue, Sabretooth, Storm, Doctor Summers, Sunder, Sunfire, Tar Baby, Wildchild, Wolverine)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed
First Appearance: X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "One Man's Worth, Part I" (September 9, 1995)
Powers/Abilities: Ben Reilly is a clone of Peter Parker and possesses similar powers and abilities. These include superhuman strength, speed, agility, and reflexes, as well as the ability to cling to walls. He also has a spider-sense that warns him of danger. As a skilled scientist, Ben has created his own web-shooters and unique impact webbing. Additionally, he is an adept hand-to-hand combatant, combining his powers with advanced fighting skills.
Height: 5'10" (presumably same as his 616 counterpart)
Weight: 167 lbs. (presumably same as his 616 counterpart)
Eyes: Hazel (presumably same as his 616 counterpart))
Hair: Blonde (presumably same as his 616 counterpart)
History:
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "One Man's Worth, Part I" - BTS) - The superhuman known as Scarlet Spider grew up in a dystopian world where Charles Xavier had been murdered before forming the X-Men, leading to an all-out war between humanity and mutantkind. Part of the Avengers, Scarlet Spider fought alongside other superhumans to locate and hunt the mutants lead by Magneto.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "One Man's Worth, Part I") - During another battle against Magneto's Mutant Resistance, the Avengers' ground transport was crushed and forced to the ground by Magneto. Kicking the transport's door open, Captain America lead Scarlet Spider and the other superhumans against the mutants until one of them surrounded them with an energy field. Trapped within the field, Scarlet Spider and the superhumans were hurled miles away from the battle.
Comments: Created by Gerry Conway and Ross Andru;
adapted by Richard Mueller and AKOM Productions. (see Appearances list for full list of artists)
Earth-95099 was inspired by Earth-295, the Age of Apocalypse, with the exception that Apocalypse didn't take over the world.
The group of human forces of which Scarlet Spider was a part are clearly meant to be the Avengers. However, Eric and Julia Lewald's amazing X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series book shows the model sheets of these characters are labeled as the Human Assault Forces, but this is just a label similar to calling Spider-Man an arachnid mutant as the creators of the show tried to put in as many cameo's as possible. On that same note, the Mutant Resistance included a character resembling Giant-Man was seen aiding the mutants despite another character who was clearly Hank Pym in his Goliath outfit part of the human forces. The Lewald's book labels this size-changing character as an "unnamed mutant".
When, in 2015's Secret Wars, the Multiverse was destroyed following the incursions of planets it appeared as if Reality-92131 was drafted onto Battleworld as the Westchester domain. However, this has since been debunked. As such the reality seen in the two volumes of X-Men '92 (2015 and 2016-2017) now have their own reality-designation of Earth-15730. The X-Men '92: House of XCII (2022) series was inspired by both the animated series and Hickman's House of X run but is its own separate reality. The limited series X-Men '97 (2024), however, is Reality-92131 and bridges the gap between the original X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon and the new X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon.
In every opening sequence of the new X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon different shots were used of older episodes, used as a way to forebode what would happen. As such, the Storm and Wolverine of Earth-95099 were seen in the opening sequence of episodes Lifedeath - Part II, Bright Eyes and Tolerance Is Extinction - Part I. Foreshadowing the X-Men's fight against Nimrod's "offspring", Sentinel hybrid Bastion to prevent a post apocalyptic future.
Original profile by Proto-Man, rewritten by MarvellousLuke.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Scarlet Spider has no known connections to
images: (without ads)
X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series book, p211 (main image, digitally colored by MarvellousLuke)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "One Man's Worth - Part I" (opposing Storm and Wolverine)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "One Man's Worth - Part I" (trapped in a forcefield)
Appearances:
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "One Man's Worth - Part I" (September 9, 1995) - Richard Mueller (writer), Gerry Acerno, Troy Adomitis, Patrick Archibald, Del Barras, Francis Barrios, Armando Carillo, Greg Garcia, Rick Hoberg, Tom Nesbitt, Dave Simons, Frank Squillace, Keith Tucker, Daniel Veesenmeyer (storyboard art), Romeo Francisco, Tenny Henson, Mike Sosnowski (storyboard art/cleanup), Pat Agnasin, Gerald Forton, Ernie Guanlao, Abel Laxamana, Romeo Lopez, Tec Manalac (storyboard cleanup), Marcos Borregales, Mark Lewis (storyboard cleanup/prop design), Darrel Bown, Claude Denis, Warren Greenwood, Andres Nieves, Steven Olds, Shayne Poindexter (prop design), Armand Serrano (layout supervisor/overseas production), Erin Lewald (story editor)
First Posted: 04/14/2015
Last Updated: 06/26/2024
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