Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Poster Reveals the Spider-Man ’90s Fans Have Been Waiting For

Sony has revealed a new poster for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse featuring the many Spider-Mans from throughout the Spider-Verse that appeared in the recently released trailer for the film, including Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Woman, Ghost-Spider, and others. It also introduces one of the Spider-Man characters that fans were most disappointed didn’t appear in the trailer: Ben Reilly, the Scarlet Spider. Ben has a complicated history in the Marvel comics, which is almost ironic since he’s one of the few Spider-Man “variants” that doesn’t come from an alternate universe. Instead, he’s a clone who gained a cult fan following when he became the Scarlet Spider, a second Spider-Man patrolling the streets of New York, eventually replacing Peter Parker as the “real” Spider-Man.

A villain called the Jackal created Ben as Spider-Man’s Spider-Clone, first appearing in Amazing Spider-Man #149 in 1975. Spider-Man believed Spider-Clone had died at the end of that story, and readers assumed the same for 20 years.

Then the clone, going by Ben Reilly, reappeared, having lived a life in secrecy for years. When Aunt May became ill, he returned to New York City, befriended Peter Parker, and became the Scarlet Spider, working with Spider-Man to keep New York City safe.

That kicked off the notorious Spider-Man story called “The Clone Saga,” the crux of which was that Ben was the original Peter Parker and the Peter who had been Spider-Man for the past 20 years was the actual clone. Accepting this, the two changed places. Peter retired, and Ben became Spider-Man. However, the end of “The Clone Saga” revealed that this was false and that Ben was the clone after all.

More recently, Ben returned in the 2016 “The Clone Saga” sequel , taking on the mantle of his creator, The Jackal. He found his way back and became the Scarlet Spider again, and even once again donned the mantle of Spider-Man during the , only to again fall into villainy. He is now known as Chasm and is teaming up with X-Men villain The Goblin Queen in a crossover called .

There are some other new reveals as well. The poster provides our first look at Spider-Punk, and what may be the first look at Julia Carpenter, another Spider-Woman.

In Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, “After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.” Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse opens in theaters on June 3rd.