Saturday, September 13, 2003

Scarlet Spider | Comics

Biochemistry professor Miles Warren had a strong romantic pull over Peter Parker’s then love interest Gwen Stacy. When she died (Death of the Stacys) Warren gone mad thinking Spider-Man was solely responsible for this incident and took the identity of The Jackal to make Spidey’s life miserable. First, he made a clone of Peter Parker named Kaine, then he cloned Gwen Stacy and created another clone named Ben Reilly.

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Scarlet Spider | Comics

He allied himself with Green Goblin and ushered Clone Saga. Jackal fooled Peter to believe that he is a clone and Ben is the real deal but when the former died, everyone realized Jackal’s deception. Kaine believed Peter to be a clone and used to roam New York as a serial killer who tried to frame Ben Reilly for the murders.

After Ben’s demise, Peter becomes Spider-Man again and Kaine Parker lived. He sacrifices himself during the “Grim Hunt” when Alyosha and Ana Kravinoff came looking for Spider-Man to resurrect Kraven through a ritual. Kaine eventually came back to life as a six-legged freak Tarantula during “Spider-Island” event and ended the crisis.

He becomes Scarlet Spider with all the power but none of the responsibility. Alongside Venom, Kaine tangled with Carnage upon his return (Minimum Carnage), fought the Assassins Guild, bested the X-Men and teamed up with Wolverine. Scarlet Spider allied himself with the New Warriors and later traveled to Spider-Verse to put an end to the reign of Morlun and The Inheritors alongside the Spider-Men of Multiverse.

For more information on Scarlet Spider comics series, you can check out these links below.

Scarlet Spider  (Comics) Wikipedia

Scarlet Spider (Comics) Marvel Wikia

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Kaine's Redemption

Here is your links to buy "Scarlet Spider" comics from Marvel Comics on Amazon.

Spider-Man – The Complete Clone Saga Epic Book 01

Spider-Man – The Lost Years

Backlash/Spider-Man

Spider-Man – Revelations

Spider-Man – The Complete Ben Reilly Epic Book 01

Spider-Man – Return of The Black Cat

Spider-Man – The Grim Hunt (Softcover)

Spider-Man – The Grim Hunt (Hardcover)

Spider-Man – Spider-Island

Scarlet Spider Vol 01 – Life After Death (Softcover)

Scarlet Spider Vol 01 – Life After Death (Hardcover)

Scarlet Spider Vol 02 – Lone Star

Carnage – Minimum Carnage

Scarlet Spider Vol 03 – The Big Leagues

Scarlet Spider Vol 04 – Into the Grave

New Warriors Vol 01 – The Kids Are All Fight

Spider-Verse (Softcover)

Spider-Verse (Hardcover)

Originated from the idea of Spider-Man, a clone version of the character was introduced by Terry Kavanagh and Steven Butler on the pages of Marvel Comics and the alias ‘Scarlet Spider’ was first used by Peter Parker’s clone Ben Reilly in 1994. Then Joe Wade assumed the name upon becoming an evil cybernetic version of it and then Peter himself had taken the role briefly.

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Web of Spider-Men

Later a team of three Michael Van Patrick clones acted as Scarlet Spiders to form "Red Team" for The Initiative and finally Kaine Parker took the mantle in his own monthly ongoing series for good. The character had a short lived ongoing series titled ‘The Amazing Scarlet Spider’ back in 1995 and later another series was launched in 2012 featuring Kaine Parker, who at one point even met with the Superior Spider-Man during 'Sibling Rivalry'.
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Thursday, September 11, 2003

Catwoman – When in Rome | Comics

Catwoman is having a weird dream where she was on a heist and she met Batman, The Joker and Two-Face all on her tail as she ended up realizing that it was all just a bad dream, which did not end well. Previously, she tangled along with The Dark Knight during the menace of the mysterious Holiday Killer and Hungman Killer in Gotham City.

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Catwoman – When In Rome | Comics

When Batman was busy solving the murder mysteries left by these new breed of psychotic criminals of Gotham, Selina Kyle took off to Rome with Edward Nygma aka The Riddler, the disgraceful bad-guy for running some investigation of her own and figuring out the edges of some long unsolved mysteries. There they met with The Blonde, Italy’s top reigning hitman and their only contact in the entire Italian underworld.

The Blonde eventually arranges a meeting for Selina with one of the local mobster, Don Verinni but he was later found dead using the infamous Joker venom and she was framed for Verinni’s murder. What disturbed her most is the nightmares she was constantly having with all the villains and Batman chasing her always and she really started losing it.

During another meeting gone wrong, she is freezed with Mr. Freeze's freezing gun, attacked by the villainous Cheetah but all three of them managed to escape death in joint effort. Worst of them all, The Riddler sneaked into her room while she was dressing up and surprisingly kisses her. In between these confusing situation, all she was looking for the real identity of her father to finally know her origin that led her to Rome.

For more information on Catwoman – When in Rome, you can check out the link below.

Catwoman – When in Rome (Comics) Wikipedia

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A Feline's Knightmare

Here is your links for "Catwoman – When in Rome" limited series from DC Comics in issues.

Catwoman – When in Rome 01

Catwoman – When in Rome 02

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Catwoman – When in Rome 04

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Here is your links for the "Catwoman – When in Rome" limited series from DC Comics.

Catwoman – When in Rome (Softcover)

Catwoman – When in Rome (Hardcover)

Catwoman – When in Rome is the six issue limited series from DC Comics that serves as the third installment of a Batman-Noir trilogy written by Jeph Loeb (Batman – HushEmperor Joker) and drawn by artist Tim Sale (Batman – Haunted Knight, Challengers of the Unknown Must Die).

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A Murder Mystery

This limited series was published on 2004 as a follow up of Batman – The Long Halloween and Batman – Dark Victory by the same creators. However, being part of the Batman focused story line, the limelight of the series was mainly centered on this female super-heroine and her little venture out of Gotham City.
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Sunday, September 7, 2003

Batman – The Long Halloween | Comics

The Falcone family are one of the most influential crime families of Gotham City and Carmine "The Roman" Falcone was desperately seeking a means to dry-clean the dirty cash of his family business. So, he tries to tamper and book the most powerful personalities of the city; including the president of Gotham City Bank to Billionaire Playboy Bruce Wayne.

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Batman – The Long Halloween | Comics

But Bruce refuses to co-operate with the mob and got warned by them for his denial. Before getting into his regular crime patrol, Bruce met Selina Kyle at the party and they dance together which Falcone's sister Carla Viti watches attentively. A serial killer appears on Gotham City killing people on holidays, quickly dubbed as the Holiday Killer.

Batman, along with Police Captain Jim Gordon and the enthusiastic new District Attorney Harvey Dent takes it upon themselves to end Falcone's rule over Gotham City and Catwoman unexpectedly offers Batman her helping hand in doing so. At night, they secretly invade Roman's penthouse but is forced to flee upon the arrival of guards.

While trying to solve the mystery of who the actual killer is, Batman steps in the middle of an ensuing gang-war between Gotham's two most powerful crime families. Psychotic villains like The Joker, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy and The Riddler appears in the scene with their own chaotic schemes to terrorize Gotham. District Attorney Harvey Dent; a former ally in crime fighting, tragically reforms to a villain named Two-Face after his face got disfigured by a horrific accident that dissolved part of his face.

For more information on Batman – The Long Halloween, you can check out these links below.

Batman – The Long Halloween (Comics) Wikipedia

Batman – The Long Halloween (Comics) DC Wikia

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The Halloween Rogues

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Batman – The Long Halloween 02

Batman – The Long Halloween 03

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Batman – The Long Halloween 05

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Here is your links for "Batman – The Long Halloween" limited series from DC Comics.

Batman – The Long Halloween (Softcover)

Batman – The Long Halloween (Hardcover)

Absolute Batman – The Long Halloween

Writer Jeph Loeb (Batman – Hush, Emperor Joker) and artist Tim Sale (Batman – Haunted Knight, Challengers of the Unknown Must Die) brought up the story arc of Batman – The Long Halloween during 1996 to 1997. It was a thirteen issue monthly limited series published by DC Comics. It is believed to be the continuous story of "Batman – Year One". Batman – The Long Halloween is considered number five of the 25 Best Batman Graphic Novels of All Time.

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Holiday Madness

It worked as an influence for the movie Batman Begins (2005) and several of its elements are later used in the sequel The Dark Knight (2008). Following the success of Batman – The Long Halloween, the same creative team of Loeb and Sale later worked on two limited series, Batman – Dark Victory and Catwoman – When in Rome afterwards, which was also well received and praised by the fans.
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