Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider #1 Preview released

Hitting comic book stores and retailers at the end of the month, Marvel and Newsarama have released a good few preview pages for the first issue of "Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider" - written by Peter David and illustrated by Mark Bagley and featuring the return of Peter Parker/ Spider-Man's recently resurrected "brother" turned enemy Ben Reilly, aka the new Jackal and one-time Spidey himself who is now returning to the identity most associated with his persona.

Featuring a couple of textless pages and a look at variant covers (including the action figure one above), check out more via the source post at Newsarama.

Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider #1 hits shelves on April 26.

Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider set to bring back the Classic Scarlet Spider look

Those who were surprised to learn that recently returned Spider-Man clone Ben Reilly was getting his own series and a new costume following the events of "The Clone Conspiracy" will be surprised even more, as Newsarama reports that Marvel has announced that Ben is also bringing back the ORIGINAL classic Scarlet Spider look sometime after the first arc of his new "Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider" comic book series. Written by Peter David and illustrated by Mark Bagley, Ben's new ongoing will follow after his "Jackal" phase -  but how he reverts to his Scarlet Spider persona is still a mystery especially after what happened in the conclusion of the aforementioned Clone Conspiracy series.

Here's a comparison between the old Scarlet look and the new one that appeared when the new series was announced.

Learn more on Ben's return and how the costume changes take place when "Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider" begins on April 26th.