The Fellowship attended a liveblog on Marvel.com regarding the upcoming Scarlet Spider ongoing series beginning this
January with writer Chris Yost, artist Ryan Stegman and editor Steve Wacker. Here's the 411...
Coming out of Spider-Island, Kaine is no longer scarred
and crazy, but still has to deal with what he has done over the years. He needs
to get out of town to find himself. "There's a certain freedom in knowing
you're going to die. Suddenly having to deal with consequences of your actions
is a lot of what the book is about." - Steve Wacker
Artist Ryan Stegman wanted to keep a classic look with the new costume
but go darker and be intimidating. The costume is in fact
Spider-Man's "Big Time" suit, so it has all the capabilities that
Peter Parker designed into it, including invisibility.
The series is located in Houston, Texas. Writer Chris Yost is excited about a new location which allows the chance to create new
villains, supporting cast, etc. without a lot of trouble. Ryan Stegman is using notes that Yost provides as
well as tools like Google Earth to authentically depict Houston. They're
planning a trip there next month and "take lots of
pictures."
"Kaine is not going to wake up in issue #2 and be a
hero, it's going to be tough. He didn't grow up with Aunt May and Uncle Ben, he
had The Jackal. His go-to solution a lot of times is still to be killing
somebody. It will be a journey." - Chris Yost
"Kaine is even more spider-like than Peter as far as
the way he moves. He fights much more ruthlessly and aggressively. If it ends
with somebody being severely injured, Kaine doesn't have a problem with
it." - Ryan Stegman
A new villain called Salamander will be Kaine's first bad
guy, then the Assassin's Guild from X-Men and Gambit
shows up in the second arc. Yost also hinted that some member of the Kraven family will be there at some point.