Welcome to the conclusion of Scarlet Fever! That's right, just four short weeks ago I began sharing my saga that returned Ben Reilly to the world. Now before I go on, I have a couple questions that need answering;
Q: When did Peter Parker give up being Spider-Man?
Check out Spectacular Spider-Man #229. Peter decided it was time to hang up the webs and focus on his family, especially since he believed he was the clone. This wasn't the last we'd hear of him, though. Following this issue, a mini-series was released called "The Final Adventure" which explores Peter's life in Portland and how he lost his spider powers by the time he returned to the Spidey titles in the "Blood Brothers" arc.
Q: Why do you make a new story for each part instead of a new chapter?
Simply explained; my background is in comic books as is the background of this story. As such, I'm creating the illusion of the comic books by splitting up the parts, symbolizing the different issues you'd have to buy each month. I understand though that this may end up being confusing for a lot of you so if it is, let me know in you reviews and the next story I do will be presented in the other format. But in all honestly, I regard each one as a separate story that when placed together with others creates an even BIGGER story.
This part of the story was 2 years in the making. I say that because even though I had already begun work on #s 4 and 5, I had never finished #3. One of the banes of having too many ideas at one time; you always end up jumping around. When I decided to release the stories in prose form on the web, I had to try and come up with a suitable ending to the tale 2 years after I last thought about it. If I managed to succeed, well, I'll leave that up to your reviews to let me know.
And that's all! Thanks for reading, and hope you enjoyed the ride. And if you want this saga to continue it's up to all of you to tell me so and I'll get right on writing out the next seven arcs I had already plotted. Until next time, true believers!
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