The Untold Truth Of Spider-Man's Clone, Ben Reilly

Initially, Ben's turn as the Beyond Corporation's sponsored Spider-Man goes pretty well, as he operates with enough funding and tech support to make him a successful crimefighter. In fact, during this time, he proves that he's more than capable of filling in for Peter, who's lying in a coma after sustaining radiation poisoning from a confrontation with the U-Foes gone wrong. Additionally, Ben is reunited with the love of his life, Janine. Sadly, as with most good things in the Spider-clone's life, these happy times aren't meant to last.

When Ben comes close to unravelling the Beyond Corporation's true intentions for taking him under their wing, they subject him to mental modification via a memory-erasing device. However, this also leads to Ben losing many of the core memories he shares with Peter. He angrily storms Beyond's HQ to get answers, only to be manipulated into fighting the then-newly recovered OG Spider-Man. In the aftermath of their battle in "Amazing Spider-Man" Vol. 5 #93, Ben is transformed by a large amount of Beyond's quantum-shifting polymer into Chasm, a partially amnesiac villain with psionic powers.

The Dark Web storyline features the climax of Ben's third foray into supervillainy, as well as his downfall. Initially teaming up with fellow clone Madelyne Pryor, Ben as Chasm storms the streets of New York with the X-Men villain's demonic army. Ultimately, Madelyne has a change of heart, and imprisons Ben in Limbo's embassy in New York.