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'Scarlet Spider' ongoing series to launch January 2012

Published Saturday, Oct 15 2011, 15:31 BST | By Tom Ayres | 2 comments

Marvel Comics has announced the launch of a brand new ongoing series for the Spider-Man line of comics.

Writer Christopher Yost and artist Ryan Stegman will helm Scarlet Spider, which will arrive in stores early on in 2012.

Announced at New York Comic-Con this weekend, it has yet to be revealed who will star as the lead in the new series, although rumours suggest it could be either anti-hero Kaine or the original Scarlet Spider Ben Reilly.

"[Scarlet Spider is] not as bouncy as Amazing Spider-Man," Spider-Man editor Steve Wacker told IGN Comics. "It adds to the Spider-line somewhere between Amazing Spider-Man and Venom.

The new Scarlet Spider will make his debut this November in a special segment of the Point One anthology issue.

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