Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider - Death's Sting Review

Finished reading Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider - Death's Sting, continuing with Ben's time in Vegas as the one time Spider-Man finds himself dealing with his own mortality along with the aftermath of Marvel's Secret Empire event. The book opens with Ben trying a serum to help Abigail Mercury while he is still looking for a cure for her. While wait for how the serum with affect Abigail, Ben notices Rick Jones' wife Marlo who has come to see Ben and wants to see how he reacts to different parts of his life before revealing herself as Death. The next story within the book has a time jump to the aftermath of Secret Empire as the partly destroyed city and its population is dealing with what happen during the event as Cassandra Mercury's food supplies come under attack by Hornet who has been hired to stop these shipments which leads to Ben meeting with Ricochet who has come to Vegas after hearing that Hornet has been spotted event though his friend was killed by Wolverine. The final story in book shows the first appearance of the Slingers as the group get use to being a part of a superhero team that is inspired by identities that Spider-Man temporary had. Overall this was a great book as writer Peter David continues Ben's story by bringing characters like Death and the Slingers into the book allowing for some great interacts with Ben, particularly Ben's interactions with Death which give him some great character development. The art throughout the book is amazing as Will Sliney is able to bring the city of Las Vegas to life extremely well thanks to the amount of detail that is put into the location along with how the wave of destruction from Secret Empire has affected the city. This is also accompanied great some action scenes and character moments throughout. 8/10.