Peter Parker and Ben Reilly come face to face as Dark Web heats up in Amazing Spider-Man #16

Amazing Spider-Man #16 art — (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

Amazing Spider-Man #16 heats up the current Spider-Man/X-Men: Dark Web crossover with the first full-on clash between Peter Parker and his clone Ben Reilly, who once took Peter's place as Spidey but is now a villain known as Chasm.

So far Dark Web has involved an evil Christmas tree covered in demon poop, new superpowers for Mary Jane Watson, and the climactic tale of Norman Osborn trying not to go "Goblin Mode" as the forces of Limbo take over New York City.

Now Amazing Spider-Man #16 by writer Zeb Wells, artists Ed McGuiness, Cliff Rathburn, and Marcio Menyz, and letterer Joe Caramagna gets closer to the big turning point of the story with the first battle between Spider-Man and the newly christened Chasm.

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Now, in the current Dark Web event, Chasm has teamed up with his fellow clone Madelyne Pryor AKA the Goblin Queen, leader of the Hellish dimension Limbo, to steal the souls of Peter Parker and Jean Grey, from whom Madelyne Pryor is cloned, to make themselves the "true" versions of their progenitors.

There's a lot more to the story, and you can get caught up with our rundown of everything you need to know about Spider-Man/X-Men: Dark Web.

Amazing Spider-Man #16 goes on sale January 4.

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