The five series were instituted as part of the Clone Saga after when Peter Parker gave up being Spider-Man to retire with his pregnant wife Mary Jane, and the Scarlet Spider took on his duties.

The Scarlet Spider books were direct continuations, in terms of creative teams and story lines, of their Spider-Man counterparts.

They were effectively temporary renamings of their counterparts, other than not being incorporated into their issue numbering.

The writer of the two issues was Todd DeZago and the penciller was Sal Buscema.

Both issues are collected in Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic Book 1.