Spider-Verse: Who Is The Scion?

If over the last couple of month's you've been reading and keeping up with the events of Spider-Verse. Then one question is going to keep bugging you until the reveal. Just who is The Scion?

In an event such as this there was always going to be multiple players, after all it was billed as Every Spider-Man Ever!!! In cases such as these, some are going to be more important to the tale and overall narrative than the cannon-fodder. There is one player however that is named that, we as yet, have not seen, as far as we know, one that has been referred to only as the Scion. 

We've been told that he (or she, we just don't know.....for sure) is an important player and has a significant role to play, within the story. As stated by Ezekiel in Amazing Spider-Man #10 Peter needs to keep the triumvirant of The Bride, The Other, and The Scion safe. so therefore could they be the Spider's ace in the hole? the key to their own survival perhaps? What we do know is two of the trio have been identified and that Cindy Moon (Silk) is the Bride, and Kaine Parker (Scarlet Spider) is The Other. Interestingly both come from the same universe, Earth-616, the same as our Peter Parker who is labelled The Chosen One. so does the Scion come from Earth-616? or do they come from further afield?

Lets look at the Scion. the definition of the word is meant to mean descendent of a noble family, well this offers up a number of possibilities within the Spider-Verse tale. so without further ado I present a number of candidates that fit the definition of a Scion.

1) Baby Ben Parker (Earth-982)

The case for Benjy Parker is simple. He is the decendant of a notable family. There are also other factors however. Ben has already acquired his Spider-Powers, ahead of the recognized time frame for a mutant. Most mutants tend to become aware of their abilities in their early teens or the onset of puberty.


In the case of Benjamin Richard Parker, this happened when only a few months old. After he's been possessed by the Carnage symbiote of the MC2. That issue was promptly dealt with by Mayday and since that encounter Ben has displayed the traits of a Spider-Person. 


As yet it's unknown just powerful Ben could become but it's arguable that because his powers manfested themselves this early in childhood he could potentially become the most powerful Spider-Man of all. 

another notable fact in Spider-Verse is that we've been shown a number of times that Ben is being kept safe by Cosmic Spider-Man whether that has any meaning i'm sure we'll soon find out. additionally when SpOCK got off the charts reading when monitoring Cindy and Kaine. no other Spider's present gave off such high readings. Ben wasn't there. Of course that's just he is a baby, however those that have seen the cover for Spider-Verse team up #3 will notice that Mayday is accompanied by a Spider in the shadow's could he be a future version of her brother? could he be the Scion?


As with anything in comics it's always possible. By having baby Benjy in the story arc this early could get him into the collective minds of the readers. a way to introduce an older more powerful version of the character without having to go into back story too much. say in a couple of issues we see an older version of Ben then maybe he will be the Scion after all?

2) Karn of the Inheritors (Universe-000)

A bit of a wild card here is Karn. Brother of Morlun and the youngest descendant of the noble inheritor family. which technically puts him in the frame for role of the Scion.

We've seen Karn kill Spiders but we also know that he isn't really into it, not in the same way his other family members are. Karn has been portrayed as an unwilling participant in the culling, seeing it as against his nature to hunt and devour his foes. It's been said that Karn see's himself as a creator someone who tries to build rather than destroy. Now you're wondering that's all well and good but why does it place Karn in the frame for being the Scion? well here's why.

We know Karn, isn't like the other Inheritor's not only in attitude by also in looks, all the others have a similar resemblance to each other whereas the only time we've seen Karn's face was during the back up story in Superior Spider-Man #33 where he is shown to have brown hair and fairly similar features to Peter Parker. Could therefore Karn be Universe 000's Peter Parker? an adopted child of the Inheritors. We know that Karn feels no kinship to his family except to his mother whom he feels responsible for her dying. Also when confronting the Master Weaver the Weaver referred to him as 'The Chosen One' the only other use of that reference is towards 616 Peter Parker.

However he did appear to consume Al-Apec the Spider-God without the use of his spear. could it be then that by consuming Al-Apec's essence that Karn if he is Universe 000's Peter, has become a descendant of the Spider-God whose essence lives on in Karn? we shall indeed see in the coming issues but for me Karn is a possibility for the role of The Scion as much as any.

3) Baby May Parker (Earth-616)

This is a theory that's currently doing the rounds on many fan forums, yep it's a little out of left field but there also some merits to the inclusion of the apparent non existing child of Earth 616 Peter Parker. 

Some of you may recall way back in the 1990's during the height of the clone saga, that Peter's wife Mary Jane was pregnant with their child whom, it was believed to be stillborn to them but to us the readers it was revealed the child had been kidnapped by Norman Osborn for reasons unknown. Could it be that given we've had teasers for the next Spider-Arc in 'Renew your Vows' in which Peter and Mary Jane are pictured with a child, that it's here within Spider-Verse, Peter finds his kidnapped daughter? She is also a descendant of a noble family?  

Again it's worth noting that, the other members of the triumvirate both hail from Earth 616, so could she be the Scion? is this marvel's way of bringing a forgotten character back into the fold?

I tend to look at the last one as a bit of a reach, but again anything is possible and in comics everything tends to link together. Of course it i entirely possible that the identity of the Scion is none of those presented here, and will remain in the shadow's until such time as he or she  is required to step into the limelight. If it's anything like the reveal of Old Man Spidey then Slott would have pulled the wool over our eyes again and it's writing like that that keeps us coming back for more.


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