I have a curious soft spot in my heart for Ben Reilly, the clone of Peter Parker. From his hoodie to his ankle pouches, something about the character always resonated with me. So I was beside myself with joy at the announcement of this series. However after the climax of the stellar "Spider-Island" I was astonished to learn that it was not Ben taking up the hoodie, or uh, not in this case, but Kaine. Kaine is a fascinating character, a looming, intimidating presence throughout the clone saga and the man who killed Doctor Octopus. He is a clone of Peter, like Ben only he has a tendency to be crazy and evil, well until Spider-Island when he got the kill shot on the main villain (and nobody made him director of shield I can tell you that) Ok to the subject at hand, Kaine is on the run after Spider-Island and finds himself in Texas. I love that we have a character in the marvel u that doesn't live in New York. He gets his own universe to play in with his own villains and supporting cast. Kaine is a conflicted character who doesn't want to be a hero and his interesting internal struggle takes up the majority of the issue and while there is almost too much "grr I don't have time for this" the parts about Kaine and his conflict with his past make up for it. There's action, mystery and it ends in a spectacular cliffhanger that leaves you wanting more, all the makings of good first issue. The art is phenomenal, smooth clean and with a great sense of movement. The dynamic colors improve the feel of the book, as it should, there's a color name in the title for god's sake. Over all I loved this issue and encourage everyone, not just fans of the old clone brigade to check it out