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The Clone Saga or Spider-Clone Saga was a major story arc in Marvel Comics which ran from 1994 to 1996 involving many clones of Spider-Man. This article is about the comic book company. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... For the cloning of human beings, see human cloning. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ...


The story is considered within fandom to be one of the most controversial stories ever told for Spider-Man if not in the comics industry as a whole. The story was intended to wrap up in less than a year. However, the comics sold very well and the writers were encouraged to prolong the saga as long as possible. This led to some changes to the storyline that ultimately proved unpopular.[1]


Although there were many people involved, the Clone Saga is most closely associated with Terry Kavanagh, who proposed the idea, and Howard Mackie, who worked on the majority of the smaller crossovers involved in the overall storyarc. Executive editors on the storyline included Tom DeFalco, Bob Budiansky, and Bob Harras. Terrence Terry Kavanagh is a American comic book editor and writer. ... Howard Mackie (born January 22 1958) is an American comic book editor and writer. ... Tom DeFalco (born June 26, 1950) is an American comics writer and editor. ... Bob Budiansky is a comic book writer, best known for his work on the Transformers comic. ... Robert Bob Harras was editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics from 1995 to 2000. ...

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Storyline

Strictly speaking, there were two "Clone Sagas:" the original storyline in the 1970s and the second saga which consumed all the regular Spider-Man series, several limited series and one shots between 1994 and 1997. Between the two, there were also two smaller storylines that dealt with elements from the original saga. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ...


The original Clone Saga

Gwen Stacy, the girlfriend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man's real identity) had died during a fight between Spider-Man and his arch enemy, the Green Goblin. Some months later, Spider-Man was plagued by a new villain, the masked Jackal. At the same time, Gwen Stacy seemingly returned from the dead and investigations revealed that the woman was identical to Gwen in every way. Gwendolyn Gwen Stacy[1] is a supporting character in Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man series. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... The Green Goblin is a Marvel Comics supervillain and an archenemy of Spider-Man. ... The Jackal (Dr. Miles Warren) is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an enemy of Spider-Man. ...


It transpired that Peter and Gwen's biology professor Miles Warren had been driven insane by his feelings for Gwen and sought to preserve her memory. He had perfected cloning and created clones of both Gwen and Spider-Man. He had also become the costumed villain known as the Jackal. Blaming Spider-Man for Gwen's death, the Jackal set out to destroy Spider-Man. He pitted Spider-Man and the Spider-Man clone (who would later come to be known as Ben Reilly, who would don the identity of the Scarlet Spider and later of Spider-Man for a short time) against one another in battle as a time-bomb counted down nearby. The bomb exploded and only one Spider-Man survived. The Jackal's body had been lost in the explosion while what appeared to be the clone was dead. Spider-Man undertook genetic tests, but declined to view the results as he determined that his feelings for Mary Jane Watson could not be duplicated since they had first developed after the Jackal had taken the cell sample from which Spider-Man was cloned. Gwen Stacy's clone disappeared to find a new life for herself.[1]. Although genes are recognized as influencing [behavior] and [cognition], genetically identical does not mean altogether identical; identical twins, despite being natural human clones with near identical DNA, are separate people, with separate experiences and not altogether overlapping personalities. ... Mary Jane Watson is a fictional supporting character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily in the Spider-Man titles as a friend, love interest and in some continuities wife of the title character (specifically, his alter-ego, Peter Parker). ...


The remnant Carrion

A few years later, Spider-Man encountered Carrion, who claimed to be a degenerated clone of Warren.[2] Carrion is a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics universe, in which he is an enemy of Spider-Man. ...


The High Evolutionary exposes the cloning as a sham

The clone of Gwen Stacy reappeared many years later when she was being pursued by the High Evolutionary, who was determined to discover how Warren had been able to perfect cloning. In the process, he discovered that Warren had not, but had instead created a genetic virus which transformed already living beings. "Gwen Stacy" was seemingly cured of the virus and left to lead her own life once more. The High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham) is a fictional Marvel Comics character created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. ...


Later, Spider-Man investigated Warren's old laboratory and discovered that Carrion had in fact been a genetic weapon created by Warren. Another former student of Warren's, Malcolm McBride, became infected with the virus and became the new Carrion. [3]


Later, with Scarlet Spider Unlimited #1, this story arc was molded to fit into the New Clone Saga.


The second Clone Saga

More years passed before Spider-Man's clone reappeared. He had survived the battle and for several years had lived an existence under the name Ben Reilly (a combination of Peter's Uncle Ben's first name and Aunt May's maiden name). A series of chaotic events followed, in which Peter and Ben were plagued by both a resurrected Jackal and by Kaine, who was an unsuccessful first clone. In the process, another clone of Spider-Man became the villain Spidercide. Matters were further confused by the interventions of the mysterious and seemingly all-powerful Judas Traveller and Scrier. This article is about the fictional character. ... Ben Parker may refer to: Uncle Ben, a comic character Ben Parker (footballer), former Australian rules player with Adelaide ... Aunt May. ... The Jackal (Dr. Miles Warren) is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an enemy of Spider-Man. ... Kaine is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man. ... Spidercide is a fictional character, a supervillain and clone of Spider-Man in the Marvel Universe. ... Judas Traveller is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man. ...


The revelations made by the High Evolutionary were revealed to have been inaccurate, driven by a determination to discredit Warren, who had formerly worked with him.


Medical tests indicated Peter was actually the clone and Ben the original. Peter temporarily retired as Spider-Man, leaving the mantle of Spider-Man to Ben. An explosive climax revealed that Peter, Ben, the Jackal and many others had all been manipulated for years by Norman Osborn, who had been secretly alive all along. Osborn said Peter was the original, a claim that was confirmed when Ben died saving Peter's life and his body degenerated like any other clone's. Spider-Man: The Osborn Journal (February 1997) explains the Green Goblin's role in the entire storyline. The Green Goblin is a Marvel Comics supervillain and an archenemy of Spider-Man. ...


Selected bibliography

During the mid-1990s, Marvel consistently published four monthly Spider-Man series, roughly one every week. For the most part, the Spider-titles were treated during this storyline as a single weekly series, although occasionally they would separate, pair off, or have special anniversary editions. The Clone Saga ran through all four titles from October 1994 to December 1996, in addition to a multitude of spin-offs, one-shots, and ancillary issues. With that said, the relevant issues are:


Ongoings:

  • Web of Spider-Man #117–129, and its replacement, Sensational Spider-Man #0–11
  • Amazing Spider-Man #394–418
  • Spider-Man #51–75
  • Spectacular Spider-Man #217–240
  • Spider-Man Unlimited (Vol. 1) #7–14
  • Peter Parker Spider-Man
  • Furthermore, all five titles except peter parker spider-man were temporarily renamed with "Scarlet Spider" in place of "Spider-Man" for two months, in imitation of the X-Men's "Age of Apocalypse" stunt.

Special one-shots and mini-series: The Age of Apocalypse is a popular X-Men story arc. ...

  • Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Alpha
  • Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Omega
  • Spider-Man: The Lost Years
  • Spider-Man: The Final Adventure
  • Spider-Man: Clone Journals
  • Spider-Man: The Parker Years
  • Spider-Man: Redemption
  • Spider-Man: Jackal Files
  • Spider-Man: Dead Man's Hand

Though no longer in print, there was a trade paperback which collected the four-part Revelation storyline. Originally, The Osborn Journal was to be included. Instead, Spider-Man #75 has 14 bonus pages. The first seven show Ben fighting briefly with Norman Osborn, set during Amazing Spider-Man #418. The second seven show Peter and Mary Jane mourning over the loss of Ben Reilly and Baby May, which has Spider-Man dumping Ben's ashes in the river. The bonus pages are drawn by John Romita Jr.. John Romita, Jr. ...


Production background

The original story was written by Gerry Conway in response to requests to resurrect Gwen Stacy, but it was done in a way that the original Gwen was not actually resurrected (by introducing her clone, who was used as a psychological weapon against Spider-Man). The response to the story was strong, as witnessed by the later creation of Carrion. The story was inspired by the common theories in the 1970s that cloning human life was possible. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Gerard F. Gerry Conway (September 10, 1952 - ) is an American writer of comic books and television shows. ... Gwendolyn Gwen Stacy[1] is a supporting character in Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man series. ...


In the late 1980s, new developments in science, particularly the understanding that early in gestation human cells become greatly specialized, left greater skepticism as to the possibility of being able to duplicate fully grown organisms, which may explain Conway's decision to revisit the storyline and reveal that the process was not cloning at all. It has also been speculated that Conway wanted to undo the notion that a clone of Gwen was running around to prevent the clone from being brought back over and over again, so as to strengthen then-recent marriage between Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson. Science swung again towards the possibilities of cloning in the mid 1990s and once more the storyline returned to cloning.


The second Clone Saga was inspired by Marvel Comics' determination to produce a strong Spider-Man "event" story that would rival DC Comics' monumental storylines "The Death of Superman" and "Batman: Knightfall," both of which sold extremely well. Furthermore, Marvel's editorial structure at the time was divided into separate "groups" or "families," and some Spider-Man editors reported pressure to compete with the X-Men family's successful "Age of Apocalypse" event. Several of the Spider-Man creators believed that the character had drifted too far from his original portrayal and sought a way to restore the Spider-Man of old, in particular jettisoning his marriage to Mary Jane. There is some discrepancy between the recollections of production staff at the time, confused further by evidence that plans for the direction seemed to shift almost constantly. This article is about the comic book company. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... The Death of Superman is a comic book storyline (culminating in Superman #75 in 1993) that served as the catalyst for DC Comics crossover event of 1993. ... Cover to Batman #497: The breaking of the Bat. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... The Age of Apocalypse is a popular X-Men story arc. ...


With a plethora of writers and editors, the storyline was initiated throughout all the regular Spider-Man series, but slowly grew out of control. The sales department requested extensions to the storyline, buoyed up by very strong sales on the book at a time when most other comics were experiencing a noticeable decline in buyers. With this extension, the storyline outlived several key creative staff and many decisions on the eventual direction of the storyline were changed.


The decision to replace Peter with Ben as the regular, true Spider-Man met with a massive outcry from many readers and was also unpopular with many of the creative staff of the day. The decision was soon taken to undo this and restore Peter as the true Spider-Man. However, this proved a difficult decision to implement and many schemes were devised, including one proposal to reveal the entire confusion as having been spawned by the demon Mephisto as part of a struggle with Judas Traveller and Scrier. This was rejected as being widely out of Spider-Man's league. (Coincidentally, this was similar to the plot device used by Marvel for the Spider-Man storyline "One More Day," which retconned Peter's marriage to Mary Jane.) Eventually, the decision was taken to reveal that an archenemy of Spider-Man's had been manipulating events from behind the scenes. The decision to resurrect the original Green Goblin was also very controversial; his death was part of "The Death of Gwen Stacy" storyline that was widely considered a classic, but it was deemed necessary by Marvel's then-Editor-in-Chief. Osborn's return led to a brief stint in a Lex Luthor-like role, minimizing his Goblin identity and leading to "The Final Chapter," which closed out the first volume of Amazing Spider-Man. This article is about the Marvel Comics character. ... Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the portmanteau word retcon – refers to the act of changing previously established details of a fictional setting, often without providing an explanation for the changes within the context of that setting. ... Trade-paperback reprint collection, The Death of Gwen Stacy (2002 ed. ... Lex Luthor is a fictional supervillain and enemy of Superman in the DC Comics Universe. ...


Recognizing the chaos of the storyline, Marvel eventually parodied it in Spider-Man: 101 Ways to End the Clone Saga (January 1997). In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ...


Clone Saga follow up in MC2

While the mainstream Spider-Man titles rarely touch upon the Clone Saga, Spider-Girl (May "Mayday" Parker) has referenced it. Mayday generally wears the costume based on Ben Reilly's Spider-Man design. Elizabeth Tyne/Janine Godbe from The Lost Years had Ben's son, Reilly Tyne (Darkdevil). Felicity Hardy fights crime as The Scarlet Spider. Kaine is also a recurring character. For the Marvel Comics character who is the daughter of Spider-Man, see Spider-Girl. ... Darkdevil (Reilly Tyne) is a fictional character, a superhero in the MC2 future of the Marvel Comics universe. ... Felicity Hardy, also known as the second Scarlet Spider, is a fictional character who appears in the Marvel Comicss MC2 series Spider-Girl. ... Kaine is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man. ...


Spider-Girl #44–50 and 52 focus on loose ends of the Clone Saga, such as Alison Mongrain planning to kill Normie Osborn, believing he could pose a threat to the child who was placed in her care. May reveals herself to Alison, in order to save Normie. Alison is last seen in Spider-Girl #52. #44 is noteworthy as Peter tells May about her Uncle Ben, minus the fact he was a clone. Overall, the issue recaps the Clone Saga storyline. There was to have been a panel with Ben Reilly in his Scarlet Spider outfit, but it was left out[4], hence why the cover mentions him as The Scarlet Spider. Normie Osborn is the grandson of Norman Osborn and the son of Harry Osborn, the first and second Green Goblin, respectively. ...


Ultimate Spider-Man Clone Saga

The cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #103. Art by Mark Bagley.

The Clone Saga was adapted for Marvel's Ultimate imprint. It began in Ultimate Spider-Man #97 (July 2006) and concluded in #104 [1], with a small epilogue in #105. In the Ultimate Spider-Man continuity, the character Miles Warren was first introduced as Harry Osborn's psychiatrist who was hired by Norman Osborn to brainwash out any memories of his Goblin persona. Ben Reilly was established as an African-American lab assistant with no personal ties to Peter. Although in the "Carnage" story-arc, Reilly refers to the Carnage creature as "Little Ben". The creature itself being created from Peter Parker's and Curt Conner's DNA with traces of the Venom suit's genetic material as well. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x1200, 1376 KB)[edit] Summary Promotional cover art for Ultimate Spider-Man #103, art by Mark Bagley. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x1200, 1376 KB)[edit] Summary Promotional cover art for Ultimate Spider-Man #103, art by Mark Bagley. ... The various characters of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, as seen on the cover of Ultimates (v2) #12. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the video game of the same title, see Ultimate Spider-Man (video game). ... Brainwashing controversies According to research and forensic psychologist Dick Anthony, the CIA invented the brainwashing ideology as a propaganda strategy to undercut communist claims that American POWs in Korean communist camps had voluntarily expressed sympathy for communism and that definitive research demonstrated that collaboration by western POWs had been caused... Carnage is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... Venom, or the Venom Symbiote, is the name given to the first symbiote life form to appear in the fictional Marvel Universe. ...


In this version, Bendis wrote a story in which the Ultimate Scorpion is captured and revealed to be Peter's clone, sharing 94.2% of Peter Parker's DNA (issues 97, 98). MJ is then abducted, and searching for her, Peter runs into Ultimate Spider-Woman, and in the following issues, further Spider-Man clones appear, among them one with a disfigured face (Kaine) and a black-suited clone with six arms (Tarantula). Bendis also made Peter reveal his secret identity to Aunt May and the Fantastic Four, and let an amnesiac Gwen Stacy and Peter's presumed dead father Richard re-appear. Via a longer dialogue through Peter and Spider-Woman, Bendis also established that every clone has inherited Peter's love for MJ, and his worries of her getting hurt; as a result, they each tried a different approach, the Scorpion trying to make sense of his jumbled memories, Spider-Woman trying to stop the other clones, Kaine using his advanced mind to incorporate the fictional drug OZ into MJ's body, and the Tarantula trying to defend MJ from Kaine. Scorpion is the name that two separate fiction characters have used in stories published by Marvel Comics. ... Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) is a superheroine, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Kaine is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man. ... Tarantula is the name of a number of mostly unrelated fictional characters appearing in publications from Marvel Comics. ... Plot dump or exposition is a term used by the movie and television industries to describe a plot device by which critical elements of the plot, often involving the back-story, are not depicted directly but are instead elaborated in dialogue by one of the characters or by a narrator. ...


Upon waking to find that she has been injected with OZ, MJ is enraged, and her anger triggers a transformation into a large, red monster. As of issue 103, the masterminds behind the clones seem to be Dr. Octopus and Ben Reilly (Reilly stole a sample of Peter's blood shortly after the death of Gwen Stacy). A fight between the clones and Dr. Octopus leaves the Tarantula and Kaine apparently dead, and Dr. Octopus captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. As a twist, Bendis established that Dr. Octopus and Reilly acted with consent of the CIA. In addition, Gwen is revealed to be Carnage, and Richard revealed to be yet another clone (issues 99-103), aged artificially and given psychic treatment to create his false memories. Carnage is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe. ...


As of the end of the Ultimate Clone Saga, the clone posing as Richard Parker died from his rapid aging, Jessica Drew fled after helping Peter defeat Octavius, and Doctors Franklin Storm and Reed Richards found a cure for Mary Jane's OZ-related affliction; Peter's relief at her safe condition made him realize his true feelings for her and re-consummated their relationship. Reed Richards suggested that they might even remove Peter's powers after some more research, since they are also partially caused by the OZ serum. However, after a talk with Nick Fury, Peter rejects the cure and got back together with MJ. The Spider-Woman clone left to embrace the "Jessica Drew" identity and the other remaining clones - the Scorpion and Gwen Stacy - were left in the custody of Nick Fury, who advised his Scientists to 'get to work' on them. Franklin Storm is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. ...


In re-imagining the story for the Ultimate Universe, Brian Bendis inserted many references to the original Clone Saga. Among them are that the brief appearances of the characters Miles Warren and Ben Reilly; Peter re-examining his relationship with MJ; an amnesiac Gwen Stacy appearing from nowhere, then turning out to be more than she seems; Aunt May experiencing a heart attack; a "Scarlet Spider" (Spider-Woman) evading Peter and later being used as a plot dump; a half-formed, semi-insane clone appearing several times, specifically wanting to protect MJ; a 'mystery women' called 'Jessica'; an old friend and colleague of Norman Osborn appearing to have been manipulating the scenes from behind (Dr. Mendel Stromm in normal Marvel continuity, Otto Octavius in Ultimate Marvel continuity), later revealing unseen powers over robotics. Plot dump or exposition is a term used by the movie and television industries to describe a plot device by which critical elements of the plot, often involving the back-story, are not depicted directly but are instead elaborated in dialogue by one of the characters or by a narrator. ... Dr. Mendell Stromm is a fictional character in the Marvel universe. ...


Television

Further information: The Return of Hydro-Man and Spider Wars

In Spider-Man: The Animated Series, the Clone Saga appears in two forms. First in the show, Spider-Man is reunited with Mary Jane after she disappeared into a vortex in his last fight with the original Green Goblin. It was soon revealed that this Mary Jane was a clone as was the resurrected Hydro-Man all of which were the product of the experiments of Miles Warren. Spider-Man tears his costume in a fight with the Hydro-Man clone. The Mary Jane clone saves him with water powers she has by virtue of her body structure being derived from Hydro-Man. Warren runs off from an upcoming flood Hydro-Man's clone would create and finds a piece of Spider-Man's costume, hinting at the possible cloning of Peter Parker. Due to their unstable cell structures, the Mary Jane and Hydro-Man clones evaporate in front of Spider-Man. The death of the Mary Jane clone devastates him, and he is next taken to another dimension by Madame Web to fight in the animated version of the Secret Wars. Warren managed to get a sample of Spider-Man's DNA from a torn piece of his costume. The Return of Hydro-Man is a two part episode (59 and 60) of Spider-Man: The Animated Series. ... Spider Wars is the two part series finale of Spider-Man: The Animated Series, consisting of the episodes I Really, Really Hate Clones and Farewell, Spider-Man. This episode deals with Spider-men from parallel universes, trying to stop Spider-Carnage from destroying all reality. ... Hydro-Man (Morris Bench) is a fictional character, a supervillain in Marvel Comics universe. ... Madame Web is a fictional supporting character in the Spider-Man comic book series. ... Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars is the name of a twelve-issue Marvel Comics comic book limited series produced between 1984 and 1985, and a Mattel toy line that reflected the series. ...

The Six Spider-Men that join to defeat Spider-Carnage in Spider Wars.
The Six Spider-Men that join to defeat Spider-Carnage in Spider Wars.

After that was the two-part Spider Wars series finale, where Spider-Man is presented in an alternate reality version of the Clone Saga. In this version of events, though, the revelation that Peter is the clone, and Ben Reilly is the original leads Peter to become incredibly depressed and vulnerable. The Carnage symbiote takes advantage of this and merges with Peter Parker, becoming the composite being known as Spider-Carnage, who then attempts to destroy all of existence; which includes all universes; from his native universe. Later, after his plan to destroy all of reality is stopped by the original Spider-Man and other Spider-Men from different realities; including the Scarlet Spider; Carnage attempts to destroy every reality, one at a time, starting with the universe that was home to a wealthy, armored version of Spider-Man. However, the "prime" Spider-Man follows Spider-Carnage into that reality. Realizing that his armored counterpart is so arrogant because he has never failed, the "prime" Spider-Man contacts that reality's version of Uncle Ben, the only person who might be able to get through to Spider-Carnage. The gamble works, and Spider-Carnage stops the chain of destruction he had been about to initiate. He sacrifices himself by jumping in one of his unstable portals from the Time Dilation Accelerator in his reality which disintegrates him. The "prime" Spider-Man at one point remarks: "This is starting to sound like a bad comic book plot!" and part of the arc was called "I Really, Really Hate Clones". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Spider Wars is the two part series finale of Spider-Man: The Animated Series, consisting of the episodes I Really, Really Hate Clones and Farewell, Spider-Man. This episode deals with Spider-men from parallel universes, trying to stop Spider-Carnage from destroying all reality. ... Spider Wars is the two part series finale of Spider-Man: The Animated Series, consisting of the episodes I Really, Really Hate Clones and Farewell, Spider-Man. This episode deals with Spider-men from parallel universes, trying to stop Spider-Carnage from destroying all reality. ... This phrase may be used: to refer to a group of computer games called Alternate Reality. as another way of describing the concept of a parallel universe in physics or metaphysics. ... Carnage is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... Benjamin Ben Parker, usually called Uncle Ben, was a supporting character in the Marvel Universe’s Spider-Man stories. ...


Of note is the fact that the Spider-Carnage character first appeared in comics, and was the result of a forced mergance between the Carnage entity and Ben Reilly, who had taken on the role of Spider-Man at that time. The Peter Parker with whom the symbiote merges with was wearing the original version of the costume, however when the symbiote merges with him, his costume takes on the appearance of Ben Reilly's Spider-Man costume, which was itself subtly changed by the creature merging with him.


References

  1. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #141–151
  2. ^ Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #25–31
  3. ^ Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #8 and Spectacular Spider-Man #149; part of the "Evolutionary War" story arc.
  4. ^ Tom D. - Re: #44 Questions For Tom D

External links

  • 1 Life of Reilly - A very detailed 35-part article covering this storyline, including behind-the-scenes information from Glenn Greenberg, who was part of the editorial team during this time, and interviews with other writers.
  • The Clone Saga Timeline - A page on Sam Ruby.com featuring a detailed chronology, summary and list of titles.
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The clone of Gwen Stacy reappeared many years later when she was being pursued by the High Evolutionary, who was determined to discover how Warren had been able to perfect cloning.
The second Clone Saga was inspired by Marvel Comics' determination to produce a strong Spider-Man "event" story that would rival DC Comics' monumental storylines "The Death of Superman" and "Batman: Knightfall," both of which sold extremely well.
Due to their unstable cell structures, the Mary Jane and Hydro-Man clones evaporate in front of Spider-Man. The death of the Mary Jane clone devastates him, and he is next taken to another dimension by Madame Web to fight in the animated version of the Secret Wars.
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