The Jackal (Miles Warren) is a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, and an enemy of Spider-Man. He first appeared as Miles Warren in Amazing Spider-Man #31, and as the Jackal in Amazing Spider-Man #129. He is primarily known for his role in the first appearance of the Punisher and in the Clone Saga. Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname The House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... Stan Lee and his most famous co-creation, Spider-Man. ... Steve Ditko (born 2 November 1927 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is a renowned comic book artist and writer best known as the co-creator of Spider-Man. ... Cover of Amazing Spider-Man #136 which was written by Conway. ... Ross Andru (15 June, 1927 - 9 November, 1993) was an American comic book editor, artist and penciller. ... The Green Goblin, a supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man. ... Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname The House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ... The Marvel Universe is the fictional shared setting where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... The Amazing Spider-Man is the title of both a comic book published by Marvel Comics and a daily newspaper comic strip. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... The Punisher (Frank Castle) is a Marvel Comics anti-hero. ... The Clone Saga was a major story arc in Marvel Comics which ran from 1994 to 1997 involving many clones of Spider-Man. ...

Character biography

The Jackal was a mutagenically altered human professor named Miles Warren. He experimented with human cloning and perfected a way to make clones and mutagenically enhance them. In order to perfect his technology the professor conducted unethical experiments and created human beings merely as fodder to be destroyed if the results were not to his liking. He desired to make clones of Spider-Man in order to create a super army, and successfully made one clone and one imperfect clone. He also utilized his radically advanced knowledge of genetics to mutagenically enhance his own body.

Origin

Prof. Miles Warren was once a professor of biochemistry at Empire State University. At some point, he studied genetics under the tutelage of the High Evolutionary, but was expelled from the Evolutionary's headquarters when he proved to be unstable. He received further training and equipment from Maelstrom. Warren fell in love with one of his students, Gwen Stacy, who was the girlfriend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man). After Gwen was killed by the original Green Goblin, Warren became completely insane, developing the personality of the Jackal. In his first appearance as the Jackal, he attempted to manipulate the Punisher into killing Spider-Man, but when the Punisher learned of the Jackal's deception, he turned against Warren. Biochemistry is the chemistry of life. ... Empire State University (ESU) is a fictional university in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... Genetics (from the Greek genno γεννώ= give birth) is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. ... The High Evolutionary is a fictional character who is published by Marvel Comics. ... Maelstrom is a Marvel Comics supervillain, and an arch-enemy of Quasar. ... Gwendolyne Gwen Stacy is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe published by Marvel Comics. ... The Green Goblin is a Marvel Comics supervillain who is the arch-enemy of Spider-Man. ... The Punisher (Frank Castle) is a Marvel Comics anti-hero. ...

The Jackal - with the aid of a Scrier, working for the Green Goblin - subsequently worked to create clones of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy. However, his first apparently successful attempt quickly began to show signs of degeneration. It was much later revealed that this clone managed to escape before Warren could kill him, and would come to be known as Kaine. Warren then refined the process, and although several more failures resulted, he eventually successfully created clones of Gwen, then Peter, who did not suffer from the tell-tale degeneration. The Parker clone and the Jackal were both apparently killed in battle with Spider-Man in Amazing Spider-Man #149 (October, 1975). The Green Goblin is a Marvel Comics supervillain who is the arch-enemy of Spider-Man. ... As a word, clone was first coined by J.B.S. Haldane as subject for theoretical replication of a frog, though the term clone is derived from κλων, the Greek word for twig. In horticulture, the spelling clon was used until the twentieth century. ... Kaine is a Marvel Comics supervillain. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Clone saga

Almost twenty (real time) years later, it was revealed that both men had survived the explosion and went into hiding. However, in the intervening years a clone of Miles Warren appeared, and actually married the Gwen Stacy clone. The Jackal's research was also used to create the several incarnations of the villain Carrion, one of whom was thought to be another clone of the Jackal. Carrion is a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics universe, in which he is an enemy of Spider-Man. ...

The Peter Parker clone, unaware that the Jackal lived, took the name Ben Reilly, and went into exile. Years later, he returned to New York City, allied himself with Spider-Man, and became the Scarlet Spider. The Jackal returned at this point (Amazing Spider-Man #399, March, 1995) and convinced both Parker and Reilly that Reilly was the real Peter Parker and that the other man was the clone, and created a number of other Peter Parker clones who came into conflict with Spider-Man, the Scarlet Spider, and Kaine. Ultimately, the Jackal, in the process of attempting to kill and replace millions of people with clones he could control, was killed falling off a tall building while trying to save the Gwen clone, who was saved by Spider-Man (Maximimum Clonage Omega, July, 1995). Ben Reilly, also known as the Scarlet Spider and the second Spider-Man, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Cover to Web of Spider-Man #118. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

Shortly after, Parker retired to spend more time with his pregnant wife, Mary Jane Watson-Parker, and Ben Reilly briefly replaced him as Spider-Man, until he died at the hands of the Green Goblin, finally revealing in the process that Parker was and always had been the original Spider-Man (Peter Parker, Spider-Man #75, June, 1996). Mary Jane Watson is a fictional character in the universe of Marvel Comics. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

In the 2005 limited series Daredevil Vs. Punisher The Jackal was shown to be alive once again. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... For people who perform risky stunts as a profession, see stunt performer. ... The Punisher (Frank Castle) is a Marvel Comics anti-hero. ...

Powers and abilities

The Jackal had been mutagenically enhanced by combining the genetic material of an actual jackal with his own. As a result he had enhanced strength; he could lift somewhere in the range of 900 pounds to 2 tons. His agility and speed were similarly augmented. Jackel also had razor sharp claws and teeth.

The Jackal was a genius in the fields of genetics and biochemistry and a pioneer in the field of cloning. His knowledge of cloning was at least a century ahead of what is known to conventional science. The Jackal was an excellent hand-to-hand combatant. When he gained his enhanced abilities he was able to defeat Spider-Man in more than one physical confrontation.