10 Comic Book Events That Changed Everything

By Chris Quicksilver /

7. The Clone Saga

Contentious, confusing and wildly controversial, The Clone Saga from Spider Man is DEFINITELY an event that had major repercussions. Taking its cue from a classic 1970€™s story arc, the 1990€™s Clone Saga was, to put it mildly, absolutely f*cking insane. Peter Parker€™s life was never more complicated...Or more tragic. The revelation that Spidey€™s clone Ben Reilly (who was plying his trade as The Scarlet Spider €“ and holds the dubious distinction of being this writer€™s favourite childhood character) was, in fact, the original Peter Parker was just too much for some readers. Peter even retired with a pregnant Mary Jane, whilst Ben became an all-new Spider Man in an all-new series (that actually deserves much more credit than it gets). Phew! Of course, this is comics, so it was all undone a couple years€™ later...