10 Crazy Things You Just Have To Accept To Enjoy Spider-Man

10. Clones Are A Normal Thing

Clones aren't really A Thing. Well, they are A Thing, but in the real world the subjects of cloning techniques so far have been that one Scottish sheep and a barbecue€™s worth of pigs in China. They're not really a thing in the fictional Marvel Universe, either; the evil doppelgänger or impostor trope has been played out umpteen times in superhero comics, but for the most part the twin is a robot double, an interloper from another dimension, or some sort of psychic construct. Rarely is it ever clones, however, since they're kinda difficult to pull off, and you'd have to be willing to go to some effort to effectively double someone. And you'd have to get their DNA. And yet, somehow, Spider-Man has SO MANY CLONES. One of the most controversial storylines in the modern Spidey books was aptly-named Clone Saga, when it was revealed a near-forgotten arc from the seventies €“ which saw mad scientist/supervillain Miles Warren, otherwise known as the Jekyll, pinching some of the wall crawler's genetic code and creating a double €“ had wider ramifications than originally thought. Mainly that the bad guy had made loads and loads of Spider-Man clones. How? We're not really sure. Why? Again, it's not clear. They're still just like Spider-Man €“ they're not evil or anything. And of all the Marvel heroes to clone, why Spidey? What makes him a better target than, say, Captain America €“ whose super soldier serum could potentially be extracted and used €“ or Iron Man €“ who you could use for some industrial espionage? Who knows eh. The Clone Saga has been mostly swept under the carpet but it remains a vital part of Peter Parker's recent past, and it's just something we have to accept, we guess.