10 Criminally Underrated Marvel Comics You Must Read

There is an unwritten rule for Spider-man fans: never talk about the Clone Saga in a serious light.

A two-year story that saw Peter Parker replaced as Spider-man for a little bit, everyone’s a clone, Aunt May dies, and by the end, literally nothing is solved and readers just wasted money, The Clone Saga id considered one of the biggest flops of the nineties, and for Spidey more specifically. So, when a title named after the most popular clone and starring the original genetic clone was released, curiosity, and a hefty dose of mockery from the series' most vocal detractors, was to be expected.

Kaine Parker, no longer looking as hideous as he had for most of his life, tries fleeing to Mexico but becomes the superhero of Houston, Texas, and ends up battling cartels, the Roxxon Energy Corporation, Kraven the Hunter’s daughters, werewolves, and even teaming up with a Mexican demigod called herself Hummingbird.

It was a weird book, to put it mildly, but Christopher Yost hit a home run as he was given a full creative license to tell the story he wanted to.

Why is this book so underrated? It came at a time when people were unsure of what was going on with the Spider-Man franchise, with Doctor Octopus taking control of Peter Parker's mind for a long time. Still, that was no reason to write off this iteration of Scarlet Spider, which boasted a great new costume and a compelling reimagining of one of the nineties' most derided story-arcs.