10 Most Ridiculous Things Spider-Man Has Survived

7. The Clone Uncertainty - The Clone Saga

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Much like the whole One More Day guff, it would feel a little lacking to put together such an article and not make reference to clones, clones and more clones.

Just muttering the words Clone Saga to a Marvel fan of a certain age will trigger a reaction of hot sweats and eye-widening flashbacks to a period in the nineties that was nothing if not overly convoluted.

There had previously been a clone run-in back in the 1970s, but 1994 kicked off a two-year period that was dominated by The Clone Saga. While it was often painful, confusing and illogical for readers, this huge overarching tale was completely bonkers for the wall-crawler himself.

What many may forget, The Clone Saga actually started off well. With a Spider-Man clone last seen in the seventies resurfacing under the name Ben Reilly, aka the heroic Scarlet Spider, there was a spell where both heroes were fighting the good fight alongside one another.

In a major twist, a test would reveal that Peter Parker, not Ben, was actually a clone. While this part of the arc featured Kaine as a vengeful failed clone, Spidercide as an even more evil clone, and the Jackal as the mastermind behind this, it would ultimately be revealed that we'd all been duped - that Ben was a clone, and that the believed-dead Norman Osborn was behind the entire scheme.

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