The Spider-Man Clone Saga returns as the Clone Conspiracy unravels

Remember the Spider-Man Clone Saga from the 90s? Well, it’s back.

The world’s greatest super hero faces his biggest challenge yet this October! Amidst a gauntlet of his deadliest rogues, an old foe returns to the fore. Loved ones lost are dead no more as Peter Parker plunges headlong into THE CLONE CONSPIRACY – a blockbuster 5-issue event series from A-List creators Dan Slott and Jim Cheung!

Prepare yourself for THE Spidey story of 2016 as the writer who brought you Spider-Verse, Superior Spider-Man and Spider-Island brings you the next defining chapter in the wallcrawler’s life!  The identity of the man in the red suit has been revealed. The Jackal has returned, more driven and determined than ever. He’s offered Spidey’s greatest rogues a chance to reunite with their loved ones in exchange for loyalty. But to what end? With the Rhino, the Lizard, Electro and even Doctor Octopus at his side, things are looking bleak. But who else from  Spider-Man’s past has reappeared?!

The mystery is just getting started. Can the Amazing Spider-Man stand against the Jackal and a who’s who of his greatest villains?  Be there as this blockbuster Spider-Man event kicks off this October in the explosive first issue – THE CLONE CONSPIRACY #1!

Plus – read an exciting prologue to The Clone Conspiracy from this year’s FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 by Dan Slott & Javier Garron, available now in the Marvel Comics app and Marvel Digital Comics Store.

A return to a ‘classic’

I’d wager that you never thought you’d see the Clone Saga making a return. It is, after all, maybe one of the most disliked parts of Spider-Man’s history. The 90s ‘epic’ that was the Clone Saga re-introduced the creepy Jackal to Spidey’s books. The wacko former-teacher was obsessed with the web-head, and had cloned him several times over to varying levels of success.

This led to the Scarlet Spider (the first one) and Ben Reilly. If you remember, he even took over the mantle of Spider-Man for a while. None of that took of course, or even lasted that long. And in fact, most Spider-Man fans of the time didn’t care for the story at all. Truth be told, I actually liked it, but that’s me.

And while the event itself might be a follow-up to that era’s story, it’s very little like it. With the return of some of Spider-Man’s greatest foes, this new Clone Conspiracy just could be the Spidey event of the decade. Actually, if you’re a big fan of the character, I can’t see how you could not be excited.

Why’s that? Pretty dimple actually, like it says in the press release above, we get the return of “Rhino, the Lizard, Electro and even Doctor Octopus”. What’s not to love about that? Hopefully they’ll be around for a little longer than this one arc, but it’s nice to have these classic villains back at all.

By Slott and Cheung, The Clone Conspiracy kicks off in a standalone first issue this coming October.