So it was a shocking change of pace when the Spider-book team decided to advance the Peter and Mary Jane marriage to its next logical stage by making MJ pregnant. Fans found that many of the plot twists were convoluted and inconsequential, and that the storyline dragged on for far too long (more than two years and at least 100 individual comic book issues when it finally wrapped in late 1996).Ī recurring theme in Spider-Man comics is that things never break right for Peter Parker (aka, "the Parker luck"). However, as the arc lumbered on with Ben as the lead character and Peter and MJ away from the spotlight, reader interest waned considerably. The story regularly took a number of twists, including the earth-shattering reveal that Ben was actually the original Spider-Man and Peter was the clone. In that regard, the "Clone Saga" was initially a success, as all four core Spider-Man books were transformed into a weekly soap opera following Peter and his clone, who dubbed himself Ben Reilly, as they fought the Jackal and the mysterious Kaine. Despite the fact that no one was ever clamoring for the clone's return, Marvel's editorial team saw the storyline as an opportunity to drastically shake up the status quo for their Web Slinging superstar, similar to what DC had recently accomplished (to the tune of great sales) with "The Death of Superman" and Batman's "Knightfall" arcs. "The Clone Saga" reintroduced the world to Spider-Man's genetic clone, a character that had been left for dead and forgotten about in a Bronze Age story that was originally published in 1975.
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