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Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga Kindle & comiXology

by Gerry Conway (Author, Contributor), Archie Goodwin (Author, Contributor), Bill Mantlo (Author, Contributor), Format: Kindle Edition
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Collects Amazing Spider-Man #139-150; Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #25-31, #149, #162-163 & Annual #8.

Remember the good old days when Spidey's life wasn't very complicated? When evil scientists like the Jackal sought to destroy him? When Gwen Stacy showed up on his doorstep, suddenly alive? When a morning spin in the Spider-Mobile was interrupted by an attack from Mysterio? When Carrion sought to strangle the life out of him time and again? See the original clone saga unravel as Spider-Man tries to keep up!
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    496 pages
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    4 and up
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    Marvel
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    August 23, 2018
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07DKQT2GH
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel (August 23, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 23, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
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Gerry Conway

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Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway (born September 10, 1952) is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics' vigilante the Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man. At DC Comics, he is known for co-creating the superhero Firestorm and others, and for writing the Justice League of America for eight years. Conway wrote the first major, modern-day intercompany crossover, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man.

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Harold Thurber
5.0 out of 5 stars Arrived early in great condition, good deal
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2022
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JZ
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story and a great seller! Very satisfied!
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2021
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Great introduction and gives history/perspective to the clone saga currently published in Spider Man comics
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j mav
5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING SPIDERMAN STORY!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2013
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Very good story I would give it a 9/10. In my top ten and there to stay. Great showing of spiderman and his first re encounter with gwen. Then the awesome story with Carrion and the hobgoblin. Must have for all Spidey fans. And I promise you it is 1,000,000 times better than the 90's clone saga!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good for Fans Seeking Completeness
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018
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"Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga" goes beyond the scope of 1995's "Spider-Man: Clone Genesis" (released as a tie-in to the 1990s Clone Saga) to include material from "Amazing Spider-Man" nos. 139-150, "Giant-Size Spider-Man" no. 5, and "Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man" nos. 25-31, 149, 162-163, and annual no. 8. The stories were written by Gerry Conway, Archie Goodwin, Len Wein, and Bill Mantlon with art by Ross Andru, Gil Kane, Jim Mooney, Frank Miller, Mark Bagley, and Sal Buscema.
This story begins with Spider-Man facing various foes as a gauntlet set up by the Jackal (Peter's college professor, Miles Warren), who wants to wear Spider-Man down before killing him in revenge for Gwen Stacy's death. He uses a clone of Gwen Stacy to further throw Spider-Man off his game. Spidey manages to fend off the Jackal, only to be confronted with his a clone of himself, who nobly sacrifices himself to save Peter and an innocent bystander. The Gwen Stacy clone then goes on her way. Some time later, a supervillain calling himself Carrion attacks Peter, revealing himself to be a clone of Professor Warren. Peter defeats the clone while suffering greatly, at one point temporarily losing his sight in a battle against the Maggia. Later stories ret-con the clone story to suggest that Warren never cloned anybody, but instead re-wrote existing individual's DNA and gave them memory implants, leading to the creation of a new Carrion.
This volume collects enough stories to tell a coherent narrative and includes brief summaries to fill in gaps where necessary as the original Clone Saga was composed of about three different story lines that built upon each other without prior planning. It does provide necessary background for those looking to read the 1990s Clone Saga, though it has a more limited scope. There are also interesting links to other stories at the time and several references are now dated (such as when the "clone" of Gwen Stacy doesn't recognize President Ford on the television). That said, this is a good volume for fans of Spider-Man who want to know more about this narrative as it's become relevant with the recent Clone Conspiracy storyline.
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J. Stephen Alderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great addition to your collection
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2017
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Luquillo
5.0 out of 5 stars This is where the sickness really began.
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2015
Peter Parker is searching for a new apartment and finally finds one, unfortunately it's a real dump. However, this is the very least of his problems. While paying a visit to the Daily Bugle, the place is attacked by a mountain of a man named the Grizzly who's seeking revenge against J. Jonah Jameson. Spider-Man clashes with the man but soon realizes there's far more going on then he realizes. -summary

Here goes the story that started the madness, The Original Clone Saga. Beginning in 1974 and written by Gerry Conway, the Original Clone Saga which has went down in Spider-Man lore as a Marvel Milestone was the follow up and supposedly fall out of another milestone, The Death of Gwen Stacy. That storyline introduced another moment of tragedy in the life of Spider-Man, as he witnessed the death of his lover at the hands of the Green Goblin, which occurred when he remembered Spider-Man's secret identity and attacked in full force. This story begins when a villain calling himself the Jackal enters, and it's very unclear what his motives are besides terrorizing Spider-Man. The story had a major impact on the Spider-Man mythos which would be felt for way over 20 years, beginning new storylines and debuting new characters, as well as re-introducing older ones thought long gone. Along with its overall effect, the story would prove to be quite entertaining with startling revelations that left many in awe as the story reached its climax. This trade paperback collects some of the best stories during one of Spider-Man's best runs; Amazing Spider-Man 139 - 150, Giant-Size Spider-Man 5, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man 25 - 31, 149, 162 - 163, and Annual 8.

This batch of stories captures what comic book fun is all about; suspense, surprises, engrossing storyline, interesting and well developed characters. These are your basic Spider-Man stories, that follows the wall-crawler through his very complicated life as he takes on one villain after the next, with small pieces of the story slowly introduced. The reader will get a glimpse of what the Jackal is all about periodically, as he uses other villains to battle Spider-Man. When he's not around, other villains will appear out of the wood work taking their chances at killing him for past encounters. Later, things will become more complicated as Spider-Man will begin to question his own sanity when he begins to see someone he thought to have been dead for two years.

When I backtrack through very early Spider-Man stories, I always found the arcs with the Green Goblin to be the most interesting, simply because he knew who the man under the mask was. I thought it was brilliant for Marvel to go that route once again, because it adds another dimension to the storytelling when a hero's identity has been revealed, and the Jackal is used very well here. He's established as a serious threat simply because it's not hard to figure out that he knows who Spider-Man is. He encounters an enraged Scorpion, and sends him after Spider-Man's loved ones making it quite clear he means business. The feud with the Jackal is very well paced, and the danger steadily escalates until its thrilling conclusion. He also slowly becomes the show-stealer because a reader who is completely unfamiliar with the outcome of this story will constantly wonder what he's after. Conway also shows how he can juggle different story elements, by also injecting a thrilling battle against the Master of Illusion Mysterio, as well as a vicious fight against the Spider-Slayers. These breaks in the storyline would be distracting if they weren't so entertaining. The storyline involving the Jackal is wrapped up very well but it's only the beginning.

The second portion of the story takes place with the villain Carrion. He possesses all of the knowledge he could possibly need to battle Spider-Man. Carrion is very dangerous possessing super strength, agility, and he's very durable. His vast powers consist of telepathy and telekinesis; he can also kill all organic beings with only a touch. Carrion gives Spider-Man the toughest battle ever by this point.

The story also features several guest stars, such as the Man-Thing, White Tiger, Daredevil, and The High Evolutionary. Spider-Man also battles with various deadly villains the likes of Hobgoblin and Carrion II. The storytelling really is magnificent since it doesn't follow a repetitive path and it's constantly evolving. The action as usual does take a backseat for Peter's personal issues, as he still has trouble dealing with Gwen's death, and just plain moving on with Mary-Jane Watson whom makes it no secret that she wants to be with him. The sudden appearance of Gwen heavily disrupts things between them creating some interesting situations.

The artwork has a dated feel, but it's hard not to enjoy the flashy feel of things; from Spidey trying to outrun the cops in the hilariously cheesy "Spider-Mobile", to the look of horror on Aunt May's face, as the Scorpion crawls through the window while she's in the hospital bed. The action panels have so many cool moments and fierce action, that you could actually ignore the dialog, and just watch the trade offs between Spider-Man, Scorpion, Lizard, and Mysterio.

I really enjoyed this TPB, however, it could have been much better than this. Since the Jackal is one of the main villains, then I see no reason on how come his first appearance, Amazing Spider-Man 129 wasn't added. I would have preferred that over Giant Spider-Man 5. The book does have some filler, but it's fun filler that I never found boring.

Overall, this is among the best TPB's you can find. It has everything that makes a comic book great, and it's on the newbie friendly side. There are more than enough details going on to pull someone from the dark. I highly recommend this along with the Death of Gwen Stacy.

Pros:Entertaining from beginning to end

Cons:Dated artwork may distract some, some filler that some may not enjoy
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4.0 out of 5 stars Originally original but later lamentable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2013
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As a collection of Spider-Man this book should be on everyone's bookshelf for the first half alone. As said by others this was a classy and classic run, the revelation of the backstory of the Jackal and the way it wove well into Spidey's history is still to be commended. (Although I'm sure the Jackal suddenly appears to know Spidey's secret identity which he didn't appear to know when he first showed up circa #129...?) To have those issues all illustrated by the criminally under-rated Ross Andru helps these issues feel like one large storyline and reprinted in glorious colour does work much better than the Essentials series ever could.
The rest of the collection shouldn't be ignored - but kind of was eventually wasn't it? All the 'Spectacular Spider-Man' issues here try painfully hard to prove the 'clones' never were clones and confuse matters far more than necessary - indeed one issue even proclaims "One last try to tie it all together," before failing again. Therin lies this books true interest - how writers and creative teams make it up as they go along and then regret it - or retcon it - or ignore it - or....
A few random points come to mind... Carrion has ridiculous extra powers beyond a cloned-Jackal and I still don't know how/why he needed them. Mary Jane changes in my eyes, from sympathetic character in the 'Amazing' issues, to self-centred super-model drawn to look much harder by Sal Buscema in the 'Spectacular' - indeed she seemed to have changed so much I was expecting a revelation that she was along-standing imposter(!)(Is this just me?)
The later character of the Hobgoblin is one the creators seem really proud of but he never steps beyong 'Green-Goblin-lite' to me and along with Carrion show that Spider needed the return of the true Green Goblin many years later - and could have benefitted from the return of the true Jackal at any time - he was a great Spider-villain!
Enjoy this collection for what it is or what it was - and then ask yourself was Amazing Spider-Man #151 the very last 'real' Spider-Man issue?
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Dungeon Master
3.0 out of 5 stars Blast from the past-average 70s Spidey
Reviewed in Canada on August 24, 2011
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I can't say I loved this one- even though it was ok- I like Ross Andru artwork allot & I like the format/paper of these thick marvel TPB (see the Captain by mark Gruenwald-that one is better than this). A little to dated read- and not the best stories- seemed like 2 big story chains and a few random issues of average typical quality thrown into a massive tpb. Still pretty good, I don't regret buying it but I'm not in a hurry to get any more old Spider man. If you have a crave for some 70s Spidey- this is one of the better ones- 3.5 stars really.
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