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LWIC: “I Think I’m A Clone Now…”

Last Week In Comics:
A fresh take on 5 day-old comics.

Disclaimer: I will ramble on for a while about the “Clone Saga.” If at any time you get confused, or want to get confused, please go and read about it at Wikipedia.

Amazing Spider-Man #610

Back in the 90’s the “Clone Saga” scared me away from Marvel Comics and I have been a DC fanboy ever since. When the Spider-Continuity was rebooted with “One More Day” I decided to read the Webslinger’s comic again.

With a newfound love for everything Spider-Man again, including this summer’s annual focusing on the return of the major players in the Clone Saga, I decided to go back and reread about Ben Reilly, Kain, and the rest of the cast of the “Clone Saga.” Without emotional ties and my current finances being spent on on the Clone Saga, I have to admit if you can excuse the “1990’s” influence it was a fun read. Notice that I said “fun” not “epic” as it was supposed to feel when originally published, it was fun and I enjoyed it more reading it as part of Spidey’s past. Speaking of Spidey’s past, lets use that as a segue to the present, the “Clone Saga” has reared its confusing head into the monthly comics.

So there is this crazy half-dinosaur half-doctor dude who wants to kill Ben Reilly (the now deceased clone) and has mistaken Peter for Ben. Through flashbacks we learned that before Ben participated in the events of the “Clone Saga,” he was this dino-doctor’s lab assistant. The doctor was trying to prove Darwin’s theory of evolution wrong that man had evolved from dinosaurs not apes. To prove this the doctor injected himself with dino DNA. After the injection supposedly Ben Reilly killed the dino-doctor’s family and now in the present he wants revenge and has Peter’s friends and family held hostage.

Not only does Ben Reilly pop back into Pete’s life so does the first ever spider-clone Kain. Kain had always believed that Peter was the clone and Ben Reilly was the original Webslinger (see the Clone Saga for more detail on that,) so Kain who was an imperfect clone wanted Ben to die and Peter live out the life as a “real” person not a clone. Well it seems that not only is Kain still alive, he still thinks that Peter Parker is the clone… and now wants him to die too… LWIC (Last Week In Comics):

So it looks as if Ben Reilly, who sacrificed himself at the the end of the “Clone Saga” is still dead – good. With the revolving door of death in comic books I was afraid that Ben Reilly would be back in the Marvel Universe and there would be two Spider-Men again, instead we just have the return of Kain. I’m good with the return of the “imperfect” clone with slightly different powers – he makes a good villain opposite to Spider-Man. I look forward to seeing what’s next for Kain since his role in this story arc was minimal and seemed more of a set up for future conflicts.

Superman: New World of Krypton #9

Since Superman had joined his people on New Krypton I have had mixed feelings about the storylines featured. At first I liked seeing Superman’s non-super powered qualities help him rise above to be a hero to the Kryptonians, but since then the story has gone a little stale. Even with Superman on Krypton the politicians ruling the planet still act like they own the solar system by moving moons from other planets for their own personal use. Last month the Thangarians were upset with the Kryptonians for their arrogance and Superman using his heroic personality, not super strength, handled the problem peacefully. LWIC:

I’m still not sure how I feel about this series. At first the Thangarian attack immediately followed the people of Saturn attacking seemed random and pointless, but the scene with Zod asking Kal if he has the army prepared for war gave me the feeling that these are all setups for something bigger. I know that for next year’s “big event” DC is going to revolve around Kryptonians, the scene with Zod makes me feel that we may not have to wait for next summer… something might happen before then.

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Posted by Fred on November 9, 2009 @ 11:15 PM Under: Last Week In Comics
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