"Never let anyone clone you." That was the advice Peter Parker first gave to Miles Morales when they first met. But Miles didn't listen, and now he's got a bunch of people wandering around with his face. That's the story surrounding Miles Morales' version of The Clone Saga, something Peter Parker had to deal with back in the early '90s.
But where did all these clones come from? How do they look at Miles? And how is Miles going to function as Spider-Man if he's got so many people out there using his costume? Fortunately, the story's already over instead of being as long as the original Clone Saga, so the answers are already available.
9 The Assessor’s Still Causing Problems For Miles
The primary villain behind Miles Morales’ Clone Saga is The Assessor, a villain introduced in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #8 by Javier Garron and Saladin Ahmed. The Assessor captured Miles and spent an entire issue torturing him for the sake of gaining information about his body and powers.
With that power, The Assessor managed to create a series of clones based on Miles’ DNA. The character doesn’t appear here, but his presence looms large over the entire storyline.
8 Miles Stopped One Clone Before
This isn’t the first time Miles has run into a clone. In issue #19 by Saladin Ahmed, Carmen Carnero, and Marcelo Ferreira, Miles was captured by The Assessor again and ran into the villain Ultimatum. There, Miles and his uncle Aaron get into a battle against Ultimatum and a clone that looks exactly like Miles.
The only difference between the clone and Miles is the clone can’t hold a form, and so every time anyone attacks it, the clone loses form. It’s a close battle because Miles also has to fight other enemies at the same time, but he eventually knocks the clone out before dealing with Ultimatum. Meanwhile, the Assessor escapes without dealing with the consequences of his actions yet again.
7 What Happened To Miles' Uncle Aaron, The Prowler?
Anyone reading fresh might be caught unaware when they learn that Miles’ Uncle Aaron, also known as the Prowler, appears to be dead. In reality, no one knows whether the Prowler is dead or not. In a previous storyline, Miles and Aaron battled against Ultimatum, who’s the actual Miles Morales from the main Marvel Universe.
Ultimatum’s goal is to both take over the New York underworld and send Miles and his family back to Earth-1610. To stop him from achieving his goal, Aaron decides to forcefully send Ultimatum back to Earth-1610 for good, destroying the machine used to do so in the process. It’s unknown if he’s dead or trapped over there with him, but for now, Aaron’s out of the picture.
6 Peter Parker Makes An Appearance In The Storyline
What’s a discussion about clones without having Peter Parker make an appearance? In the first issue of Miles Morales’ Clone Saga storyline, Peter shows up to try and save some scientists...from Miles! With the clones having caused problems already under Miles’ name, he briefly gets into a scuffle with Peter before he can convince him he’s the real deal.
Afterwards, both of them work together to try and hunt down Miles’ clone, only to get laid out. In the end though, Peter doesn’t stick around and is only present for the first half of the storyline.
5 There Are Problems Brewing Between Ganke And Miles
Miles has been fairly busy lately, from dealing with Ultimatum to handling the organization CRADLE to fighting against giant symbiote dragons. He’s been so busy in fact that he hadn’t noticed his buddy Ganke has a new young lady in his life: Miles’ old girlfriend, Barbara Rodriguez.
Unsurprisingly, Miles reacts poorly to the fact that Ganke is dating his ex, and it seems to cause a bit of strife between them. Some strife that Miles’ clone Selim is all too happy to take advantage of. In the most recent issue covering The Clone Saga’s fallout, Ganke explains that the two of them broke up for the sake of “focusing on school”, though whether that continues remains to be seen.
4 Miles Destroyed A Real Estate Mogul's Car
In the first issue of The Clone Saga, Miles suddenly learns that his clones have been very busy messing up his name. They’ve been kidnapping scientists and causing problems all over Brooklyn. But there’s one thing Miles owns up to having done himself: destroying a real estate agent’s car.
That happened just an issue prior, when Miles and Ms. Marvel saved some people who’d been trapped in a collapsed building. After Miles learned the building hadn’t been properly repaired by its landlord, he threatened the landlord to do better by his tenants...and fried his car just to make sure the guy knew he was serious. In the list of crimes that Miles didn’t commit, presumably, this one will come back up again sooner or later.
3 Miles Morales Has Three Main Clones
The original Clone Saga had plenty of clones for Peter Parker to deal with, and the new Clone Saga is no different. The Assessor has apparently created dozens of clones based on Miles’ DNA, with many of them dying over the course of a day or a week. The three clones Miles runs into are the most stable, having lasted the longest and been artificially aged after being fed as much knowledge as possible.
One of them is Selim—who is basically a darker, angrier version of Miles. The other is Mindspinner, who least resembles a human and looks more like a spider, possessing psychic abilities gained from being constantly attacked by the Assessor who wanted to see his hidden abilities. The third is Shift, who can shapeshift because of his largely unstable cellular structure.
2 He Has A New Family Member Now
The Clone Saga couldn’t end with a bunch of clones of Miles running around—especially since that’s been done before. Selim tries to kill Miles after Miles mistakenly wipes out their chance at permanently stabilizing their forms to stay alive. Miles’ humanity convinces both Mindspinner and Shift that he genuinely wants to save them, but Selim remains unconvinced.
When Mindspinner tries to save Miles, he and Selim wind up in battle against each other, giving up their lives in the conflict. Shift remains, and Miles promises to make him completely stable...something which happens unintentionally when Shift’s body creates anti-bodies to fight off the germs from Miles’ sister Billie sneezing on Shift.
1 Miles Gets A New Costume Courtesy Of A Friend Of His
After dealing with a series of clones wearing outfits that look like his, Miles has a pair of new problems on his hands. One: his suit’s shredded from one too many adventures. Two: seeing his costume be used for the wrong reasons too many times is a little demoralizing. So, Miles calls up his friend Kenneth Kingston he met in Carmen Carnero and Saladin Ahmed’s Miles Morales: Spider-Man #17 to design him a new suit.
Kenneth is pretty hyped to design Spidey’s new suit, and they manage to get him a brand-new costume that seems to be Miles’ new costume going forward.
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