Ultimate Spider-Man: Clone Saga

[cyberghostface]

So here the title crossed a fairly big milestone, it's 100th issue. While USM was far from an 'underdog' it was something that many people wrote off as a gimmick from the getgo and the idea that it would get to a 50th issue, let alone twice that, was seen as laughable in 2001. Fortunately the title not only surpassed that but Bendis and Bagley would also later go on to break the record for longest uninterrupted run by two people on a Marvel title (previously held by Stan and Jack on Fantastic Four).

And what better way to celebrate such a momentous occasion but a take on one of the most maligned stories in Spider-Man history?

#97...







The mall is attacked by someone in a Scorpion uniform.










Later with MJ...




#98...

Spidey takes the clone to the Fantastic Four.





Peter says he's lying but Reed's equipment detects that he's telling the truth. Fury isn't involved.

Later Peter hears MJ has gone missing and goes to the warehouse where she ran away from before.










Later at home Peter sees a light in his old house...






#99...



Back with MJ, we see her kidnapper's face:




Peter brings Gwen to May.




Peter climbs the wall for her, she tells him to get down.









#100 (which was double-sized)...





Back with Kaine (he's never identified as such but that's who he is) is attacked by another Spider-Man, the Tarantula.





Peter wants to know how Richard is still alive. Richard tells them he got into a fight with his wife before the plane went off and he didn't leave with her. He was assumed to have been on it when the plane crashed.




Gyrich thinks Fury is getting too powerful and wants Richard to work for the CIA away from Fury's eyes.








At this point Gwen starts to freak out and...



At all of this, May clutches her chest; she's having a heart attack.


#101...




Sue takes May out of the house and Carnage is blasted back to Gwen.


Back with Kaine and MJ, it turns out he's injected her with OZ.





#102...












The Gwen/Carnage hybrid has escaped and in the process Jessica and the other clones are freed.




Jessica assumes Kaine took MJ to the facility.






#103...








Peter is devastated to find out that 'Richard' is a clone. He tells Fury that he will go quietly if he gives them ten minutes alone with Otto. Fury agrees, and he and the rest leave Otto alone with clones. They attack him when...




#104...













During this time MJ has turned into the monster again but the Fantastic Four manage to subdue and cure her.






#105...

At the hospital with Aunt May, Fury comes to Peter to apologize.




Outside Kitty (who was following the news) asks Xavier to erase May's memories. He refuses.



Later Peter meets up with Jessica. He asks what she's going to do now and she jokes that she's going to attend Midtown.






Peter's house is being repaired and S.H.I.E.L.D. is giving everyone a cover story about what happened.




Later with MJ...

Comments

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