Off My Mind: Too Many Clones In Comics?

I don't mind clones all that much.

Not really clones are useful sometimes. Laura Kinney is my favorite Clone. Right now i think cloning should only be used to replace fallen heroes or villains... 

" I don't mind clones all that much. "

" @CATMANEXE said:

" I don't mind clones all that much. "

HA! Say's my stinking delusional clone! Get a real identity before you go into 
a self-imposed exile again! "

They are an easy solution.

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BRING BACK SCARLET SPIDER!! 

The best clone is Scarlet Spider. I like Kaine too.

Clones gave the prequel Starwars trilogy a boost in awesomeness!

I don't mind clones being in the storylines. Superboy has been one of my favourite characters since he was born. As far as the Scarlet Spider goes I now hate you G-Man because I just bought all those complete clone saga books!

Clones don't bug me as much as multi-dimensional get-togethers ala Captain Britain Corps.   I always feel like the writers make the characters put on red Star Trek uniforms.

@Dipic said:

"@mavfan626 said:

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You should honestly be banned from this site for spamming the comment section. Inane, pointless, childish. This ain't a race, kid, and the only prize you win for being "first" is looking like a giant tool.  IRTT: Clones are a pretty annoying gimmick in comics. I think X-23 is the right way to do a clone. In her case she isn't simply a "female wolverine". She has her own distinct personality and history. Also, Ultimate Spider-Man did a great job of doing the "Clone Saga" right, IMO. Can't say the same for it's 616 counterpart... "

Their was no need for any of that.. at no point did I spam and banned for using an old joke? come on!, I understand that it was pointless & Inane but get a sense of humor. These sentences were just a well thought out insults for someone who said "first post" and since you went out of your way to do so just makes you an a$$hole.      

Clones are awesome, I wish I had some clones.

Gotta go with Laura Kinny aka X-23, because she owns >.>
 
Also, I guess it depends how they're used and how many there are of the same single character. Like...Alice in RE: Extinction and Afterlife...kind of ridiculous, but still awesome. And if I remember right, X-23 was a triplet clone in Wolverine and the X-Men. -shrugs- depends depends depends

It's gotten to a point where the clone is the worst comic trope ever. The concept of alternate dimensions is pretty close though.

Scarlet Spider is my favorite clone, I just wish they could've found a way for Petey and Ben to co-exist! 

I believe that clones have been overdone when it is done poorly. If a writer is talented enough to try something new with it, I believe there is still some potential to be pulled out of the idea. These stories always come down to the same "Who is the real person and who is the clone?" Having a clone is used too much for deus ex machina or for a quick evil twin, which is bad because their are better ways of doing both. If the villain has the foresight to create a clone to put into a dangerous situation one would think we would come up with a better way to survive. An evil twin doesn't need to share a genetic code with the hero to be awesome. Look at Wolverine and Sabretooth, or Spider-Man and Venom. 
 
On a side note, way does the cloning process always make people's moral compass screwed up? Using that logic we should just clone the most dangerous villains so that way we have a good version of them running around.

I refuse to believe that X-23 should actually be called a clone.  The main reason, SHE AND WOLVERINE HAVE DIFFERENT GENETIC MAKE-UPS, seriously, due to the fact that she's female, she's have 2 X chromosomes and Wolverine and and X and Y, so unless the cloned his DNA twice to get the other 2, and if so what happened to the clone waste, the other X came from another doner, probably Dr. Kinney, so that would make her his daughter rather than his clone.  But for more prove, let's look at when X-23 first appeared:  
 
so these two people look anything alike?

I agree that she can't be an exact clone, but clones don't necessarily have to look exactly alike if they're raised in different environments.

I don't mind clones if they are used as a serious plot device, not just as some cheap deus ex machina...

Wait, we're complaining about clones when there are how many Spider-man books? Since Spidey is on two Avenger teams and appearing in every other title, he might as well have 15 clones going around.
 
Forget Batman Inc. Bring on Spidey Inc.

They need more hot chick versions of the original  
like Laura Kinney, X-23.

my favourite is superboy.
 
here's some funny clones.
  

" I refuse to believe that X-23 should actually be called a clone.  The main reason, SHE AND WOLVERINE HAVE DIFFERENT GENETIC MAKE-UPS, seriously, due to the fact that she's female, she's have 2 X chromosomes and Wolverine and and X and Y, so unless the cloned his DNA twice to get the other 2, and if so what happened to the clone waste, the other X came from another doner, probably Dr. Kinney, so that would make her his daughter rather than his clone.  But for more prove, let's look at when X-23 first appeared:  
 so these two people look anything alike? "

" They need more hot chick versions of the original  like Laura Kinney, X-23. "

Scarlet Spidey was always mah man!!!

Clones have been around for years, but untill the whole "Clone Saga" affair they weren't considered much of a gimmick. I mean, mr Sinister's Marauders were cloned like a zillion times and no one ever complained (little crazy detour, Sabretooth was at first a member of the Marauders, whihc means that Sinister has a smaple of his DNA too... scarry).
 
After the audience (us) was overexposed to the idea in an arc of two years or so it became stale.
 
Given that I think that cloning might be a decent gimmick as long as two elements are considered:

1. A clone is genetic double, not a personality double, a clone and his original are two different people and they should be treated as such
   
2. Like any idea it should be used with a certain critaria

" I refuse to believe that X-23 should actually be called a clone.  The main reason, SHE AND WOLVERINE HAVE DIFFERENT GENETIC MAKE-UPS, seriously, due to the fact that she's female, she's have 2 X chromosomes and Wolverine and and X and Y, so unless the cloned his DNA twice to get the other 2, and if so what happened to the clone waste, the other X came from another doner, probably Dr. Kinney, so that would make her his daughter rather than his clone.  But for more prove, let's look at when X-23 first appeared:  
 so these two people look anything alike? "

" Not really clones are useful sometimes. Laura Kinney is my favorite Clone. Right now i think cloning should only be used to replace fallen heroes or villains...  "

I'm done with the clones and alternate universe versions of characters. There have to be more creative ways for writers to create new plot twist and introduce new characters. Spider-Man took it to a level of absurdity... although I somewhat like the angle that Ultimate Spider-Man took with their Clone Saga.

The clone idea has been around a long time.  50 years at least from cartoons to comics its been done and redone.  Ditto for female versions of popular superheroes.  They are two sides of the same coin.  Popular comic book characters have either a female counterpart or a clone and in some cases both.  As long as both continue to sell comics they'll keep using the idea. 

Too many clones? Never enough!

I have no problem with clones...my favorite character is a clone

No. If anything we need more clones. Much more clones. 
 
Actually, you know what? I'm being entirely facetious. We need a lot less clones and a whole lot less multiple universe crossovers, etc.

I'm sick of clones, the Clone Sage in Spider-Man sucked. I don't mind some alternate reality versions though, as long as it's not a clone.