Off My Mind: Too Many Clones In Comics?

Superboy and X-23

To me, clones are an easy way to come up with a worthy bad guy for the hero to face

it's all about MADDY PRYOR SHE WAS AWESOME :)

Clones are a mixed bag at the end of the day. If it's done well, Connor Kent i.e., then you have the potential for a great character and a way to re-introduce new readers to a universe that the hero being cloned has long since moved out of. However, as Spider-man's infamous Clone Saga has taught us, it can also be done absolutely horrendously. There you had the potential for an interesting story arc that would shake up the foundations of the universe but it was ruined by being dragged out longer than the Namek saga on DBZ

P.S. I believe in animal rights and the real life concept of cloning, BAD. As for comics/mythology,... 
 
HOW DARE you question the philosophy of the clones? first you say you LIKE Superboy on your review, (but he was featured, that order was like....i could totally agree with it, it's like you're EXACTLY one step ahead when i was guessing,) Also, when the quest all in the family came out i was thinking it would be cool to have one featuring evil counterparts (such as Ultraman and Zoom) and a set of clones (evil AND neutral, AND GOOD). Also about clones, Spiderboy of Amalgam, thought he was awesome, cos it's not JUST SB, or JUST ben reilly, but BOTH. i mean, IMPACT WEBBING! and TK! X-23 ...after Daken came in, i think she's less of a daughter. So when i was a kid and hadn't actually started on actual comics but followed the TV series phenomenon, NO TV series, (from the 90s/80s, featuring superheroes/sci-fi) was complete without a) cloning, b)mutation/bio engineering, which apparently, cloning is part of. This stuff blew MY MIND! a mirror match! a perfect nemesis! Not to mention creating life from...(yeah,...didn't know about sex but i knew about fetuses) So basically, it's an awesome phenomenon, (OF THE PAST, you could say) i WAS thinking back and laughing, clones came up on a forum chat, everyone was like, "yeah clones, don't we all have one?" it's used as a joke in comedies sometimes, people are so USED to the concept, even though it's not real. And then, when you start thinking about the ethics, and how they should survive or not,... the whole "6th day" concept,.....it's just awesome, i LOVE clones. i think fresh starters would like the concept, but yeah, does get overused. So i agree and agree with both should and shouldn't

I was just getting into comics back when the whole Spider-man clone saga was going down, I thought the whole idea of there being 2 Spider-mans was cool.  What's better than 1 Spider-man?  Obviously 2!
 
BTW, Laura has got to be like the greatest clone ever.  Any clone who is arguably better than the original deserves its props.

Clones, I dont have a problem with; they have actually done a decent job (for the most part) in distinguishing notable clones from their template.  
LMD's on the other hand have gotten old really quickly.  
(When you have to create an "Agent Cheesecake"/"Agent Beefcake" you know that concept has jumped the shark)  

I Dont mind clones i mean theres tons of kick ass one e.g 
 
stryfe 
x-23 
bizzaro  
superboy  
kaine
and my man ben reily 

Clones are a staple of comic writing. Sure it's cliched but it's how you tool the character and flesh out their personalities. X-23, Superboy, Ben Parker(Clone Saga?), Even uggh Stryfe, were clones of established characters. The difference is there their own person, just with the looks and somewhat similiar abilities of characters. Powers don't make a character, it's their story and action that makes them worthwhile or not.

Honestly, cloning always seemed like a really lazy way of creating a character with superpowers. I actually did like how it was being done with the Marauders, if only because it seemed like the only instance where cloning was being done right.

" I guess if it's done right it's not a problem.  But it was the clone thing that chased me away from the Spiderman comics and I haven't been back since so it's really  a sore area for me.  Still, I think that X-23 and Thor's clone Ragnarok show that it can be done in a good way. "

Like G-Man, I guess clones can be used well or bad..it all depends on the story behind the need to introduce them, the story they appear in and the writing itself.
X-23 is a fresh new take, sure.
But Scarlet/Ben was also pretty good in my eyes. The whole Clone Saga event, no. But Scarlet was pretty original! And fun!
And I guess it all comes down to this. Is it entrtaining? Not too much lost in its super complicated non-sense storyline to bring in something as scifi-ysh as clones.

I guess if it's done right it's not a problem.  But it was the clone thing that chased me away from the Spiderman comics and I haven't been back since so it's really  a sore area for me.  Still, I think that X-23 and Thor's clone Ragnarok show that it can be done in a good way.

Personally, I think that they can be both a good and a bad thing.  Scarlet Spider was fun, but creating multiple copies of the same "super-hero" can become a bit dull...

I feel the same way about clones as I do about Zombies... it all depends on the story and the writing! Not all clones are alike! :0

too. many. clones. Such an old concept, recycled too many times. Something new please!!

I like some clones, Scarlet Spider, Boba Fett (though we did not know Fett was a clone until about 22 years after he first appeared) and Madelyne Pryor were all good characters. Think it can sometimes be played out and take any meaning out of the impact of a major characters death though, then again in most cases these characters are brought back regardless of whether there is a clone skulking about or not. When clones are done right they can be good characters

Call me a fool. 
 
But I like the Ben Reilly angle. 
 
And X-23 is the best "clone" at least how it's been done.

Never been a huge of clones besides X-23.  

" BRING BACK SCARLET SPIDER!! 

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There aren't actually that many new clones anymore. 

" BRING BACK SCARLET SPIDER!! 

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Derinitely Scarlet Spider, he's better than Spider-Man !!!

My problem isn' with too many clones, it's with who they're callin clones. The def of clone is: 

I don't mind clones as long as they aren't used as just a convenient tool to create a villain or carbon copy of a hero.  X-23, who is quite different than Logan, is by far my favorite clone.

Don't forget that Darkseid attempted to clone Batman but it failed and he used one of the clones as the dead Batman body from Final Crisis and was then later reanimated by Dick and Batwoman in Blackest Knight.

im so sick of clones...

BEST CLONES EVER!!!!

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Didn't the Scarlet Spider clone return recently and was evil this time?  All the covers seemed to be of the Scarlet Spider beating up or capturing Spider-Man. Or were the covers misleading?  I think clones is a sort of fun comic book cliche, like returning from the dead, lab accidents resulting in powers, alternate realities, time travel, and stuff like that. Clones are fun, most of the time, having the hero meet a clone or his/her evil self.  An alternate reality version of them, the Anti them.  Its a fun concept, but can become annoying. "

Clones can be okay, long as the plot isn't made of failure.

X 23 FOREVER

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I can be interesting but it also can get old quickly "

It can get confusing when the future gets involve. I thought Peter Parker in Spidergirl was clone due to his Dr. Strange haircut and her outfit. It’s difficult to keep up since it could be canon with it even thou it is alternate future it may be connected.

Clones go right next to robot double gangers and shape-shifters of character fake outs.  It is best not to over-do it. If a saga made by big army it is best to do it carefully and be done for a good reason.    

 favorite clone? Ben Reilly
Are you tired of clones?  yes

" 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. "

Overall I still like Ben Reilly as a character, he was clearly different from Peter to be his own man and not a simple carbon-copy. "

The "clones" emerge as a result of want to create a new personality with similar powers to someone who everyone already enjoy. My favorite clone is Multiple Man dupes. They seem to be able to do almost everything.

Clones or alternates?

I am sick of clones, it is weak plot device in comics now.  Ben, I guess is my fave clone?  He is the scarlet spider and after he died... that is where my relationship with Spider-man hasn't been all that peachy-keen

Haw! I was about to make a comment on poor, forgotten Kaine, then G-Man brought him up! Well done, sir.