how have you not atleast heard of the most infamous storyline in the history of comics???
During the first Clone Saga which was published in 1975, the first Scarlet Spider was a clone of Spider-Man, created by the Jackal, Professor Miles Warren, Peter's biochemistry teacher during his college years at Empire State University. Miles was obsessed with Gwen Stacy and had created a clone of her. Spider-Man was forced to fight a clone of himself, both believing themselves to be the real Spider-Man. When a bomb went off, one of the Spider-Men was crushed and seemingly killed. The Gwen Stacy Clone asked the remaining one if he was the real one or the clone and he was momentarily stumped. He truly believed he was the real one but that could have been the result of the Jackal's programming. After pondering the thought and (seemingly) disposing of the body, he came to realize that he had strong feelings for Mary Jane. He comes to the conclusion that even though the clone had been given most of his memories, an emotional response is not something that could be programmed.
The second Clone Saga started in 1994 and lasted through 1996. The clone, still alive, left to give the real Peter his life. His adventures would be published in a miniseries entitled Spider-Man: The Lost Years. During this time he took the name of Ben Reilly out of respect of Peter Parker's uncle and his Aunt May's maiden name. He wandered around aimlessly for five years. He returned to Spider-Man's home of New York when he discovered Aunt May was deathly ill, and found himself once again wanting to be a hero. Ben fashioned his own costume, and became the Scarlet Spider and utilized web capsules instead of the web shooters. Later it was revealed that the Scarlet Spider was deceived and was the real Peter Parker, and that Spider-Man was the clone. Mary Jane found out that she was pregnant around this time, and that further complicated their lives. The Scarlet Spider fought alongside his "brother" Spider-Man, and proved himself to be such a great hero that Spider-Man asked him to watch over the city, while he and his wife tried to start a family. Eventually Peter decided to retire from being Spider-Man and let Ben take over as Spider-Man. Peter and Mary Jane moved to Portland to try and raise their baby in peace and away from his alter-ego Spider-Man. But the couple eventually returned to New York because they missed their friends and families. When his name was smeared by a second, evil Scarlet Spider, Ben assumed the identity of Spider-Man. At this point the Scarlet Spider reclaimed the name of Spider-Man and resumed Spider-Man's classic costume. Eventually it was revealed that the mastermind behind this whole ordeal was in fact the Green Goblin. The Green Goblin also revealed that he really manipulated Peter into thinking he was the clone. Ben fought the Green Goblin until his death at the hands of Norman Osborn. Norman had tried to impale Peter with the Goblin glider but Ben instead took the hit. Ben’s body began to dissolve, proving that Peter was the real one and Ben was the clone. Peter muttered to Ben as the latter laid there dead, “Rest easy...brother.” Aunt May had also seemingly died during this saga. But she later returned, and it was discovered that it was a clone of Aunt May who had died. During Spider-Man's fight with The Green Goblin, Mary Jane had a miscarriage and lost the baby.
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