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The second Clone Saga follows the reappearance of the Spider-Man clone who was apparently [[Not Quite Dead]] during the original Clone Saga and has taken up the name Ben Reilly. It's also [[Arc Fatigue|pretty long]]. The details of this story, including behind the scenes information can be found in the site ''[http://lifeofreillyarchives.blogspot.com/2008/03/introduction-and-update.html The Life of Reilly]'', which may be a book someday.
A brief summary: The Jackal comes back and starts playing mind-games with both Peter and Ben. A new villain, Kaine is introduced that is eventually revealed to be another clone of Spider-Man, [[Super Prototype|the first one made]]; he eventually becomes an [[Anti-Hero]] in an attempt to make him a [[Breakout Character]]. Mary Jane gets pregnant. Aunt May and Doctor Octopus die. New villains are introduced such as [[Cloning Blues|Spidercide]], [[Outside Context Villain|Judas Traveller, Scrier]], and [[Legacy Character|the second Dr. Octopus]]. The Jackal also dies, but not before it is "proved" that Peter Parker was the clone and that Ben Reilly was the original Spider-Man. After a [[Freak
A version of the Clone Saga for the Marvel's Ultimate line, the Ultimate Clone Saga was also created. This one takes elements of the previous two, mostly the former.
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* [[Back for The Dead]]: Mendel Stromm, the [[Robot Master]].
* [[Breakout Character]]: Averted at first but eventually played straight. The Clone Saga was filled with attempts to create [[Breakout Character|Breakout Characters]]. None of them took off. On the other hand, a ''[[What If]]'' story released regarding the Clone Saga gave us [[Spider-Girl]].
* [[Broken Bird]]/[[The Woobie]]: [[That Man Is Dead|Janine Godbe/Elizabeth Tyne]] from Lost Years and Redemption minis. [[Parental Incest|Big]] [[Self
* [[Bold Inflation]]: [[Femme Fatale]] Delilah, introduced in this arc, '''has''' a '''bad''' habit of '''this''' mixed in with '''weird fonts'''.
* [[Conservation of Ninjitsu]]: Averted with the evil Spider-Man clone army. Ben Reilly barely escapes them with his life and in the end, [[Anticlimax Boss|they end up dissolving]] and are never fully defeated by the heroes.
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: Spider-Ben for Ben Reilly when he takes over as Spider-Man.
* [[First Girl Wins]]: Janine/Elizabeth Tyne, {{spoiler|who is Ben's babymama in ''[[Spider-Girl]]''}}.
* [[Freak
* [[Follow the Leader]]: The Clone Saga follows the wave of "replace-the-hero" comics started by ''[[The Death of Superman]]''. On a more market-related note, the "Maximum Clonage: Alpha and Omega" one-shots and the ''Scarlet Spider'' titles were inspired by similar gimmicks in ''[[Age of Apocalypse]]''.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Spider-Man suffered two. The first one he's already in the middle of when the storyline opens because of his Aunt being in the hospital and his "parents" being revealed to be robots. The second is after Seward Trainer [[Blatant Lies|"reveals"]] that Ben in the real Peter and he's the clone.
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* [[Motive Rant]]: The final issue of the saga has Osborn giving a series of these. [[Kudzu Plot|He had a lot to explain, after all.]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Peter's reaction immediately after smacking a very pregnant Mary Jane into a wall.
* [[No
* [[Old Shame]]: Quite a few people involved aren't fond of the saga themselves.
* [[Outside Context Villain]]: Judas Traveller and Scrier. Apparently no-one really knew what was going on with them, and while [[What Could Have Been|ideas were proposed]], such as Traveller being a [[Fallen Angel]] and Scrier being Mephisto, ultimately Traveller was a [[Master of Illusion]] who was convinced he was a [[Reality Warper]], and Scrier [[Collective Identity|was really a group of individuals in a cult that Norman took over]] (thus subverted with the lead Scrier, who was Norman himself).
* [[Padding]]: See [[Executive Meddling]]. It led to complaints of [[Arc Fatigue]], which was one of the bigger complaints of the Clone Saga. On the other hand, this was an unfortunate trend in the Spider-Man comics already.
* [[Post
* [[Pulling Themselves Together]]: Spidercide.
* [[Put On a Bus]]: Many of Spidey's old foes and supporting cast retired or otherwise let the titles to make way for Ben Reilly's foes and supporting characters, including Peter Parker himself. When Parker came back, [[The Bus Came Back|so did everyone else]]. Meanwhile, Reilly's side characters vanished in a similar manner.
* [[Reset Button]]: And many fans view it as an outright [[Ass Pull]].
* [[Scenery Censor]]: Both Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane at different points.
* [[Shout
* [[Status Quo Is God]]: The ultimate result, more or less.
** The key exception is [[Norman Osborn]], who got promoted to [[The Chessmaster]] and [[Villain With Good Publicity]] (as opposed to a mere [[Ax Crazy]] [[Mad Bomber]]), as well as cementing his place as '''the''' [[Arch Enemy]] of [[Spider Man]]. Over the next decade or so his threat hangs over Peter and his supporting cast and he ends up ruining many of their lives, or doing his damnest to at least.
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** [[Opposite Sex Clone]]: {{spoiler|Ultimate Spider-Woman is a female clone of Spider-Man}}.
* [[Composite Character]]: Ultimate Spider-Woman was given the name Jessica Drew ala the original version, her costume is based on the one wore by Julia Carpenter/Spider-Woman II/Arachne, and the red highlight stem from Ben Reilly's Scarlet Spider costume {{spoiler|The latter is kinda fitting as this incarnation is basically a [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] version of Ben Reilly.}} Ultimate Kaine is wearing a messed-up version of Ben's Spider-Man costume. {{spoiler|The MJ-Goblin creature is Ultimate Demogoblin.}}
** While one of the clones is identified as Tarantula, his spider-like features and six arms bring to mind the "sort of" Spidey clone [
* [[Mythology Gag]]:
** Ultimate Kaine wears a tattered version of Ben Reilly's Spider-Man costume.
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