Spider-Man Clone Saga Reading Order

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1. Dan says

   May 10, 2022 at 12:18 am

   I would have put The Lost Years after SSM 226. That’s where you get the big Kaine and Ben Reilly reveals, which get spoiled in TLY. It’s true that reading TLY first gives you the context for Raven’s murder investigation and the Kaine and Ben history, but I don’t think that’s worth spoiling the two major plot twists from SSM way early.

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2. Ben Reilly says

   April 7, 2017 at 4:35 pm

   This chronology is mostly good, but some of it is kinda inaccurate tbh. Here’s what’s wrong in 7 brief notes:

   1. From WEB120 to SPEC221 it should be: WEB120 (MJ travels home), ASM397 (MJ arrives home), SM54 (MJ learns that she’s pregnant), SPEC220 (MJ tells Peter that she’s pregnant), ASM398 (Peter and MJ celebrate), WOS121 (meanwhile there’s Kaine), SM55 (Kaine kills the Grim Hunter), SPEC221 (Kaine then kills Doctor Octopus).
   2. SMUnlimited #8 comes before the Funeral for an Octopus limited series. In #8, Ben Reilly learns that Doc Ock has died, and the limited series shows him watching the funeral with full awareness. Naturally.
   3. There’s a one-shot called “Spider-Man: The Clone Journal” in-between SM56 and SPEC222.
   4. If you read Planet of the Symbiotes, you also have to read Venom: Separation Anxiety and Venom: Carnage Unleashed before it, and after SM53. Otherwise how did Venom and Carnage get to this point?
   5. There’s a one-shot called “Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man” that was published the same year as the Clone Saga, and it would best fit in-between SPEC225 and WEB126. It’s not directly related, but it’s fun.
   6. There’s a one-shot called “Spider-Man: The Jackal Files” in-between SPEC226 and New Warriors #61.
   7. New Warriors #62 should be moved in-between SMU10 and SPEC228. This is because WEB128-SMU10 deal with the immediate aftermath of Maximum Clonage Omega, whereas in New Warriors #62, a week has passed. Also, as someone else noticed, WEB129 follows SPEC228. Gotta read all of Time Bomb.
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   Also as of right now, I can see that this is only halfway completed. If anyone wants, I can fill out the rest of the chronology in another comment. I’m kind of a big fan of the Clone Saga (an unpopular view, I know.)

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   • Eddie Broccoli says

     April 12, 2017 at 4:57 pm

     Hey man, I’m needing to sort my digital collection into a respectable reading order and your additions here are perfect – I’d greatly appreciate your input on the “Ben Reilly” half

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   • Eddie Broccoli says

     April 13, 2017 at 2:17 pm

     Hey man, appreciated your additions for this reading list since I’m putting my digital collection into a respectble order. I’d really appreciate what you have for the “Ben Reilly” half of the Clone Saga!

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   • Stacy Miles says

     July 6, 2017 at 11:42 am

     Ben Reilly, please do a FULL clone saga reading list/order.

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3. Michael says

   September 20, 2016 at 5:56 pm

   I can’t believe I’m doing this because this is absurdly nitpicky, but you’re missing Web of Spider-Man 129 in between Spectacular Spider Man 228 and New Warriors 63 (at least according to Marvel Unlimited). Gotta read all of Time Bomb, I guess?

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