For months now, Spider-Man comics have been building up to something big.
Actually, it goes back longer than that.
EW can now reveal the true name of this major story:The Clone Conspiracy.
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I think more than any character in the Marvel Universe, Spider-Man is about heart, Slott says.
And ever sinceAmazing Fantasy#15, for him its also been about loss.
With great power comes great responsibility.
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He learns that lesson at the life of Uncle Ben.
He did everything he possibly could!
So loss surrounds Spider-Man.
We live in a day and age of comics where youre always seeing another important death.
Heres someone who dies!
Were subverting all of that.
Heres people coming back.
The Jackal has always seemed to be obsessed with cloning Spider Man and Gwen.
Hes had a very narrow focus, Slott says.
What does this character want, and whats he going to do with this awesome science?
This is not your normal super villain plan, Lowe says.
Thats what makes his evolution even more interesting.
If that sounds like a massive event, thats because it needed to be.
