Is the Clone Saga really that bad?

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>>93212026

It has its ups (Lost Years) and downs (Maximum Clonage).

It's worth a read if you have read Scarlet Spider (2012) and liked the great Kaine there (my case) or if you simply are fan of Ben Reilly in some way.

>>93212026
May's goodbye is still the best and more emotional story ever and it's part of the clone saga. It had its moments.

It's mostly a huge editorial mess

J. M. DeMatteis has a big write up of the behind the scenes until he left

http://www.jmdematteis.com/2010/04/cloning-around.html

TLDR
> All the Spider writers came up with the idea on a retreat
> The story was designed with a beginning middle, and end
> Ben becomes Spider-Man
> Peter goes off and has a family
> Tom DeFalco who approved the idea is replaced as Editor in Chief by 5 separate EiC's, one for each line
> New Spider editor made them drag the story out because it was selling
> Even thought the event was planned together, it was written separately so you had bad tonal clashes and miss information
> A bunch of last minute rewrites