If you read comics (or want to), at some point you’re going to wonder how to get in to a particular series or character. It can be daunting– if you wanted to read, say, Batman, where would you start? Do you need to go back to his first appearance from 1939 in Detective Comics #27…
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by Scribbly G
All Clones Are Not Created Equal
Not all clone stories work out well– I’d say that most are pretty lame, to be honest. While we end up sometimes with a Kaine Parker Scarlet Spider who is like Spidey but is a bad man trying to be good, we also can end up with a Ben Reilly Scarlet Spider, who is sort…
Clones, Clones, Everywhere Clones
Marvel has been cloning its characters since before Star Wars ever appeared on screen. I haven’t been able to pinpoint the earliest clone to appear in print, but Spider-Man’s first of many, many clones was Ben Reilly who appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #149 in October of 1975. That was a year and a half before…
Mad Science, Inc
For the inaugural post here at Super Doctor Astronaut I wanted to discuss one of my favorite entities in the Marvel universe: Advanced Idea Mechanics, otherwise known as AIM, otherwise known as those people in the yellow beekeeper looking outfits. Who is AIM. and why are they awesome? History AIM first appeared in Strange Tales…