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Background
The Gwen Stacy clone was created by Professor Warren during the
clone saga. She walked into Peter's life
after the death of the original Gwen Stacy, and
caused no end of confusion. She survived that storyline, and wandered off into
the back lots of the Marvel Universe for a while.
She subsequently reappeared many years later - long before the return of the
Jackal (Professor Miles Warren). When Warren did return, The Gwen Clone
also
received
a boost in appearance levels. Searching for clues as to what the Jackal was up
to, Peter (wearing Ben Reilly's Scarlet Spider costume) looked up all of
the available info on Warren at the Bugle's library. He found an article on one
Dr Warren Miles (wonder how no one saw through that alias) and headed to the
address in New Jersey. Miles stunned Peter with a taser and escaped with the
Gwen clone.
Miles and the clone had been married for a while, but he had always known that
one day a spider would show up. The two fled and Peter/the Scarlet Spider gave
chase. Seeing that they were being followed, Warren Miles tried to weave
through traffic to escape, only to crash into the side of the George Washington
Bridge. All three were surprised by the appearance of the Green Goblin (Phil
Urich), who
snatched "Gwen" out of the car and flew her to the top of the bridge's pillar.
Peter raced to save "Gwen," while a frantic Warren Miles shot recklessly up at
the Goblin. The Gwen clone fell from the pillar in the confusion, but was
caught by the Scarlet Spider, who saved her by swinging down to catch her
instead of snaring her with his web.
Miles, standing on his car and still in a panic, fell off of the side of the
bridge. Upon finding the body, Peter realized that "Warren Miles" was just a
clone of Miles Warren. Peter had only wanted to talk to him about what he knew
about the whereabouts of his maker, a secret that he would have to wait for.
After the Jackal returned from his supposed death, Peter and Ben were desperate
to know which of them was the real Peter Parker. Through a series of lies and
manipulations, the Jackal led Peter to think that he was the clone and that Ben
was the original. Feeling lost and hopeless, Peter was easily talked into
thinking he was part of the Jackal's "family" of clones: Kaine and
Spidercide being his "brothers." Jackal used Peter to find "Gwen" and to
bring her
to him.
He found her at an address given to him by the Jackal, and she readily agreed
to come with him to see Dr Warren. Her memories of being a clone had begun to
return after seeing her husband die at the G.W. Bridge. (Her memories had been
erased by a supernatural being named Dreamweaver as an act of mercy. During
this time she had been known as Joyce Delaney.) She and the Jackal had
unfinished business.
They eventually found the Jackal and his henchmen at the Daily Bugle, where
they planned to kill and clone the reporters inside. The clones would then be
brainwashed to play down reports that a virus (the "Carrion virus," a
biological weapon the Jackal created to wipe out mankind) was sweeping the
globe, killing everyone it infected. A battle royale ensued, involving the
Scarlet Spider, Spider-Man, Scrier, Spidercide and the Jackal.
The Jackal was stopped by Gwen, who intended to shoot him once and for all. She
was momentarily distracted by Mary Jane, which gave Jackal time to push
her aside. Unfortunately, he pushed too hard and she went flying over the edge
of the Bugle's roof. She held on to a fallen broadcast antenna and dangled over
the edge. Jackal shoved the Scarlet Spider out of the way to save her, but the
antenna couldn't hold both of their weight and he fell to his death, Scarlet
Spider managed to save Gwen, who left New York after all the commotion. She
needed to leave to stop from thinking of what might have been. She has not been
seen since.
Thanks To:
Some of the above information is extracted from the various
versions of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe and the more recent
Marvel Encyclopaedias.
The assistance of the
Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.
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