Random Clones Of Your Favorite Comic Book Characters Who Didn't Turn Out Lam (15 items)

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  (#1) X-23

  X-23, also known as Laura Kinney, might just be the most famous comic book clone in the world after her starring role in 2017’s Logan. The original Wolverine has a long history with evil government experiments, so it’s no surprise that someone tried to clone him at some point.

  The best result was X-23, a female clone with two adamantium claws in her wrist and another in her foot. Logan took on some responsibility for Laura and helped raise her, but she’s gained greater independence as time went on. In fact, after Logan's death in comic continuity, X-23 picked up the mantle of Wolverine herself.
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  (#2) Kaine

  During Spider-Man’s much maligned Clone Saga, Peter Parker encountered a large number of duplicates of himself. Among them was one perfect clone, Ben Reilly, and a number of flawed or damaged versions. One such iteration was Kaine, a disfigured and grotesquely over-muscular version of Spidey.

  Kaine received a broken version of Spider-Sense, which allowed him to catch glimpses of the future at the cost of his sanity. Kaine went on a murdering spree, which Peter Parker got blamed for due to DNA evidence, but eventually was cured of his irregularities and had a brief crime-fighting career of his own. Basically, he was Spider-Man minus the morals and responsibility. It was exactly as awesome as it sounds. 
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  (#3) Superior Octopus

  Several deceased Spider-Man characters returned to life in 2016’s Clone Conspiracy, although most of them ended up dead again by the end of it all. One who didn’t, however, was Otto Octavius, better known as Doctor Octopus. Doc Ock, who had most recently spent time controlling Spider-Man’s body as the Superior Spider-Man, collaborated with the Jackal in return for getting his old body back.

  In secret, Otto worked on an improved clone body that combined his own DNA with Spider-Man’s, and he leapt into that body after inevitably betraying the Jackal. Endowed with spider powers and youth, Otto Octavius re-entered the game as the Superior Octopus. The die is cast!
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  (#4) Superboy (Kon-El)

  • Young Justice, DC Universe

  Over the years, there have been a lot of versions of Superboy in DC Comics. The original was just a young Superman, and the 2017 version is the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Somewhere in between came Kon-El, who showed up shortly after Superman was thought dead following a battle with Doomsday.

  Kon-El, who went by Conner Kent, turned out to be a clone who shared the genetic material of both Superman and Lex Luthor. Despite his half-villainous origins, Kon-El was a hero through and through, and eventually gave his life to save the world.
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  (#5) Stryfe

  • Marvel Universe

  Cable is a character who already had a convoluted and clone-related backstory, and then he went and got cloned himself. Cable is the son of Cyclops and a clone of Jean Grey, who was taken into the future and raised there as a way of dealing with a techno-organic virus.

  At some point, Cable was also cloned, and the result was Stryfe, essentially an evil version of the uber-powerful mutant. Stryfe was an X-Men villain for a while before his Cable-esque face was even revealed, and he’s stuck around as a major antagonist ever since.
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  (#6) Madelyne Pryor

  • Marvel Universe

  Madelyne Pryor has the sort of convoluted comic book history that can only come from the X-Men universe. After Jean Grey's death, Cyclops took some time away from the team, and journeyed to Alaska, where he met a woman named Madelyne who looked suspiciously like his late lover.

  The two quickly married and had a child, who eventually grew up and became Cable. When Jean returned to life, Cyclops unceremoniously dumped his new family to rejoin the X-Men. Since this made Cyke look pretty bad, later writers fixed it so that Madelyne was actually a crazy clone of Jean called the Goblin Queen. She ultimately attacked the X-Men in what seems like totally justified revenge.
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  (#7) Bizarro

  • DC Universe

  “Me am not Bizarro!” Bizarro is either adored or loathed, depending on one’s tolerance for novelty language. Bizarro has shown up in a few different iterations, but he’s usually a horrifically flawed clone of Superman, usually created by Lex Luthor.

  Bizarro has most of Superman’s powers, but none of his charm, and he’s pasty white and covered in scars. Worst of all, Bizarro speaks in a halting and dim-witted “opposite language,” where he always says the opposite of what he means. The beginning.
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  (#8) Stepford Cuckoos

  For a while in X-Men continuity, the Stepford Cuckoos were a group of quintuplets who just so happened to have near-identical appearances and the same abilities as Emma Frost. Eventually, however, it was revealed that Sophie, Phoebe, Mindee, Celeste, and Esme were actually clones of Frost created by the Weapon Plus program, the same organization responsible for Wolverine and X-23.

  The group of powerful psychics were only informally known as the Cuckoos, and preferred their own codename of Five-In-One. Sadly, that had to later be shortened to Three-In-One when Sophie and Esme were killed in close succession.
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  (#9) Widdle Wade

  Just when you thought Deadpool couldn’t get anymore merchandisable, along comes Widdle Wade, a character who is essentially a walking, talking Funko Pop. Widdle Wade is a clone of Deadpool, created for assassination purposes, who contains all of Deadpool’s powers but none of his stature.

  Widdle Wade was created in Japan by the Yakuza, as a result of Wade Wilson’s Wolverine-esque Japanese backstory. The clone, who stands just over three feet tall, eventually joined Deadpool on an adventure before sadly giving his life to save his bigger half.
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  (#10) Ragnarok

  Tony Stark has done some really terrible things in his time, but his creation of Ragnarok, a clone of Thor, was easily one of his greatest transgressions. Ragnarok was apparently cloned from a hair Stark collected from Thor the very first day the Avengers formed, proving that Tony is a jerk with impeccable foresight.

  Stark collaborated with Reed Richards and Hank Pym to create the half-clone, half-android Ragnarok, and used him against their fellow heroes during the first Marvel Civil War. Predictably, the overpowered monstrosity quickly got out of hand, and ended up blowing a hole through former Avenger Goliath in front of a ton of witnesses. Later on in the story, Ragnarok got his head smashed in by Hercules, but he was eventually rebuilt and served a stint on the Thunderbolts.
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  (#11) Evan Sabahnur

  Apocalypse is eternal, and the ancient mutant menace has returned to life via cloning or some similar mechanism on multiple occasions. The most interesting case was probably Evan Sabahnur, created in the pages of Uncanny X-Force. The Wolverine-led black ops team was called in to deal with a newly-resurrected Apocalypse, but second-guessed the mission when they learned that the new version of their foe was only a child.

  Fantomex made the tough call and shot the boy in the head, but the decision haunted him, and he set up an experiment to answer his doubts. He cloned Apocalypse again and raised the new new child in a digital, Smallville-esque setting, hoping to prove that nobody could be born evil. In the end, he was right, and Evan has been on the side of good ever since.
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  (#12) Justice League 3000

  Justice League 3000 is about as wacky of a sci-fi concept as one can find in a mainstream comic, and so of course it's clone-related. The series is set a millennium into the future of the DC universe, and follows a team of clones of the original Justice League. Rather than existing as exact duplicates, the clones are imperfect. 

  They have gaps in their memories, new personalities, and different abilities to ensure a fresh team dynamic. Batman and Superman hate each other, and the Flash and Green Lantern have much different powers in their new incarnations. The character who sees the biggest change is definitely Guy Gardner, whose gender actually changes as a result of the cloning process. If you ever thought it would be fascinating to see Guy Gardener as a woman, this is the comic for you. 
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  (#13) The Jackal

  The Jackal is an old school Spider-Man villain, and the one primarily responsible for most of Spidey’s clone-related shenanigans, including the infamous Clone Saga. A few clones of the Jackal himself have shown up over the years, but the one who appeared in 2016’s Clone Conspiracy was something altogether different.

  This version perfected the previous Jackal’s cloning technology, allowing him to resurrect perfect copies of the dead. When Spider-Man confronted him, the new Jackal also proved to be Spidey’s equal in combat, which was surprising until his true identity was revealed: Ben Reilly, the original Spider-clone. The story was cool enough to (almost) justify the Clone Saga. 
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  (#14) Heretic

  Clones are less-frequently seen over at DC Comics than at Marvel, but they’re no less impactful. Take, for example, the Heretic, a horrific clone of Damian Wayne created by his mother, Talia al Ghul. The Heretic was grown in an artificial and expedited manner, which led to him developing a hulking body with the head of a toddler.

  The already grotesque Heretic became even more terrifying in the eyes of fans when he skewered Damian on the point of a sword, earning him the righteous vengeance of their father, Batman.
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  (#15) Nerd Hulk

  Don’t let the name fool you - Nerd Hulk was actually a very serious threat to the Ultimate Marvel universe. Cloned from the real Hulk, the informally-named Nerd Hulk was meant to be an improved version due to his ability to retain Bruce Banner's massive intellect while in Hulk-form. This proved to be a disadvantage, however, because he ultimately lacked the Hulk’s unending rage, and Nerd Hulk ended up getting beaten handily by Captain America. Later on, he was bitten by a vampire (like you do), leading to him briefly becoming Lord of the Vampires before being defeated, once again by Ultimate Cap.

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