Clone Saga Chronicles

It is finally here. The story that is your 90s delight… or nightmare depending on your perspective. Zach and the guys are back to bring it you. And you may be surprised by the scores of this one!!! Zach, Greg, Gerard and Donovan cover the 1995 Annual Replacements (Known as SUPER SPECIALS) of Web, No-Adjective, Spectacular, Venom and Amazing Spider-Man. Continue reading

Two weeks after the release of the last episode, Zach, Josh, Greg, Donovan, and Gerard team up to tackle three issues that came out over the summer of 1995. Cover Date May 1995 had the issue of Unlimited, with Adjectiveless’ issue being in June 1995 (which will be wrapped up in a few episodes) and July 1995 begins with Sensational 6. A big 3 hour episode where they discuss how Ben dealt with Hobgo...

Finally… Ock vs. Kaine. Round two! The two part story covering Scarlet Spider 20 and Superior Spider-Man Team up #2 has this titanic team up, and the gang of Gerard, Greg and Zach then travel back to 1994 to cover the classic mini series Funeral for an Octopus. Yes, I said CLASSIC DAMMIT.  Did the trio enjoy these books? Listen on and find out! Continue reading

Blood Brothers was supposed to have been the end of the Clone Saga. For Zach, it was the official gateway to Spider-Man, as it was the first story arc he collected. While Sensational Spider-Man 4 was an incredible cover, 5’s cover with the Golden Man himself, Molten Man, was too good to pass up on this, the Golden episode of the Clone Saga Chronicles. While originally it was supposed to be ASM 400...

FINALLY… it has arrived. The Final Crossover Episode with Teenaged Wasteland: An Ultimate Spider-Man Podcast has arrived. The final part is covered here, with the epilogue to the Ultimate Clone Saga is also covered. Issue 104 and 105 from the first volume of Ultimate Spider-Man are covered this episode. Onward to Episode 50! Continue reading

The Penultimate Episode of this 5 part event is here! This time the Teenaged Wasteland: An Ultimate Spider-Man Podcast crew tackle issues 102 and 103 of the original volume of Ultimate Spider-Man with the crew from Clone Saga Chronicles. The excitement ramps up a bit as we draw closer to the finale. One more episode remains..Episode 49: USM 104 and 105 will come to you soon! Then, Episode 50! Cont...

Sorry for the extended delay folks. More Ultimate Clone Goodness coming your way! Episode 47 covers  the double sized USM 100 and  it’s aftermath in 101. Zach, Josh, Don, Gerard and Jason are joined once again by Teenaged Wasteland: An Ultimate Spider-Man Podcast. Anyway, 2 episodes left on this event, coming to you soon! Episode 48: USM 102 and 103 Episode 49: USM 104 and 105 Following our event,...

Another week, another episode of our 5 part event! Take this episode with you as you travel for the long weekend this weekend. (At least, in America.) This time we cover Part 3 of the Ultimate Clone Saga, with an Annual added in for good measure. And to add to this not fearful symmetry, this was episode 47 of Teenaged Wasteland too. Anyway, 3 episodes left:Episode 47: USM 100 and 101Episode 48: US...

Back in 2011, we crossed over with a show called Teenaged Wasteland: An Ultimate Spider-Man Podcast.  Hosted by Jon M. Wilson and Zack Henderson, they asked my crew to help them cover the Ultimatized version of the Saga. It’s broken down in five parts: Part 1: Ultimate Spider-Man 97 & Ultimate Spider-Man 98 Part 2: Ultimate Spider-Man 99 and Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #2* Part 3: Ultimate Spider-M...

Web of Carnage was a four-part storyline that engrossed the Cover Date Month of April 1995. This would be the final time that the Symbiotes would be involved with Ben Reilly in the core-titles of Spider-Man. He would later face off against Venom in the Along Came a Spider mini-series. Ben tries to figure out the skeleton from the smokestack, Spider-Carnage becomes a thing, Jessica is revealed to b...

Back in Episode 33, Kaine in story returned from his supposed death at the hands of Spidercide from Spectacular Spider-Man 227, which for more see Episode 16 on how it happened. Neverthless, Kaine has been in the shadows and is ready to take names of the Great Game. This episode closes out two months of Cover Dates. We covered most of Febuary 1995 between the last two regular episodes, (Unlimited...

Zach, Don, Gerard and Greg return to the show that started it all: Clone Saga Chronicles to discuss the three part 1990s storyline Media Blizzard, featuring Mysterio, John Romita Jr., Mark Bagley, Mystery Vision, Zach being under the weather, and more. Issues Covered in this Episode:Sensational 1Amazing Spider-Man 408Spider-Man 65 Continue reading

Gerard, Greg, and Greg’s brother, Alex, sit down with Zach to discuss their time at New York Comic Con and eating Mary Jane’s tater tots. Continue reading

Zach brings you a new episode of CSC! He’s joined by the entire Podcast team of Don, Josh,Gerard, and Greg in this go around the guys cover: ASM 407, SM 64, Spectacular 230, Sensational 0, and Unlimited 11. These books were under the ‘Return of Spider-Man’ Banner, and so that’s the name of this episode! Continue reading

The guys cover the second episode, “The Spider Slayer”! How much of the series is built up and introduced from here? Download to find out! Continue reading

Welcome to the first of the 1994 Spider-Man animated series commentaries! In this initial episode, the gang of Zach, Josh, Gerard and Don watch the first episode “Night of the Lizard”! Watch with them and hear them discuss their origins with the show and how it may hold up today! Continue reading

Back in 2008, Zach Joiner and Kevin Cushing held a debate about Mayday Parker. (Zach got his butt handled to him.) Now, 6 years later, the duo gather and debate the OTHER Spider-Girl, Arana and MayDay Parker. Also in this episode: -Zach answers a Voicemail (If you want call in it’s 818-925-6631) -Also Reads an email (clonesagachronicles@gmail.com)  -Zach and Kevin discuss the publishcation history...

In this episode of Clone Saga Chronicles, Zach is rejoined by Greg and Gerard to discuss Wolverine Vs. Kaine. The storyline starts off well enough, until an X-Men Story overtakes it. Listen to the guys break down one of the final arcs of the title. Continue reading

The episode completes the Cyberwar storyline, and the guys read your emails! Continue reading

Zach and the guys tackle three issues this episode. Cyberwar was the storyline that ran through all the core Scarlet Spider Titles, and Scarlet Spider crossed over with the Green Goblin. Zach reads your emails, and hears your voicemails. (Spoiler, there weren’t any.) So Click Play and go back to 95 as the guys ride into the internet. Continue reading

Greg Gerard and Zach tackle “In The Midst of Wolves” and “A Good Ol’ Fashioned Rodeo” which was released in 2013 (Jan-Apr) issues 13-16. Continue reading

Back in Episode 12, Donovan was warned of a reton that made no sense, and was told the issue it was in was ridiculous. Now, join us as we attempt to explain cults, Jackal-Men and the High Evolutionary. First, Zach and the guys tackle the news about the New Warriors (WITH KAINE) being re-launched. They get into the production of Unlimited #1, Rage over furries and street sharks, and try to make the...

Zach is back and he’s bringing Gerard and Greg  along for the ride to talk a bit about Scarlet Spider 12 and 12.1. One issue, they enjoyed but the other wasn’t so enjoyable. Click Play to find out. Continue reading

Despite having a massive site outage that lost them a year, the Clone heads enter their fourth-anniversary tackling month 1 of the Scarlet Spider title swap. Zach, Don, Josh, and Gerard take on the first month of the ‘Scarlet Spider Era’ of books as Amazing, Web, Spectacular, and Spider-Man were replaced for two months. This episode covers Amazing, Spectacular, Web of, and Scarlet Spider #1. The f...

Episode 30 has Zach joined by GregXB. In this episode they discuss the Minimum Carnage storyline that ran though Scarlet Spider and Venom title. (Issues 10-11 and 26-27) Join them as they discuss the storyline in all its glory! Continue reading