The stakes are also never more than personal for everyone involved, which I think helps keep them relatable.
Ahmed also manages to work in some decent teen drama, in the form of some friendship issues between Miles and Ganke, without distracting too much from the main story. It’s also surprisingly efficient at introducing these new clones, their powers, and motivations into Miles’ world. Said plans turn out to be just one unexpected swerve to this storyline. They’ve got their own plans and they just need Miles out of the way so they can bring them to fruition. More than one, as it turns out, though he’s the only human-looking one. Then we get into the “Saga” proper as it turns out that there’s another Miles Morales running around New York and this one is committing crimes instead of stopping them. The first two issues of this volume are one-offs featuring Miles teaming up with Starling to fight the Ice Pharaoh and a “King in Black” tie-in where he has to save a Knullified Kamala Khan. Which they do, because this isn’t so much a “saga” as a “five-issue storyline.” This means that writer Saladin Ahmed and artist Carmen Carnero (with Natacha Bustos pitching in for the first issue) have a low bar to clear, quality-wise. The 90’s era “Clone Saga” was an infamous storyline that went on for much longer than it should have and turned off a whole lot of fans along the way. There are some longtime “Spider-Man” fans who are going to see the title to this volume and feel a chill go up their spine.
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