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By the time this came out, The Clone Saga was pretty much universally hated. Now it’s over. So why is Tom DeFalco still writing Spider-Man?
A month after Ben Reilly’s death, Spider-Man takes on a new villain: Black Tarantula. There’s another Rose, who debuted during Clone Saga (apparently), and he’s making a black market deal with this new villain. Rose has a henchwoman, Delilah. She’ll also be a recurring character. This is her meeting Black Tarantula…
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Spider-Man gets involved, but nothing is resolved. Black Tarantula and Rose will be a part of this book for a while now.