Who Is Kaine? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Kaine is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Kaine Parker, with over 441 comic issue appearances. Kaine was the first clone of Spider-Man created by the Jackal. He was suffering from clone degeneration and became an assassin and spent years tormenting his clone brother, Ben Reilly. He has since taken up the mantle his now dead brother as the new Scarlet Spider.

Who is Kaine?

Origin The man that would come to be known as Kaine was the clone created by Professor Miles Warren, the Jackal, in his plot for revenge against Peter Parker for his role in the death of Gwen Stacy. Kaine initially appeared to be perfect but a short while later his body began to break down. No longer a use to Warren, the scientist used him as a test body (in the process augmenting Kaine's already formidable powers) until he was finally discarded. A side effect of the treatment caused Kaine to become mentally unstable. Creation Kaine was created by Terry Kavanagh and Steven Butler and first appeared in Web of Spider-Man issue 119 (1994). Major Story Arcs The Clone Saga After his first failure the Jackal created another clone and sent it against Spider-Man, but both were beaten and assumed dead. After the Jackal’s defeat at the hands of Spider-Man, Norman Osborn (Green Goblin) switched Peter and Ben’s files, making it look as if Peter was the clone. Kaine, who broke into the Jackal’s lab and look those files, was led to believe the same thing, and followed Ben Reilly, aka the Scarlet Spider.

Key facts

Kaine is of human origin and first appeared in "The Exile Returns, Part 3 of 4:Echoes of Silence". The character is published by Marvel. With 441 recorded issue appearances, Kaine ranks among the most featured characters in comics.