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b"*We start this episode with a special message about how to donate directly to black women affected by Harvey. Here are the links you need (they're case sensitive):\\n\\n \\tDonate List:\\xa0Bit.Ly/SupportBlackWomenHOU\\n \\tRecipiant Application:\\xa0Bit.Ly/SupportBWHOU\\n\\n%CODE_PP3%\\n\\nWe're wrapping up our Peter Parker Character Corner with the third and final part. We go over (quickly) the introduction of Carnage and then Peter & Harry's final confrontation. Then its on the one of the most controversial storylines: The second clone saga. No matter where you fall in the debate, we can all agree things got a bit out of control. It's not all bad though since Ben Reilly has become a pretty popular character and so despite the mess, there were some good outcomes. We then get into Civil War, One More Day and where Peter is now. Our Rogue Wars character corner covers a lot of the later issues of Peter so you'll definitely want to check that out.\\n\\nCarnage & the Death of Harry Osborn\\n\\nWe finished our last Character Corner with the first appearance of Venom. I personally think that his next two appearances (Amazing Spider-Man 314-317 & #346-347) are more interesting and defining for the character than issue 300. But that\\u2019s just me. Clearly the character was a hit because Marvel decided to up the ante with the introduction of Cletus Kasady & Carnage. This leads to Maximum Carnage which isn\\u2019t a very good comic book arc but an excellent and fun video game. So all isn\\u2019t lost. \\n\\nMore interesting than Carnage is the \\u201cfinal\\u201d confrontation between Harry Osborn (as Green Goblin) and Peter.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nThe Mess that is the Second Clone Saga\\n\\nThere\\u2019s no way around it but the second Clone Saga is a complete mess.\\xa0 It\\u2019s a great example of how a decent concept can spin out of control when the original plan isn\\u2019t stuck to. Just like with Geoff John\\u2019s Blackest Night/Brightest Day, it starts off pretty decent but then the sheer number of issues and books required to get an understanding of what happens just overwhelming.\\n\\nThat said, there\\u2019s a lot of good things from the second clone saga that get over looked. First, I think it was a great idea to have Peter thinking he was the real clone and giving up being Spider-Man in favor of Ben. Sure it probably pissed off fans at the time but I think that fans can have knee jerk reactions to change even if it\\u2019s a good overall idea. Think what happened when Otto became Spider-Man and Peter \\u201cdied\\u201d. That was a great story. In this case, Ben Reilly is a really great character. It also added a great dynamic to see Ben taking on classic Spider-Man villains for the first time but struggling because the villains have evolved but he was still fighting them using his memories from the first clone saga. Also, despite the sprawl of books in the second clone saga, there are some really good mini-stories in it. Web of Death is a GREAT Doctor Octopus story\\n\\nAnd finally there is the return of Norman Osborn. Sure, it probably didn\\u2019t make a whole lot of sense and probably should have been done better. But considering all the great things that Norman has been used for since then, this is an example of taking something that was executed poorly and making it great with later stories.\\n\\nWhen you go and read the Clone Saga mini-series that Tom DeFalco and Howard Mackie wrote in 2009 that followed the original script and boiled it down to 6 issues, you can see how there was a lot of potential there. I won\\u2019t say that the second Clone Saga gets unfairly criticized because it was executed poorly but there was definitely a great story buried in there.\\n\\nCivil War & One More Day\\n\\nAfter the Clone Saga, Peter goes through a lot of different changes. Some of them not so great. The Others brings Peter to a weird time where he gets new spider powers like shooting organic webshooters (boooooo). He also gets something else new in his life: A decent paying job thanks to Tony Stark. Tony and Peter become close which leads to Tony creating a ne..."