Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy have married, with Gwen working for Miles Warren at a company called Scipro-Genesis. At the beckoning of his father, Harry Osborn donned the moniker of the "Black Goblin" to confront Warren about the clone of Norman he was working on. Exposing the contained clone's hiding place, Harry also unearthed Warren's secret attempts to also clone Peter and Gwen. Enraged by Norman's favoritism towards Peter, Harry fought him while Gwen attempted to flee Warren in disgust. Realizing the grip Norman had over him, Harry stopped the battle and threw a pumpkin bomb to kill the clones. Norman and Gwen's clones are killed in the process, but a clone of Peter survived and was rescued by Peter at Gwen's plea. However, Warren revealed that the Gwen Peter had married was in fact the actual clone, and the original was the one that perished in the pumpkin bomb explosion. In 1978, the clones of Peter and Gwen leave to start new lives together while the original Peter falls into depression over the loss of the original Gwen. In 1995, the Parker clone, calling himself Ben Reilly, is captured by a dying Doctor Octopus. Peter is later also captured along with Harry. Seeking to recreate Warren's cloning process to prolong his life, Octavius discovers from his analysis of both Parkers that Peter is in fact the clone while Ben is the original. Furious over the perceived deception, Ben takes his anger out on Octavius and attacks him. While Peter tried to calm him down, Octavius tries to kill both Parkers, only for Harry to be killed by him when he leaps to protect Peter. Octavius flees as Harry dies in Peter's arms. Later, Peter allows Ben to take over his life, gifting him a detailed autobiography so he can properly live as Peter Parker again. Bidding farewell, Peter then confronted an elderly Norman Osborn whom he finds with the help of Jessica Jones. Peter deduces that Norman fabricated the test results that Octavius discovered in a bid to ruin his life, and that he was still the original Peter Parker. Initially gloating, Norman discovers that Harry had been killed by Octavius, and attempts to kill Peter with a glider in revenge. When he fails, the strain causes Norman to suffer a heart attack, and he dies in Peter's arms professing his hatred. In the aftermath, Peter rejoined his family