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Trey commented on Similarities btween Comic Books and Soap Operas. I just thought I'd give a specific parallel. Days of Our Lives - Wayne Northrop was the original Roman Brady, he died in 1984. Drake Hogestyn turned up in 1986 as the second Roman Brady, who had beed kidnapped and surgically altered. Wayne Northrop came back to the role in 1991 (because Deirdra Hall forced the producers to give him back his original role). I can't find info on why he left again in 1994 on Wikipedia, so let's just say that he left. Finally, Josh Taylor (Father on Valeries Family, renamed the Hogan Family when Valerie Harper, of Rhoda fame, left 1n 1988), who originally played Chris Kositchek, became the current Roman Brady. Recently, the original Roman, Wayne Northrop, came back as Dr. Alex North, a hypno-therapist, it sounds like.

Now, Peter Parker was the original Spiderman (according to the current arc). In what is now called The Clone Saga, in 1975, Gwen Stacy died while peter was trying to save her. The Jackal clones Gwen and Spiderman, Gwen because he's all creepy obsessed with her and spidey because fate needed fome tools to work with, and some of spidey's writer were just that (that was the only Spiderman comic I owned, given to me by my cousin, I wore it out, and I plagerized it in the 6th grade). 20 years later Ben Reilly, the "clone" in the stadium, and Kaine are both discovered to be spidey clones.

Long-story-short, Kaine degenerates and kills some people, Peter is accused, and yada-yada Kaine confesses. Peter is cleared. The second Jackel turns up with another masked monster, the Guardian . . . yada-yada, they are failed clones of Peter Parker. Another Peter Parker clone get loose. yada-yada. Time goes on, the Jackel's apprentice (Jacky) gives ben evidence: Ben is the real Peter Parker. In the meantime Judas Traveller, I think, reveals that Ben, now the Scarlet Spider, is the real Peter Parker and Peter Parker is a clone (because the writers were tired of MJ). But, because of fan outrage, the writers turned that into a lie, the Peter we followed after Spiderman or Spider Clone? was the real Peter Parker.

So, Chris Kositchek is now Roman Brady and John Black was Roman Brady and Roman Brady is Alex North, Peter Parker was a clone but has always been Spiderman and is now the real Peter Parker, Ben Reilly, who was the real Peter Parker, was actually a clone and the Scarlet Spider, and, in addition to all of that, various clones of peter Parker are/were villians, and at least one is unaccounted for, I think.

I'd like to give credit to my mother and sister for watching Days ALL THE TIME while I was growing up, and Gray Haven Magizine for a recap of the clone saga (which I butchered).