alpha_males-attack alpha_males-reviveALPHA MALES

Membership: Six unidentified clones of Alpha (Andrew Maguire)

Purpose: They were intended to pair with the Spiderzons (genetically-enhanced clones of the Jackal's late ally, Ana Soria) as an unstoppable army

Aliases: None

Affiliations: Jackal (Miles Warren), Spiderzons

Enemies: Alpha, Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
    formerly the Jackal's base within an abandoned school in Brooklyn

First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man I#693 (November, 2012)

Powers/Abilities: The Alpha Males had no superhuman powers but were rather virtually mindless clones (they could follow the Jackal's instructions, and they thought they had their genetic progenitor's powers) of Andrew Maguire.

    Jackal described them as globs of "clone goo," and they may or may not have had actual skeletons and/or internal organs.

History:
(Amazing Spider-Man II#693 - BTS) - The Jackal and one of his Spiderzons came to the Maguire house, where they quickly subdued Alpha (via the Spiderzon spitting some sort of venom-darts from its mouth), and his parents, Joan Conway and Paula. The Jackal took Alpha and the others to his lair, an abandoned school in Brooklyn, where he bound Alpha in a white-noise helmet and Carbonadium shackles then harvested his genetic material to create the Alpha Males, a group of clones of him to be part of an unstoppable army of the most powerful beings on the planet.alpha_males-powerless

(Amazing Spider-Man II#693) - Spider-Man traced Alpha's energies to the Jackal's base and confronted him,  but the Jackal unleashed the Alpha Males on him...only to discover that Andy's powers hadn't altered his DNA, making the Alpha Males nothing but mindless clones of an ordinary teenager. 

    The Jackal then used his equipment to try and drain Maguire's powers at the expense of the boy's life and ordered the Spiderzons to eat everyone else there. Spider-Man tried to inspire Andy to overcome the odds to save his family, but Andy misinterpreted it, seeing his powers as the only thing that made his life worthwhile. He broke free of his restraints and destroyed the Alpha Males, prompting the Jackal to make all the clones there (himself included) self-destruct, leaving Alpha and the others covered in degenerated clone-goo but otherwise unharmed. alpha_males-destroyed

    Seeing the errors he'd made, Alpha hired Joan Conway as his personal agent/lawyer, had himself emancipated from his parents and moved to a Manhattan penthouse, where he hooked up with a purple-haired pop star.

Comments: Created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos.

    This profile was completed 12/11/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary event.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Alpha Males have no known connections to:

images: (without ads)
Amazing Spider-Man I#693, pg. 14, panel 3 (reviving);
          panel 6 (ready to attack);
       pg. 15, panel 1 (powerless);
       pg. 17, panel 3 (destroyed by Alpha)

Appearances:
Amazing Spider-Man I#693 (November, 2012) - Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (penciler), Victor Olazaba (inker), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor), Stephen Wacker (editor)

First posted: 09/30/2026
Last updated: 12/11/2025

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