A clone is an organism created asexually with identical DNA to its parent. The technology exists to create clones of humans and other sentient lifeforms. This technology can also create binary clones, beings created from two DNA donors.
History[]
Cadmus had the technology to create human clones, and force-grow them to a desired age. They used the psychic abilities of their G-Gnomes to educate clones and copy, transfer and alter memories as needed. Cadmus's artificially created Genomorphs consider Cadmus-created clones as fellow Genomorphs.[1][2] It is unclear if the various Genomorph species themselves are cloned or reproduce by other means.
In 2007, Cadmus made two clones of Roy Harper.[3][4] They have also experimented with cloning Kryptonians, but the difficulty of reading Kryptonian DNA lead to problems. Their first attempt, 2009's[5] Project Match, was mentally and physically[6] unstable. They made a second attempt, Project Kr, using human DNA to bridge missing Kryptonian sequences, creating Superboy in 2010, but this resulted in the absence of some Kryptonian superpowers[7] and Superboy not visibly aging beyond his forced growth.[8]
Cadmus's founders, the Light continued to make use of cloning and forced-growth technology, creating clones of Arion and Ocean-Master as part of Project Thrinos in 2020. They made use of Psimon's telepathic abilities and Psy-Backs, essentially back-up copies of an individual's mind, to program the clones.[9]
Cloning also occurs naturally in some sentient species. When Lobo had a finger cut off, it grew into a small duplicate of him.[10]
Known clones[]
| Clone | DNA source(s) | Created by | Date created |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arion[9] | Arion | The Light | 2020 at latest |
| Guardian (Jim Harper)[11] | Speedy (Roy Harper)[4] | Cadmus | 2007[4] |
| Lobo's clone[10] | Lobo | Natural | 2018/9[12][10] |
| Match[7] | Superman | Cadmus | 2009[5] |
| Ocean-Master (Orm)[9] | Ocean-Master (Orm) | The Light | 2020 at latest |
| Red Arrow (Roy/Will Harper)[3] | Speedy (Roy Harper) | Cadmus | 2007 |
| Superboy[13] | Superman Lex Luthor[7] |
Cadmus | 2010, March 21[1] |
Known cloning projects[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weisman, Greg (writer) & Murphy, Doug (director) (September 29, 2012). "Satisfaction". Young Justice. Season 2. Episode 8. Cartoon Network.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Weisman, Greg (writer) & Liu, Sam (director) (November 26, 2010). "Fireworks". (Part 2) Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 2. Cartoon Network.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Weisman, Greg (writer) & Chang, Michael, Montgomery, Lauren (directors) (April 21, 2012). "Auld Acquaintance". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 26. Cartoon Network.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Weisman, Greg (2012-07-25). Question #15211. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Weisman, Greg (2021-11-10). Question #25275. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ↑ Weisman, Greg (w). Jones, Christopher (a). Atkinson, Zac (col). Abbott, Wes (let). Gaydos, Sarah (ed). "Players, Chapter Three: Landing on Boardwalk" Young Justice 22 (November 20, 2012), New York, NY: DC Comics
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Hopps, Kevin (writer) & Chang, Michael (director) (March 24, 2012). "Agendas". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 22. Cartoon Network.
- ↑ Dubuc, Nicole (writer) & Murphy, Doug (director) (May 5, 2012). "Earthlings". Young Justice. Season 2. Episode 2. Cartoon Network.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Payton, Khary (writer) & Heuck, Vinton (director) (April 7, 2022). "Leviathan Wakes". Young Justice. Season 4. Episode 17. HBO Max.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Krieg, Jim, Adams, Jeremy (writers) & Zwyer, Mel (director) (August 27, 2019). "Nevermore". Young Justice. Season 3. Episode 26. DC Universe.
- ↑ Weisman, Greg (writer) & Divar, Tim (director) (May 19, 2012). "Salvage". Young Justice. Season 2. Episode 4. Cartoon Network.
- ↑ Weisman, Greg (writer) & Heuck, Vinton (director) (January 18, 2019). "Home Fires". Young Justice. Season 3. Episode 9. DC Universe.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Weisman, Greg (writer) & Oliva, Jay (director) (November 26, 2010). "Independence Day". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 1. Cartoon Network.