Kaine Parker is a fictional character, a superhero and former supervillain in the Marvel Comics who serves as an ally, an enemy, and a foil of Spider-Man and Ben Reilly. He first appeared in Web of Spider-Man #119, and is the Jackal's first failed attempt at cloning Peter Parker (Spider-Man). The character was created by Terry Kavanagh and Steven Butler. He first appeared as the new Scarlet Spider in the Marvel Point One one-shot in November 2011 before starring in his own series with the second volume of Scarlet Spider.