Web of Spider-Man (1985 - 1995)

Celebrating 50 Years of the Great Responsibility of his Great powers, The Spider-Man 50th Anniversary Series collects the Webbed Wonder's greatest heretofore secret history! Spanning from his earliest days as a hero... View »

Celebrating 50 Years of the Great Responsibility of his Great powers, The Spider-Man 50th Anniversary Series collects the Webbed Wonder's greatest heretofore secret history! Spanning from his earliest days as a hero... View »

Time Bomb Part 2: By my hand, Mary Jane must die! Guest Starring New Warriors. View »

Exiled part 1 of 4: Who will wear the webs? Black Cat appearance. Ben Reilly as Scarlet Spider. View »

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Maximum Clonage Part 2: The Last Temptation of Peter Parker. View »

3-D Live Action Holodisk Cover. "Lives Unlived." Giant-Sized extravaganza. First appearance of the new Green Goblin (aka Phil Urich). Script by Terry Kavanagh. Art by Steven Butler (breakdowns) and Randy Emberlin... View »

The clone really thinks he is Peter Parker and goes out to find the real Peter to kill him. Peter is held up in his jail cell only thinking about the death of Aunt May and the safety of Mary Jane (which is being protected... View »

"True Lies." Player and Pawns, Part 2 of 2. Script by Terry Kavanagh. Pencils by Steven Butler. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Steven Butler. Story continues from Spectacular Spider-Man 222. Twin battles rage... View »

"The Call." Smoke and Mirrors. Part 1 of 3. Plot by J.M. DeMatteis. Scriptby Todd Dezago. Art by Steven Butler (breakdowns) and Randy Emberlin (finishes). Cover by Steven Butler. Visions of the Jackal plague both... View »

Web of Life Part 3 of 4: The Hunting. View »

Web of Life Part 1 of 4: Lure of the Spider. View »

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POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY - Part 1 of 4. The Spider-Man clone--long thought dead--is back! Spider-Man, already over the edge, thinks the clone's another villain who needs the tar knocked out of him. But when the mysterious... View »

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"Shell-shocked!" Part 3 of 4. Script by Terry Kavanagh. Art by Alex Saviuk (breakdowns) and Don Hudson (finishes). Cover by Alex Saviuk. After missing an opportunity to apprehend FACADE last issue, the web-slinger... View »

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1st story: "Shriek, Rattle And Roll"2nd story: "Daze And Confusion" featuring Warrant3rd story: "Tabula Rasa" featuring Black Cat4th story: "The Power Of Resistance" featuring Prowler“Shriek, Rattle and Roll!” Plot by... View »

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After The Lizard killed Calypso and escaped custody, the bounty-hunter Warrant is hired to stop him by any means necesary. Spider-Man however, wants to cure The Lizard and save Dr. Connors life from Warrant. View »

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Crisis of Conscience Part 3 of 3: "Judgment Day". Hero versus hero as the Goddess' brain-washed minions fight against an invading force. Who will fall? Will anyone survive once the Goddess has her way? View »

Crisis of Conscience Part 2 of 3: "Soul Gauntlet". Infinity Crusade crossover. The Goddess and Moondragon are not happy with the web-slinger's doubting of the cause he's fighting for on Paradise Omega!... View »

Crisis of Conscience Part 1 of 3: "Infinity Crusader". View »

Carnage, Shriek, Doppelganger, Carrion, and Demogoblin are in the middle of a huge wreakage. Carnage says he found the perfect place for a fire to burn Venom.Menawhile Spider-Man is taking refuge from his rib injury with... View »

Spider-man and his crew head off to the Daily Bugle to talk with Jameson to see if he can lay a little trap for Carnage, he refuses until a little convincing from Cloak and Venom. Without thinking, Carnage takes the bait,... View »

1st story: "The Origin Of The Cadre"2nd story: "Chaos...Is The Cadre!"3rd story: "Things To Come" featuring the Cadre4th story: "Mayhem In The Streets" featuring Cloak & Dagger5th... View »

Maximum Carnage part 2 of 14. Carnage leaves the Daily Bugle to find Shriek and the Doppelganger, who just happen to find where Spider-man is and attack him and Cloak and Dagger in the Holy Ghost Church. Shriek was then... View »

"Uneasy Alliances" Part 4 of 4. Giant-Sized Anniversary Issue. It's the 100th issue of the Web of Spider-Man series! And all roads (to take over the Kingpin's crime syndicate) lead to a mysterious estate... View »

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In the sewers, spider-Man fights the Deathspawn and saves the Father from them. He defeats the enraged Deathspawn by blasting them with high jetted water. But spider-Man has to o back in to save Hobgoblin, other victims,as... View »

Spider-Man has just stopped Hobgoblin from killing Katzenberg and now as him tied up in webbing swinging threw midtown in a thunder storm. In the distense, Demogoblin and Doppleganger watch the two and begin there attack... View »

Mary Jane gets a threatning call from a guy named Nick Katzenburg to Peter Parker saying h will haunt him till the day he dies and that he did this to him. Meanwhile Spider-Man and Moon Knight are looking for Nick to save... View »

"The Test" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Moon Knight. Having shed the Demogoblin personality, Jason Macendale prepares to resume his identity as the Hobgoblin. And with help from the Foreigner, he regains his confidence... View »

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"Making Amends Meet" Part 1 of 2.  After making short work of Killer Shrike, Peter Parker bumps into an old friend, Betty Brant, on the streets of Manhattan. And wow, Betty sure has changed! Dressing more... View »

A confused Spider-Man wakes to find that Maxie Shiffman is his agent and he's in the middle of making a Hollywood movie involving Galactus and the X-Men. View »

Story continues from Spectacular Spiderman Annual 12. It's a cover to cover slugfest as the Amazing Spider-Man and the New Warriors battle nine of Justin Hammer's top operatives in order to stop the master plan of Target... View »

Kingpin. "A Rose By Any Other Name" The Name of the Rose Part 6 of 6. It's the pulse-pounding conclusion to the Name of the Rose storyline! The Rose is dead, but a new vigilante has taken his place…the... View »

Hobgoblin. "The King Makers" The Name of the Rose Part 5 of 6. Elements of Daredevil 300 continue in this story. The Spectacular Spider-Man has gone down to defeat at the hands of the Praetorian Guard! And now... View »

Hobgoblin, Demogoblin. "The Best Defense"The Name of The Rose Part 4 of 6. The web-slinger grows desperate in his attempt to stop the threats on his life by the Rose's assassins! So the worried wall-crawler... View »

Hobgoblin, Demogoblin. "The Dark Within" Part 3 of 6. The Rose's first two assassination attempts on Peter Parker have failed! But the vindictive villain remains undeterred and sends a third assassin, the Hobgoblin,... View »

Rose, Kingpin. "Three The Hard Way" Part 2 of 6. The new Rose and Richard Fisk ramp up their quest to assassinate Peter Parker! After failing to kill Aunt May's nephew at his apartment, the new partners in... View »

Rose and Kingpin, Hobgoblin cameo. "Family Ties" Part 1 of 6. The 6-part Name of the Rose storyline begins! The Rose is back! And he's gunning for the Spectacular Spider-Man again! Or is he after someone else?... View »

Bob Robbins is some sort of marketing exec who wants a new project … Spider-Man! Meanwhile, Spidey is dealing with a robot – Hypertron 1.0 who's just committed a robbery. Whoever is controlling HT gets it... View »

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Living in Fear"  Spider-Man battles a new villain called Bloodshed who is attempting to blackmail his younger brother, Ricky, into stealing negotiable securities from Ricky's brokerage company. First appearance... View »

1st story: "The Machine and the Man"2nd story: "Fast Feud II: Speed Demon's3rd story: "The Origin of Venom"4th story: "The Origin of the Green5th story: "The Origin of the Hobgoblin"6th... View »

 Mary Jane is worried sick about her husband, after the web-slinger disappeared while battling the Ripster last issue! In an act of sheer desperation, she turns to an unlikely source for help…Felicia Hardy! Wow,... View »

"First Blood" Peter and Mary Jane are enjoying a horse carriage ride through Central Park, when they are suddenly ambushed by the Silver Squad! The Amazing Spider-Man quickly defeats three of his four android assailants,... View »

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New York is freezing over - presumably because of that art guy. Iceman from the X-Men / X-Factor shows up and so do the New Warriors in some pretty shoddy cross-promotion. A third of the book later and we're back with... View »

Peter and Kristy are watching some dumb performing arts show. There's this guy who sits silently on stage who is 'attacked' by this other woman. The lights go off, then when they come back he is alive again.... View »

MJ and Pete are at an art exhibition with Kristy, Aunt May and her new 'bit of rough' Mr Lumpkin. Actually Lumpkin is just her mailman. A blind girl Alicia – who is married to Johnny Storm - has made a sculpture... View »

At the house, Spidey saves everyone there but the shock of Sabbath being married to Steele gives Fortune a heart attack. Later, Sable gives Spidey a dressing down for stopping Steele being shot. She tells him it was only... View »

An old woman is shot by a sniper from a distance and the shooter remarks that leaves just two more to go. In the next pane, the shooter is targeting Pete. He isn't the target though and the shooter moves the sights and... View »

Make way for the horrifying Spider-Hulk!     It is about four and a half hours since the events of the previous issue and Spidey is back in New York. He has put a websack of his clothing on his back, grabbed... View »

Late morning in J. Jonah Jameson's new office where the esteemed publisher is showing a news report to five of his employees... among them, Joe Robertson, Betty Brant, and Peter Parker. The report concerns "a wild... View »

Nick Katzenberg watches a meeting between Robbie and Spider-Man. Robbie says Tombstone has contacted him and wants to meet. He asks Spidey to look after his family while he goes to the police. Spider-Man puts a tracer on... View »

"Up From Slavery" Part 3 of the Spidey's Totally Tiny Adventure storyline. Story by Gerry Conway and Stan Lee. Art by Gil Kane, Sal Buscema, Alan Kupperberg, and Mike Esposito. Cover by Steve Lightle. In Spectacular Spiderman... View »

Tombstone is on a street somewhere and some guys try to attack him. He takes them all out with little difficulty and appears to have some new powers... Spidey is following Green Goblin and stops him on a roof where Harry... View »

At the offices of Jonah's news digest, Robbie is going mad because JJJ used Pete's photo on the cover (see issue 65 for details). Robbie storms off with Pete in hot pursuit, while Mary Jane is left on the floor.... View »

As he's falling, Spider-Man latches onto a plane and lands at JFK. Back at the Chameleon's base, the villains have gone to collect their bounty. There is no- one there but they find a note apparently implicating... View »

The Brothers Grimm, Titania and Trapster are all on their way to prison as the aftermath of Acts Of Vengeance (see Web of 59, 60 and 61). Graviton rescues them all and thy decide to go after Spider-Man again. At the offices... View »

Betty is in a cemetery at her brother Bennet's grave. She is upset and a grey- haired man approaches her. He pricks her with a sharp bit from a ring on his finger but says it is accidental. All of her sudden, her fear... View »

Spidey receives a very warm welcome after rescuing a cat from a sewer for its young owner. He is enjoying the Bugle's new stance now it is owned by Thomas Fireheart. One of the bystanders even comments: “Everything... View »

Spidey is on top of a building. He is unhappy with his new powers and people are becoming frightened of what he can do. He throws his mask off the building saying he quits. The Wizard is flying past and catches the mask.... View »

Spidey fights Goliath on top of a NYC bridge. Despite Goliath's huge size advantage, Spidey beats him easily thanks to his newly-enhanced powers. After Spidey swings off, one of Kingpin's men takes Goliath off with... View »

Doom sends Titania out after Spidey as part of the new bad guys' arrangement to fight each others' enemies. She had previously been humiliated in defeat by Spider-Man during the Beyonder's Secret Wars. Meanwhile,... View »

Max Markham (The Grizzly) is in a bar getting ribbed by his fellow drinkers asking him to tell them about how he went up against Spider-Man (he first appeared in Amazing 139). They agitate him so much that he says he's... View »

Head Honcho Skin-Head has completely lost it. He transforms into a big fleshy bag, extruding pseudo-pods and varying greatly in mass (completely disregarding the laws of physics) as he chases his former cronies through the... View »

Chapter XI in the "Atlantis Attacks" crossover saga! And it's a blockbuster! Attuma leads the Atlantean legions in an all-out attack on New York City! How can Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four stop them? Plus... View »

Peter is working late in his high-tech lab at E.S.U. Now, I've worked in a few University labs in my time, but this one has them all beat. It's full of high-tech computers, with what looks like a variable-spectrum... View »

It has been a month since Carlos Lobo promised to draw the Kingpin out of hiding and now the full moon has come around again. On a busy New York street, the brown-furred and black-furred werewolves attack indiscriminately.... View »

Now back to the attack on Fisk Tower. It is 11:15 pm and the Lobos strike where the Kingpin's men least expect it. They take their helicopter to the roof. It hovers above as some of their gunmen fire down at the roof... View »

It is 7:01 AM and Spider-Man is already on the job. A "U-Rent" truck is driving along FDR Drive just as Spidey expected. (He has been tipped off by the Arranger that this truck is bringing a supply of "stolen... View »

Jonah is trapped in his penthouse apartment, still chained up by the Chameleon. Chameleon tells Jonah no one will even notice and shows him his recent headlines (“Spider-Man linked To Sudan Unrest” is a particularly... View »

You remember what happened the last time there was a gang war in New York City, right? Well, this time the Maggia's given the Chameleon the green light to seize control of the NYC underworld from the Kingpin! And to... View »

It's a giant-sized anniversary issue! But Spidey sure doesn't have anything to celebrate about. He's been photographed "stealing" a valuable jewel by the unscrupulous Nick katzenberg. When the news... View »

When Mary Jane learns that one of her friends has gotten hooked on drugs, she does all that she can to help her ... and her husband, the ever-amazing Spider-Man, goes after the pusher who sold her the drugs!SummaryWe start... View »

It's an Inferno tie-in and it's producing Spidey's greatest nightmare yet! In a New York City gone mad, where--how--can Spidey find his wife? His desperate search plunges him into a horror-filled city sewers--and... View »

Last month, in SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #146, the effects of Inferno caused Harry Osborn's chemical factory to come to life and attack Harry and Spider-Man. Now the Hobgoblin wants something from Harry, but he may get... View »

The empress of hate, Nekra, is stirring up trouble in Cape Cod, Massachusetts! Spider-Man's in town, but even with the help of everyone's favorite scientific adventurer, Hank Pym, can Spidey save the people of Cape... View »

When Peter Parker boarded a plane in Las Vegas, he never expected it to become the property of the Vulture! After forcing the plane to crash-land, the Vulture's picking off the survivors one at a time! Can Peter stop... View »

It's a book tour! It's a blitzkreig! Peter Parker's in Las Vegas promoting his photo book on Spidey, WEBS, and Spider-Man is battling the Hulk and the kill-crazed survivalists, Warzone! And to add to the mayhem,... View »

Peter Parker went to Miami expecting to do a run-of-the-mill signing for his new book. But when the High Evolutionary strikes, Spidey must join forces with the misshapen Man-Thing and Miami's newest super hero, Poison,... View »

Sure, Spidey's wanted to get Betty Leeds out of the religious cult she joined. But when Flash Thompson takes matters into his own hands by kidnaping her, whose side will the wall-crawler be on? Meanwhile, Mary Jane wouldn't... View »

Attempting to free Betty Brant Leeds from a sinister cult, Spider-Man meets the cult's leader, the Teacher. Are the Teacher's abilities for real, or is he just the greatest con man the world has ever seen? If Spidey... View »

Pete battles off the cult members and runs off with a struggling Betty over his shoulder. He is greeted by brothers Bruce with a homemade flame thrower. As he tries to avoid the flames, Betty pulls his mask off! Pete tries... View »

Spider-man comes around Betty Brant's apartment and is amazed to find it is being rented by Rita Hathaway on behalf of Betty! He decides to go to the Daily Bugle (The DB!) (Earth-616) to talk to her and finds Flash Thompson... View »

Nathan Lubensky has been robbed! And he's determined to go to any length to get back one of the stolen items - Aunt May's engagement ring! Wait'll you see what Spider-Man does once he finds out who committed... View »

We start with the Hobgoblin (Macendale's version, at least) attacking the Kingpin's office. He demands the arranger tells him why Kingpin has 'blacklisted' him from hitman assignments in the city. The arranger... View »

A knife-wielding murderer is killing beautiful models - a crime calling for the skills of private investigator Dakota North. But when Mary Jane Watson-Parker becomes the killer's next target, nothing can keep Spider-Man... View »

This follows straight on from Issue 35. Pete is swinging home and comes across MJ, who he scoops up and takes with him. He explains about his tough day and she tells him how she's been apartment hunting.Elsewhere, Jake... View »

Peter is swinging across the city to go to his first day as substitute teacher as a favour to the principal at Forest Hills. When he arrives, he breaks up a fight between a jock (Jake) and geek (Steve). It reminds him of... View »

Our hero is on patrol when he comes upon a pick-up football game in a vacant lot on the Lower East Side. The game pits big guys against little guys and the little guys are getting clobbered. Spider-Man doesn't plan to... View »

We begin in a large house where a woman (Vicky) is planning to leave her husband (Frank). He arrives home as she is leaving with their two children. She says things about not feeling right working for him any longer and... View »

Ned Leeds died not too long before this story, and Peter and MJ married right before it. Two major milestones in Peter Parker's life. This story depicts the third. Way back, since Amazing Spider-Man #15 (vol.1), Kraven... View »

Learn about Spider-Man's family, friends and foes. Also features an original back-up story of "Petey, The Adventures of Peter Parker Before He Became Spiderman" by Fred Hembeck. View »

Ned Leeds died not too long before this story, and Peter and MJ married right before it. Two major milestones in Peter Parker's life. This story depicts the third. Way back, since Amazing Spider-Man #15 (vol.1), Kraven... View »

"The Wages of Sin" Richard Fisk's best friend Alfredo is in his flat with Fisk's girlfriend, Dina. Fisk believes Alfredo is dead and has gone missing. Fisk is at a church, confessing. (Cue flashback…)He... View »

"Mask" After Pete and Betty have departed Ned's funeral, Richard Fisk (Alfredo Morelli in disguise, aka Rose) is laying flowers at the grave. For those who don't know, Rose was employing The Hobgoblin (Ned)... View »

Pete and Mary-Jane are on a boat around Liberty Island. MJ makes some comment about the torch looking new and Pete tells her a story...Pete used to store his clothes there when he went out swinging as Spidey. One time, the... View »

Pete and Ben Urich are at a trial where a car company's executive (Lee Camino) has been acquitted of murdering another. He spots a big guy (Headhunter) in the crowd who seems to have spooked. We see a cutscene where... View »

Spidey bags a coupla crooks who are breaking into a train carriage. While doing so, though, he inhales some weird gas. One of them (Willy) gives him a fake sob-story about having a family to support, etc and Spidey lets... View »

We start with a scene on some alien planet. One alien wants something called the cosmultigizer while another alien has sent it away for safe keeping. Needless to say, it has landed on earth. Alien 1 is pissed off and vows... View »

We are in a casino and Aunt May is telling Pete how worried she is about Nathan's gambling. He has been out of the books since Spectacular 113 when he allowed a SWAT team to shoot a young burglar - much to Aunt May's... View »

We start on a plane with Joy and Pete returning from the UK. Joy lambasts Pete for the quality of his work and says she knows about his 'deal' with Spidey (to take pics and split the profit) and is annoyed that he... View »

As Joy and Pete are driving into Belfast, all they can see is devastation. Pete's spider-sense warns him of danger and he brakes hard across Joy in the car while a petrol bomb flies across their path. Terrorists with... View »

"The Enemy Unknown!" Pete and Joy are on a ferry in the Irish Sea on their way over to Ireland. Pete is sniffing and Joy tells him to watch out, else he might get a cold. This gets Pete thinking back to the last... View »

We start straight in with the action. Pete and Joy have landed at Heathrow Airport, London and a bomb has gone off. There are also terrorists with guns - although calling an Irish terrorist 'Paddy' is perhaps a stereotype... View »

After thinking he may have lost his spidey-sense at the end of issue 18, Spidey is swinging across town looking for a fight. He spots some suspicious looking men in a shipyard and drops in, inviting them to take their best... View »

Warlock, the cybernetic alien member of the New Mutants, decides to visit New York City in search of fun and adventure. However, Warlock runs into misguided scientists that like to perform experiments on living animals and... View »

MJ is wondering where Pete's been at when he arrives at her door - in a tattered Spidey outfit and looking quite a mess. After a shower and meal and deciding he's going to have to use the black costume from now on... View »

Magma starts by unleashing a jet of molten, erm, magma at Spidey, who, of course, avoids it. Joy and the others are trying to escape but the 'faceless' people corner her. Spidey realises he can't concentrate... View »

We begin up in some mountains with a mother and her son running through some fields. They are cornered eventually by some men with farm tools/weapons - such as a sickle, pitch-fork etc. After the fog clears, the only person... View »

Spidey swings off to hunt the Black Fox but in the shadows is a mysterious figure identified as Chance. He reveals to whoever his boss is that he killed Andre and is now going to go after Spider-Man. He bets double-or-nothing... View »

Pete has been given an ultimatum by Mrs Muggins, his landlady. Either finish the repairs to his flat (see issue 11 for details) or he will be evicted. Pete doesn't have any money to repair anything but remembers he still... View »

Spider-Man is swinging through NYC as newspaper clippings tell us a story of how he apparently induced a vehicle to run over a man at a crossing. It's fairly clear from the images that the guy was just 'spooked'... View »

Issue 12 picks straight up where 11 left off. Peter and MJ go up to see the state of Pete's flat. It is a total mess and the fire officer tells them it was a smoke bomb that did the damage. Pete's red and blue spidey... View »

We begin with the webbed one breaking up a standard grocery store robbery. But while wisecracking, he accidentally endangers the old couple who were being held. After saving the day he swings off with those thoughts in his... View »

We start with a chap called Dominic Fortune back in 1940. He is some sort of hired gun constantly getting into scrapes and bar brawls. One of his biggest enemies was Baron Wolfgang Von Lundt. The scene is brought forward... View »

The second of a two part story by David Michelinie, Geoff Isherwood, and Vince Colletta opens with another flashback from 30 years ago in Smithville where a second part of the meteor hsas given powers to a second man (the... View »

30 years ago, an explosion in space sends a meteor fragment hurling toward the mid American town of Smithville PA. An unsuspecting banker named Fred Hopkins comes into contact with the meteor and it gives him superhuman... View »

We begin with Pete in the Bugle's offices although, when the Hulk blasts through Robbie's door, it's pretty clear this is a dream. The Hulk goes mad and brings down the whole building with him. Afterwards him... View »

Spider-Man attempts to stop a robbery at a jewelry store only to discover that the felon is a home-made robot. Later on, Peter Parker attends the Young Inventor's Science Fair and runs into Max, the robot builder. Unfortunately,... View »

We begin with the Kingpin putting in a call to someone (which turns out to be someone in the US govt) about cleaning up after the Beyonder's exploits. Obviously if knowledge of the gold becomes widespread, the stock... View »

In our opening two scenes, we have Spidey looking all over NYC for Doc Ock. We then have Ock battling (and defeating) a robot Spidey at his HQ.Meanwhile, at the Bugle, there's a new City Editor - Kathryn Cushing. She... View »

We start with Spidey hidden in a warehouse waiting to surprise some crooks. He beats a load of people up in standard fashion before clinging to the top of an escaping van. As he tries to deal with the villains inside, it... View »

We begin with the Vulture in prison reading about the exploits of the Vulturians. He's not happy and escapes immediately (literally just like that) vowing to kill them all.He soon catches up with them after yet another... View »

We begin with the Vulturians regoruping from their battering in issue one. They want to have another pop at Spidey and have an all-new secret weapon... poisonous blow darts!A week later and Pete stops off to buy a hat for... View »

We begin with Pete putting on his red and blue Spidey costume but it quickly turns into the symbiote while it is on him. We cut quickly to a street mugging. The muggers go back to some warehouse-type place where thy met... View »