"Today we received a very shocking letter from a viewer. He told me, 'J. Jonah, this morning, besides Spider-Man, I saw another Spider-Man. I definitely wasn't mistaken, because she was a female Spider-Man in a black suit. She wasn't wearing a mask, only a red bandana.'"
A faint crackle of static came from the radio in George Stacy's old car, followed by a deep, almost despairing sigh from JJJ. George couldn't help laughing, his fingers lightly tapping the steering wheel. "Good Lord, I've never heard him this depressed—it sounds like the end of the world."
Gwen, dressed in a white gown, looked at Peter beside her and slowly asked, "Another Spider-Man? A girl?"
"Uh, who knows? Maybe it really happened."
Peter loosened his suit collar. He rarely wore anything this formal. "You'd have to ask Spider-Man about that. He should know best."
"Yeah, if I get the chance, I'll ask him." Gwen stood up, leaned toward the driver's seat, and said, "Dad, if you run into Spider-Man, could you ask him for me?"
"I've hardly run into Spider-Man these past few days. It seems like after he changed into that new suit, he cut back on his activities. Or maybe New York's been pretty peaceful lately, so there hasn't been much going on." At the intersection, George stopped for a red light, his fingers tapping the steering wheel as he listened to J. Jonah continue in a deeply despairing tone.
"Ever since Spider-Man appeared, our city has been a complete mess. And now someone's telling me there's more than one pest like him? Fine, based on the description, this Spider-Woman—as we'll call her for now—isn't a masked criminal like Spider-Man. At least she only wore a bandana. Of course, it's not as if we've never seen criminals wearing bandanas..."
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