Chapter Summaries

Peter visited Harry and Norman Osborn after Norman's release from the hospital and saw them adjusting to a new AI based on data about Harry's mother. As Norman encouraged Peter to enjoy his upcoming school trip to Europe, Otto Octavius, disguised as the Techno-Wizard, was taken to Raft Prison and planned to bring Norman down in six months.

• Peter brought pizza to the Osborn home, where Harry and Norman played a game using Flying Skateboards.
• Harry told Peter that Norman had recreated the AI from data about Harry's mother without scanning a human brain.
• Norman asked about Peter's February trip to Europe, and Peter said he looked forward to visiting London while the Avengers protected New York.
• Ultron robots examined the Techno-Wizard and escorted him toward Raft Prison, retaining his neural-wave device but restricting his movement.
• The Techno-Wizard revealed that he was Otto Octavius in a cloned young body and resolved to give Norman six months before making his move.

Peter prepared for his trip to Europe while helping the Defenders confront Silvermane in Hell’s Kitchen. Cindy arrived with Black Cat and told Peter that Nick Fury wanted him for an operation in Europe involving the Elementals.

• Peter made a checklist for his first trip abroad and told Harry he still needed to deal with New York gangs.
• Amadeus returned and explained that Hercules had taken him underground to fight subterranean people and search for a Greek artifact.
• Peter joined the Defenders in Hell’s Kitchen as they fought Silvermane’s gang and learned Silvermane had returned in an advanced android body.
• Cindy and Black Cat arrived, and Cindy told Peter that Nick Fury wanted him for a European operation involving the Elementals.

Peter learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. believed the Elementals were Weapon Plus experiments and assigned him, Agent Web, and Felicia to deal with them during a European school trip. Nick Fury gave Peter a Night Monkey suit to preserve his cover, but Peter pointed out that its fingerless gloves would leave his fingerprints behind.

• Peter followed Cindy to a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. base and learned that the European cultural trip concealed a mission against the Elementals.
• Nick Fury said the Elementals were likely Weapon Plus experiments and that clues left by Spirit Cat might be in Europe, where Peter’s parents had met with disaster.
• Peter read S.H.I.E.L.D.’s reports on Hydro-Man, Molten Man, Whirlwind, and Sandman, whose powers had been enhanced through similar modifications.
• Nick Fury assigned Peter, Agent Web, and Felicia to handle the Elementals during the school trip.
• Nick Fury gave Peter a Night Monkey suit, but Peter noticed its fingerless gloves would expose his fingerprints, so Fury promised a more suitable stealth suit.

Peter prepared for his coming fight with the Elementals by designing a stealth suit and planning ways to counter their abilities. He also recognized that Nick Fury’s European mission concealed a larger agenda and considered Ultron another urgent problem for the Avengers.

• Peter visited Web-Slinger Base, where Dr. Jonathan discussed efforts to create an antidote for Phil Urich and the rescued Goblin Army soldiers.
• Peter designed a black stealth suit that could conceal his heat signature, then sent the blueprints for 3D printing.
• Peter planned to use amplified bioelectricity against Sandman and cryogenic bombs against Molten Man, while admitting he lacked a clear strategy for Hydro-Man and wanted to assess Whirlwind first.
• Peter concluded that Nick Fury’s trip to Europe was meant to distract Hydra and occupy the Elementals while other teams handled separate missions.
• Peter remembered that the Avengers needed to discuss Ultron and Pym’s decision to upgrade him after Kang showed Pym the future.

At Avengers Tower, Pym defended his decision to upgrade Ultron, while Tony and Steve questioned the danger and his faith in Kang’s visions. At Xavier’s School, time traveler Lucas Bishop arrived from 2059, bringing a warning that the Sentinels had ruled a nearly extinct world.

• Pym told Tony and Steve that Kang had shown him futures in which a super AI inevitably emerged, and argued that Ultron could be humanity’s best defense.
• Tony challenged Pym’s trust in Kang and argued that J.A.R.V.I.S. could serve as an assistant without creating Ultron.
• Pym asked Tony to let him keep Ultron, saying it was an intelligent child that might become a new Avenger.
• Cyclops and Emma Frost argued over recruiting mutant students and whether Emma could use Cerebro to find them.
• A beam struck the school grounds, where Cyclops found the unconscious, time-traveling mutant Lucas Bishop, who had arrived from 2059.
• Emma read Bishop’s memories and told Cyclops that humanity had nearly perished by 2059, mutants had nearly been exterminated in 2029, and the Sentinels ruled the world.

Peter, Cindy, and Felicia arrived in Lisbon for a secret mission and met Silvija Sablinova, the Wild Pack’s support commander. Their introduction ended with Felicia and Silvija trading insults while Peter tried to break the tension.

• Peter complained to Harry and Amadeus about the school trip’s itinerary, and Harry wondered who would help them with their secret mission.
• Cindy explained that the Wild Pack was a mercenary force descended from a Soviet special operations team trained to fight superhumans.
• Felicia kicked open the staff-room door and threw her suitcase at a silver-haired girl waiting inside with a dagger.
• The girl introduced herself as Silvija Sablinova, also known as Silver Sable, and said she had been hired to look after the superpowered students.
• Felicia and Silvija argued over their experience and abilities until Peter interrupted them with a joke.

Peter, Felicia, and Cindy met with Silvia of the Wild Pack to coordinate the hunt for the Elementals in Madrid. Peter learned that the Elementals were looting laboratories and secret facilities, while he grew more suspicious of Nick Fury’s unexplained operation.

• Silvia asked about the trio’s abilities, and Peter revealed that he was Spider-Man, prompting her to recruit him into the Wild Pack.
• Peter refused to join the Wild Pack, saying he wanted to continue school and eventually attend college.
• Silvia said the Wild Pack planned to hunt Molten Man and Sandman in Madrid but did not know what the Elementals were searching for.
• Silvia sent the trio away and said she would contact them about their role in the battle.
• Peter told Felicia and Cindy that the Wild Pack did not consider the Elementals a threat, leaving them to wonder what Nick Fury was hiding.

In Lisbon, Jessica Drew told Felicia she was keeping her worsening ALS secret while hoping to thank Spider-Man before she lost the ability to move. Peter spotted Sandman approaching the city, got his classmates to shelter, and prepared to confront the enormous villain with Venom.

• A stubbly-faced man hid in Lisbon, confident he knew who S.H.I.E.L.D.'s reinforcements were and what they could do.
• Felicia told Jessica that Jonathan Drew was developing a treatment for her ALS, and Jessica said she did not want to worry their friends.
• Jessica said she hoped to meet Spider-Man and thank him before her condition worsened, while Felicia suggested he might already have heard her thanks.
• Harry spotted an enormous sandstorm approaching, and Peter told the students to take shelter before slipping away.
• Spider-Man checked his equipment on a shop roof and asked Venom if it was ready to fight Sandman.

Silvia sent Wild Pack into combat after Sandman appeared in Lisbon, while Peter fought Sandman above the old town. Wild Pack’s countermeasures forced Sandman to flee, and Silvia said Peter had pressured the people behind the Elementals.

• Silvia ordered Wild Pack to suit up and move out after learning Sandman had landed in Lisbon.
• Peter met Sandman above Lisbon’s old town and learned he had come to test whether Spider-Man lived up to his reputation and the Weapons Expansion Program’s finest result.
• Peter used electrical currents and Venom to disrupt Sandman’s control of his sand, then shattered Sandman’s giant sand fist.
• Wild Pack deployed artificial rain and sprayed a substance that weakened Sandman’s control over the sand.
• Silvia landed beside Peter and explained that Sandman had escaped with part of his sand, adding that Peter had put pressure on the people behind the Elementals.

Peter investigated the Elementals’ thefts and suspected that both Nick Fury and Hydra were using them as decoys. In Rome, Captain America and Logan began a covert mission to uncover Hydra’s Super Soldier research, with Peter and the Wild Pack drawing attention elsewhere.

• Peter used Ultron’s records of former Hydra bases to search for research facilities that might be connected to the Elementals’ thefts.
• Peter suspected the Elementals were acting as a decoy for a more important operation and decided to deal with them first.
• Captain America and Logan arrived in Rome disguised with S.H.I.E.L.D. equipment, while LMD Bionic Robots covered for them in New York.
• Fury sent Captain America and Logan to investigate Hydra’s Super Soldier research because he could not trust S.H.I.E.L.D. agents with the mission.
• Captain America prepared to confront Hydra and his former partner, Bucky Barnes, whose identity as the Winter Soldier he had learned.

Peter tried to keep his classmates from connecting him to Spider-Man as Sandman attacked the student convoy on the road to Madrid. Disguised as British Spider and armed with specialized weapons, Peter dispersed Sandman and helped the buses escape, while Jessica wondered why Sandman had targeted them.

• Peter told Flash that Spider-Man was still in New York and suggested armored soldiers had saved the Lisbon tourists from Sandman.
• Sandman stopped the convoy on its way to Madrid, and Peter slipped out of the bus while Harry told everyone to close the windows.
• Peter appeared in a British-flagged Spider-Man suit and called himself British Spider, confusing Thompson and Amadeus.
• Peter used a modified PP19 Bizon and specialized grenades to scatter Sandman, then urged the driver to get the convoy moving.
• Jessica watched Sandman recede and wondered why he had attacked the students.

In Madrid, Silvia led the Wild Pack in securing the students and took Peter to a protected research institute so he could study the Elementals. Peter learned how the Wild Pack tracked their movements and was given access to samples from three Elementals.

• Silvia ordered the students to change and have their sandy clothes cleaned, while Wild Pack soldiers prepared to guard them against the Elementals.
• Peter joined Silvia in her jeep and asked to use a Madrid laboratory to study Sandman and the Wild Pack's ammunition.
• Silvia drove Peter to a heavily guarded research institute, where its scientists explained that the Elementals' radiation and the preparations for attacks helped reveal their movements.
• Peter asked about the Elementals' source of intelligence, but Silvia and the scientists had no answer.
• Silvia offered Peter samples from Sandman, Hydro-Man, and Molten Man for examination.

Peter examined the Wild Pack’s research into the Elementals and realized they were likely to attack the Madrid Royal Research Institute because he was there. As the Elementals converged on the institute, Peter used magic to dispel their tornadoes, revealing four elemental figures.

• Peter learned from Silvia that high-frequency vibrations could disrupt Sandman and Hydro-Man, but the Wild Pack had never found a way to destroy them permanently.
• Peter realized the Elementals knew about the laboratory and had likely discovered he was inside, so he had deliberately made himself a target without warning the Wild Pack.
• Felicia and Cindy spotted the Elementals gathering tornadoes around the Madrid Royal Research Institute, while Silvia confronted Peter for failing to give the Wild Pack time to prepare.
• Peter told Silvia he had studied magic and cast Wind of Watoomb, extinguishing the tornadoes surrounding the institute.
• Four humanoid forms made of pure elements emerged from the collapsing storms.

Peter used magic to send his spirit out of his body and let Venom fight the Elementals, discovering that the Elementals were spiritual beings controlling matter. Black Cat and Cindy arrived as Whirlwind urged the others to destroy Peter’s body.

• Peter used Wind of Watoomb to scatter the Elementals, then warned Silvia that he would fight them through his suit.
• Peter used Astral Projection to separate his spirit from his body, while Venom took over and attacked Molten Man.
• Peter’s spirit struck Molten Man and helped Venom damage him with liquid nitrogen, confirming that the Elementals were spiritual beings controlling substances.
• Whirlwind told the Elementals to destroy Peter’s body, claiming Astral Projection had weaknesses.
• Black Cat and Cindy arrived in a jeep that crashed into the Elementals, and Cindy sensed both Peter’s spirit and body.

Peter and the Wild Pack fought the Elementals, using magic to give Spider-Man’s spirit form his powers while Venom held off Hydro-Man, Sandman, and Whirlwind. Black Cat’s modified shell stunned the Elementals, but Venom was weakened and Molten Man began preparing a powerful attack against Peter.

• Peter used power from the Web of Destiny to preserve Spider-Man’s abilities in his spirit form and attacked Molten Man.
• Hydro-Man attacked Venom, while Whirlwind and Sandman combined water, wind, and sand into blades that Venom blocked with a symbiote shield.
• Sandman and Whirlwind used high-frequency sound waves to make Venom’s body collapse as Peter kept fighting Molten Man.
• Cindy threw a Jeep at the Elementals, and Whirlwind’s wind blade triggered the shell Black Cat had modified, stunning Sandman and Hydro-Man.
• Venom remained weakened by the attack, while Molten Man endured the pain in his soul and began shining as he prepared to burn Spider-Man.

Peter defeated and captured Molten Man in Madrid after surviving his heat-powered explosion and revealing that he had planned the encounter. The remaining Elementals escaped, leaving Silvia, Silk, and Black Cat to prepare for their next move.

• Molten Man raised his temperature until his body erupted into a blazing explosion, evaporating moisture and extinguishing Whirlwind’s sand currents.
• Peter escaped the blast by returning to his body, while Molten Man reformed and approached him, believing he had won.
• Peter bound Molten Man’s spirit with Serathok’s Crimson Chains as symbiote tentacles cooled his body with liquid nitrogen.
• Peter explained that he had calculated the explosion’s effects and had tricked Molten Man into believing he needed to remain in spirit form to fight the Elementals.
• Silk and Black Cat finished modifying a mobile prison cell while Silvia questioned whether it could hold Molten Man.

Peter, Gwen, and Cindy enjoyed a quiet morning in Madrid after the Elementals were defeated. In Rome, Steve Rogers and Logan discovered that Arnim Zola was behind the Weapons Expansion Program and escaped the Original Human Torch’s attack in the catacombs.

• Gwen asked Peter about the bright light from the night before, and Peter explained that the defeated Elemental was called Molten Man.
• Peter searched for Madrid attractions, but Gwen and Cindy agreed they could simply enjoy wherever the day took them.
• Steve Rogers and Logan fought through Rome’s catacombs while investigating who was behind the Elementals and their operations.
• Steve recognized the burning figure as Jim Hammond, the Original Human Torch, and learned that his body had been recovered by those behind the Super Soldier Project.
• The Original Human Torch flooded the catacombs with fire, then stopped pursuing Steve and Logan when Dr. Zola ordered him to deal with Spider-Man.
• Steve escaped with the unconscious Logan and realized that Arnim Zola was alive and behind the Weapons Expansion Program.

Arnim Zola regrouped the Elementals and assigned Jim Hammond to help them hunt Spider-Man. He then ordered the Winter Soldier and Taskmaster to eliminate two surviving S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, while Baron Zemo revealed his plan to infiltrate the Avengers using his ability to impersonate others.

• Hydro-Man confronted Arnim Zola after learning that Spider-Man had defeated Molten Man and could use magic.
• Zola introduced Jim Hammond as a temporary replacement who could fight Spider-Man and the symbiote.
• Sandman recognized Hammond as the original Human Torch, and the Elementals accepted Zola's decision.
• After learning two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had survived, Zola sent the Winter Soldier and Taskmaster to kill them.
• Baron Zemo showed Zola that he could impersonate Red Skull and Captain America, then said he planned to infiltrate the Avengers and get revenge on Captain.

Peter enjoyed a quiet day in Madrid with his friends and invited Gwen to lunch to thank her for helping him on Earth-65. In the restaurant bathroom, Nick Fury revealed himself and began telling Peter about the Elementals.

• Peter spent the day sightseeing and taking photos while Harry and Flash carried bags, and Gwen talked with Mary Jane about her relationship with Peter.
• Peter invited Gwen to lunch and thanked her for helping him on Earth-65.
• Peter and Gwen ordered paella at a local restaurant, and Peter went to find the restroom while they waited.
• Peter discovered Nick Fury hiding behind a holographic projection in the bathroom.
• Nick Fury told Peter he had come to brief him about the Elementals.

Peter met with Nick Fury at a S.H.I.E.L.D. safehouse and learned that Arnim Zola was behind the Elementals and remained a Hydra operative. Fury asked Spider-Man to draw Hydra’s attention, warning that the Elementals would target him because of what his father, Richard Parker, had discovered in Europe.

• Peter asked Nick Fury whether the restaurant was a temporary meeting place or a S.H.I.E.L.D. safehouse, and Fury explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. used ordinary businesses as safehouses and offered LMDs to protect Peter’s family.
• Fury told Peter that S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had traced the Elementals to Arnim Zola, and Peter recognized Zola as a Hydra scientist who had escaped trial after World War II.
• Fury explained that Zola had gained the Allies’ trust by sharing Hydra intelligence and was recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D., but had secretly remained loyal to Hydra.
• Fury said Hydra had infiltrated powerful organizations and nations, leaving him suspicious of S.H.I.E.L.D. leadership and Alexander Pierce.
• Fury asked Peter to draw Hydra’s attention and warned him that the Elementals had replaced Molten Man with Jim Hammond, leaving four Elementals active.
• Fury told Peter that Hydra was targeting him because he was Richard Parker’s son and Richard had discovered something in Europe that frightened Hydra.