An Ambush from the Unexpected

Doctor Octopus's chosen site for the Artificial Sun experiment was not as well concealed as he had imagined.

There was no need to wait for the nuclear fusion reaction to begin and trace the radiation readings through the atmosphere to pinpoint the location. Even during the final preparations, Doctor Octopus's "secret" site had been discovered by many people, with Spider-Man being the first to sneak over.

Henry still remembered that in the movie, Doctor Octopus had kidnapped Mary Jane here and forced Spider-Man to risk his life against him.

But here, Doctor Octopus had not kidnapped anyone, yet Spider-Man had still come looking for him. Clearly, before questions of right and wrong, a clear-headed Spider-Man would not change his stance just because there was or was not a hostage.

For a moment, a certain Kryptonian recalled how, when he had been about to send Green Goblin on his way, that guy had suddenly been dragged into another universe and vanished without a trace. Because of that, Spider-Man had insisted on handing Boar Man over to the police.

Fortunately, Green Goblin soon returned to being Norman Osborn and came back to this world, which finally calmed Spider-Man down somewhat. Even though Boar Man's crimes no longer existed, Spider-Man had still happily received a Hulk special and gotten thoroughly stuffed.

Doctor Octopus was just like Boar Man had been back then. Spider-Man was on his trail not because he had kidnapped someone, nor because of old grudges like threatening Aunt May's life. It was simply because Doctor Octopus had committed a crime, and Spider-Man wanted to help the police bring him to justice.

By comparison, Henry could not quite understand S.H.I.E.L.D.'s motives.

They might have come to arrest Doctor Octopus, but they might also have simply wanted the black technology in his