The final battle was set at the newly renovated Statue of Liberty.
The torch in Lady Liberty's hand had been replaced with Captain America's round shield, commemorating the man who had died in the Infinity War.
The place was not fully finished yet. Scaffolding still surrounded it as the Spider-Men waited Right Here for the villains to arrive.
Looking out over New York's nightscape, Young Spider-Man said:
"You know, before Max fell into that electric eel tank, he was the sweetest, kindest person I'd ever met."
Osborn Peter nodded. "I know that—he actually helped me a lot."
During planetary-scale ecological restoration, laying out an energy network was highly technical work. Max had taught him a great deal about it and helped him plenty.
"So he didn't get bitten by electric eels in your world? How was his life?"
"That's right. In my world, he never got bitten by electric eels. Now he's... an incredible power-grid engineer."
"That's really nice." Young Peter sounded a little wistful.
Middle-aged Peter stretched his back against the railing. "Here we go again... my back. Do you guys have back problems too? I figure it's from too much web-swinging. It gets kind of stiff."
"Actually, yeah. My back hurts too. Want me to crack it?"
"Sure."
Young Peter wrapped his arms around Middle-aged Peter from behind. Under the pull of gravity, the latter's spine cracked loudly. He clearly was not young anymore.
Seeing that, Osborn Peter felt a little sentimental too. "The worst my back ever hurt was when Hulk threw me into a wall. Almost broke my back."
"Hulk?" Middle-aged Peter and Young Peter had no idea what that was.
Only Stark Peter knew what Hulk was. Looking stunned, he said, "You fought Hulk? That big guy is terrifying."
"Yeah, he was terrifying. And Abomination