Chapter Summaries

Peter, Natasha, and Tony reached Dreykov’s office, where Natasha confronted Yelena and Antonia, the sister she had left behind and the woman she believed she had killed. Dreykov tried to use pheromones and a control chip to command Natasha, but Peter revealed he had removed the chip, leaving Dreykov panicked.

• Peter assured Tony that the frozen Red Room agents would survive and said he would treat them after they dealt with Dreykov.
• Natasha, Peter, and Tony entered Dreykov’s office and found him waiting in his chair; Yelena and Antonia appeared and blocked Natasha’s attack.
• Dreykov taunted Natasha about abandoning Yelena and causing Antonia’s apparent death, and Natasha was overcome with guilt.
• Dreykov pressed his remote and ordered Yelena and Antonia to capture Peter and Tony, but Natasha restrained both women without being affected by his commands.
• Dreykov questioned why his pheromones and Natasha’s control chip had failed, and Peter told him that he had removed the chip long ago.

Peter freed Antonia and Yelena from Dreykov’s control while Natasha confronted Dreykov. Yelena recovered and teased Peter as her brother-in-law, hinting at a scheme of her own.

• Dreykov ordered Yelena and Antonia to cover his retreat, and Natasha struggled to fight them without hurting them.
• Peter stepped in, leaving Natasha to confront Dreykov while he faced the two women.
• Peter used the Horse Talisman to remove Antonia’s technological enhancements and heal her injuries.
• Peter subdued Yelena and removed the chip controlling her, restoring her awareness.
• Yelena called Peter her brother-in-law, and Natasha reacted as Yelena eyed him with possessive cunning.

Peter stopped Natasha and Yelena from killing Dreykov before the other Red Room agents could take revenge, then freed them from their mind-control implants. Antonia and the agents tortured Dreykov to death, leaving only his skeleton.

• Yelena tried to provoke Natasha by flirting with Peter, but Peter flicked her forehead and rejected her plan.
• Yelena and Natasha prepared to kill Dreykov, but Peter argued that the Red Room’s other victims deserved a chance to take revenge.
• Peter used the Horse Talisman to remove the agents’ chips and electrodes, restoring their memories and fury.
• Peter brought the freed agents to Dreykov, where Antonia dislocated her father’s jaw and cut out his tongue.
• Antonia passed her dagger to Yelena, and the women took turns cutting Dreykov apart until Natasha left only a skeleton.

After the Red Room girls avenged themselves, Peter helped them choose new paths and formed Black Rose for those who wanted to continue their missions. He then went to Siberia to reunite Natasha with her former undercover parents, where Alexei greeted Natasha and Yelena enthusiastically.

• Antonia thanked Peter after the girls destroyed the Red Room remnants, and Peter asked what they would do now that they were free.
• Peter offered the girls places in the Parker Foundation, a countryside farm with Natasha's mother, or a new group for those who wanted to keep taking missions.
• Yelena chose the Parker Foundation, Antonia and others planned to farm, and Peter established Black Rose for seven or eight girls to secretly monitor senior politicians.
• Peter decided to bring Melina and Alexei Shostakov to the United States so Natasha could reconnect with the family that had once given her warmth.
• Peter and two companions arrived at Siberia's Seventh Prison, and Alexei recognized Natasha and Yelena before rushing over to greet them.

Peter and Gwen returned to the Spider Alliance after a Hunter killed a Spider-Man and proved immune to Spider-Sense. They arrived on Earth-1261 and confronted a Hunter attacking a Cyber Spider-Man.

• Red Guardian's hopes for a tearful family reunion were rejected by Natasha and Yelena, while Melina encouraged him to keep trying.
• Peter helped establish the Parker Foundation, returned to campus, and spent peaceful days with Gwen, Felicia, and Harry.
• Punk Spider-Man told Peter and Gwen that a Hunter had killed a Spider-Man, healed by absorbing his power, and defeated the others despite their efforts.
• Peter healed three badly injured Spider-Men with the Horse Talisman and chose Gwen, Octo-Parker, Punk Spider-Man, and Number One Good Neighbor for the next mission.
• Peter and the team arrived on Earth-1261, where a Hunter was about to bite the badly injured Cyber Spider-Man before spotting Peter through the portal.

Deimos recognized Peter as the prophesied “Other,” the ultimate Spider Totem whom the Inheritor Family had hunted for centuries. He charged Peter after overpowering the other Spider-Men, but Peter ended the attack with a single casual slap.

• Deimos identified Peter as the “Other” and announced that he had found the figure foretold in the Inheritor Family’s prophecy.
• Deimos rushed at Peter, brushed aside Gwen Stacy’s web, and threw her away.
• Number One Good Neighbor, Octo-Parker, and Punk Spider-Man attacked Deimos, but he snapped Octo-Parker’s spider-legs, endured Punk Spider-Man’s guitar strike, and punched him through a wall.
• Deimos reached Peter and grabbed for his neck, confident he would capture the “Other.”
• Peter backhanded Deimos and sent the towering Inheritor spinning.

Peter defeated Deimos, who self-destructed to deny the group information, then used the Horse Talisman and Symbiote Mode to recover his memories. He learned about the Inheritor Family’s clone-based resurrection system and headquarters in Universe 001, then prepared to explain what he had discovered.

• Peter repeatedly struck Deimos down, but Deimos kept charging until he admitted defeat and revealed that his mission was complete.
• Deimos detonated the Spider Totem power inside him, and Peter shielded Gwen Stacy, Octo-Parker, Punk Spider-Man, and Number One Good Neighbor behind an ice wall.
• Peter revived Deimos’s remains with the Horse Talisman and used Symbiote Mode to absorb his memories.
• Peter learned that the Inheritor Family was led by Solus, included Morlun, and operated a Clone Factory in Universe 001 where blood-red crystals preserved memories for their members’ rebirth.
• Peter burned Deimos’s remains again and told Octo-Parker and the others he would explain the Inheritor Family.

Deimos was reborn in the Inheritor Family’s cloning factory and reported that Peter was the prophesied Other, whose power was tied to the Web of Life and Destiny. Solus ordered his family to capture Peter alive, setting out with them to hunt him across the universes.

• Deimos emerged from his incubation chamber and rushed to the dining hall, where Morlun mocked him for dying to an unknown spider.
• Deimos told Solus and the family that he had found Other, describing Peter’s overwhelming power and connection to the Web of Life and Destiny.
• Solus consulted Master Weaver, who projected the location of Other.
• Solus ordered his children to bring Peter back alive, agreed that Morlun could retrieve Karn, and decided to join the hunt himself.

Peter proposed splitting the Spider Alliance into two groups: one to confront the Inheritors in his universe and another to destroy their Clone Factory in Universe-001. After revealing he could divide himself into two Peters, he won the Little Spiders’ support, but Gwen feared the battle would endanger New York and questioned whether he was still the Peter she knew.

• Peter explained that the Inheritor Family could evade Spider-Sense, feed on Totem power, and resurrect through a Clone Factory in Universe-001.
• Miguel O'Hara urged the Spider Alliance to find and protect the Bride and the Scion, while Octo-Parker proposed developing a weapon against the Inheritors.
• Peter proposed splitting the Alliance, with one group fighting the Inheritors in his universe and another destroying their Clone Factory in Universe-001.
• Peter split into two copies of himself to lead both groups, reassuring the Little Spiders and winning their support.
• Gwen Stacy worried that fighting in their universe could devastate New York and wondered whether Peter was still the person she knew.

Peter explained to Gwen that the Web of Life and Destiny would keep bringing escalating dangers to their universe, so he planned to use the Inheritor Family’s invasion to prepare people for future crises. He revealed a risky plan that Gwen agreed to help carry out, leaving her to warn George and contact JJJ.

• Peter merged his two bodies and reassured Gwen that he was still himself.
• Peter told Gwen that the Web of Life and Destiny could keep bringing crises meant to kill them, and that those dangers would grow more extreme.
• Peter explained that he planned to use the Inheritor Family’s invasion to prepare the universe for future threats without causing panic or political obstruction.
• Peter whispered his plan to Gwen, who understood its risks and agreed to help him.
• Peter asked Gwen to notify George and have him contact JJJ with a warning that something big was coming.

Peter staged a dramatic return as Arbiter in Times Square, warning of an imminent danger that never appeared. The president and his allies seized on the resulting public uproar and planned to undermine Peter before proposing a Superhero Registration Act.

• Peter opened a Spider Portal above Times Square, fell through in his damaged Arbiter suit, and warned the crowd to run because danger was coming.
• The panicked crowd fled Times Square, but no disaster appeared even after night fell, turning Peter’s warning into an online controversy.
• At the White House, General Mike and other officials called the incident an opportunity to damage Arbiter’s reputation, while the president warned that Peter remained dangerous.
• A minister proposed pretending to cooperate with Peter, persuading him to call for higher taxes on television, and then using the backlash to introduce a Superhero Registration Act.

The government devised the Superhero Registration Act to expose heroes’ identities and locations while shifting public blame onto them. Peter played along with the president’s plan to put him on television, then revealed to Tony and Steve that he intended to stage a Civil War.

• The Attorney General proposed the Superhero Registration Act, and General Mike urged the president to contact Peter.
• The president asked Peter to explain the Inheritor Family threat, and Peter described the danger and called for massive defense and shelter facilities.
• The president said the government lacked the money and proposed using Peter’s reputation and the media to win public and congressional support.
• Peter agreed to address the public as the Arbiter, while privately welcoming the politicians’ attempt to damage his reputation.
• Tony and Steve warned Peter that his plan could cost him the public’s trust, but Peter told them they would need to perform in a staged Civil War.

Peter explained his plan to Captain America and Tony, then appeared on a nationally broadcast interview to warn of the Inheritors and a coming crisis. After the host mocked his warning, Peter demanded that society fund defenses, leaving the public in an uproar.

• Peter told Captain America and Tony that politicians might exploit his warning, and Captain America agreed to accept Peter’s assigned task if his prediction came true.
• At a White House broadcast, the host treated Peter’s interview as entertainment while Peter described the Inheritors destroying another universe and warned they might attack at any time.
• The host repeatedly mocked Peter’s account, encouraging viewers to dismiss the coming crisis as an absurd story.
• Peter angrily blasted the studio table with a Rasengan and insisted that the danger was real, alarming viewers and worsening public suspicion of superheroes.
• The host asked how the proposed defenses would be funded, and Peter answered that society must pay, warning that people would otherwise pay with their lives.

Peter’s proposal to fund defenses through taxes provoked nationwide protests, which the White House used to rally support for the Superhero Registration Act. Peter watched the crisis unfold confidently and told Tony and Captain America that the Inheritors would silence opposition.

• Peter’s call for tax-funded defenses triggered public outrage, online campaigns, and protests across the United States.
• General Mike and Department of Defense officials urged the president to propose the Registration Act.
• The president announced that the government would fund defenses without raising taxes if superheroes registered, submitted to constant supervision, and disclosed their identities.
• More than ninety percent of the public supported the Act, while Peter calmly watched the protests and treated the backlash as part of his plan.
• Tony and Captain America questioned how Peter would prevent the crisis from becoming an uncontrolled fight, and Peter said the Inheritors would silence opposition.

Peter explained that he had deliberately stirred up the Registration Act controversy to make the Inheritors’ attack expose the government and turn public opinion in the superheroes’ favor. He left Tony and Captain America to intensify the dispute as their opposing public statements drove the country toward a feared superhero “civil war.”

• Peter revealed that the Inheritors would likely arrive in New York within three to five days and that he planned to make Hell’s Kitchen the battlefield, future Avengers headquarters, and center of a citywide defense system.
• Peter explained to Tony and Captain America that he wanted the Inheritors to attack while anti-superhero protesters were watching, so the heroes could unite against them and undermine support for the Registration Act.
• Tony praised Peter’s political strategy, while Captain America urged him to become president; Peter declined and asked them to make the controversy more intense.
• Tony publicly supported the Registration Act, pledged Stark Industries’ assistance to the government, and promised ten billion dollars toward a global defense system.
• Captain America publicly opposed the Registration Act, warning that revealing heroes’ identities would endanger their families and violate their privacy.
• Tony and Captain America’s opposing statements pushed the Registration Act debate to a new peak as people anticipated a superhero civil war.

Peter’s orchestrated Registration Act drama spread across America, while Talos and the Skrulls debated exploiting the chaos and Nick Fury warned them that Peter was behind it. The Skrulls chose to wait, but the sky above Times Square suddenly split with crimson cracks.

• A gossip report claimed Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton had met with military officials, and Ghost Spider posted a video rejecting the Registration Act.
• Nightingale said she would accept registration and suggested her friendship with Ghost Spider should end, sparking a public fight between three factions.
• The president and politicians celebrated the spreading conflict and urged supporters to escalate protests across America.
• Talos sensed the chaos was being manipulated, and Nick Fury warned him that Peter Parker was behind it and that acting could expose the Skrulls.
• Talos ordered the Skrulls to remain spectators, then considered using a similar conflict to win them the right to live openly on Earth.
• Crimson cracks suddenly split the sky above Times Square.

The Inheritor Family attacked New York during a Registration Act march, slaughtering civilians and proving the Arbiter’s warnings true. As a mother and child faced death, the Arbiter arrived and saved them, leaving the mother overwhelmed with regret for having opposed him.

• The Inheritor Family emerged through a red rift above Times Square, and Morlun and Deimos began attacking the crowd.
• The panicked marchers fled as the Inheritors slaughtered people, while live footage showed the attack across the United States.
• A mother and her son fell before Verna, who raised her energy whip to kill them.
• The Arbiter arrived in black-gold armor, knocked Verna away, and healed the boy’s injured knee.
• The mother recognized the Arbiter and slapped herself, regretting that she had doubted and insulted him.

Peter led the Inheritor Family away from Times Square to protect New York’s residents, while viewers watched him prepare to fight alone. His allies and a Spider Legion arrived in Hell’s Kitchen, revealing that his claims about the multiverse had been true.

• Peter invited the Inheritor Family to follow him to Hell’s Kitchen, and they accepted, confident they could defeat him.
• Peter stopped in Hell’s Kitchen as Morlun mocked his choice of battleground.
• Tony, Nightingale, Natasha, Hawkeye, Captain America Steve Rogers, and other heroes arrived to help Peter fight the Inheritors.
• Dozens of Spider-Men, including Punk Spider-Man, Shadow Spider-Man, Peni Parker, and Spider-Ham, appeared as the Spider Legion.
• Viewers realized Peter had told the truth about the Spider Legion and regretted turning against him.

Peter’s coalition of superheroes and supervillains assembled in Hell’s Kitchen to face the Inheritors, while their arrival forced viewers across the country to confront their treatment of heroes. The chapter ended with Peter calling the Avengers to assemble for the battle.

• Sandman, Green Goblin, Lizard, Alexei, Shocker, Prowler, and Doctor Octopus appeared as villains closed in on Hell’s Kitchen.
• Harry addressed Arbiter and said the former criminals had come to protect the city, drawing a stunned and guilty response from viewers across the country.
• Morlun acknowledged that Peter had united heroes and villains, but dismissed the coalition as incapable of defeating the Inheritors.
• Deimos taunted Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and Spider-Man by recalling how he had killed them in other universes.
• Peter raised his arm and called, “Avengers—Assemble!”

Peter coordinated the heroes into rescue, attack, and defense teams against the Inheritor Family, then protected the battlefield and every ally with a telekinetic barrier. The battle continued with the heroes able to withstand attacks that would otherwise have killed them.

• Red Guardian charged Morlun but was knocked away, and Natasha caught him before Peter healed him with the Horse Talisman.
• Captain America led a team to evacuate civilians while Tony Stark led the frontal attackers against the Inheritor Family.
• Natasha and William Baker raised an ice-and-sand dome around Hell's Kitchen to contain the battle.
• Felicia sang Heart of New York, strengthening the dome and boosting the heroes while distracting the Inheritors.
• Peter used the Little Broken Watch to spread a telekinetic barrier over Hell's Kitchen and protect every allied fighter.
• Danny Rand and Alexei survived powerful attacks thanks to Peter's barrier.