Chapter Summaries

Peter, Felicia, and Gwen infiltrated Oscorp to find Norman’s test-subject list and evidence while Benjamin and his allies attacked the basement. Peter reached the top floor, where the Green Goblin ambushed him with a Pumpkin Bomb.

• Yang Ming treated Peter with a short-acting tissue repair agent, warned him about the Oscorp ambush, and gave Gwen and Felicia high-frequency filters.
• Peter led Felicia and Gwen past Oscorp’s sonic and thermal security using Felicia’s sabotage and Gwen’s analysis of the sensors.
• Peter sensed something climbing through the tower, and Felicia confirmed that multiple large figures were approaching from below.
• Benjamin smashed into Oscorp’s basement security room, destroyed the consoles, and announced that Sean was dead before heading for Norman.
• Gwen and Felicia went to find Connors while Peter headed upstairs to retrieve Norman’s list and evidence.
• The Green Goblin burst through the top-floor glass dome and threw a Pumpkin Bomb at Peter.

Peter fought Green Goblin through Osborn Tower, found evidence of the human trials, and discovered that Norman Osborn was behind the experiments. As Norman’s eyes began to glow and Yang Ming approached the top floor, Peter faced the next confrontation.

• Green Goblin attacked Peter, who battled him through Osborn Tower and recovered Connors’s experimental data.
• Peter learned that Green Goblin knew the details of Connors’s experiments and had manipulated test subjects into becoming Lizard Men.
• Gwen told Peter that she and Felicia had found Dr. Connors in the underground experimental area, while Peter continued fighting Green Goblin.
• Peter knocked Green Goblin’s mask loose and recognized Norman Osborn, who admitted that he had orchestrated the experiments to stay alive.
• The Green Pumpkin Device lit up, Norman’s eyes glowed green, and Yang Ming told Peter over the Communicator to hold on until he arrived.

Peter and Gwen Stacy fought to rescue researchers from the collapsing laboratory while keeping Norman Osborn alive and holding back the Lizard Warriors. Peter escaped through Yang Ming’s portal with the survivors, and Yang Ming placed Norman under arrest at the Clinic.

• Norman triggered the building’s alarms and destruction, transformed, and attacked Peter as Benjamin, Pete, and Chris pursued him.
• Peter and Gwen Stacy fought to protect the trapped researchers while Yang Ming told them to get the living out first; Gwen reported that Felicia and Dr. Connors were evacuating the underground laboratory.
• Peter and Gwen Stacy restrained Benjamin and cleared a way for the researchers, while Gwen and Venom held off Chris and Pete.
• Peter disrupted the pumpkin device in Norman’s chest, restored him to human form, and pulled him away from Benjamin’s grasp.
• Peter, Gwen Stacy, Felicia, Norman, and the rescued researchers escaped through Yang Ming’s portal as Peter brought down the ceiling to block the Lizard Warriors.
• Yang Ming arrested Norman at the Clinic for illegal human experimentation, murder, kidnapping, and endangering public safety.

Harry watches Norman receive a life sentence for his crimes, then returns to Osborn Manor and discovers a letter explaining his father’s motives and the family’s inherited heart condition. Norman’s key leads Harry to an underground laboratory, where a screen reveals that a sample was recently collected from Harry himself.

• Harry watches Norman’s trial, hears a victim’s family describe her husband’s fate, and sees Norman sentenced to life imprisonment.
• Harry tells Peter and Gwen Stacy about his disillusionment with his father, then returns to Osborn Manor alone.
• The old butler gives Harry a note with the code to Norman’s safe, where Harry finds a brass key and a letter.
• Harry reads that Norman pursued lizard serum because of an inherited heart disease and feared Harry might suffer from it too.
• Harry uses the key to open a hidden passage to the underground laboratory and finds a screen recording Harry as a subject with a sample collected fourteen days earlier.

Harry discovered that Norman had secretly built a serum and life-support armor to treat his inherited heart disease, while documenting his worsening condition and conducting lethal experiments. Facing the choice between dying, risking the serum, or seeking Spider-Man’s blood as a possible cure, Harry rejected both the injection and the armor for now and left them intact as a fallback.

• Harry entered the hidden laboratory and learned that Norman had built the armor long ago and predicted Harry had less than a year to live.
• Norman’s recording revealed Harry’s inherited heart defect, the serum’s dangerous side effects, and the experiments Norman had conducted on test subjects.
• Harry found medical reports showing Norman had tracked his declining heart health since childhood and had considered implanting a neural locking node.
• Norman admitted he had lost control of his experiments and told Harry he could refuse the serum, though he would die, or risk becoming like Norman.
• Norman revealed that Spider-Man’s blood might offer a third path because Spider-Man had recovered from severe injuries without the serum’s harmful cellular growth.
• Harry refused to activate the life-support system or take the serum, shut down the laboratory, and left the armor and serum intact.

Gwen Stacy and Venom detected signals from beyond Earth, as Klyntar pursuers tracked Venom and a hostile force marked Earth for invasion. The chapter ended with Venom sensing another Symbiote above New York.

• Venom’s sneeze knocked out power at the Underground Clinic, and Gwen detected a moving signal that Venom recognized as distant minds.
• Gwen traced the signal beyond the solar system and learned Venom might have been tracked through a stolen transport.
• A Klyntar retrieval team confirmed Venom’s signal and launched probes, ordering that Venom be brought back alive and Gwen protected.
• A warship carrying hostile Symbiotes marked Earth for an assault and ordered its advance force to seize hosts and destroy resistance.
• Gwen copied the disappearing signal while Venom suggested leaving Earth, then sensed a Symbiote passing above New York.

Lightning and the other Symbiotes arrived on a farm, where Lightning, Rock Shatter, and Shadow Veil gained willing hosts while rescuing people and animals. As Lightning’s group set out to find Venom, Carlton Drake moved to capture another group of stranded Symbiotes, who spotted an approaching speedboat.

• Lightning, Shriek, Rock Shatter, and Shadow Veil emerged from their crashed pod and found Allen rescuing a calf and an injured farmhand.
• Lightning bonded with Allen after Allen agreed, then healed his shoulder and promised to help the farmhand and the cows.
• Rock Shatter rescued a white-haired old man, who agreed to consider becoming its host, while Shadow Veil bonded with Amy after agreeing to save her injured sheepdog.
• Lightning’s group gathered at the farm and decided to find Venom and persuade Venom to return to Klyntar.
• Carlton Drake learned of seven Symbiotes stranded on an Atlantic island and ordered the Life Foundation to seal it off and capture one alive.
• Absolute Slaughter’s group found a speedboat approaching the island and prepared to seek hosts.

Absolute Slaughter and the other symbiotes defeated the Life Foundation hunters and learned that Venom was in New York, while Lightning and his companions set out to find Venom first. Both groups headed toward New York, with Absolute Slaughter intending to begin a new age of symbiosis.

• Captain Holt’s team attacked the weakened symbiotes with liquid nitrogen and sonic weapons, but Blood Butcher and the others killed or possessed the mercenaries.
• Absolute Slaughter controlled Holt, learned from his memories that Venom was in New York, and ordered him to take the symbiotes toward the city.
• At an abandoned barn, Lightning identified Venom in the news footage and said he would protect them if they refused to return to Klyntar.
• Lightning and Shriek left for New York in a modified farm truck, with Lightning warning Shriek not to attack or forcibly bond with humans.
• Absolute Slaughter and six symbiotes sailed toward New York as she vowed to begin a new age of symbiosis.

Peter agreed to arrange a meeting between Harry and Spider-Man, but Harry revealed that he wanted Spider-Man’s blood to investigate a possible treatment for his hereditary heart defect. The chapter ended with Peter confronting the danger of Harry’s request and the revelation that Harry had only a year to live.

• Felicia and Gwen competed for Peter’s attention on the ESU lawn before Harry arrived and asked for Spider-Man’s contact information.
• Peter promised Harry a meeting with Spider-Man in Brooklyn that night, despite Gwen’s suspicion that Harry was hiding something.
• Peter met Harry on the abandoned sugar factory rooftop, where Harry took a photo and asked for Spider-Man’s autograph.
• Harry told Peter he needed Spider-Man’s blood and revealed that he had an inherited heart defect, irreversible heart damage, and at most a year to live.
• Harry explained that Norman had researched Spider-Man’s tissue-repair abilities as a possible way to save him, and Harry said he would decide whether to use the blood after studying it.

Peter refused Harry’s request for a vial of spider blood, promising to keep searching for a safer treatment as Harry questioned whether he must go further. Thor returned to Yang Ming’s clinic and was put back to work, just as Absolute Slaughter’s group reached New York and Crimson Thorn attacked the clinic.

• Harry offered Peter half his fortune for a vial of blood, but Peter refused because its effects on Harry could be dangerous and unpredictable.
• Peter promised Harry he would keep looking for a way to help, and Harry said he would make his own choice after Peter left.
• Thor returned from his trip with Jane and learned that Yang Ming had been running the clinic alone for two months, so Yang Ming ordered him to clean the bathroom.
• Absolute Slaughter sent her companions to gather information around New York and search for Venom while avoiding attention.
• Crimson Thorn found Yang Ming and Jane at the clinic, then shattered the window and surged inside as Thor came out of the bathroom.

Yang Ming fought Crimson Thorn as she attacked his clinic and tried to pierce his skin with parasitic spikes. He drove her off and nearly captured her, but she escaped through a sewer grate, leaving him wondering who had sent her.

• Crimson Thorn broke into the clinic, and Yang Ming sent Thor and Jane toward the stairs before confronting her.
• Yang Ming used his strength and Observation Haki to counter Crimson Thorn’s attacks and blasted her through the clinic wall into a taxi.
• Yang Ming drew Crimson Thorn away from the clinic, identified her ambush tactics, and struck the roots of her back blades.
• Yang Ming pinned Crimson Thorn to a brick wall and demanded to know who had sent her.
• Crimson Thorn escaped Yang Ming’s grasp through a sewer grate, and Yang Ming chose not to pursue her.

Crimson Thorn returned to Absolute Slaughter after Yang Ming defeated her, and the alien leader ordered her symbiotes to hunt Venom while avoiding Hell’s Kitchen. Yang Ming identified the attackers as a coordinated threat and warned Peter Parker, who rushed to rescue Gwen Stacy from her university laboratory.

• Crimson Thorn escaped through the underground tunnels and reported that Yang Ming had shattered her with a bare-handed punch.
• Absolute Slaughter dismissed Crimson Thorn’s injuries, ordered her forces to search Queens and Brooklyn for Venom, and threatened to eat anyone who disobeyed.
• Yang Ming recorded $91,000 in damage to his clinic, and Thor identified the attacker as a violent symbiote connected to a corrupt hive.
• Yang Ming called Peter and warned him that stealthy, coordinated symbiotes were hunting Venom, then told him to get Gwen Stacy and avoid fighting them with his fists.
• Peter learned Gwen was working late at the school laboratory, put on his Spider-Man costume, and swung toward Empire State University.

Gwen Stacy listened as Lightning warned her that Venom’s deep fusion could blur the boundaries between host and symbiote, but she defended Venom’s right to stay as her partner. Peter then burst into the laboratory and attacked Lightning, only for a man to emerge from Lightning’s protective layer and reveal that Lightning also had a host.

• Lightning entered Gwen Stacy’s locked laboratory and asked Venom to return to Klyntar for assessment.
• Lightning warned Gwen Stacy about the risks of deep fusion, while Venom denied forcing her and objected to being detained.
• Gwen Stacy questioned Lightning’s incomplete evidence and refused his attempt to examine the bond without her consent.
• Gwen Stacy told Lightning that Venom was her partner and had never hurt her, and an unfamiliar voice inside Lightning agreed that she had a point.
• Peter crashed through the window, kicked Lightning, and pulled Gwen Stacy behind him.
• A middle-aged man emerged from Lightning’s protective layer, and Lightning accused Peter of almost hitting its host.

Peter and Gwen Stacy were trapped in the university lab when Absolute Slaughter and her hunters attacked, seeking to devour everyone inside. Lightning fought to protect them while Peter tried to find a way out, and the chapter left them surrounded by the attackers.

• Lightning identified itself as a Klyntar agent and demanded that Venom return for evaluation, while Venom denied that it harmed Gwen Stacy.
• Peter began negotiating with Lightning, but his Spider-Sense flared as the lab plunged into darkness.
• Blade Hunter melted through the ceiling vent, and Skull Crusher burst through the reinforced door.
• Absolute Slaughter appeared outside the window and declared that she would devour everyone in the lab.
• Peter triggered the sprinklers and tried to escape with Gwen Stacy as Lightning charged the hunters, but Absolute Slaughter blocked the window and Peter realized they were surrounded.

Peter, Gwen Stacy, and Lightning escaped Absolute Slaughter, Blade Hunter, and Skull Crusher after Gwen exploited the Symbiotes’ weaknesses with high-frequency noise and a chemical fire. The pursuit continued across New York rooftops, where Lightning took a blow protecting Peter and Skull Crusher brought both fists down toward Peter and Gwen Stacy.

• Lightning shielded Peter from Skull Crusher while Venom restrained Blade Hunter in the flooded laboratory.
• Gwen Stacy overloaded a centrifuge to create high-frequency noise, then ignited chemical vapors, weakening the Symbiotes and letting Peter, Gwen Stacy, and Lightning escape.
• Absolute Slaughter recovered from the fire and chased the three across New York, with Blade Hunter and Skull Crusher close behind.
• Gwen Stacy warned Peter about a bone spear, and Peter redirected their swing onto a glass wall as Venom remained too weakened to help.
• Lightning knocked Peter aside and took Blade Hunter’s scythe strike, while Peter webbed Blade Hunter’s ankle and flung him off the building.
• Skull Crusher crashed onto the rooftop and swung both fists toward Peter and Gwen Stacy as Peter shielded her.

Peter and Gwen tried to escape Absolute Slaughter while the scattered symbiotes fought to protect them. Gwen helped stabilize Allen, and the chapter ended as Venom met Absolute Slaughter’s net-like attack in the Black Armor.

• Rock Shatter and Allen stopped Skull Crusher from striking Peter and Gwen, while Shriek bound Blade Hunter with chains.
• Absolute Slaughter pierced Lightning and Allen with spikes, but Gwen and Venom sealed Allen’s wound and stabilized his heartbeat.
• Peter carried Gwen across the elevated subway bridge, where Rock Shatter held back the train passage so they could escape.
• Shadow Veil hid Amy and Sheepdog from psychic probes, while Shriek lured Blood Butcher into a water treatment plant and unleashed its floodgates.
• Absolute Slaughter confronted Peter, Gwen, Lightning, and Rock Shatter, then turned into a black net and attacked Gwen as Venom covered her with the Black Armor.

Peter and his allies fought seven symbiote-controlled enemies on a damaged bridge, saving a passing train and escaping to the Maintenance Building. They were cornered there, but a call to Doctor Yang connected before Crimson Thorn broke off her spike and warned Absolute Slaughter to go.

• Venom freed Gwen Stacy from Absolute Slaughter, and four more enemies joined the fight, leaving Peter’s group outnumbered seven to six.
• Peter signaled an approaching train to brake, while his allies held off the enemies and he kept the damaged bridge from collapsing as the train passed safely.
• Lightning and Shadow Veil helped the group cross to the Maintenance Building, where Frenzy blocked the stairwell and the enemies surrounded them.
• Peter stopped himself from striking Blade Hunter after seeing a living host’s face beneath its armor, then Doctor Yang answered Gwen Stacy’s call.
• Crimson Thorn’s spike knocked Gwen Stacy’s phone down, and she snapped off her own spike and told Absolute Slaughter to go.

Yang Ming drove off Absolute Slaughter’s group and operated on Allen, whose heart had been pierced by a spike, while the others treated Peter’s injuries. Allen survived the operation, and Drake learned that Holt had been absorbed into Absolute Slaughter’s armor as the Life Foundation recovered a still-moving fragment.

• Yang Ming arrived at the rooftop, injured Absolute Slaughter, and forced Crimson Thorn and the others to retreat while Peter saved a falling maintenance cradle.
• Yang Ming brought Allen to the Clinic and operated as Lightning maintained part of Allen’s circulation; Allen’s condition stabilized after the spike was removed.
• Gwen Stacy treated Peter’s shoulder while the group waited, and Yang Ming sealed the still-moving spike fragment in a container.
• Drake reviewed footage showing Holt’s face beneath Absolute Slaughter’s armor and ordered his team to contain a moving red spike fragment.

After the attack, Yang Ming agreed to investigate Harry’s heart condition while Lightning sought help against Absolute Slaughter’s approaching forces. As Peter tried to reach Harry, Drake began planning human trials of the red spike, and Harry accepted a call from Drake about a possible way to repair heart muscle.

• Yang Ming treated Allen, and Lightning warned that Absolute Slaughter planned to establish an outpost on Earth before sending more forces.
• Yang Ming asked Lightning for the abilities of the seven symbiotes and how they could be removed from hosts, while Lightning promised to seek a review of Venom’s case.
• Gwen Stacy helped Peter stop blaming himself, and Yang Ming asked him to bring Harry’s medical records in for an assessment.
• Absolute Slaughter ordered Crimson Thorn to let the humans examine her and preserve her neural node, while the Life Foundation’s red spike began regenerating in containment.
• Drake ordered his security chief to recruit homeless people for secret human trials of the red spike before dawn.
• Harry watched the Life Foundation’s tissue-repair video and called Drake about using the process on heart muscle as Peter’s fourth call went unanswered.

Harry chose to meet Drake at the Life Foundation’s underground laboratory for a possible cure, while Yang Ming found a safer treatment for Harry and learned that Drake was abducting homeless people for experiments. The chapter left Harry facing a contract to become Drake’s next test subject as Yang Ming and Peter headed toward the laboratory.

• Harry accepted Drake’s offer to negotiate a cure, took Norman’s research materials, and left the Brass Key behind.
• Yang Ming reviewed Harry’s records and told Peter that targeted cellular repair could halt Harry’s heart deterioration with a seventy percent chance of success.
• Gwen Stacy learned that six homeless people had vanished near vans connected to Carlton Drake’s Life Foundation, and Yang Ming linked the disappearances to alien-cell experiments.
• Peter said Harry had gone to see Drake, so Yang Ming, Peter, and Thor set out to find him and bring him back if he was inside the laboratory.
• At the Life Foundation’s underground laboratory, Harry saw evidence that three homeless test subjects had died after injections, and Drake presented him with a contract naming him as the next subject.