Chapter Summaries

Spider-Man tried to calm Electro at the World's Fair by hearing his complaints about being fired after a workplace injury and persuading Norman Osborn to rehire him. Electro realized Spider-Man did not know his name and attacked, reducing the Osborn exhibition hall to ruins.

• Spider-Man arrived at the Osborn exhibition hall and restrained Electro with webbing while urging him to calm down.
• Electro broke free with his Elemental Form and told Spider-Man he was angry because the police had shot him.
• Electro explained that Osborn Industries had denied his medical expenses and fired him after he was struck by lightning while working unpaid overtime.
• Spider-Man asked Norman Osborn to rehire Electro and cover his medical expenses, and Norman agreed.
• Electro asked Spider-Man to say his name, then attacked when Spider-Man admitted he did not know it.
• Electro unleashed a massive electrical blast that wrecked the Osborn exhibition hall.

Peter defeated Electro and left him with the police before meeting Ezekiel Sims, an older man who claimed to share Peter’s spider powers. Ezekiel told Peter that spider bites were chosen by the gods and totems, while Peter dismissed him as delusional.

• Peter defeated Electro with a fire hose, learned Electro blamed Dr. Osborn for being struck by lightning near his company, and tied him up for the police.
• Peter exchanged messages with Mary Jane, who invited him home for dinner, and hurried across the city while thinking about proposing to her.
• Peter noticed someone swinging through the sky like him and delayed going home to investigate.
• Peter intercepted the white-haired man on a rooftop, where the man introduced himself as Ezekiel Sims and said he had come to find Peter.
• Ezekiel claimed spiders chose people through gods and totems, and Peter decided he was delusional and threatened to call a sanatorium.

Ezekiel explained the Spider Totems and warned Peter that the Morlun Family hunted them, but Peter questioned Ezekiel’s methods and refused to flee. Morlun appeared on the rooftop and attacked, leaving Peter searching for a weapon while Ezekiel fought him.

• Ezekiel told Peter about the Web of Life and warned that the Morlun Family had noticed Earth’s spiders.
• Peter learned Ezekiel had confined a Korean Girl, a Bride, and objected that she should be allowed to choose her own fate.
• Morlun emerged through a golden Teleportation Portal and identified Peter and Ezekiel as prey.
• Ezekiel attacked Morlun and kicked him off the rooftop, but Morlun quickly returned and resumed the fight.
• Peter joined the battle, tried to help with his web-shooters, then went searching for a weapon.

Morlun drained Ezekiel’s totem energy and killed him while Peter’s attacks failed to hurt the Vampire. Morlun spared Peter for now and left him devastated on the rooftop after he survived a fall.

• Morlun drained Ezekiel’s energy, growing stronger as Ezekiel weakened, while Peter refused to abandon him.
• Ezekiel and Peter fought Morlun together, but Peter’s attacks had no effect and he could not bring himself to kill.
• Morlun tricked Ezekiel, pierced his chest, and absorbed his body into dust as Peter was thrown into the rooftop parapet.
• Morlun stepped on Peter’s head, promised to return when he had grown stronger, and kicked him off the building before escaping through a portal.
• Peter used Silk to survive the fall, returned to the rooftop, and gathered Ezekiel’s dust as he wept.

Deathstroke and Little Wong discussed how the Morlun Family hunted animal totems while exploring the post-apocalyptic Underground City of Avalon. They found no sign of the local Spider Totem, and Deathstroke began telling Little Wong a story about spiders eating people.

• Little Wong asked whether the Morlun Family could survive by feeding only on Spider-Men, and Deathstroke explained that they hunted many kinds of Living Totems.
• Deathstroke reassured Little Wong that Kamar-Taj Mages were not vulnerable to the Morlun Family because they did not depend on a single animal god.
• Deathstroke and Little Wong surveyed Avalon, a sprawling underground settlement where mutated residents, robots, hover bikes, laser weapons, and Mages mingled.
• Little Wong suggested stirring up trouble to draw out a Superhero, but Deathstroke cautioned that this world might not have Spider-Man or any heroes.
• Deathstroke offered to tell Little Wong a story about spiders eating people while they waited for signs of the local Spider Totem.

Su Ming and Little Wong followed an excited crowd to see the Knights of Pendragon return with a slain dragon. Su Ming recognized the four Heroes and decided to question them about Spider-Man.

• Su Ming and Little Wong followed the crowd to a huge underground tunnel where residents awaited the return of a group clearing a route to deeper resources.
• A green robot pulled a cart carrying a fifty-meter dragon corpse into the city as the crowd cheered for the Knights of Pendragon.
• Su Ming saw Sir Albion, a woman in a silver-white swimsuit, and a muscular young man in a red-and-white uniform standing with the robot atop the dragon's corpse.
• Su Ming explained the Pendragon Spirit and the Knights' place among Britain's many organizations to Little Wong.
• Su Ming led Little Wong toward the dragon cart, saying they should ask the four Dragon Slayers about Spider-Man.

Su Ming subdued the Knights of Pendragon and learned that their friend Peter Parquagh was this world’s Spider-Man, living in poverty as a circus acrobat. He and Little Wong headed for Peter’s mount shop, where Su Ming noticed a strange smell nearby.

• Su Ming knocked out the four Knights of Pendragon after they refused to reveal their friend’s secret, then used Strangle to search their minds.
• Su Ming learned that Peter Parquagh had gained spider powers after being bitten at Avalon Castle and earned food by performing acrobatics beneath his family’s mount shop.
• Su Ming explained to Little Wong that the Knights had not helped Peter because he had never asked them for help.
• Su Ming and Little Wong followed the Knights’ memories toward Peter’s mount circus, and Su Ming noticed a strange smell near the shop.

Su Ming entered the burning performance venue and found Morlun’s twin sisters tormenting Spider-Man 313. After one twin attacked him, he revealed the strength of his Anti-Vibranium armor and prepared to fight.

• Little Wong recognized the smell of burning dung, and Su Ming went to investigate the smoke coming from beneath the shop.
• Su Ming found Morlun’s twin sisters attacking Spider-Man 313 in the underground arena.
• Su Ming knocked one twin into a wall, but the other slashed Spider-Man’s abdomen while he was distracted.
• The enraged twin attacked Su Ming from behind, but her claws snapped against his armor.
• Su Ming drew Godslayer and told the twin that black-and-yellow coloring was a warning before preparing to teach her a lesson.

Deathstroke and Little Wong confronted the Morlun sisters as they attacked Peter Parquagh, but Deathstroke refused to save him. Peter was killed, and Deathstroke returned to help put out the circus fire.

• Ghost Sister called for help while fighting Peter Parquagh, and her sister mocked her.
• Deathstroke severed Ghost Sister’s spine, while Little Wong reported that he had sealed the exits.
• Deathstroke refused Peter’s pleas for help and flew away with Little Wong when Peter tried to use him as a shield.
• Ghost Sister drained Peter Parquagh’s life and soul, then bit his neck and killed him.
• Deathstroke returned underground and ordered Little Wong to extinguish the fire.

Su Ming explained how he tracked the Morlun Family by letting one sister consume the Spider Totem and planting Tenth Metal on the other, then decided to wait on Earth-616. Meanwhile, Gwen, a lonely shut-in and devoted Marvel fan, prepared to attack a provocative DC fan on the forum as Gwenpool.

• Su Ming told Little Wong that he had planted Tenth Metal on a Morlun sister and manipulated the sisters’ rivalry to hide the tracker.
• Su Ming and Little Wong planned to wait for the Morlun Family to return to its gathering place, then visit Earth-616.
• On Earth TRN-565, Gwen’s parents urged her to eat, find work, and consider dating, but she angrily drove them from her room.
• Gwen read an Avengers comic and browsed a Marvel fan forum, feeling isolated because her friends had gone to college.
• Gwen spotted a post declaring DC the best and Marvel trash, then turned on her computer to fight the poster as Gwenpool.

After losing a fight with DC forum users, Gwen chatted with a mysterious person calling himself All-Powerful Stan about her dream of traveling to Marvel’s Earth-616. When he told her to hold on tight, her Spider-Verse comic sucked her inside, leaving her to vanish from her room.

• Gwen defeated a Marvel forum invader, then launched a counterattack on the DC forum.
• DC fans mocked Gwen with a detailed psychological analysis, and she grew despondent when no one from the Marvel forum came to help her.
• A stranger named All-Powerful Stan messaged Gwen and asked who she would want to become if she traveled to a Marvel world.
• Gwen said she wanted to be like Black Cat but preferred an ordinary, safe life without powers or responsibility.
• After asking whether Gwen had Earth-616 comics, All-Powerful Stan told her to hold on tight, and her Spider-Verse comic pulled her inside.

Su Ming and Little Wong arrived in Earth-616's New York and discovered that Kamar-Taj had fallen, leaving the world vulnerable to magical threats. While Little Wong headed to the Sanctum to confront his counterpart, Su Ming searched for Peter Parker and discovered Gwen watching him.

• Su Ming told Little Wong that Earth-616's Three Great Sanctums had been destroyed and most of Kamar-Taj's Mages were dead or had defected.
• Su Ming explained that Strange had squandered Kamar-Taj's foundations, while Mordo and Kaecilius had joined Chthon and Dormammu, and Monark had died saving Strange.
• Little Wong transformed into Marilyn Monroe and entered a portal to the New York Sanctum Sanctorum to confront his counterpart.
• Su Ming asked the Adjutant to locate Peter Parker through New York's mobile network and began connecting to the traffic system.
• Gwen watched Su Ming from a roadside garden, but he vanished after noticing her, leaving her panicking that she was in Gotham and would be killed.

Gwen Poole transmigrated into a dangerous world and mistook her arrival for Gotham, where Deathstroke confronted her. Su Ming revealed that they were in Earth-616 during the Morlun Family invasion and took Gwen with him to keep her away from Spider-Man.

• Gwen Poole arrived in the bushes and watched Deathstroke tamper with a traffic light.
• Deathstroke spotted Gwen, approached her, and recognized her by name.
• Su Ming told Gwen that they were in Earth-616, not Gotham, and explained that he was another Deathstroke.
• Gwen pleaded for her life by offering her knowledge of Marvel and her status as a transmigrator.
• Su Ming broke into a secondhand clothing store and took Gwen inside, saying she would stay with him during the Morlun Family invasion.

Su Ming decided to take Gwenpool to his world and train her, while Gwen chose secondhand clothes and eagerly accepted a job with him. The chapter ended with Gwen realizing her wished-for figure had not changed, then hurrying after Deathstroke despite her frustration.

• Su Ming and Strangle discussed Gwenpool’s usefulness and agreed to take her to 40K Earth for training.
• Gwen picked a pink outfit at a secondhand clothing store and asked Su Ming what he thought of it.
• Su Ming promised Gwen expensive clothes and offered her work, and she eagerly accepted the job.
• Su Ming twisted the shop’s door handles together and left with Gwen following him.
• Gwen realized she had not gained the figure she wished for, screamed in frustration, then ran after Deathstroke.

Su Ming and Gwenpool waited in a park while tracking the Morlun Family, and Su Ming explained how difficult it was to locate a specific universe without its coordinates. After learning Peter Parker was at Ezekiel Tower, Su Ming chose not to interfere and continued waiting for his team member to return.

• Su Ming's Symbiote killed a drug dealer and absorbed his memories while Gwenpool collected the dead man's guns.
• Su Ming told Gwenpool he was hunting the Morlun Family and explained that universe numbers did not reveal their locations in the multiverse.
• Su Ming revealed he had planted a tracker on a Miss Morlun and planned to use its signal to locate her universe.
• Adjutant reported that Peter Parker was at Ezekiel Tower, and Su Ming inferred that Peter was searching for Silk after Ezekiel's death.
• Gwenpool suggested watching Spider-Man and Silk, but Su Ming refused because their presence could trigger the Butterfly Effect.

Deathstroke, Wong, and Gwen identified Earth-802 as a Morlun Family cloning base and prepared to enter the city through its sewers. Deathstroke ordered his forces to stand by as the Spectre Universe began docking with Earth-802.

• Wong returned to Deathstroke and Gwen after an ambush on Earth-616's Wong turned into a fight with Strange and the Eye Demon.
• Gwen learned that Deathstroke was the Sorcerer Supreme and questioned Wong about the Ancient One, upsetting him with her guesses.
• Gwen identified the city as Earth-802, a world occupied by the Morlun Family and used as a cloning base.
• Deathstroke explained that the Morlun Family could clone bodies and souls but could not reproduce Totem Life Energy.
• Deathstroke ordered the group to enter through the sewers, cleanse and occupy the world, and drive out the Morlun Family.
• Deathstroke told Adjutant to put the Council of the Sky and the fleet on standby as the Spectre Universe began docking with Earth-802.

Su Ming, Gwen, and Little Wong explored Earth-802’s sewers and encountered a vast swarm of giant rats. The rats invited them to follow their leader, and Su Ming agreed to see what had changed in this world.

• Gwen complained that vampires still needed sewers, while Su Ming explained that the Morlun Family had taken over Earth-802, once a human world.
• Su Ming considered whether the world’s old statues belonged to an Owl God and wondered how the Morlun Family traveled between worlds.
• Gwen spotted what she thought were wild boars, but Su Ming recognized the creatures blocking their path as giant rats.
• Su Ming approached the silent rat swarm, offered its leader cheese, and used Strangle to translate the rat’s thoughts.
• The leader rat invited Su Ming, Gwen, and Little Wong to follow, and Su Ming set off with them.

Su Ming and his companions followed intelligent rats through the tunnels beneath Earth-802 and met their elderly rat Mage. The Mage explained that the Morlun Family had devoured humanity, imprisoned the Owl God, and now threatened the rats, leaving the group to consider the rats’ plight.

• The rats led Su Ming, Deathstroke, Gwen, and Little Wong through sewers and tunnels, offering Su Ming mushrooms in return for cheese.
• The group reached a decorated underground hall, where an elderly rat greeted Deathstroke and claimed its god had foretold their arrival.
• Su Ming questioned the rat about the Rat God and the Owl God, and the rat revealed that it was a spellcaster seeking to reclaim Earth.
• The rat Mage explained that the Morlun Family had eaten humanity, imprisoned the Owl God as food, and begun threatening the rats.

Su Ming agreed to consider working with the Rat Mage against the Morlun Family while planning to use the rats as a distraction and pursue the cloning facilities and Morlun’s whereabouts. Elsewhere, William Braddock discovered the Morlun Family hunting Animal Totems and rushed to warn the Captain Britain Corps as reports of destroyed universes mounted.

• Su Ming told the Rat Mage he needed time to discuss cooperation, then planned with Gwen and Little Wong to gather intelligence and split the rats’ forces from their own targets.
• William Braddock used the Multiversal Lens to witness Morlun Family members killing Animal Totems across several Earths and realized they had detected his surveillance.
• William disconnected from the observation device and flew to the Starlight Citadel to report the threat.
• Roma warned Queen Sat-Yr-9 that invasions and destruction were spreading across the Omniverse.
• A guard reported that Earth-5682 and two neighboring Single Universes had been destroyed, and Sat-Yr-9 sent the unconscious Captain Lionheart for treatment.
• Spider-UK arrived and demanded to speak with Queen Sat-Yr-9.

Spider-UK warned Sat-Yr-9 and Roma that someone was killing spider-totems across realities, but Sat-Yr-9 dismissed him and ordered him removed. Roma gave him a Spider Bracelet to travel the Web of Life and Destiny, leaving Spider-UK to investigate alone while she returned to the Legion’s crisis.

• Spider-UK told Sat-Yr-9 and Roma that spiders and other totems were in grave danger across realities.
• Sat-Yr-9 dismissed the warning as trivial and ordered the Captain Britain guards to remove Spider-UK.
• Roma stopped the guards and escorted Spider-UK out of the assembly hall.
• Roma gave Spider-UK a Spider Bracelet that opened a portal to the Web of Life and Destiny.
• Spider-UK entered the portal to investigate, while Roma worried that she had sent a totem into danger and returned to the hall.