Chapter Summaries

Mark defeated Norman Osborn as Spider-Man in the game, then logged out and learned that Norman had destroyed Osborn Tower. On his way to find Peter at the memorial, Mark found Norman dying on the shore and heard him plead not to tell Harry.

• Mark shattered the Mirror Dimension, dragged Norman out of Kaecilius's portal, and killed him with a punch, completing the Demon Dragon Lair quest.
• Kaecilius escaped and wondered at Spider-Man's strength and strange behavior while Mark logged out of the game.
• Mark woke at Bleecker Street, learned from Ben Parker that Norman had destroyed Osborn Tower and Peter was at the memorial, then drove off to find him.
• Mark's car broke down on Coastal Road, where he discovered the mortally wounded Norman in a crater on the shore.
• Norman asked Mark not to tell Harry before he died, and Mark closed his eyes.

After Norman Osborn’s death, Mark joined Harry and the others in searching for the Green Goblin, while S.H.I.E.L.D. withheld the Goblin’s identity. Nick Fury offered Mark a job, and Mark hesitated after hearing the six-figure salary.

• Mark paid to have his car towed to the suburbs and scrapped it before going to the memorial service.
• Harry heard that Spider-Man had killed the Green Goblin and led the group to search the shore for his body and clues about Norman.
• The group found the crater where the Green Goblin had landed, but Norman’s body was gone, so Harry contacted Coulson and visited S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Nick Fury confirmed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had recovered the Green Goblin’s body but refused to reveal his identity to Harry.
• Nick Fury asked Mark to join S.H.I.E.L.D.; Mark initially refused, then said he would think about it after Fury offered a six-figure annual salary.

Mark nearly accepted Nick Fury’s offer to join S.H.I.E.L.D., but an urgent interruption sent him home without a decision. After learning that Kingpin had taken over the factory where Ben Parker and May worked, Mark headed to Hell’s Kitchen at night to confront the threat and encountered Deadpool.

• Nick Fury offered Mark a S.H.I.E.L.D. job, but Steve interrupted, and Coulson later escorted Mark and Peter out before Mark could formally accept.
• Mark bought a Jeep with Peter and said he would take out a loan in Peter’s name to cover the payments.
• Ben Parker and May told Mark that the factory had been sold to Kingpin, leaving them laid off without severance pay.
• Mark put on his Demon Hunter Set and left for Hell’s Kitchen, while Mary Jane watched him leave from her window.
• On his way to Hell’s Kitchen, Mark spotted Deadpool slicing bullets with a sword.

Mark met Wade Wilson while battling gangsters in an abandoned factory and tried to recruit him for a raid on Hell’s Kitchen, but Wade refused. Mark then entered Kingpin’s territory and got surrounded by Black and his men after a confrontation with a woman on the street.

• Mark entered the factory fight and helped Wade kill the gangsters who had attacked him.
• Mark offered Wade money and a chance to meet Spider-Man, but Wade declined and left.
• Mark searched the gangsters’ pockets, found sixty-six dollars, and headed into Hell’s Kitchen.
• Mark walked openly through Kingpin’s crime-ridden territory and rejected a woman’s offer, then bargained over her price.
• Black and several men surrounded Mark, while Black and O’Neal argued about Sean and an alleged betrayal.

Mark confronted Kingpin over his treatment of Ben and May, but Kingpin apologized and revealed that Mark reminded him of his dead son. He offered Mark his underground empire if he would become his son, and Mark angrily declared himself Kingpin’s dad.

• Mark escaped his pursuers and found Wade waiting with Kingpin at a bar.
• Mark confronted Kingpin and demanded compensation for bullying Ben and May; Kingpin agreed to pay ten times the damages.
• Kingpin admitted he hated Spider-Man but liked Mark because he reminded him of his deceased son.
• Kingpin asked Mark to become his son and inherit his underground empire, and Mark shouted, “I'm your dad!”

Mark collected compensation from Kingpin, then logged into the game and flew to the Demon Hunter Guild with Wayne, whom he marked as a vehicle. At Stark Tower, Happy offered Mark a new Spider-Suit as a reward, while still hoping to ask for his help.

• Mark collected thirty thousand dollars from Kingpin and expected the remaining compensation to be delivered to Bleecker Street.
• Mark met Wayne in the game cabin, mistook him for Bruce, and convinced him to come collect their quest rewards.
• Wayne gained the ability to fly with the Magic Cape, and Mark marked him as a vehicle and rode him to the Demon Hunter Guild.
• At Stark Tower, Wayne introduced himself as Mark's mount before correcting himself and calling himself Mark's good friend.
• Happy presented Mark with a new Spider-Suit, which Mark recognized as Intermediate Demon Hunter armor.

Mark received an Intermediate Demon Hunter Set and turned a Stun Baton into a Dragon-Slaying Sword while preparing to rescue Tony, whom he believed was imprisoned by a demon. After Mark wrecked the private plane at the airfield, Happy told him the teleportation would take longer.

• Mark changed into the Intermediate Demon Hunter Set and learned that Tony had gone missing during a weapons sale in the Middle East.
• Happy showed Mark a quest prompt to save Nini, and Mark agreed to follow the map to the Middle East.
• Mark gave Pepper Potts scraps of Green Goblin Armor and asked her to forge a Dragon-Slaying Sword, but Happy suggested giving him his Stun Baton instead.
• Mark transformed the Stun Baton into a Dragon-Slaying Sword with flight and attack skills, then tried to fly by swinging from webbing attached to empty space.
• Mark plunged into the private plane and destroyed a wing with the sword, so Happy told him the teleportation process would take longer.

Mark returned home after leaving Stark Industries, planned a room for Peter, and was urged by Ben and May to go to school. After Mark mentioned his meeting with Kingpin and tried to take Peter to handle enrollment, Kingpin arrived in person and began addressing him.

• Mark quit the game, and Happy rejected Wade Wilson as a mercenary before Pepper paid him to keep quiet.
• Mark flew to Bleecker Street, returned home, and secretly changed his plans for Peter's new room into plans for his own room.
• Mary Jane greeted Mark from her window, and Mark awkwardly failed to recognize her without makeup.
• Ben and May urged Mark to attend school, and Mark joked that he would become Homelander and take over the White House.
• Mark gave Ben and May thirty thousand dollars as compensation from Kingpin, then rushed out with Peter to handle school enrollment.
• Kingpin arrived in a luxury SUV, and Mark shouted at him before he could finish speaking.

Mark rode with Kingpin, who asked for Mark’s magic to return to the past and see his wife and child, then enrolled at Empire State University and became Doctor Octavius’s student. After Peter showed Mark his artificial web-shooting device, Jeni saw them and concluded that Peter Parker was Spider-Man.

• Kingpin offered Peter a gift and admitted he wanted Mark’s magic so he could travel to the past and see his family again.
• Mark and Peter arrived at Empire State University, where Mark enrolled and received an exception to study under Doctor Octavius.
• Doctor Octavius asked Mark to demonstrate a tritium calculation, but Peter volunteered and solved it at the blackboard.
• Peter showed Mark the artificial silk he had developed and demonstrated how it could pull a test tube toward him.
• Jeni witnessed Peter using the web-shooting device and realized that Peter Parker was Spider-Man.

Jeni apologized to Peter and became convinced that Peter was Spider-Man, while Professor Connors injected Peter with Regeneration Serum and transformed him into a Lizard Monster. As the monster began attacking the school grounds, Mark arrived in his Intermediate Demon Hunter Set and summoned a Dragon-Slaying Sword to confront Professor Connors.

• Jeni apologized to Peter, who forgave him, and Jeni called Ned to tell him he had discovered Spider-Man's identity.
• Professor Connors ambushed Peter near the park lake and injected him with Regeneration Serum.
• The serum regenerated Peter's amputated arm and transformed him into a rampaging Lizard Monster.
• Felicia warned Gwen Stacy about Professor Connors, but Gwen stayed because she trusted Mark to handle him.
• Professor Connors urged Peter to destroy everything, and Peter turned his attention toward someone else's arms.
• Mark arrived in silver armor, challenged Professor Connors to account for his sins, and summoned a Dragon-Slaying Sword.