Chapter Summaries

After a genetically modified spider bit him, Peter Parker awoke with spider powers and the memories and genius of his new identity. He resolved to avoid becoming a superhero and protect Uncle Ben, but Aunt May told him Mary Jane Watson was arriving that day.

• Peter Parker was bitten by a genetically modified spider in Oscorp's genetics laboratory and realized he had transmigrated into Peter Parker.
• Ben Parker took the unconscious Peter home, where Peter absorbed his new memories and genius mind.
• Peter woke up clinging to the ceiling and discovered his wall-crawling ability and enhanced physical senses.
• Peter identified the world as a dangerous Marvel setting and decided to protect Uncle Ben while living as an ordinary person.
• Aunt May told Peter that Aunt Anna's niece was moving in, and Peter suspected the girl was Mary Jane Watson.

Peter grew closer to Mary Jane while developing a working first-generation web fluid in his basement. As they traveled to see Hamlet at the Apollo Theater, Peter feared they might encounter a battle between Hulk and Abomination.

• Peter visited the Watsons with Aunt May, met Mary Jane, and offered to repair her broken hair dryer.
• Peter and Mary Jane bought parts, had lunch, and discussed superheroes and the risks of protecting people.
• Peter worked through several failed experiments and successfully calibrated web fluid that could bear nearly 150 kilograms and last about twenty minutes.
• Mary Jane invited Peter to Hamlet at the Apollo Theater, and Uncle Ben gave Peter money and reminded him that great power came with great responsibility.
• Peter and Mary Jane boarded a train for Manhattan, and Peter worried they were heading toward the Hulk and Abomination battle.

Peter struggled with whether to accept responsibility for his new powers, then chose to become Spider-Man during the battle between Hulk and Abomination in Harlem. After rescuing an injured man and preventing a military helicopter from exploding, he joined the fight and told Hulk to focus on Abomination.

• Peter pulled Mary Jane from the Apollo Theater when explosions shook Harlem and saw Hulk and Abomination fighting in the street.
• Peter initially fled with Mary Jane but stopped to lift a fallen streetlight pole and free an injured man.
• Peter asked Mary Jane to get the injured man to safety, disguised himself in a clothing store, and used his Web-Shooters to swing toward the battle.
• Peter saw a damaged military helicopter leaking fuel beside sparks and used webbing to seal the leak before it exploded.
• Peter called out to Hulk to leave the helicopter rescue to him and focus on defeating Abomination.

Peter defeated Abomination in Harlem and publicly named himself Spider-Man before escaping the battlefield. He returned to Mary Jane, while S.H.I.E.L.D. quietly added Spider-Man to its watch list.

• Peter rescued wounded soldiers as Abomination attacked the retreating crowd, then dodged the monster's assault.
• Peter used webbing to bind Abomination's arms and block his airways, knocking him unconscious.
• General Ross asked Peter who he was, and Peter declared, "I'm Spider-Man," before swinging away.
• Peter burned his makeshift suit, reunited with Mary Jane, and told her a masked hero had taken down the monster.
• Mary Jane praised Peter's bravery on the train ride home, while S.H.I.E.L.D. added Spider-Man to its watch list.

After Peter returned from the battle in Harlem, Aunt May and Uncle Ben confronted him about the danger he had faced, while Peter insisted that saving lives was his responsibility. He repaired to his room, talked with Mary Jane, and saw the Daily Bugle identify him as Spider-Man the next morning.

• Aunt May scolded Peter for leaving Mary Jane to enter a war zone, but Peter defended his choice to save lives, and Uncle Ben calmed the argument.
• Peter examined his damaged web-shooters and decided he needed to rebuild them with greater durability, capacity, and different webbing options.
• Mary Jane climbed to Peter's window to check on him, praised his bravery, and admitted she was nervous about starting at Midtown High School.
• Peter reassured Mary Jane, and the two talked late into the night before she left his room.
• The next morning, Peter read that the Daily Bugle had named him Spider-Man and printed a blurry photo of him in Harlem.

Peter avoided Flash’s challenge, grew distant from Mary Jane as she made friends at school, and spent the day improving his web formula. After testing his new strength at an abandoned train station, he began considering how to train his body.

• Peter read a positive Daily Bugle report about his rescue, then accompanied Mary Jane to Midtown High School.
• Flash threatened Peter to meet him at the park, but Peter refused to fight and avoided repeating the costly mistake from Peter’s memories.
• Mary Jane befriended Liz, Flash, and Harry Osborn, while Peter felt increasingly isolated and left her to work in the chemistry lab.
• Peter developed three web-fluid formulations and drafted plans for improved web-shooters during the evening.
• Peter tested his speed and strength at an abandoned train station, lifted a heavy rail overhead, and wondered which Marvel and DC characters were most popular.

Peter began building the skills and discipline he believed he needed to become a better Spider-Man, training at Colleen Wing’s Chikara dojo while secretly learning about its connection to the Hand. After his lessons, he stopped a street robbery and returned home pleased with his first real intervention.

• Peter decided to surpass the original Spider-Man and made a study plan that included martial arts, science, mechanics, and languages.
• Peter started studying French and enrolled at the Chikara dojo, where he met Colleen Wing and recognized her connection to the Hand.
• Peter quickly copied Colleen’s kendo forms and impressed her, then watched the dojo’s more advanced training groups.
• Peter trained at the dojo and practiced swinging movements in a hangar before intervening when three thugs attacked a couple.
• Peter defeated the three armed thugs and fled before the rescued couple could identify him.
• Peter returned home smiling and told Aunt May that his dojo training had gone well.

Peter discovered Hulk’s blood in Harlem, struggled with his handmade Spider-Man suit, and helped Mary Jane recognize that Harry had made her uncomfortable. After weeks of training, he joined a team challenge to find Colleen Wing, and began reasoning out where she might be hiding.

• Peter learned that the Fantastic Four existed in his world and found Hulk’s blood beneath a rock in the Harlem crater, then studied a sample in his basement lab.
• Peter found Harry, Liz, Flash, and Mary Jane at the shed, then walked Mary Jane home and told her not to apologize to Harry for making her uncomfortable.
• Peter intensified his training with Colleen Wing, studied Reed Richards’s theories, and finished a badly made red-and-black Spider-Man suit while developing his web-shooters.
• Colleen assigned Peter to a team with Marcus, Brandon, and Aggie to find her, take her sword, and return to the dojo.
• After the team wasted time searching nearby places, Peter reasoned that Colleen would choose an open area suited to training and difficult to approach unnoticed.

Peter outsmarted Colleen during the dojo’s training exercise, then befriended Marcus and learned about the Grass Stain Gang. While investigating the gang’s drug operation, he followed Razor to a deal and recorded the Mexican buyer’s men killing Razor and his crew.

• Peter rejected Marcus’s ambush plan, used Marcus, Aggie, and Brandon as bait, and stole Colleen’s sword before outrunning her back to the dojo.
• Colleen declared Peter’s group the winners, and Peter explained how he had deduced her location and the flaws in their plan.
• Peter became friends with Marcus, learned about the Grass Stain Gang and its boss Razor, and decided to take the gang down.
• Peter investigated Razor’s club, discovered its drug operation, and followed Razor’s shipment to Warehouse 153.
• Peter recorded Razor negotiating with a Mexican buyer, then watched the buyer’s bodyguards shoot Razor and his men after Razor demanded more money.

After witnessing Kingpin’s men kill Razor, Peter worried about the coming gang war and returned to school, where Harry’s lies and pranks made him a target. Peter brushed off the rumors and threats, but Harry’s locker trap finally made him decide to take action.

• Peter watched Kingpin’s men threaten the Grass Stain Gang after killing Razor, then left with footage of the murder and feared the gang conflict would claim more lives.
• Peter overheard Harry ask Mary Jane why she had rejected him; Mary denied liking Peter and said she felt guilty about how she had treated him before.
• At school, Peter dodged a basketball Flash threw at him, and Harry told Flash not to bother pursuing him.
• Reggie told Peter that Harry had spread a rumor that Mary Jane rejected Harry for Peter, who then supposedly rejected her by calling her an idiot.
• Mary Jane apologized to Peter for the rumor, while Liz warned him that Harry might retaliate; Peter dismissed their concerns.
• Peter dodged a locker trap that sprayed foam, recognized Harry’s likely involvement, and decided to teach him a lesson.

Peter gathered evidence that helped Detective Barnes dismantle the Grass Stain Gang and recruited Matt Murdock to prosecute its case. After Peter avoided a confrontation with Harry at school, surviving gang members ambushed him and Marcus, leaving their next move uncertain.

• Peter stole the Grass Stain Gang's financial ledger and anonymously tipped Detective Barnes to its warehouse, then gave the evidence to Matt Murdock and revealed that he was Spider-Man.
• Barnes raided the gang's warehouse, seized drugs and weapons, and Matt Murdock took over the prosecution.
• Peter mocked Harry Osborn's muddled explanation of Oedipus Rex, and Harry later confronted him with Flash and football players; Peter held back from fighting and escaped.
• Peter went to the dojo and spoke with Marcus about the gang's downfall, but a passing car opened fire on them.
• Peter's Spider-Sense warned him, and he tackled Marcus to the ground as the attackers shouted support for the Grass Stain Gang and sped away.

Peter took responsibility for the Grass Stain Gang’s retaliation, debuted as Spider-Man, and crossed paths with Black Cat during a jewelry-store robbery. After intervening when Harry harassed Mary Jane, Peter reflected on his strained friendships and the night’s events.

• Peter returned to Marcus’s neighborhood in a homemade Spider-Man outfit and incapacitated the Grass Stain Gang before calling the police.
• Peter interrupted a jewelry theft and fought Black Cat, who outsmarted him and escaped with the jewels.
• Peter found Harry arguing with Mary Jane after he groped her, stepped in, and took a punch rather than fight back.
• Peter explained his past friendship with Harry to Mary Jane, who apologized for drifting away from him.
• Peter went home and considered his new life as Spider-Man, his encounter with Black Cat, and Harry’s remaining conscience.

Peter rejected Norman Osborn’s attempt to pay him for Harry’s assault, then discovered the Fantastic Four battling Victor von Doom and made his public debut as Spider-Man. He joined the heroes’ fight and helped plan to draw Doom toward the East River, but the battle continued with the Thing knocked down by Doom.

• Norman Osborn offered Peter twenty thousand dollars to keep quiet about Harry’s assault, but Peter refused and Norman apologized before leaving with Harry.
• After training with Colleen Wing, Peter worried about money until Aunt May showed him a live report of the Fantastic Four fighting Victor von Doom on Madison Avenue.
• Peter suited up, swung to the battle, and redirected Doom’s thrown car into him before introducing himself to the Fantastic Four as Spider-Man.
• Peter suggested luring Doom to the East River to short out his electrical powers, and Reed asked him to help the team.
• The Thing charged Doom, but Doom struck him down with a bolt of lightning.

Peter helped the Fantastic Four defeat Doom, then woke in the Baxter Building and accepted a job at the Baxter Foundation. After reconciling with Aunt May and Uncle Ben, he returned to school, where Felicia Hardy arrived as a new transfer student.

• Peter used an insulated air-conditioning duct and hardened webs to trap Doom, allowing Reed and Susan to throw him into the East River.
• Peter woke in the Baxter Building, learned the Fantastic Four had identified him, and called Uncle Ben with a cover story.
• Peter told Reed, Susan, Johnny, and Thing about his powers and inventions, and Susan offered him a job at the Baxter Foundation.
• Peter confessed to Aunt May and Uncle Ben that he had gone to watch the fight and had accepted a job; Uncle Ben praised him and Aunt May accepted his decision.
• Peter arrived at school the next day and saw Felicia Hardy introduced as a new transfer student.

Peter balanced his work in the Baxter Building with his Spider-Man patrols, investigating Johnny's flame powers and confronting Black Cat. After spotting Wolverine in a history textbook, he realized mutants existed and ended the chapter locked in a knowing look with Felicia Hardy.

• Peter tested Johnny's flames and theorized that Johnny radiated energy from another dimension, which oxidized in Earth's atmosphere.
• Peter followed the Grass Stain Gang trial and trained in swordsmanship and combat with Colleen Wing.
• Peter confronted Felicia Hardy during a rooftop burglary, but she escaped after he secretly stole and destroyed a USB drive from her pouch.
• Peter recognized James Howlett in a World War II photograph and wondered whether mutants such as Professor Charles and Magneto were active.
• Peter challenged his history teacher's insistence on Red Skull's real name, then exchanged a look with Felicia Hardy.

Peter grew closer to Felicia at school and created a device for Ben that could also save his job at the Baxter Building. He then learned that the Stark Expo was about to open and began planning around Justin Hammer.

• Felicia tested Peter's perceptiveness, flirted with him, and asked him for physics tutoring; Peter agreed to meet with her for an hour after school.
• Mary Jane grew jealous of Peter and Felicia and asked to join their tutoring sessions, which Felicia allowed on the condition that they did not turn them into dates.
• Peter noticed Ben struggling to handle a magazine and built the Scanning Adapter so Ben could read without tearing books.
• Susan proposed selling the device's manufacturing rights, and Peter kept his job while earning a share of the patent royalties.
• Peter saw a report that the Stark Expo would open that Friday and began planning to target Justin Hammer.

On Halloween, Peter wore his homemade Spider-Man suit to school, flirted with Mary Jane and Felicia, and went on a date with them before abandoning it to stop a speeding truck. He stopped the truck and handed its injured driver to the police, but the cargo doors burst open and Rhino emerged in a Hammer Industries mech.

• Peter wore his Spider-Man suit to school, rebuffed Flash’s criticism, and drew attention from his classmates, especially Felicia and Mary Jane.
• Peter joined Mary Jane and Felicia for dinner, then left when his danger sense alerted him to a speeding truck pursued by police.
• Peter caught up with the truck, knocked out its injured driver, stopped the vehicle, and handed the driver to Captain Stacy and the officers.
• The truck’s cargo doors burst open, and a heavily armed Hammer Industries mech emerged as its pilot announced that he was Rhino.

Peter defeated Rhino, rescued civilians, and traced the stolen mech to Osborn Industries, which Reed linked to corporate espionage against Hammer Industries. At school, Peter explained that Spider-Man’s heroism came from saving people, then agreed with Felicia to go on a real date sometime.

• Peter stopped Rhino by webbing the mech, shattered its cockpit, and learned from its driver that a man called Gentleman had hired him to steal something.
• Peter rescued injured civilians for an hour, then followed the driver’s directions to a Manhattan hideout and copied its robbery plans.
• Reed used the stolen decoder to trace the Rhino armor to Osborn Industries and explained that it was an unfinished Hammer Industries product.
• Flash praised Spider-Man’s fight at school, but Peter showed the class footage of the rescues and said that saving people made Spider-Man a hero.
• Peter and Felicia discussed their interrupted outing and agreed to have a real date sometime.
• Peter spent the following week doing homework and patrolling, taking extra care not to hurt injured people while getting them to hospitals.

Peter prepared for the Stark Expo disaster, then protected his classmates when Hammer Industries' drones went berserk. After helping them escape and fighting off drones with Johnny Storm's help, he left the Expo with his group, and Felicia kissed him on the bus.

• Peter built an EMP gun and stronger webbing at the Baxter Building, then packed his gear for the class trip to the Stark Expo.
• When the glass ceiling shattered and drones attacked, Peter shielded Mary Jane and Felicia, then helped Flash carry the injured Mr. Duncan toward safety.
• Peter used a severed drone arm to shoot down another drone and called Johnny Storm for reinforcements.
• Johnny arrived as the Human Torch and burned through drones while Peter led his classmates toward the parking lot.
• Peter disabled a drone with his EMP gun after it blocked the bus, and the group escaped the Expo grounds as an explosion erupted behind them.
• Felicia threw herself at Peter and kissed him on the bus.

After helping save his classmates from the expo disaster, Peter reunited with his family, met Johnny Storm and Norman Osborn, and joined the Fantastic Four in clearing the wreckage. That night, Black Cat confronted Spider-Man about not being there when she nearly died and praised the boy who had saved her, not realizing he was Peter.

• Peter kissed Felicia on the bus, then learned Mr. Duncan had survived his injuries and reunited with Aunt May and Uncle Ben at school.
• Johnny Storm visited Peter, and Peter explained that his EMP device had disabled the drones; Norman Osborn praised the invention and offered Peter a business card after thanking him for protecting Harry.
• Peter went to the expo ruins as Spider-Man, helped firefighters and the Fantastic Four clear debris, and secretly hid useful wreckage for later.
• Peter returned to the ruins that night and met Black Cat, who challenged him for not rescuing her during the disaster.
• Black Cat told Peter that the boy who saved her was a real hero and described how kind he was, unaware that Peter was the boy she meant.