Chapter Summaries

Peter helped Gwen Stacy survive the Lizard’s attack, then used evidence from Curt Connors’s lab to uncover a Roxxon secret base. He infiltrated the base to expose the corporation, where Sassy detected something unusual on the fifth floor.

• Peter shot the Lizard, leapt from the university building to save Gwen Stacy, and drove venomous stingers into the monster before it escaped into a sewer.
• Peter protected Gwen Stacy from a hurled manhole cover, and she kissed him before asking him to keep his stingers secret.
• At the police station, Captain Stacy questioned Peter about the attack, but Gwen Stacy backed up his account, and Peter and Gwen Stacy left together after learning Officer Diaz had survived.
• Peter showed Gwen Stacy a stolen USB drive containing evidence from Curt Connors’s lab, then returned to his laboratory and found Roxxon chemical shipping records linked to gene-splicing technology.
• Peter traced the records to a secret Roxxon base in Massachusetts, infiltrated its roof, and connected Sassy to the security system, where she detected something unusual on the fifth floor.

Peter infiltrated Roxxon’s hidden fifth floor and uncovered a secret program that used a blue drug and mutant genes to create human weapons. He sent Nick Fury evidence of Roxxon’s crimes and the base’s location, leaving Fury demanding to know what Spider-Man was doing.

• Peter bypassed the elevator’s security and reached the fifth floor, where Sassy’s schematics showed no surveillance cameras.
• Peter downloaded research data from a laboratory and found five unconscious test subjects, including two whose mutant genes had successfully integrated.
• Peter identified the blue drug as the substance used on Wade Wilson and realized Roxxon was secretly manufacturing mutants.
• Peter compiled evidence of Roxxon’s human trafficking and experiments, then sent it to Nick Fury’s personal terminal through an encrypted internal connection.
• Thena tried to handle Peter’s urgent call, but he asked her to connect him to Fury, who angrily demanded to know what Spider-Man was doing.

Peter reunited with Jessica Drew, who became his S.H.I.E.L.D. liaison, and they agreed to track down the Lizard in New York. The next morning, Gwen warned Peter that someone had stolen equipment needed to make and disperse Lizard Serum, and Peter and Jessica set out to stop a possible attack on the city.

• Peter met Jessica Drew on the rooftop, where she explained that Fury had assigned her as his liaison agent.
• Jessica told Peter that S.H.I.E.L.D. had secured the two mutants and erased Roxxon's formula data, leaving the only digital backup with Peter.
• Peter and Jessica returned to a S.H.I.E.L.D. safe house in Queens and spent the night there.
• Peter used the Wand of Watoomb to pull his ringing phone to him and answered Gwen Stacy's call.
• Gwen told Peter that someone had stolen equipment for synthesizing Lizard Serum and devices for large-scale aerosol dispersal.
• Peter and Jessica prepared to find the Lizard and stop him from endangering New York.

Peter and Jessica took Gwen Stacy to the laboratory at Empire State University, where they discovered a miniature dispersal device was missing and feared a biochemical attack on New York. Jessica contacted S.H.I.E.L.D., while Peter sensed something was wrong near the shattered window.

• Jessica drove Peter through New York in a red Chevrolet Camaro, and they agreed to go on an official date that night.
• Peter and Jessica met Gwen Stacy at Empire State University and returned with her to the crime scene laboratory.
• Gwen showed Peter that a miniature dispersal device had been stolen, leading him to warn that the theft could signal a biochemical attack.
• Peter suspected Osborn Enterprises could supply a larger dispersal device, and Jessica called S.H.I.E.L.D. for help.
• Peter felt a cool breeze at the back of his neck, turned toward the shattered window, and sensed danger.

Peter discovered that the Lizard Man had entered the sewers and pursued him while arranging help to stop a possible toxin attack on New York City. He sent Susan Storm the research needed to develop an antidote and found fresh claw marks pointing into one of the sewer pipes.

• Peter identified the open manhole as the Lizard Man's likely route and sent Gwen and Jessica to persuade Captain George Stacy to evacuate civilians.
• Peter changed into his Spider-Man suit and entered the sewers to track the Lizard Man.
• Peter sent Susan Storm the files on Connors's project and Roxxon's mutagen, and Susan began working on an antidote.
• Peter searched the sewer collection basin and found fresh claw marks at the entrance to the seventh pipe on the lower right.

Peter tracked Lizard Man to Times Square and tried to stop him from escaping with the dispersal device. After saving the device from falling into the crowd, Peter was struck by Lizard Man’s tail and sent plunging from the rooftop.

• Peter learned that the sewer pipe ran beneath Times Square, rushed there, and had Sassy post an evacuation warning.
• Peter found Times Square cleared of people and used thermal imaging to search for Lizard Man.
• A bystander spotted Lizard Man carrying the dispersal device across a rooftop, and Peter confronted him.
• Lizard Man dodged Peter’s attacks and hurled the device toward the street; Peter caught it with a web and hauled it back to the rooftop.
• Peter’s Spider-Sense warned him too late, and Lizard Man struck his chest with his tail, breaking bones and sending him falling from the rooftop.

Peter and Johnny pursued Lizard Man to the Central Park Zoo, where the monster threatened a group of children. Peter held him back long enough for the children to flee, but a sudden change interrupted his attempt to stop Lizard Man.

• Lizard Man escaped with the machine after injuring Peter, who sent a drone to track him and called Johnny for help.
• Peter recovered and followed the drone to the zoo, where he and Johnny fought Lizard Man before he vanished into the woods.
• Sassy warned Peter and Johnny that Lizard Man was heading toward children trapped near the snow leopard enclosure.
• Peter shielded the children and fought Lizard Man while Johnny dealt with the loose snow leopards.
• Peter restrained Lizard Man until the children escaped, then prepared to web the monster's throat when something suddenly changed.

Peter, Jessica, Johnny, and Susan pursued Lizard Man after he escaped their fight, but he struck Osborn Enterprises and stole sealed core technology. Peter realized Lizard Man was a calculating schemer, and the battle across New York had only begun.

• Lizard Man overpowered Peter until Miles Morales distracted him and Jessica shot him, forcing him to flee.
• Peter thanked Miles, learned his name, and took a photo with him before sending him home.
• Peter, Jessica, and Johnny returned to the Baxter Building, where Susan revealed she had developed a Reversal Serum.
• Peter decrypted the drone footage and discovered Lizard Man had hidden the stolen biochemical equipment in the zoo's petting area.
• Jessica received word that Lizard Man had attacked Osborn Enterprises and stolen sealed core technology, and Peter recognized the threat he posed.

Peter learned that the Lizard Man was Dr. Curt Connors, and Gwen helped the heroes identify Osborn Enterprises as his likely target. With S.H.I.E.L.D. moving to secure the building, Peter faced the immediate problem of lacking a working suit and hinted that he had one last option.

• Peter told Jessica, Susan, and Johnny that Dr. Curt Connors had transformed into the Lizard Man.
• Gwen learned that Connors was suspected of planning to poison New York with a genetic mutation bomb and ran from the room in distress.
• Peter comforted Gwen, and she agreed that the Lizard Man had to be stopped and kissed Peter.
• Gwen identified Osborn Enterprises as Connors's likely target because he believed Norman Osborn had stolen his research, so Jessica sent S.H.I.E.L.D. teams to secure the building.
• Peter discovered that his new suit was only twenty-seven percent complete and told Jessica that he had one last option.

Peter equipped himself with a new defensive combat suit and joined Jessica, Susan, and Johnny in searching Osborn Tower for Lizard Man. After Johnny spotted him on the thirty-first floor, Peter realized the floor’s ventilation maintenance area could be the key to finding him.

• Peter activated the UMF manufacturing machine and created a transformable, fireproof combat suit that could store five appearances.
• Peter changed into the suit, then overheard Jessica and Susan arguing about Jessica’s relationship with him and Susan’s feelings for him.
• Susan joined Peter, Jessica, and Johnny as they traveled to Osborn Tower, where an evacuation was underway.
• Peter failed to access the building’s surveillance system, so the group split up to search for Lizard Man.
• Johnny spotted Lizard Man on the thirty-first floor, and Peter learned that the floor contained the building’s central ventilation maintenance area.

Peter discovered that Lizard Man planned to disperse poison gas through Osborn Enterprises’ ventilation system and raced to stop him. After sealing nine vents, Peter saved Susan from a fall, and the chapter ended with them returning to the fight against Lizard Man.

• Peter explained Lizard Man’s poison-gas plan, and the team realized the dispersal device would force gas into the building’s ventilation ducts.
• Peter sealed nine of the Osborn Building’s ten vents with hardened webbing.
• Susan fell from a window while Johnny held Lizard Man back, and Peter caught her with the Wand of Watoomb.
• Peter and Susan crashed through an office window, where Susan removed his helmet and kissed him.
• Peter carried Susan back to the thirty-first floor as the battle against Lizard Man erupted in the maintenance area.

Peter and his allies fought Dr. Connors after he drank the second-generation mutation serum and transformed into a powerful giant lizard. They defeated him with Harry’s help, but the antidote failed to restore him fully; Peter returned home exhausted and thought of Felicia as he fell asleep.

• Lizard Man escaped through the rooftop vent with the core serum, and Peter’s group cornered him on the roof.
• Lizard Man swallowed the serum, grew larger and stronger, shattered Susan’s force field, and knocked Johnny down.
• Peter fought Lizard Man at close quarters until Harry Osborn arrived and struck him with a pulsed electric weapon.
• Peter, Harry, Susan, Johnny, and Jessica combined their attacks to knock Lizard Man unconscious.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. took Connors away, but the antidote barely affected his mutation, while Jessica stayed to prepare the incident report.
• Peter went home, tested his unstable molecules suit’s potential, and fell asleep thinking of Felicia.

Peter watched S.H.I.E.L.D. interrogate Curt Connors about the Lizard’s rampage and Roxxon’s role, then spoke with Connors privately about his guilt and his reasons for developing the formula. Connors broke down after Peter forgave him and urged him to seek forgiveness and forgive himself.

• A S.H.I.E.L.D. interrogator questioned Connors about the deaths caused by the Lizard and learned that Roxxon had sent him research data by email.
• Peter told Jessica Drew that Roxxon’s conspicuous email signature seemed suspicious, then asked to speak to Connors alone.
• Peter questioned Connors about the formula, and Connors explained that he had hoped to help people regrow lost limbs after losing his own arm while saving his son Billy.
• After Peter learned that the officer killed by the Lizard had a child, Connors called himself a monster and feared his son would never forgive him.
• Peter forgave Connors and urged him to earn others’ forgiveness and learn to forgive himself, and Connors broke down sobbing.

Peter asked Connors to feed Hydra false Lizard Man formula data and promised to tell Billy his father was sorry. After Jessica departed, Peter visited Billy to explain that the Lizard Man was not the real Curt Connors and that his father had been trying to help people.

• Peter warned Connors that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and asked him to provide fake formula data if S.H.I.E.L.D. requested it.
• Connors asked Peter to tell Billy that his father was sorry and was not the monster shown on the news.
• Peter watched agents take Connors away, then said goodbye to Jessica before she left in a fighter jet.
• Peter went to Connors's home and found Billy crying in his bedroom.
• Peter told Billy that the Lizard Man had hurt people but was not the real Curt Connors, who had been trying to help the injured.

Peter comforted Billy after telling him that his father was sorry, then returned home and found Mary Jane breaking up with Mark over his cocaine use and jealousy. After Mark left, Peter stayed with Mary Jane as she grieved and reflected on how he had changed the people around him.

• Peter told Billy that his father was a good man who regretted his mistake, and Billy asked Peter to stay with him until he fell asleep.
• Peter left a note for Billy and returned to his neighborhood, where he heard Mark pressuring Mary Jane to take cocaine.
• Mark shoved Mary Jane during their argument, accused her of caring more about Peter, and stormed out after she said Peter was better than him.
• Peter entered Mary Jane's room and offered to explain to Mark that they were only friends, but Mary Jane said their breakup was not Peter's fault.
• Mary Jane asked Peter how he changed the people around him, and he said he kept doing what he thought was right.

Peter revealed to Mary Jane that Mayday Parker was their daughter in another universe, then tried to reassure her that their future was uncertain. After a brief quiet spell, Peter arrived at school to find students confronting him over rumors that he was Spider-Man.

• Peter showed Mary Jane a photo of Mayday Parker and confessed that she was his daughter with Mary Jane in another universe.
• Mary Jane asked whether they would marry, and Peter said he could not predict the future before leaving.
• Peter regretted showing Mary Jane the photo because he still loved Felicia Hardy.
• Peter upgraded his suit and equipment while Mary Jane returned to Harry and Flash's circle and Susan Storm kept her distance.
• Peter arrived at school and found students gathered in the hallway, where Mary Jane and Liz Allan hurried to pull him away.
• The students surrounded Peter and debated whether he was Spider-Man.

After Doom exposed Peter Parker as Spider-Man, Peter tried to pass the photo off as evidence that he built Spider-Man’s suit. Doom’s Doombots attacked Peter’s school, forcing him to reveal his powers and fight while drawing the machines away from the students.

• Liz showed Peter Doom’s viral tweet identifying him as Spider-Man, and Peter claimed he had only built and tested Spider-Man’s suit.
• A missile targeted the crowded school grounds, so Peter used magic to redirect it toward the football field, revealing his abilities to the students.
• Five upgraded Doom Doombots descended and identified Peter as their target, prompting him to flee toward the football field to protect the school.
• Peter shielded himself from one Doombot’s missiles, then used an incoming missile and a self-destructing robot to destroy three of the machines.
• Peter dodged more missiles and landed atop the campus flagpole as the two remaining Doombots continued their attack.

Peter escaped the Doombots attacking his school, refused Nick Fury’s offer of help, and asked Harry to protect Mary Jane and Liz. He rushed to the Baxter Building and found Reed, Susan, and Johnny injured inside a magical barrier, with Doom’s trap apparently sealing them in.

• Peter used a fallen flagpole to smash two Doombots, escaped to a rooftop, and told Nick Fury to protect Aunt May and Uncle Ben instead of sending a rescue team.
• Peter switched his suit into spider mode, checked that the students were safe, and called Mary Jane.
• Harry demanded to know whether Peter was Spider-Man, and Peter told him to protect Mary Jane and Liz while he was away.
• Peter headed to the Baxter Building, found it damaged and enclosed by a green magical barrier, and saw a Doombot explode against it.
• Reed, Susan, and Johnny arrived injured and explained that Doom’s drone squadron had attacked the building; Reed asked Peter about the barrier.

Doctor Doom trapped Peter and the Fantastic Four in Reed’s hometown and planted a bomb, but Peter contained its explosion with an Endless Storage Bag. After the barrier vanished, Peter warned Reed that chasing Doom would lead them into another trap, while Reed insisted the town’s people were in danger.

• Doctor Doom revealed himself on a screen, taunted Peter and Reed, and started a two-minute countdown at Reed’s hometown.
• Peter sensed the bomb, and Susan made the wall transparent so Peter could find it beneath the floor.
• Peter put the bomb inside a spare Endless Storage Bag, containing the explosion when the countdown reached zero.
• After the barrier disappeared, Reed wanted to pursue Doom, but Peter warned that it was a trap and argued that Doom would not massacre the town.

After Reed and the Fantastic Four flew off to confront Doom, Peter activated the Black Spider Protocol and donned his new vibranium-woven UMF suit. He prepared his modified DeLorean for pursuit, while his weapon systems continued powering up.

• Reed revealed the Fantasticar and left with Susan and Johnny to stop Doom despite Peter's warnings.
• Peter ordered Sassy to activate the Black Spider Protocol and changed out of his temporary suit.
• Peter donned his new magical, vibranium-woven UMF suit, which had self-repairing armor and a tactical HUD.
• Peter secured his storage bag and checked his residual toxin level, then left Franklin Richards's blood sample locked away.
• Peter uncovered and started his modified DeLorean, and Doc connected the vehicle's systems to his suit.