Chapter Summaries

Peter escaped the laboratory in a heavily armed flying car and discovered that Doctor Doom had captured the Fantastic Four with an army of Baluurians. As Doom’s forces attacked Peter, Susan realized she was in love with him.

• Peter transformed the DeLorean into an armored flying tank and blasted his way out of the laboratory.
• Reed, Susan, and Johnny reached Doom’s broadcast site, where Baluurians attacked and captured them along with Ben.
• Doom revealed that he wanted the interdimensional radiation energy inside the captives and ordered them strapped to containment pillars.
• Doom learned that Peter was destroying Baluurians in the northern sector and sent forces to confront him.
• Peter fought the Baluurians with his armored car until Doom struck it with a powerful green beam, prompting Peter to leap onto its hood.

Peter outmaneuvered Doom and helped the Fantastic Four stop his plan, but Doom was pulled toward another world after the gem on his hand shattered. Reed tried to save him, and Doom grabbed half of Reed’s face rather than accept his help.

• Peter revealed that the Spider-Man suit fighting Doom was remotely controlled while the real Peter freed Susan and shut down the machine draining her powers.
• Peter’s livestream exposed Doom’s ambitions, and Nick Fury announced that Doom had lost his diplomatic immunity as Iron Man arrived to join the fight.
• Reed, Susan, and Ben worked together to bring Doom down, but the gem on Doom’s finger cracked and exploded, destroying his right forearm.
• A portal opened behind Doom, and green tentacles dragged him toward it as Reed grabbed him and insisted he should face trial.
• Doom rejected Reed’s rescue and seized half of Reed’s face with his left hand.

After Doom was banished, Peter struggled with Reed’s severe injuries and his newly public identity while questioning why the World Security Council had protected Doom. He later explained to Aunt May and Uncle Ben why he had chosen to become Spider-Man, leaving them to face the risks of his responsibility together.

• Doom disappeared through a closing portal after his blast badly burned Reed, and Peter, Ben, and Johnny waited while surgeons treated Reed aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.
• Nick Fury and Tony Stark told Peter that Aunt May, Uncle Ben, and Richard were safe, then Fury led Peter to speak with them; Aunt May slapped Peter before Richard and Tony defended his heroism.
• Peter confronted Fury about Doom’s pardon and learned the World Security Council had protected a classified project meant to defend Earth from another alien fleet, prompting Tony to offer to investigate Fury’s files.
• Peter returned to the medical bay, learned Reed’s operation had succeeded, and heard from Ben that Tandy was training as the Ancient One’s final disciple at Kamar-Taj.
• Peter rejoined Aunt May and Uncle Ben and explained that witnessing the Harlem disaster had convinced him he had to use his powers to prevent people from dying.

Peter revealed his identity as Spider-Man, said goodbye to his family as they entered witness protection, and found a new home with Susan. After uncovering evidence that Fury sent Felicia to track Hydra, Peter set out to find her and destroy Hydra.

• Peter told Aunt May and Uncle Ben he was Spider-Man, then publicly revealed his identity at a press conference with Tony.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. moved Aunt May and Uncle Ben to witness protection in Port Townsend, and Peter said goodbye before staying at the Baxter Building with Susan.
• Tony and Peter discovered a presidential pardon for Walter Hardy and linked Felicia's unsolved art thefts to Hydra bases and the Winter Soldier's attack on Peter's laboratory.
• Peter concluded that Fury had sent Felicia to expose Hydra's embedded operatives, and Tony urged him to find her before Hydra could kill her.
• Peter told Susan he was leaving to find Felicia and fight Hydra, then prepared supplies and climbed into a modified hovercar.

Peter traveled to Symkaria disguised as Anthony Whiteman to find Felicia Hardy and encountered her at a royal banquet, where she revealed she still cared deeply for Peter Parker. As the guests gathered for dinner, Peter learned Symkaria was facing famine and unrest, and suspected the royal family was exploiting the crisis to reclaim power.

• Peter used Sassy's intelligence to travel to Symkaria, where Felicia was likely to attend a palace banquet displaying royal jewels.
• Peter entered the palace in a fabricated identity and met Silver Sable, Prince Arthur, and Felicia in the royal gardens.
• Peter insulted Prince Arthur and spoke with Felicia, who wore the bracelets Peter had made for her.
• Felicia told Peter, still disguised as Anthony, that she cared deeply for Peter Parker, while Peter hinted that he had come to find someone he loved.
• Felicia explained Symkaria's economic crisis and political unrest, and Peter suspected the royal family was allowing conditions to worsen to regain absolute power.
• Peter sat beside Felicia at the banquet and overheard her coded French conversation with her father, Walter Hardy.

At a Symkarian royal ball, Peter watched Hydra leader Baron Strucker promote his plans while Silver challenged his claim that Hydra would bring peace. Peter then used a dance with Silver to get close to Strucker and eavesdrop.

• Walter told Peter and Felicia that Sokovia’s envoy would provide cover for breaking into Hydra’s core database, and Felicia confirmed she had replaced the royal jewels with fakes.
• The king introduced Baron Strucker, and Peter recognized him as a Hydra leader who possessed Loki’s Mind Stone Scepter.
• Strucker urged Symkaria’s nobles to accept Hydra’s help, but Silver rejected his offer, arguing that freedom was better than enslavement.
• At the ball, Walter asked Peter what he thought of Strucker’s proposal, and Peter called Strucker sick in the head.
• Silver invited Peter to dance, and Peter accepted after spotting Strucker with the prime minister’s wife.
• Peter used Natasha’s dance technique to control the rhythm and keep Silver focused on following his steps as he approached Strucker.

Peter used a tracker to follow Silver and the Hardy team after Strucker left the banquet, discovering they were pursuing his convoy toward Sokovia. He secretly listened in as Felicia and Silver prepared for the operation, leaving him worried about Felicia and unsettled by her relationship with him.

• Peter overheard Strucker discussing Hydra's progress before Strucker left the banquet after taking a call.
• Silver received Felicia's message, kissed Peter goodbye, and left; Peter secretly planted a tracker in her hair.
• Peter changed into his spider suit, activated camouflage, and followed Silver's signal out of the castle.
• Peter tracked Strucker's convoy toward Sokovia and rode on the roof of the Hardy team's vehicle.
• Peter listened as Walter, Valerie, Silver, and Felicia discussed the operation and confirmed that Felicia had planted a tracker on Strucker.

Peter followed Felicia and Silver into Hydra’s mountain fortress, secretly helping them while he searched for the Mind Stone Scepter. After Wanda captured the two women, Peter stole the scepter and headed toward the interrogation room, where Strucker confronted his prisoners.

• Felicia told Silver she planned to return to New York to find Peter, and Peter listened from the roof of their car.
• Peter silently helped Felicia and Silver evade a sentry while Walter and Valerie supported their infiltration of the fortress.
• Peter hacked the base’s surveillance system and discovered Hydra was developing mechanical soldiers around a Chitauri Leviathan and the Mind Stone Scepter.
• Peter learned that Wanda Maximoff was the sole surviving subject of Hydra’s Mutant enhancement tests.
• Wanda captured Felicia and Silver in the server room, so Peter stole the scepter and triggered an alarm before heading for their interrogation room.
• Strucker entered the interrogation room and accused Felicia, whom he called Duchess Sable, of attacking Hydra outposts in Europe.

Wanda confronted Felicia and Silver about their failed attempt to steal Hydra’s undercover-agent list, but Peter burst in and rescued them. Felicia and Peter reunited, then argued about her year-long disappearance as Walter arrived to evacuate them.

• Strucker left the interrogation room after learning the scepter had gone missing, leaving Wanda alone with Felicia and Silver.
• Wanda told Felicia that a Stark Industries missile had killed her mother, and Felicia defended Tony Stark and explained that she had left Peter to protect him from Hydra.
• Peter broke into the room, trapped Wanda in a web cocoon, freed Felicia, and revealed his identity to her.
• Felicia and Peter kissed passionately after reuniting, while Silver urged them to hurry.
• Walter arrived with an evacuation route, and Peter criticized Felicia’s infiltration plan and confronted her about disappearing for a year.

Peter rescued Felicia and Silver from Hydra, then convinced Wanda that Tony Stark was not responsible for her mother's death. Wanda agreed to leave Hydra and meet Tony, and Peter brought a DeLorean hovercar to take them away.

• Peter blasted Hydra guards out of the interrogation room, freed Silver, and gave Felicia the copied list while arranging their escape with Walter.
• Peter showed Wanda evidence that Obadiah Stane had sold the bomb that killed her mother and that Tony had tried to destroy the weapons he had supplied.
• Wanda broke free of Peter's webbing, then agreed to believe him after learning he had broken Magneto's leg.
• Wanda asked Peter to take her to Tony so she could question him herself.
• Peter and Wanda fought their way to the helipad, where Peter landed a DeLorean hovercar.

Peter destroyed Hydra’s fortress in Sokovia, then infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters and sabotaged Project Insight’s systems. He ended the chapter waiting in Nick Fury’s office, where Fury confronted him about his unexpected visit.

• Peter arrived at Walter’s SUV with Wanda and revealed that she was Magneto’s daughter and hated him.
• Peter detonated Hydra’s fortress after giving researchers time to escape, destroying the base in a massive explosion.
• Peter infiltrated the Triskelion, altered the Helicarriers’ targeting systems, and copied Hydra’s list of people marked as future threats.
• Peter used Sassy to lure the dry-dock personnel away before preparing to detonate the Helicarriers.
• Nick Fury returned to his office and found Peter sitting in his chair, drinking his whisky.

Peter confronted Fury over using Felicia to recruit Walter Hardy, cut ties with him, and demanded pardon documents for Walter. After S.H.I.E.L.D.’s three Project Insight carriers were destroyed in an apparent warning, Peter left with Wanda and Felicia, while Sassy confirmed that all classified data from S.H.I.E.L.D.’s main server had been copied.

• Peter gave Fury Strucker’s list of Hydra members and accused him of manipulating Felicia into leaving to get Walter Hardy’s help.
• Peter attacked Fury, ended their relationship, and demanded Walter’s pardon documents, threatening S.H.I.E.L.D. if Fury refused.
• Peter left the Triskelion as Fury learned that Project Insight’s three carriers had detonated in their berths, though everyone on duty had evacuated.
• Fury gave Maria Hill the USB drive and ordered her to continue the evacuation and secretly interrogate the agents on the list.
• Peter joined Wanda and Felicia on the rooftop, and Sassy reported that it had backed up all 212.9 terabytes of classified S.H.I.E.L.D. data.

Peter returned to Avengers Tower with Felicia and Wanda after leaving the burning Triskelion, where Tony Stark and Riri Williams awaited them. Peter arranged to speak privately with Felicia, his ex-girlfriend, and began explaining how he had met Riri.

• Peter left the Triskelion with Felicia and Wanda, and they discussed Hydra, Strucker, and how Silver had helped Felicia find her parents a safe place in Symkaria.
• Peter landed the Batmobile at Avengers Tower, where he greeted Riri Williams and reunited Felicia with Tony Stark.
• Tony sent Riri to show Peter and Felicia her modified armor, then stayed behind to speak with Wanda about why she had come.
• Peter told Riri that Felicia was his ex-girlfriend and asked to borrow the lab so they could talk privately.
• After Riri left, Peter explained to Felicia that he had met Riri when her mother sought Tony's help with the side effects of an experimental drug.

Peter and Felicia confronted their painful separation and shared a kiss before Peter took Wanda to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. The chapter ended with Jean Grey slapping Felicia and angrily confronting her for leaving Peter.

• Felicia apologized to Peter for leaving him, and he admitted he still struggled with her absence when he had needed her most.
• Peter agreed that Felicia could stay, and she kissed him after showing him the online support for his revealed identity.
• Riri interrupted them and called them back to Tony, whom Wanda had suspended in the air with chaos energy.
• Peter caught Tony with telekinesis, learned Wanda was upset by the truth about the bomb, and decided to take her somewhere she could find acceptance.
• Peter, Felicia, and Wanda arrived at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, where Jean Grey slapped Felicia and angrily demanded to know why she had left Peter.

Peter helped Wanda decide to stay at Xavier's school while Charles urged him to confront his feelings about Felicia's return. The gathering was interrupted when S.H.I.E.L.D. branded Peter a worldwide terrorist suspect for attacking the Triskelion.

• Jean hurled a lamp at Felicia, but Peter stopped her and calmed her telekinetic outburst.
• Wanda questioned Charles's motives, then agreed to stay at Xavier's school after Peter vouched for him and offered her telepathic blockers.
• Kurt escorted Wanda from Charles's office and nervously tried to start a conversation with her.
• Charles told Peter that he resented Felicia for leaving but feared she would leave again, prompting Peter to reconsider what mattered most to him.
• Peter and the others returned to the living room, where Sassy alerted them that S.H.I.E.L.D. had issued a worldwide wanted notice accusing Peter of carrying out a terrorist attack on the Triskelion.
• Peter explained that he had exposed Hydra's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. and stopped its plan to use three carriers for a global purge.

Peter revealed his plan to expose Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D., then surrendered to S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and requested Matt Murdock as his lawyer. During their monitored meeting, Peter secretly tapped out a warning for Matt to protect the city.

• Peter let Charles and Jean read his thoughts, revealing his plan, and stunned Jean and Charles with the consequences it could bring.
• Peter knocked Felicia unconscious, asked Jean to care for her, and left the X-Men’s sanctuary despite Charles offering him refuge.
• Peter surrendered to S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in Manhattan and was taken to a secret base for interrogation.
• Peter demanded to see Matt Murdock, then watched a Star Wars movie while waiting in the interrogation room.
• Matt met Peter, who used Morse code to tell him to protect the city while publicly claiming S.H.I.E.L.D. was secretly developing world-ending weapons.

Peter Parker escaped S.H.I.E.L.D.'s restraints and orchestrated an online backlash while awaiting trial. At a public congressional hearing, he exposed Hydra's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Project Insight to the world.

• Peter broke out of his restraint coffin, defeated Fury, and insisted he would stay in custody only to prove his innocence publicly.
• Peter used Sassy to flood social media with inflammatory posts that provoked widespread support for Spider-Man.
• A week later, Peter arrived at Capitol Hill amid a massive protest, and Tony Stark warned him that the politicians would try to destroy him.
• At the hearing, Peter pleaded not guilty and admitted destroying S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters to stop Hydra from using its weapons.
• Peter breached the hearing's screens and revealed files about Hydra's infiltration and Project Insight's plan to target people who resisted tyranny.

Peter exposed Senator Stern as a Hydra sleeper agent, escaped with General Ross’s help, and reunited with Steve and Tony to prepare for Thanos. He returned to Xavier Mansion and reconciled with Felicia, then spent nights working in the X-Men’s underground laboratory.

• Peter revealed Senator Stern’s name on Baron Strucker’s Hydra list, denounced fear and prejudice, and declared the start of the Heroic Age.
• General Ross arranged Peter’s escape, giving him coordinates to meet Steve Rogers and Tony Stark before Peter incapacitated the escorting soldiers and fled.
• Peter met Steve and Tony at a warehouse, gave them an encrypted drive of potential superpowered recruits, and warned them that Thanos was approaching Earth.
• Peter returned to Xavier Mansion, where Felicia agreed to stay with him and Jean Grey instead of going back to Symkaria.
• By late May, Jean brought coffee to Peter in the X-Men’s underground laboratory and asked if he had spent another night working.

Peter showed Jean the sealed vibranium box containing the Mind Stone and explained his understanding of magic, then admitted he still struggled to face Felicia after their breakup. Jean arranged for Peter and Felicia to be alone at the mansion during prom night, but the chapter ended with a breakfast bowl thrown at Peter as Kurt fled through the hallway.

• Peter revealed the Mind Stone inside a magically secured vibranium box and explained that its radiation and brain waves could be detected unless it was sealed away.
• Peter described magic to Jean and told her mutant abilities could be understood as a kind of magic.
• When Jean leaned in to kiss him, Peter pulled away after thinking of Felicia and explained that he still did not know whether he could trust her again.
• Jean urged Peter to communicate with Felicia and arranged for them to have the mansion to themselves during the school prom.
• Peter dodged a bowl of oatmeal thrown in the kitchen, while Evan shouted at Kurt and Felicia complained about her breakfast.

Peter asked Xavier to help him use the Mind Stone to create a network of emotional resonance that could make people feel the pain they caused others. Xavier examined Peter’s motives and, though he shared his concern about humanity’s cruelty, warned that imposed goodness could bring a worse backlash.

• Peter joined the X-Men and their friends at breakfast, where the students argued about the evening dance.
• Peter showed Xavier the Mind Stone, and Xavier’s telepathic contact with it caused him severe pain before Peter shut the box.
• Peter explained his plan to link intelligent minds through empathy and asked Xavier to help refine the network’s algorithm and psychic barriers.
• Xavier examined Peter’s memories and concluded that Peter had no secret ambition to rule the world.
• Xavier admitted he had often wanted to use Cerebro to stop humanity’s hatred, but had resisted because forced peace would not last.