Chapter Summaries

Peter learned that his father’s experiments had given him his powers, but Susan could not trace the funding behind them, leaving him to suspect Hydra and keep his blood research secret. Over the next few months, Peter developed his abilities and upgraded his suit in preparation for the coming Chitauri invasion, then began work on Doctor Octopus’s mechanical arms.

• Peter asked Susan to trace where Richard Parker had obtained the resources for his experiments, but their search hit repeated dead ends.
• Peter asked Susan to keep their discovery secret and erase his blood data from the servers so it could not be used to recreate the serum.
• Peter met David, his new S.H.I.E.L.D. instructor, who criticized his conduct and vowed to train him into a qualified agent.
• Peter learned to control his bioelectric blasts and absorb electricity, while continuing to experiment with his scent-detection abilities.
• Peter upgraded his suit with voice controls, zoom lenses, a built-in utility belt, and several gadgets as he prepared for the Chitauri invasion.
• Peter began working on a smaller version of Doctor Octopus’s mechanical arms.

Peter built a mechanical-arm backpack and upgraded Felicia’s tactical suit, then their relationship continued through Valentine’s Day and the following weeks. By March, news of Thor’s arrival in New Mexico suggested the Avengers would assemble soon.

• Peter designed a folding mechanical-arm backpack suit using Otto’s framework, with Reed’s help on the basic design.
• Peter warned Susan against giving Norman Osborn exclusive rights to Parker’s Blood, and she licensed it to several companies instead.
• Peter modified a S.H.I.E.L.D. tactical suit for Felicia, giving it new equipment and a device that made her hair appear black.
• Peter gave Felicia the suit early for Valentine’s Day, and they spent the night together.
• Felicia took Peter to Disneyland on Valentine’s Day, and they shared a quiet evening afterward.
• News reported that Thor had appeared in New Mexico, and Peter suspected the Avengers would assemble soon.

Peter made an itching spray to help Liz and Mary Jane prank their exes, then went home with Felicia. Their private time was interrupted when Liz and Mary Jane brought Jean over, frightened by her headache, voices in her head, and a floating object.

• Peter agreed to make Liz and Mary Jane an extra-strength itching spray for their exes, Harry and Flash.
• Peter finished the spray by lunchtime, but Liz and Mary Jane postponed their prank until the next day.
• Peter and Felicia went to Peter’s empty home, where they began making out.
• Mary Jane and Liz arrived with Jean, who had a severe headache and said people were talking in her head.
• Liz told Peter that an object had floated by itself, and Mary Jane pleaded for his help.

Peter recognized Jean Grey’s newly awakened psychic powers and used foil, then a homemade headband, to help control them. He explained that Jean was a mutant and left the group relieved as the headband appeared to work.

• Peter recognized Jean Grey and covered her head with foil, which calmed her psychic distress.
• Peter explained that Jean could read minds and move objects, then revealed that he and Mary Jane and Felicia were mutants too.
• Peter reassured Jean that being a mutant did not make her less human and took the group to his basement laboratory.
• Peter built Jean a wired headband that appeared to keep her powers under control.
• Peter explained that the X-Gene could awaken after puberty, and Felicia warned Jean not to read her mind.

Peter helped Jean begin controlling her telepathic powers and move objects with her mind at an abandoned freight yard. He suggested contacting Charles Xavier for professional guidance.

• Peter brought Jean, Mary Jane, Liz, and Felicia to an abandoned rail freight yard so Jean could train her powers.
• Jean removed her headband and heard a flood of voices, but Peter found she could not access his thoughts about the future.
• Peter taught Jean to imagine turning down the volume of the voices until she could silence them.
• Jean focused on an empty soda can, made it wobble, and eventually lifted it into the air.
• Felicia held Peter close and admitted she felt uneasy about how naturally he acted around Jean.
• Peter showed Jean Charles Xavier's encyclopedia page and proposed calling him for help.

Peter helped Jean control her powers, and she revealed herself when she used telekinesis to stop a falling beam and save an elderly woman. The girls made Jean a costume and prepared for her first night out, while Peter changed into Spider-Man and followed as Jean and her friends headed toward a dangerous neighborhood.

• Peter and Jean agreed that he would train her to control her powers, while Felicia, Liz, and Mary Jane joined their outings.
• Jean used telekinesis to hold up a falling steel beam, allowing Peter to rescue an elderly woman, then left before the crowd could identify her.
• Liz found a photo that showed Jean with her hand outstretched, but the group decided it did not clearly reveal her powers.
• Liz and Mary Jane designed Jean a green, yellow, and black costume, and Peter agreed to make it bulletproof.
• Jean insisted on testing her abilities that night, and Peter agreed on the condition that Felicia train her afterward and that she never go out alone.
• Peter changed into Spider-Man as Liz drove Jean, Felicia, and Mary Jane toward a crime-ridden neighborhood, and he felt a strong sense of foreboding.

Peter watched Jean test her telekinetic powers as Marvel Girl, then encouraged her to train and shared a selfie with her. As Liz drove Jean and Mary Jane away, a metal beam crashed into the road, leaving Peter alarmed by the arrival of an unknown figure.

• Peter followed Jean through the streets while she ignored taunts from street punks.
• Jean used her telekinesis to fight off five attackers, and Peter webbed away a knife aimed at her from behind.
• Peter introduced himself to Jean, praised her potential, and told her to train before pursuing hero work.
• Peter took a selfie with Jean, blurred her face, and posted it online as he welcomed Marvel Girl.
• Peter followed Liz's car after Jean returned to it, then saw a dark shape hurl a metal beam into the road ahead of them.

Magneto appeared and tried to recruit Jean Grey, but Peter intervened after she agreed to leave with him to protect her friends. Peter confronted Magneto while Felicia led the others to safety, and Jean stayed behind with them.

• Magneto descended before Jean and offered to take her to a world where she would not have to hide her mutant powers.
• Mary Jane, Felicia, and Liz stood up for Jean, but Magneto wrecked Liz's car and urged Jean to leave her human friends behind.
• Jean agreed to go with Magneto if he spared her friends, and Peter attacked Magneto with liquid nitrogen capsules before landing in front of the girls.
• Peter mocked Magneto and challenged him after Magneto threatened the civilians, then told Felicia to lead the others away.
• Jean offered to help Peter, but he told her to protect her friends as Magneto summoned metal from the street and warned Peter to get out of his way.

Peter fought Magneto, using his mechanical arms and unibeam to drive him away before retreating toward Jean’s house. Magneto reached the house ahead of him and confronted Jean and the others, demanding that she join him or die.

• Peter dodged Magneto’s metal attacks, argued against his hatred of humanity, and was captured and badly injured when Magneto crushed his Silk-Shooters.
• Peter deployed his titanium-alloy mechanical arms and unibeam, wounded Magneto, and escaped to the ground as Magneto flew away.
• Peter called Felicia, learned the girls were at Jean’s house, and headed there while figuring out how Magneto’s powers worked.
• Felicia, Jean, Mary Jane, and Liz discussed getting help, while Felicia concealed how dangerous the situation was from Peter.
• Magneto blasted through Jean’s bedroom wall and gave Jean one last chance to join him or die.

Magneto attacked Jean, Mary Jane, and Felicia at Jean’s house until Storm, Wolverine, and Professor Charles Xavier intervened. Peter disabled Magneto’s control over metal with a modified electromagnetic pulse gun, then confronted him as he lay injured.

• Jean shielded Felicia and the others from Magneto’s attack and hurled his concrete projectile back at him.
• Storm arrived and challenged Magneto, while Wolverine entered the house and Professor Charles Xavier tried to persuade his old friend to stop.
• Storm and Wolverine fought Magneto, but he deflected their attacks and rose into the air.
• Peter threw a modified electromagnetic pulse gun at Magneto, whose attempt to crush it released a burst that disrupted his magnetic powers and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Peter explained how the gun had disabled Magneto’s control over metal, lifted him by the collar, and punched his helmet.

Peter defeated Magneto, then confronted Charles for entering Felicia’s mind and threatened him against ever manipulating the minds of people he cared about. After warning Magneto about abusing power, Peter reunited with Felicia and revealed his face to the others.

• Peter beat Magneto until Wolverine tried to intervene, and he threatened Wolverine with a mechanical arm.
• Peter learned that Charles had entered Felicia’s mind and accused him of violating her privacy.
• Peter fought past Wolverine, confronted Charles, and demanded that he never touch the minds of Peter’s loved ones again.
• Peter warned Magneto that humans were not weak and told him that their next meeting would go differently if he continued abusing his powers.
• Felicia hugged Peter, and he reassured her before opening his helmet and greeting Mary Jane, Liz, and Jean.

After Magneto attacked Peter and his friends, Peter called S.H.I.E.L.D. to arrange a secure cell while challenging Charles Xavier over invading minds and exposing his identity. Jean accepted Charles’s offer to attend his school and learn to control her powers, leaving her friends worried as Peter questioned whether the choice was truly her own.

• Peter called David and told him to prepare a treated titanium cell for the unconscious Magneto, while Charles said he had kept Magneto in an induced coma.
• Peter confronted Charles for reading Felicia’s mind and revealing Peter’s secret identity, then learned that Charles had come to recruit Jean as a student at his school.
• Ororo and Logan introduced themselves to the girls, and Liz and Mary Jane discovered that Peter was Spider-Man.
• Peter explained that he had kept his identity from Mary Jane because she had been dating Harry, upsetting her.
• Jean accepted Charles’s offer after speaking with him telepathically, despite Liz and Mary Jane urging her to stay.
• Peter warned Charles that Jean might not know whether the decision was truly hers, while Felicia encouraged Jean to learn to control her abilities.

Jean prepared to leave New York for Xavier’s school after S.H.I.E.L.D. took Magneto away, spending her final day with Peter, Felicia, Liz, and Mary Jane. At the end of the night, Jean confessed her feelings for both Peter and Felicia, and the three chose to stay together.

• Jean said goodbye to Peter and her friends before S.H.I.E.L.D. took Magneto away, and Charles promised to speak with her parents.
• Charles persuaded Jean’s parents to let her attend the school, and Peter helped Jean and the girls pack her belongings.
• Peter revealed to Liz, Mary Jane, and Jean that he was Spider-Man and explained how he gained his abilities and met other heroes.
• Liz organized a farewell party for Jean at Mary Jane’s house, where the friends played Monopoly and drank together.
• Jean kissed Peter and Felicia, confessed that she liked them both, and Felicia admitted she loved Peter.
• Peter, Felicia, and Jean went into a guest room together, and none of them changed their minds.

After an intimate night with Parker and Felicia, Jean reassured Parker about Felicia’s feelings and prepared to leave with Xavier. Jean departed for Xavier’s school, while Parker and Mary Jane walked home and he pushed aside an ominous thought about Jean’s future.

• Mary Jane opened the bedroom door, saw Parker, Felicia, and Jean together, and hurriedly closed it after realizing she wanted to join them.
• The next morning, Jean told Parker that Felicia loved him and would not leave him, then Mary Jane took Jean upstairs to ask her to promise something.
• Parker, Mary Jane, Felicia, Jean, and Liz ate breakfast before Jean gathered her luggage and said goodbye to everyone.
• Xavier arrived with Logan and Ororo, and Jean left with them after telling Parker that Mary Jane had a crush on him.
• Parker and Mary Jane walked home, and Parker mentioned the possibility of Jean becoming a world-destroying cosmic monster before dismissing it as an inside joke.

Peter prepared for the Avengers Initiative after Fury recruited him to help recover the stolen Tesseract. He joined the team aboard the Helicarrier, and the chapter ended as he and Captain America jumped toward Loki in Germany.

• Peter rebuilt his equipment and secretly began investigating whether he could gain mutant abilities from Magneto’s blood.
• Fury briefed Peter on the Avengers Initiative and revealed that the Tesseract had been stolen.
• Peter boarded a S.H.I.E.L.D. jet with David, concealed his identity from most of the Avengers, and arrived at the Helicarrier.
• Peter met Bruce Banner, Natasha, and Captain America aboard the Helicarrier as S.H.I.E.L.D. searched for Loki and the Tesseract.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. located Loki in Germany, and Peter jumped from the jet with Captain America while Natasha covered them.

Peter and Captain America helped capture Loki, but Thor attacked their jet and freed him. Peter was badly injured and lost consciousness as Iron Man and Captain America pursued Thor.

• Steve reflected Loki's beam with his shield, and Peter joined him in fighting Loki.
• Peter and Steve weakened Loki until Iron Man arrived and forced him to surrender.
• On the jet, Tony discovered that Peter had built improved armor using Stark technology and parts from Justin Hammer's drones.
• Thor crashed onto the jet, and Peter blasted him out before Thor struck Peter and freed Loki.
• Iron Man and Captain America went after Thor while Natasha tried to help Peter, who collapsed unconscious.

Peter woke in the hospital after the Avengers had fractured and helped Tony and Steve move past their grief over Coulson’s death. They identified Stark Tower as Loki’s target, headed for Manhattan, and Peter warned the public to evacuate, though people dismissed his post as a stunt.

• Peter learned from Natasha that Loki had escaped, S.H.I.E.L.D. had suffered heavy losses, and the Avengers had fallen apart.
• Peter confronted Tony and Steve in the Hulk’s empty cell, revealed his young face, and urged them to stop blaming themselves and fight Loki for Coulson.
• Peter explained that Loki had let himself be captured to divide the Avengers, and the three realized Stark Tower was the stage for Loki’s planned spectacle.
• Tony flew off to suit up while Peter and Steve went to find Natasha and Hawkeye.
• Natasha piloted the Quinjet toward Manhattan with Clint, Steve, and Peter aboard, and Peter posted an emergency evacuation warning that people dismissed as a stunt.

Peter warned New Yorkers to evacuate and called for help as Loki’s portal opened above Manhattan. The battle began with the Chitauri invasion, and Peter and the others faced a Leviathan as alien troops swarmed into nearby buildings.

• Peter had Steve record an urgent evacuation message, which spread online and prompted police to clear blocks around Stark Tower.
• Peter called Johnny and Susan in Germany for help, then warned Felicia to keep away from Manhattan and learned Liz was there for work.
• A blue portal opened above the city, and thousands of Chitauri craft poured through while Tony led them toward the others.
• Loki shot down Natasha’s jet as it approached Stark Tower, and Peter helped the survivors escape the crash.
• Peter prepared to carry the group back up toward the tower when a Leviathan emerged from the portal and Chitauri soldiers invaded nearby buildings.

Peter rescued civilians and fought the Chitauri alongside the Avengers as the invasion intensified. With Bruce arriving and Hulk destroying a Leviathan, the heroes regrouped under Captain America’s lead and prepared to fight together.

• Peter entered a building, killed the Chitauri attacking civilians, and directed the survivors to hide.
• Peter battled Chitauri flying craft and ground forces, then joined Natasha and Clint in the street.
• Captain America and Thor arrived to help, and Thor explained that he could not break through the energy around the Tesseract.
• Bruce reached the team on a scooter, and Tony lured a Leviathan toward him.
• Bruce transformed into Hulk and punched the Leviathan into the air, allowing Tony to destroy it with a missile.
• Captain America, Thor, Tony, Hulk, and Peter stood together amid the rubble as the surrounding Chitauri closed in.

Peter and the Avengers fought to contain the Chitauri invasion while civilians evacuated, and Tony carried a nuclear warhead through the portal. Tony returned just before the portal closed, and Peter revived him as the battle ended.

• Captain America assigned the Avengers to hold the Chitauri within the combat zone, while Peter trapped their flying craft in webs.
• Peter fought beside Felicia, then convinced her to lead civilians to safety.
• Peter helped the police and military repel the Chitauri, fought alongside Captain America, and was wounded by a plasma blast.
• Natasha said she could close the portal, but Tony revealed that a nuclear warhead was headed for the city and flew it through the portal.
• Peter urged Captain America to wait before closing the portal, and Tony fell out just before it sealed; Hulk caught him, and Peter revived him with bioelectricity.