Like a steel giant towering over Manhattan, Worthington Tower collapsed like a crumbling mountain. Huge chunks of reinforced concrete fell amid billowing smoke and dust, slamming down onto the cars parked below and instantly crushing their metal roofs into scrap.
Intense flames poured out from inside the building. People fled the structure like a panicked swarm of ants, while innocent victims trapped by the spreading fire cried out desperately for help, hoping someone would lend them a hand.
The building's flammable materials exploded, followed by several thunderous blasts. Bricks, gravel, and shattered glass rained down from above. People wailed and screamed as though the end of the world had arrived, and the scene descended into utter chaos.
Just as everyone was falling into despair, an agile figure in a red bodysuit darted through the increasing barrage of falling debris. Strands of tough webbing shot out one after another as he used his extraordinary abilities to save the trapped innocents.
"Spider-Man!"
Many people recognized him as New York's friendly neighborhood hero, who often fought criminals in Queens. But with Tony Stark's return and the escalating public furor over the Mutant incident, New York's citizens had nearly forgotten this warmhearted masked hero.
Spider-Man climbed and leaped between the skyscrapers with nimble grace, like Tarzan, using his agile movements to save one innocent civilian after another.
"Help me!" A Worthington employee stood at the edge of the collapsing building and shouted. He had not managed to escape before becoming trapped on a floor that could fall apart at any moment.
Hearing the cry for help, Spider-Man naturally could not ignore it. He fired a strand of tough webbing and swung through the air, reaching out to grab the man. But suddenly, the employee felt weightless. The floor beneath his feet cracked apart, and