After more than a year of training under Peter Parker, Miles has mastered his superpowers and established himself as the original Spider-Man's crime-fighting partner, though he still struggles to adapt into his new role. While escorting a police transport carrying prisoners to the rebuilt Raft, Miles accidentally releases several inmates, including Rhino. While trying to stop Rhino's rampage through the city, Spider-Man is knocked out. Miles intervines to protect him and defeats Rhino with his new bio-electric ability, later dubbed "Venom Power". Leaving Rhino in Roxxon's custody, Peter informs Miles that he will be assisting Mary Jane with her assignment in Symkaria for a few weeks as her photographer, and entrusts him to look after New York in his absence as its sole Spider-Man.
