Peter Parker tries to start a new life in a world that doesn’t remember him. He just barely makes rent through freelance photography, and other odd jobs. But he also volunteers at F.E.A.S.T., as his one last connection to his Aunt May. There, he meets Martin Li, a close friend of May's, who admires Peter helping out, and sort of tries to take him under his wing. He makes instant connections with university classmates Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn, but finds himself pushing away from really bonding with them. He can’t put them in danger. Meanwhile, Spider-Man connects and bonds with another masked individual, Black Cat, who regularly leads Spider-Man into danger, as opposed to the other way around. He starts wondering if Spider-Man, and the world, even need Peter Parker. But Spider-Man’s life isn’t without its problems. Apart from Cat leading him into fights with gangs and super-weaponized triads, he’s also being hunted by an escaped Mac Gargan, now calling himself “the Scorpion.” Peter Parker also finds himself in a spot of bother when Martin Li turns out to have a similar identity crisis. And he needs Peter’s help.
