It’s been 5 months since Peter Parker was bitten, and life seems great. He’s thriving in school, his best friend is Harry Osborn—son of the powerful Norman Osborn—and everything feels normal. But Harry, desperate to escape his father’s shadow, joins the football team and becomes popular. Most girls want him, but Liz Allan, the school’s most popular girl, only has eyes for Peter. She asks him for help in class, and the two become close, with Liz confiding in Peter about her troubled home life. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the city. Two crime bosses—Hammerhead of the North and Tombstone of the South—have a truce, brokered by “The Big Man.” But when Boomerang, a member of Tombstone’s crew, crosses into Hammerhead’s territory and is taken down by Spider-Man, everything begins to unravel. Witnesses say Boomerang worked for Tombstone, igniting a turf war. Detectives George Stacy and Yuri investigate and question Max Dillon, who lies, then secretly reports back to Hammerhead. Hammerhead tells Max, “You’re gonna be something one day.”As the war erupts, Spider-Man gets caught in the middle. In the explosive finale, he faces both Hammerhead and Tombstone in a brutal triple threat. With Stacy watching, Spider-Man webs them up and leaves a note: “Hope you like me now. I hope.” He swings off into the night, returning home to a worried Aunt May—his double life only just beginning.
