The Green Goblin's brief yet destructive chokehold on New York's underworld still lingers within Peter Parker's mind as he tries to make it through his first year of college. His life turns when Spider-Man comes across a cat burglar who takes him deep into the criminal underworld, where Tombstone and his new, powerful henchmen are planning something big. The Daily Bugle, meanwhile, has taken interest in a brand new hero; one that has replaced Spider-Man's popularity as the web-crawler goes down a darker path...
