

Spider-Man comes across the imprisoned Lizard, who explains that Venom has locked him up and taken control of his lizard men, but points him in the direction of Venom's lair, where he is keeping Mary Jane. Human Torch encounters him, but Spider-Man cannot locate Venom until the villain appears and leads Spider-Man on an elaborate chase into the sewer. Spider-Man defeats Rhino at the power plant, but Black Cat is injured and kidnapped by unknown parties posing as paramedics. Upon ditching the helicopter, Spider-Man reunites with Black Cat, who alerts him to two new problems: Rhino is attacking a power plant and Venom has kidnapped Mary Jane Watson in order to lure Spider-Man. Immediately after Daredevil leaves, Spider-Man is ambushed by a police chopper and is chased across the city. Spider-Man encounters Daredevil, who questions Spider-Man but is eventually convinced of his innocence, then states that he will spread the word about Spider-Man's innocence. After defeating Scorpion, Spider-Man is forced to flee from the police. After foiling the bank robbery, Spider-Man fights Scorpion in order to keep him from killing J. Spider-Man is told by Black Cat that the Jade Syndicate is robbing a bank and have taken hostages. Everyone present at the demonstration believes that Spider-Man took the experiment, causing the police to begin a manhunt for Spider-Man. Jonah Jameson will fire him from his new job at the Daily Bugle all of his rage causes the Venom symbiote to surface, and he swears revenge. Eddie Brock mistakes this for the real Spider-Man and tries to take pictures, but his camera is shattered by the Spider-Man imposter.

Otto Octavius, Peter Parker witnesses the appearance of a Spider-Man imposter who steals Doctor Octavius' experiment. While attending a scientific demonstration hosted by the supposedly reformed Dr.
