—Master PlannerBut, I shall tolerate no further meddling by Spider-Man! Even he has not the power to stop me! Though he and I have met before, if he crosses my path again, our next encounter will be his last!
Appearing in "If This Be My Destiny...!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Daily Bugle Staff
- Aunt May
- Flash Thompson
- Gwen Stacy (First appearance) (See chronology)
- Harry Osborn (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Master Planner (Voice only)
- Foxy Briggs (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Dean Corliss (First appearance) (Shadow only) (Unidentified)
- Professor Miles Warren (First appearance)
- Dr. Bromwell
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York State
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Murray Hill
- Lower East Side
- East Village
- Empire State University (First appearance)
- East Village
- Hudson River
- Master Planner's underwater base
- Queens
- Forest Hills
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York State
- United States of America
- North America
Items:
Vehicles:
- Master Planner's helicopter
Synopsis for "If This Be My Destiny...!"
After Dr. Bromwell visits, he decides to send her to the hospital. As Aunt May lies sick, Peter goes through with school but being in such a depressed state of affairs, gives everyone the cold shoulder including new classmates Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy. Unfortunately for Peter, everyone sees him as selfish because of his science scholarship. News at The Daily Bugle is slow so J. Jonah Jameson assigns Frederick Foswell to stir up a story and, disguised as Patch, finds out that nuclear devices are to be loaded on board a ship later that night. Unsure of the tip, Patch gives it to Spider-Man to investigate and as he arrives, he sees the same masked men from before. He fights them only briefly before they dive in the water.
Spider-Man stops the theft (without pictures) and we learn that he has foiled the plans of someone called the Master Planner. The Master Planner is plotting his revenge as well as his research on an atomic ray in an underwater base. Meanwhile, two doctors finish up tests on Aunt May and come to the conclusion that she may not live much longer.