—Fred MyersYou don't know what it's like to have the burden of a secret like this. A secret you want to share with those you care for the most, but you can't because it might put them in grave danger. You can't imagine what that's like, pal!
Appearing in "Who Run the World?"
Featured Characters:
- Peter Parker (Main story and as Spider-Man and The Liar in recap)
- Boomerang (Fred Myers) (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
- F.E.A.S.T.
- Randy Robertson
- May Parker-Jameson (Main story and recap)
Antagonists:
- Mayor Wilson Fisk (Main story and recap)
- Mayoral Chief of Staff Wesley
- NYPD
- Syndicate (Main story and shadow in recap)
- Electro (Francine Frye) (Main story and death in recap) (Joins)
- Beetle (Janice Lincoln) (Main story and shadow in recap)
- Trapstr (Main story and shadow in recap) (First appearance as Trapstr)
- Lady Octopus (Carolyn Trainer) (Main story and shadow in recap)
- Scorpia (Elaine Coll) (Main story and shadow in recap)
- White Rabbit (Lorina Dodson)
Other Characters:
- Anastasia (First appearance)
- Marinya (First appearance)
- Squid (Donald Callahan) (Only in recap)
- Hydra (Referenced)
- Mary Jane Watson (Only in recap)
- New York Mets (Named only) (Only in flashback)
- Thor (Odinson) (Mentioned)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
- "Kindred" (Only in recap)
- Electro (Max Dillon) (Only in recap)
- Tombstone (Lonnie Lincoln) (Only in recap)
- Black Mariah (Mariah Dillard) (Mentioned)
- Morgan Le Fay (Mentioned)
- Hillary Clinton (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- New York City Council (Behind the scenes)
- Mister Negative (Martin Li) (Mentioned)
- Otto Octavius (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Angels (Mentioned)
- Demons (Only in recap)
- Centipedes (Only in recap)
- Bears (Toy)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- Civic Center
- Midtown (Only in recap)
- Hell's Kitchen (Only in recap)
- 51st Street and Eighth Avenue (Only in recap)
- Bar with No Name (Only in recap)
- Wilson Fisk's Mansion (Only in recap)
- 51st Street and Eighth Avenue (Only in recap)
- Hell's Kitchen (Only in recap)
- East Village (Only in recap)
- Bowery (Recap)
- Peter, Randy, & Fred's apartment (Only in recap)
- Bowery (Recap)
- Upper West Side (Only in recap)
- Greenwich Village (Only in recap)
- West Village (Only in recap)
- Harlem (Only in recap)
- Lower East Side
- Bowery
- F.E.A.S.T. Center
- Bowery
- Queens (Only in flashback)
- Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (Only in flashback)
- Citi Field (Only in flashback)
- Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (Only in flashback)
- Ryker's Island, The Bronx (Mentioned)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Otherworld (Mentioned)
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- "What is rightfully the Kingpin's" (Mentioned)
- Spider-Man's Suit (Only in recap)
- Web-Shooters
- Captain America's Shield
- Mjolnir (Mentioned)
- Beetle Armor MK V (Main story and shadow in recap)
- Lady Octopus' Tentacles (Main story and behind the scenes in recap)
- Scorpia's Suit (Main story and behind the scenes in recap)
- Paste-Gun (Main story and behind the scenes in recap)
- Star Wars (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Events:
- A Trivial Pursuit (Only in recap)
- Secret Empire (Referenced)
- Parker Luck (Only in recap)
- Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Who Run the World?"
Kingpin tries to get hold of something that is very important to him, only to find that Boomerang has already taken it. Against all expectations, Peter is starting to bond with Fred, who greatly appreciates that Fisk's men never do anything to him if he is with Peter. Meanwhile, the criminal gang that evaded Electro proposes to join them; Francine is initially not interested, but when she finds out that the purpose of the Sinister Syndicate is to kill Boomerang, she accepts. The group attacks Myers, at the F.E.A.S.T. center, where he is a volunteer.
Solicit Synopsis
• Boomerang’s influence is finally felt, and Spider-Man joins the Superior Foes!
• Wait, that’s not possible, is it?
• IS IT?!?!