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Quote1 My life would be a lot easier without us locking horns! But I'm not trying to do the easy thing but the right thing! And that's why the Kingpin must be allowed to return. Quote2
—Daredevil (Matt Murdock)

Appearing in "...And There Shall Come a Reckoning"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man #287

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Synopsis for "...And There Shall Come a Reckoning"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man #287

Spider-Man is furious that Daredevil tricked him into staying away from a gang meeting, and is now searching Hell's Kitchen to try and find the masked hero. He is furious that Daredevil also knows his secret identity. As he searches, he notices a bunch of kids hanging outside of an abandoned building and decides to check it out. Smashing through one of the boarded up windows, Spider-Man is shocked to discover these kids are selling crack and are armed to the teeth. Spider-Man webs up the drug dealers, and while he is busy, a teenage girl tries to take all the drugs, but Spider-Man stops her and tells her to get help. Spider-Man is disgusted by the sight and soon leaves when he hears police sirens. The next morning, in a New York park, Richard Fisk and his new girlfriend meet up with Richard's longtime friend Alfredo. Leaving Dina in the car, Richard and Alfredo go for a walk. It's on this walk that Alfredo hands Richard a disk containing files he hacked from the police database. Richard is concerned about the cop that he killed the night before, as well as Hobgoblin's betrayal, and hopes that the masked villain doesn't blow his cover. He then gets a call on his cell phone from Dina, who tells him that he is running late for a meeting that he has uptown. Before leaving, Richard tells Alfredo to pull all the trap and to meet him at his loft that evening.

Later, Peter Parker is visiting his Aunt May for lunch at her boarding house. He is glad to be among May and her tenants as it gives him a chance to relax. However, that relaxation is quickly disturbed by the arrival of Matt Murdock who has come looking for Peter. Peter makes an excuse for having an errand to run with Murdock and the pair left in a cab. As they go, Peter warns Murdock against showing up at his Aunt's home again. Peter is also angry at Matt for tricking him the night before. Murdock explains that Spider-Man's involvement in the gang war has only prolonged it. Murdock explains that there is much more at work than Peter realizes. By this point, Parker has heard enough and demands that the cab driver let him out, even though they are on the Grand Central Express Way. When the driver refuses, Peter kicks the passenger door off its hinges and pulls Matt out of the cab. The two start trading blows until the cab driver pulls them apart. After reaming Peter out for hitting a blind man, the driver helps Matt back into the cab and drives off, telling Peter he will be billed for the broken door.

That evening, Alfredo breaks into the information technology shaft of the Kingpin's skyscraper and pulls all his data traps from the mainframe. As he exits the sewers, Alfredo is snatched by the Hobgoblin who demadns to know what the Kingpin is returning to the city. When Alfredo refuses, the Hobgoblin drops him in the Hudson River, expecting him to drown. However, Alfredo manages to swim to the surface before he runs out of air. The next morning, Peter Parker is woken by a knock at his door. It's Ned Leeds, who tells Peter that the Kingpin is returning to the city that evening, and that since he hasn't been convicted of a crime, a massive police escort is making sure he returns safely. Ned asks Peter to be his photographer on the scene as he can't reach Lance Bannon. Peter is uncomfortable since the last they talked it wasn't on friendly terms. Ned explains that at the time he was under a lot of pressure and buries the hatchet. Later at Kingsley International, Mary Jane Watson is outside as the Hobgoblin flies to the roof. She dismisses what she is seeing as a figment of her imagination. However, when inside the office of Roderick Kingsley, Roderick is reaming out Lance Bannon, telling him he has gone to ofar. Bannon tells Kingsley that he will regret it. On his way out he runs into Mary Jane who asks what Bannon is doing at Kingsley International. Lance tells Mary Jane to forget that she saw him there.

That evening, in Hell's Kitchen, Matt Murdock meets with Karen Page, Melvin Potter, the Falcon, and Sgt. Frances Tork. They are preparing for the return of the Kingpin. Expecting Spider-Man to interfere, Matt Murdock prepares a gun, assuring the others that the wall-crawler will not interfere with the Kingpin's return. While back at the Greenwitch Village loft of Richard Fisk, Alfredo goes over his encounter with the Hobgoblin. Richard considers giving up on his plans, but Alfredo protests against it. When Fisk changes into the Rose, Dina informs him that there is vital information about his mother that they pulled out of the Kingpin's computer records. Elsewhere, Tork and his allies are staking out the Kingpin's return to the city. As they expected, Spider-Man confronts the police motorcade and demands that the Kingpin come out and face him. As an NYPD sniper locks Spider-Man in his sights, the Kingpin pulls out a gun and tries to shoot the wall-crawler. However, the hero's spider-sense allows him to dodge the shot easily. Spider-Man then lashes into the "Kingpin", ripping off his mask, revealing him to be Daredevil in disguise. Daredevil doffs his disguise and reveals that they set up Spider-Man to prevent him from stopping the Kingpin from returning to the city.

Daredevil tries to explain that they can't operate outside of the law and find a peaceful resolution to the mob war. Spider-Man is fed up of being manipulated and attacks Daredevil. Although Spider-Man has superior strength and agility, Daredevil is able to get the better of Spider-Man thanks to his enhanced senses. Even with his eyes and one arm webbed up, Daredevil is able to hold his own against the web-slinger. The sniper gets Spider-Man back in range, however as he takes the shot, Daredevil leaps in the way and deflects the bullet with his billy club. Daredevil explains that there was an assassin that was attempting to eliminate the Kingpin, and that they developed this ruse to throw him off, and manipulated Spider-Man into helping them pull it off. This distracted allowed the Kingping to slip into town unnoticed. Outside his skyscraper, the Kingpin is greeted by the Arranger who welcomes him back. Their reunion is interrupted by the arrival of the Hobgoblin. The Kingpin hands over an envelope containing information about soviet spies that the Hobgoblin sought. Back in his office, the Kingpin tells the Arranger that he made the deal with the Hobgoblin to give him that information in exchange for the Rose's true identity. However, the Kingpin already knows who the Rose is and intends to use that knowledge to destroy him.

Appearing in "Spider-Man: One More Day, Part 3"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #41

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Synopsis for "Spider-Man: One More Day, Part 3"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #41

Confronted by a little girl who tries to convince Peter that his wanting to revive his aunt is a selfish thing to do, that is only to make him feel better without considering how his actions will effect others, Peter follows after the little girl but loses her. Ending up in a park, he meets a tubby guy reading a book, who tells him that the choices in his life led him to being a video game developer, becoming more introverted he came to enjoy the fantasy worlds he created in his games, envying the type of hero that Peter had become.

He also runs into an old man in a limo, who offers him a lift to find the girl. The man tells Peter about how he became wealthy at a young age, selling his inventions to show all those who tormented him in high school that he could succeed. Although, he finds that his life of wealth and fame has become a hollow victory because in spite of his high living he still feels that he would trade all of it for a girlfriend from high school who loved him for who he was instead of his belongings.

The old man drops off Peter and tells him that the girl he seeks is at the end of the alley. Peter finds a grown woman in red, who tells him that the people he had met, while trying to find the little girl were alternate reality versions of himself, that would exist today if he had followed different paths in life if he had never been bit by the radioactive spider that gave him his powers.

Fed up with all the semantics, Peter loses his temper and asks what this has to do with his Aunt May. The Lady in Red suddenly transforms into Mephisto, who tells Peter that he can grant him his wish that he can alter reality so that his aunt was never fatally wounded. Peter decides that he should speak to his wife before he makes a deal with Mephisto, and so Mephisto transports him back to their motel room where he finds that Mephisto was also speaking with Mary Jane at the same exact time. With the two of them together, Mephisto reveals what he wants as payment for saving May's life: Their marriage. He tells them that taking away their love and marriage would be an even greater payment than taking their souls, and gives them one more day to decide what they choose, their love for each other, or May's life.

Appearing in "The Hammer Strikes!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Man 2099 #16

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Synopsis for "The Hammer Strikes!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Man 2099 #16

About the floating city called Valhalla, Miguel O'Hara and Dana D'Angelo are among those who witness the apparent return of Thor and Heimdal. The man claiming to be Thor is telling those gathered that they will protect them and hold back the tide of Ragnarok. However, this so-called thunder god's attentions are turned to more Earthly concerns when he notices Dana. He considers her a "comely wench" and says that she can stay while he orders the rest away. Miguel has a serious problem with this and also openly questions that these two men are really Thor and Heimdal. Taking great offense to this, Thor tries to strike Miguel, but he catches the alleged thunder god's fist. Still, Thor is stronger than Miguel expects, and lifts Miguel off the ground and tosses him out of a nearby window. Dana is horrified by this, losing Thor's favor and she is told to leave with everyone else. However, Miguel is not as dead as everyone fears, thanks to his spider-powers. He manages to swing himself to the bottom of the floating city where he doffs his street clothing and changes into Spider-Man. At that moment, at Wellvale Home, Conchata O'Hara has sneaked out of her room and knocks out one of the doctors and steals his car.

Back at Valhalla, Dana cries over Miguel, thinking that he is dead as she and the other civilians are returned to Nueva York. Watching their departure, Thor considers "smiting" the woman, but before he and Heimdal can make up their minds, they are ambushed by Spider-Man. He is willing to start a fight until he learns that Dana is gone. However, when Spider-Man attempts to leave the two alleged gods attack him. Spider-Man manages to grab Heimdal's sword and use it to try and fend off Thor's attacks. When Thor manages to disarm Spider-Man, but the hero manages to snare the sword with his webbing. Upon pulling the weapon back, Spider-Man strikes Thor in the face, cutting his cheek. Thor is enraged at having his blood drawn and charges at Spider-Man. The vigilante tries to fight off his attacker, but his blows have all shrugged off by Thor. Ultimately, Spider-Man is forced out of Valhalla on the business end of Thor's hammer. It takes all his effort to pry himself free only to fall in the rubble just out of uptown. While back at Miguel's apartment, Gabriel has come looking for his brother. Lyla, Miguel's holographic assistant, tells Gabe that his brother is not home. She keeps on changing the subject by offering Gabriel some food. Eventually, his refusals anger Lyla and loses her temper on him. He backs down and agrees to have something to eat, and she returns to her normal demeanor.[Continuity 1]

Meanwhile, Spider-Man pulls himself out of the rubble, surprised to be alive. As he pulls free, the Punisher gets the drop on the hero, ordering him not to move.

This story continues in Ravage 2099 #15...

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