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Appearing in "Ceremony"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man #322

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Synopsis for "Ceremony"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man #322

Spider-Man has accompanied Silver Sable and the Wild Pack to her native Symkaria to prevent an assassination plot. The crash in on a bunch of militants at a Symkarian government office. Thinking this is part of that plot, Silver Sable and her team are disappointed to discover that this is merely an attempt to rob a government payroll. Silver Sable and Spider-Man then take a limo back to the Symkarian royal palace. On the way, Sable is frustrated as this is another in a series of failed raids. This is mostly because Silver Sable International could be involved in more profitable ventures. Spider-Man balks at this opinion, but Sable reminds the wall-crawler that the only reason why he is here is that he interfered in her operation in the United States to determine who the assassin trying to kill the king was, and that he only agreed to come to Symkaria because she offered to pay him. Spider-Man wishes he could tell Sable that he was a wife and apartment and they could use the money, but can't without exposing his identity, leaving them both in a chilly silence.[Continuity 1]

When they arrive at the royal palace, Spider-Man witnesses the festivities being prepared for the silver jubilee and the upcoming wedding of the king of Symkaria. They then witness King Stefan and his fiancee Vivian address the crowds from a balcony. Silver Sable tells Spider-Man that the king and his bride-to-be are much loved by the people of Symkaria and their deaths would be a national tragedy. They are then joined by Prime Minister Lumka who extends his apologies for the unsuccessful raid. Sable is not impressed with Lumka's security and tells the Prime Minister that her Wild Pack will remain with the king. While Sable decides to spend her downtime to get some exercise in, Spider-Man web-slings off to do some sightseeing. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Lumka is back in his office where he thinks about how Spider-Man's involvement complicates things. His thoughts are interrupted by Major Toler Well, an operative of the terrorist organization known as ULTIMATUM. Well learns that the false intel they have been feeding Silver Sable has been working, and they decide to proceed to assassinate the king during the air show tomorrow. ULTIMATUM is targeting Symkaria for their anti-nationalism agenda. The Prime Minister, however, is only interested in eliminating King Stefan before he can produce an heir, so he can take control of the Symkarian government and dissolve the monarchy.

At that moment, Spider-Man goes into the city again so he can call back home from a pay phone. The phone is answered by Aunt May who is delighted to her from her nephew. She tells him that Mary Jane isn't home because she went off for her audition for a role in the soap opera "Secret Hospital". Spider-Man has to cut the call short before it gets too expensive and heads back to the castle. While in New York City, Mary Jane is nervous as she goes over the script. The character she is auditioning for is an arrogant woman named "Sybil" and she wonders how she can stand out among all the other women auditioning for the role. When it's her turn, Mary Jane puts on a scene, refusing to read her lines, telling the auditioners that they should appreciate that she even bothered coming to the audition. This takes them aback, and point out that is not how a relative unknown could act such a way during an audition. Mary Jane drops character and agrees, pointing out that this is exactly who Sybil would have handled the situation. Telling them her phone number is on her resume, Mary Jane walks out of the audition with a smile on her face. Amazed by the stunt she pulled, Mary Jane heads to find a party.

Later that evening, at the Symkarian palace, Spider-Man is among the guests at a formal dinner being thrown for the king. He feels silly having to wear a tuxedo over his Spider-Man costume. Particularly since he has had to wear his costume at all times in order to preserve his secret identity. He spots Silver Sable walking out onto a nearby balcony and joins her. She tells him that she is checking the security perimeter and reveals her concerns about how the assassination of the king could pitch Symkaria into the dark ages. Spider-Man is surprised to hear Silver Sable speak of anything deeper than her corporate bottom line. Sable reveals that she is willing to die for her country, and asks Spider-Man if he would ever be willing to do the same for his own. Spider-Man isn't sure, and Sable tells him to sleep on it, dismissing him for the evening. The next day, Spider-Man joins the Wild Pack in providing security for the air show being put in celebration of the king. Much to everyone's surprise, the jets on display begin deploying ULTIMATUM paratroopers who begin opening fire on the crowd. While the Wild Pack return fire, Silver Sable and Spider-Man pull the king and Vivian to the safety of the castle.

When the terrorists storm the palace, Spider-Man and Sable join the Wild Pack in fending them off. While everyone is distracted, Prime Minister Lemka prepares to kill the king. However, before he can, a feral man leaps out of the shadows and slaughters the Prime Minister. Meanwhile, two ULTIMATUM agents manage to reach King Stefan and Vivian. When they open fire, Vivian pushes her would-be husband out of the way and is fatally shot. Silver Sable comes rushing in and kills the two agents. Spider-Man pushes himself to the limits to take down the rest of the terrorists and then consoles Silver Sable. While the king mourns the loss of his bride-to-be, one of the Wild Pack shows Silver Sable and Spider-Man the remains of the Prime Minister. Silver Sable is furious at this death, as it will weaken her government. That's when the Wild Pack also report that they discovered a secret passage way, however it was empty. However, they found a scrap of a uniform with a capsule stuck to it. Sable wants to be analyzed but suspects that it is a capsule of panadoxin, a synthetic poison used in suicide pills specially used by the CIA.

Appearing in "Mysterioso - Part 3: Smoke & Mirrors"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man #620

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Synopsis for "Mysterioso - Part 3: Smoke & Mirrors"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man #620
  • Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Out for Blood"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man #621

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Synopsis for "Out for Blood"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man #621

Spider-Man and Black Cat have teamed up to infiltrate Mr. Negatives compound in Chinatown to retrieve Spider-Man's blood, which has been used to create Devil's Breath, a poison that can only kill him. Even though joining Black Cat on this heist puts him at risk, Spider-Man doesn't believe she can handle Mr. Negative on her own.

While trying to sneak past an Inner Demon, Spider-Man accidentally alerts him to their presence. To keep him silent, Spider-Man must web him up, but since his webbing dissolves in an hour, they are now on a time crunch.

Meanwhile, Aunt May, still under the effects of Mr. Negative's negative touch has kicked out all of the relatives that have been staying in her house, including Harry, who she cruelly insults. At the same time, Carlie and Captain Watanabe are still at the Empyrean Opera House, but Watanabe is too afraid to send anyone inside because of Mr. Negative's gas. Carlie, holding a sample of it, tells her that the gas only affects people whose blood was used to make it. Carlie intends to recreate the gas with the sample she retrieved. Shortly after, she gets a call from her dad, who plans to use the money he earned working for Mysterio to take them out of the country.

Through an air vent above Mr. Negative's office, Blask Cat disables his security, but Spider-Man can sense something on the other side of the door. After Black Cat unlocks the door, she closes Spider-Man inside so that he can act as a distraction for the Inner Demons.

With no place to go, Harry moves into Mary Jane's apartment, much to her reluctance.

During Spider-Man's battle with the Inner Demons, Mr. Negative appears and quickly and easily dispatches Spider-Man punching through several buildings and into an alleyway.

Ray and Carlie meet at a U-Store-It, where Carlie claims to be picking up some of her mother's things that have been stored away. However, she closes the storage room and puts on a gas mask before throwing a vial of Devil's Breath poison she made out of her own blood hoping to get the truth about the man claiming to be her father. If he is her father, she could care less if he dies because of what he has become. He reacts violently and attempts to take her gas mask. Now that she knows that he is her father, she admits to him that the poison was actually knockout gas. After he loses consciousness, she calls Watanabe to pick him up.

Black Cat breaks into Mr. Negatives safe and sees the vial of blood sitting on top of a stack of money, making her realize that Spider-Man came along to make sure she only swapped the blood so that Mr. Negative doesn't know what she did. While looking for Spider-Man in the alleyway, Mr. Negative tells him that the code he lives by requires him to come down on Spider-Man for breaking into his home, but Spider-Man, still hidden, says that New York is his home and Negative came into his home first. Afterwards, Black Cat meets up with Spider-Man and hands him his blood, which has been swapped with pig's blood.

Aunt May walks into Jay Jameson's apartment, who is on the phone with her sister. Jay tells her that she shouldn't have kicked her relatives out of the house because they were her wedding gift from him, but Aunt May dismisses his gift and calls them leeches. As for Mary Jane, she wakes up to Harry making breakfast, a pleasant surprise.

While walking home, Peter finds Carlie on his stoop, who says she has decided to take charge of her life and wanted to confront Peter about skipping their lunch date, but she sees that he has a few injuries and takes him inside to clean him up. There, she tells him that he only has one more shot with her.

In his lab at Phelcorp Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Curt Conners is working on something mysterious, something he doesn't want his boss to know about. However, his boss wants something by next month or else he's fired and he needs this job to prove to the courts that he can support his son. Dr. Conners promises to have something ready for him by then.

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  • This is a UK title that features reprints of American Spider-Man titles.

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