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Quote1 I can feel it, gnawing at me. The fear. It's so raw, so real... I see them all, everyone I care about, everyone I love. Carlie... dead. Mary Jane, dead because of me. Aunt May, dead. Because I wasn't good enough. I wasn't fast enough, I wasn't strong enough, I wasn't smart enough, and she's dead because of me. My fault. My responsibility. And I failed them. I failed them all. Please, God, somebody make it stop. The fear is so strong it's like I'm on fire. So powerful I can feel it. Quote2
—Spider-Man

Appearing in "Day Two"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fear Itself: Spider-Man #2

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Synopsis for "Day Two"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fear Itself: Spider-Man #2
At hour twenty-five, John Russel points a gun at a man he believes works for the bank that is foreclosing on his house when he is just trying to get off the streets. Karen Anderson was able to find a taxi but the driver abandoned her in the chaos. Norah Winters is at Times Square with her photographer to cover the madness for the Daily Bugle. A hammer waits on Yancy Street.

Spider-Man lies on the ground being chewed on by a swarm of rats. He pulls himsself together but is soon attacked by Vermin. Richard Christiansen comes to his aid and hits Vermin over the head with a golf club, giving Spider-Man the moment he needed to take down Vermin.

At hour twenty-eight, John Russel shoots the man, much to his own surprise. Karen Anderson feels the baby coming and screams in pain. Memebers of the Green Goblin cult come to kill Norah Winters. The hammer still sits idle.

Spider-Man, having dropped Vermin off at the Baxter Building, is wearing a new costume and has refilled his web-shooters but starts to think that he might have rabies.

Spider-Man goes to see Mayor Jameson in his office to check in on him but Jameson promptly orders him to go back out and help.

At hour thirty-seven, John Russel wanders the streets. Karen blacks out after losing too much blood. Norah finds a church. The Future Foundation discovers the hammer.

At hour thirty-eight, Norah enters the church and is greeted by a pries. John Russel enters shortly after holding his gun. Spider-Man crashes through the stained-glass window and tries to calm John down by telling him that the man he shot is still alive. He falls to his feet and hands the gun over to the priest.

Spider-Man and Norah leave the church and see Karen Anderson lying on the steps. As he webs her up to take her to the hospital, the Thing picks up the hammer and transforms into Angrir.

Appearing in "Spider-Man: Noir"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Man Noir #2

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  • Ben Urich (Death)
  • Magical Spider (First appearance)

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Synopsis for "Spider-Man: Noir"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Man Noir #2
Peter Parker and Ben Urich are developing photos from a recent apartment building fire when Peter notices one of Norman Osborn (the Goblin)'s henchmen in one of the shots, linking the Goblin to the instigation fire. Urich brushes it off and responds with a snarky comment when Peter tries to tell him about the ideals his deceased Uncle Ben instilled in him.

Later, Peter arrives at Ben Urich's home to give him news about their photograph in the paper, only to discover Urich zoned out on a heroin drug high. While Peter is inspecting Urich's drug needles, the phone rings and Peter picks it up to hear someone giving a tip about an upcoming photo opportunity of the Goblin's men unloading ancient artifacts at the Pier at 1 AM.

Peter goes to the Pier at the time of the unloading and hides in the rafters. He watches as the Goblin's henchmen accidentally drop a case they are unloading, from which swarms of spiders come crawling out and bite one of the Goblin's Enforcers to death. Peter then notices one of the spiders descend on a strand of webbing near his face, but he tries his hardest not to scream even as the spider bites him. Peter goes into a vision where he sees a giant demonic spider tell him that its bite is only fatal to those with evil intent, and then Peter blacks out. When he wakes up, he is wrapped in a web cocoon hanging from the rafters, and he realizes that he has enhanced agility abilities.

The next day in Osborn's headquarters, Ben Urich arrives to sell the Goblin the picture of his henchman at the fire in exchange for the picture not being released to the newspapers. Goblin pays Urich for the blackmail just as Peter crashes through the window wearing a small mask around his face. Peter takes out the Goblin's bodyguards before threatening the crime lord himself, but Osborn is unafraid and tells Peter that he will have to kill him to do any sort of damage to his empire. Just then Peter notices the photo from the fire that he helped develop days before, and turns to see Urich escaping out the doors. Leaving the Goblin, Peter chases Urich out into the street and yells at him, appalled at his unethical actions, and tells Urich that he never wants to see him again. Urich recognizes Peter, but before any other interaction can happen the Goblin and his men come out of the building and begin firing at Peter. Peter escapes over a fence, and Urich, now disgusted at his own actions, throws the Goblin's money back at the crime boss and lets him know that Urich is done dealing with the Goblin. The Goblin, realizing that Urich no longer has anything to lose to keep him quiet, arranges for measures to be taken to stop any leaks.

Urich returns home and calls J Jonah Jameson to tell him that he has pictures linking Norman Osborn to numerous crimes. Jameson tells Urich to stay at his home for his own safety, and that he will come over himself to pick up the pictures. When Jameson arrives at Urich's home, however, Urich opens the door only to have Jameson shoot him in the head, killing him. Jameson then calls the Goblin to let him know Urich has been eliminated.

Meanwhile in his own home, Peter finishes sewing together his Uncle Ben's old pilot uniform into a costume. Peter dons the costume and christens himself Spider-Man, swearing to take revenge on Osborn.

Appearing in "Spider-Man: Noir"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Man Noir #3

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Synopsis for "Spider-Man: Noir"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Man Noir #3
Peter decides that he needs Ben Urich's help to stop the Goblin, so he goes to Urich's home. However, upon arriving he finds Urich dead[1] and calls it in to the police. Later, as Peter is walking the town, he is invited into the Black Cat speakeasy to meet with Felicia Hardy, the bar's owner. Felicia reveals to Peter that his inspiration to Urich to do the right thing is what got Urich killed, and she gives Peter all of Urich's files with incriminating evidence on the Goblin (Norman Osborn) and his men. In his headquarters, the Goblin himself is furious and increases the intensity of the search to find whoever has the files on his operation.

After being advised by Felicia not to give the files to the Daily Bugle, Peter begins using the information in the files to attack the Goblin's operations as Spider-Man. After a number of nights of this, other crime bosses begin to lose faith in the Goblin's protection of them and give him an ultimatum to eliminate Spider-Man. This motivates the Goblin to search even harder for the person tipping off Spider-Man with information about Osborn's operations, and while he is brooding his Enforcer Ox mentions seeing Peter going to meet Felicia Hardy after Urich died. The Goblin decides to kidnap both Peter and Felicia to figure out what they know and where the information on the Goblin's operations is coming from.

Later, Peter is reading the Daily Bugle's smear campaigns about Spider-Man and decides it is time to pay Jameson a visit. He enters Jameson's office only to find him shot and nearly dead in his chair. Jameson mutters something about "the master of disguise" before breathing his last, and just then police burst into the room.[2] Spider-Man escapes through a window, getting grazed by a bullet, and after he has successfully escaped realizes how dangerous his life has become. Peter can't understand why Jameson was shot and goes looking through Urich's files to find answers. After searching through the files on Osborn's Enforcers, he finally stumbles upon something that tips him off.

Spider-Man heads over to the morgue and finds the dead body of Jameson. He presses into the face of Jameson to find that in fact it was not Jameson at all who died, but rather an ex-Enforcer of Osborn's, the Chameleon. This leaves Peter wondering where the real Jameson is. In another part of town, the answer to Peter's question is revealed as Jameson is sitting in a cage, trapped by Osborn. The Goblin brings a gagged Felicia Hardy to join Jameson in the cage, and mentions that he is still waiting for their final guest, Peter Parker, to arrive.

In Peter Parker's home, Aunt May walks into his room looking for the boy. Unbeknownst to her, the Vulture is in the room, looming directly overhead as she walks inside.

Notes

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

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  1. ↑ Urich was shot by J Jonah Jameson in the previous issue
  2. ↑ This is the scene that began the first issue of the series, before it moved backward to tell the story of Peter getting his powers and meeting Urich.
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