—Captain America (Steven Rogers)Don't worry, ma'am. Just tell us where you saw him last...and leave this to the Avengers
Appearing in ""Darkest Hours Part Three: Dark Embrace""
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Flash Thompson
- Parker Industries
- Officer Carlie Cooper
- Mary Jane Watson
- Jay Jameson
- Aunt May
- Captain Yuriko Watanabe
Antagonists:
- Goblin Nation
- Goblin King (Impersonates Hobgoblin)
- Goblin Knight (Phil Urich)
- Menace (Lily Hollister)
- Roderick Kingsley
- Bruin (First appearance)
- Devil-Spider (First full appearance)
- Blaze (First full appearance)
Other Characters:
- Spiderlings
- Mysterion (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Blue Streak (Jonathan Swift) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Avengers (Cameo)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Cameo)
- Thor (Cameo)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Cameo)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) (Cameo)
- Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (Cameo)
Locations:
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Parker Industries
- Alphabet City
- Greenwich Village
- Diamond District
- 18th Precinct
- Spider-Island
- Manhattan
Items:
- Venom symbiote
- Spider-Bots
- Goblin Formula
- Blue Streak's Suit
- Goblin Armor
- Mysterio Suit (Appears on screen)
- Symbiote Inhibitor (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for ""Darkest Hours Part Three: Dark Embrace""
Back at Parker Industries, Sajani finishes sealing off Cardiac's wound, and is more concerned about Flash's condition. It is revealed that due to the combination of the chemicals needed to control the symbiote, and the symbiote itself, his body's biology has changed so that it is dependent on the symbiote to survive. Sajani informs Flash that he could only have a few hours to live if he does not get it back.
Across the city, Superior Venom is targeting anyone in the act of a crime, including a driver that was texting, a mugger, and a purse snatcher, when he receives a call by Sajani, but cancels it upon receiving one by Anna Maria Marconi. He immediately rushes back home.
Otto, meeting Anna, asks her what is wrong. Anna, crying, is worried that she had hurt the relationship between "Peter" and Aunt May, since she was surprised that May commented on her small stature negatively. Otto, enraged, vows to talk to May.
In the Goblin Underground, the Green Goblin sprays the Goblin Formula on Carlie Cooper after she still refuses to divulge the true identity of the Superior Spider-Man, causing her to writhe in agony.
Meanwhile, Mary Jane is on her way to Peter's home. She leaves a message for Carlie, hoping that she would be safe, but it's Otto that gets there first. He flies into a rage at Aunt May as Jay Jameson chides Otto for being rude to her. Otto gets even more mad when May forbids him to work for Spider Man after seeing what he had done.
Mary Jane bursts in and forcibly drags Otto away. She demands answers, but Otto cuts her off after receiving a tip on a heist in progress. Mary Jane scolds Otto, but in response he summons the symbiote, to Mary Jane's horror, and threatens her that if she crosses him again, there will be consequences. Soon after, Officer Yuriko Watanabe comes in and takes Mary Jane away.
As Superior Venom faces off with the culprits of the heist, Mary Jane makes a call to the Avengers, informing them that Spider Man has been taken over by the symbiote. Captain America asks her to calm down and tell his group of the Avenger's location.Appearing in 2nd story
Featured Characters:
- Spider-Man (Otto Octavius / "Peter Parker") (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
- Namor (Main story and recap)
Antagonists:
- Robots of Hatut Zeraze
Other Characters:
- Superior Six (Only in recap)
- Electro (Max Dillon) (Only in recap)
- Sandman (Flint Marko) (Only in recap)
- Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (Only in recap)
- Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) (Only in recap)
- Mysterion (Only in recap)
- Wrecking Crew (Only in recap)
- Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) (Only in recap)
- Thunderball (Eliot Franklin) (Only in recap)
- Bulldozer (Henry Camp) (Only in recap)
- Piledriver (Brian Calusky) (Only in recap)
- Doctor Octopus (Peter Parker / "Otto Octavius") (Only in recap)
- NYPD
- Black Panther (Queen Shuri) (Only in recap)
- Avengers (Only in recap)
- Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (Only in recap)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Only in recap)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in recap)
- Illuminati (Mentioned)
- Reed Richards (Mentioned)
- Tony Stark (Mentioned)
Locations:
Items:
- Superior Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters (Main story and recap)
- Vulture's Wings (Only in recap)
- Mysterio Suit (Only in recap)
- Doctor Octopus' Tentacles (Only in recap)
- Captain America's Shield (Only in recap)
Synopsis for 2nd story
Appearing in 3rd story
Featured Characters:
- Sinister Six
- Boomerang (Fred Myers) (Main story and flashback)
- Beetle (Janice)
- Shocker (Herman Schultz)
- Overdrive
- Speed Demon (James Sanders)
Supporting Characters:
- Secret Empire (Only in flashback)
- Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) (Impersonates Hammerhead)
Other Characters:
- Inspector (First appearance)
- Pet Shop Pete (First appearance)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Only in flashback)
- Secret Empire (Only in flashback)
- Silver Sable (Silvija Sablinova) (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Only in flashback)
- Hammerhead (Mentioned)
- Lockjaw (Photo)
- Daily Bugle (Newspaper)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- Australia (Mentioned)
Items:
Synopsis for 3rd story
Notes
- This is a UK title that features reprints of American Spider-Man titles.