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I'm Peter Parker! I'm back! And this is just the beginning! Because I swear to you... I will be-- FREE!

—Peter Parker's consciousness

Appearing in ""Darkest Hours Part Four: Before The Dawn""

Reprint of the 1st story from
Superior Spider-Man #25

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Synopsis for ""Darkest Hours Part Four: Before The Dawn""

Reprint of the 1st story from
Superior Spider-Man #25
Otto's assault on the criminals starts hard after taking out Bruin and Devil-Spider, leaving Blaze for the end. After the symbiote destroys Blaze's fuel canister and starts choking him, the Avengers intercede starting an all-out brawl against the Venom-possessed Otto. Blaze reports to Roderick Kingsley but he calls his remaining clients to order them to go out robbing banks, taking advantage of the situation between the Avengers and Spider-Man and immediately report to him (as Kingsley, not as Hobgoblin).

The battle goes hard, even with Otto calling in his Spiderlings to assist him, all the while Goblin Knight was spying in Spider-Island II to inspect the site, preparing for an eventual assault. Meanwhile, at the Goblin Underground, Menace makes a full "Goblin Makeover" to Carlie, now fully embracing her Goblin Formula enhancements, now baptized as "Monster" by the Goblin King who asks her once again for Spider-Man's identity. However, Monster refuses to answer until she first knows who is behind the Goblin mask. Goblin replies that he's the original Goblin, Norman Osborn himself, but Monster remains skeptical about it and asks him to take off his mask, which he refuses to do unless she has proven herself to be part of the Goblin family, sending her to attack Kingsley's minions.

The Avengers are having a hard time battling against both Venom/Otto and the Spiderlings, making Cap make the call for reinforcements. Iron Man responds but Cap sends him to pick up Flash Thompson, who is the actual host of the Venom symbiote. Iron Man arrives to Parker Industries to assist both Cardiac and Flash in order to take him to the battlezone and reunite him with the symbiote.

With the battle intensifying, the people of New York are watching it unfold on the screens, now fed up with Spider-Man not only going brutal with criminals and his imposed surveillance, but attacking the Avengers was the last straw, making them rebel against the Spider-bots by smashing them, while the Goblin girls go on a full attack against Kingsley's men, with one of them shooting Monster only to be viciously attacked by her in response, earning her place in the Goblin family. Goblin Knight reports to the King and makes one final hit to one of Kingsley's men killing him, while taunting Kingsley.

The Avengers are starting to fall against the power of the Venom-possessed Otto who boasts about his superiority, until Tony Stark arrives to distract him, allowing Flash, who was wearing Tony's armor, attack from behind and attempt to retake the symbiote. The symbiote seizes control of Otto's body and lashes out at Flash, berating him for suppressing it and proclaiming itself superior. Otto realize the symbiote was undermining his control and that bonding to it was a mistake, and tries to cast it out. Finds out he can´t, he gives into despair and Peter Parker's consciousness, who managed to survive the mind purge, is forced to intervene. The symbiote finally leaves Spider-Man's body and returns to Flash. Peter sees that Otto doesn't know about his return and it's better to keep it that way until he manages to find a way to take action.

Otto sees an opportunity to get away from suspicion once again, using the argument that he had some remnants of the Venom symbiote had infected him when they last fought and had been slowly taking over him, thus explaining his erratic behavior. The Avengers look skeptical about it, but let it be for the time being. At the NYPD Precinct, Aunt May and Jonah Sr. argue with Detective Watanabe, demanding to release Mary Jane. She replies that she's free to go but both her and Peter Parker will be under observation to answer for the disappearance of Carlie. MJ buys some time to avoid answering to a worried May about Peter but she leaves the precinct to return to her apartment, finding "Peter" there. Peter also uses the symbiote argument to explain his behavior and apologizes, to which MJ believes, replying that she still sees the old Peter inside. Otto rejoices that he fooled everyone.

The Avengers are still in disbelief about Otto's argument until they ask Flash to check his mind-link with the symbiote to see anything wrong about Spider-Man, replying that he sees "two different radio stations playing in the same frequency". The team discuss the issue until Spider-Woman mentions the tests they ran on him, which Tony didn't know about. When he searches for those results, he discovers that they have been erased by Spider-Man, prompting Captain America to finally go after him.

Appearing in "Goblin Nation: Prelude Part 1"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #9

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Synopsis for "Goblin Nation: Prelude Part 1"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #9
Otto feels unease as he swings through the city, despite having eliminated most of the major crime head syndicates, when his Spider-Sense goes off as a hail of bullets strike past him. Dodging and weaving, he eventually confronts the culprit, the Punisher, who is surprised that Spider-Man has developed bulletproof webbing. Punisher states that all he did was to get Otto's attention. Daredevil then arrives on the scene, wanting Spider-Man to do something for him, for one of the Punisher's safe houses was broken into, and a Goblin Glider was stolen. The Punisher was under the impression that Otto was responsible for this theft.

Daredevil states that something was about to happen in the city, and that a little trust could go a long way. To prove that he did not steal the Glider, Otto agrees to bring Daredevil and Punisher to Spider-Island. Once there, they observe the various security measures Otto has implanted. When Otto opens the door to his weapons cache, he curses as the room had been looted of everything. A pumpkin bomb sails through the air and Punisher shoots it, causing it to explode.

Daredevil detects footsteps, and once the smoke clears, he says that the culprit is disguised as one of Otto's Spider Patrol. He senses an incredibly high heartbeat from one of them, and the imposter rips open his vest to reveal more pumpkin bombs. When the trio attempt to talk to the imposter, Daredevil realizes he is communicating with someone else, namely, the Goblin King.

In the Goblin Underground, the Goblin Knight questions as to why the Goblin King did not send any further orders, to which he replied that Daredevil would have detected his voice and found out his true identity, and that it was not the time to reveal himself yet. The Goblin King then reveals that the imposter was not the only one present on Spider-Island.

Back at Spider-Island, Otto tries to convince the imposter not to set off the bombs, saying he can protect him, but the imposter responds that Otto has no idea what he had done, and that he had practically helped the Goblin King to strengthen his empire, but is cut off by Punisher shooting his thumb off before he can finish. The imposter drops the switch, then throws a flash bomb, blinding Punisher, but Otto soon manages to capture him and demands the identity of the mastermind behind the theft.

The imposter responds that Otto is the blindest one, and that he had been working so hard to clean up the city, just so "he" (the Goblin King) can take it away from him. Otto swears he will find the truth, but the imposter declares that Otto has no idea and that he will strike the first blow. Suddenly, numerous Spider Patrol members armed with the stolen weapons appear out of nowhere and surround the trio.

Appearing in 3rd story

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

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Synopsis for 3rd story

Reprint of the 1st story from
Superior Foes of Spider-Man #2
Fred has to balance being the leader of a gang and his legal problems. He and his group rob a restaurant for free food, where they are attacked by the Punisher. All of his accomplices escape, leaving Boomerang alone with the Punisher, in reality the Chameleon, who tells Fred that he must bring him Silvio Manfredi's head. To further complicate matters, Fred is placed on probation under Mach-VII's surveillance

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

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