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A stray spider accidentally absorbs a fantastic amount of radioactivity. The dying insect, in sudden shock... Bites the nearest living thing... At the split second before life ebbs from it's radioactive body! But there's something you should know... A lot can happen in a split second.

—Narrator

Appearing in "Lucky to Be Alive"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #1

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Synopsis for "Lucky to Be Alive"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #1
Thirteen years ago, a young 15-year-old named Peter Parker was on a school field trip to a science lab. There a spider got a large dose of radioactivity. Dying for life, the spider bit Peter on the hand. We all know this story of the origin of the Amazing Spider-Man. But what we don't know is that something else happened too. The spider didn't die right away. Instead it crawled on the floor and bit a young dark-haired girl near the ankle. Her name is Silk. And she is Spider-Man's Original Sin.

Spider-Man is now 28 years old, and it is April as he is back from the grave after the sacrifice of the Superior Spider-Man. The Menagerie, a new crime team consisting of White Rabbit, Skein, Hippo, and new villainess Panda-Mania are going on a rampage, stealing very expensive eggs in an auction heist. A man nearly falls over onto his baby, Lois, but his fall is broken by Spider-Man. White Rabbit starts shooting at him, but Spider-Man defeats her, takes the eggs back, and webs them to safety. Hippo throws a car at Spidey, claiming the eggs would secure his future, but Spider-Man says they are already in the future ("See? Flying cars."). A girl remarks and realizes the old Spidey's back, then realizes something else - outside of his mask, webshooters, and web around his groin, SPIDER-MAN IS COMPLETELY NAKED.

Four hours earlier, Peter is at a press conference with Aunt May and Jay Jameson. He says that the only real damage was to the logo, and otherwise, everything is fine at "Arker Industries", and that they just need a little "P" break (the P in Parker was destroyed). One reporter named Natalie Long asks if the attack at the building was Spider-Man-related, and Peter confirms this, but also says that he will now be severing all ties between Spidey and the company. After the conference, Sajani thanks everyone for getting the situation situated, but Jay complains to Peter that he hasn't seen Peter in weeks, and neither has anyone else. Peter and Sajani tell Jay that the company is now top-priority, but Peter can't help but think what to say about all that Ock has done in his name, even making him a CEO and allowing May to walk again, beyond thanking him.

Anna Maria, meanwhile, walks into Peter's apartment (which she happens to share with him) and hears from an employee that Peter is at Parker Industries. She goes to get the car keys, but while looking for them she finds something else - a purple wedding ring box and sheets of paper Otto wrote as a proposal speech. And she does not want to marry him.

Meanwhile, at the remains of Conway Penitentiary, a news reporter reports that the place was destroyed not by the goblins, but by Electro. Avengers Spider-Woman and Iron Man fought him and some Goblin Slayers. Mayor Jameson appeared on one of them, saying that the "citizen" (Iron Man) was safe, and later said he was resigning. Jameson, who has started drinking, breaks his TV in disgust. He decides to go back to the Daily Bugle and once again rant about Spider-Man, but then sees a news article ranting about HIM, and gets even more annoyed.

Peter starts looking at some cyber nano-tech equipment Otto had made before, and has no idea how to operate them. He wishes he could access Otto's memories, but immediately scolds himself for thinking that. Instead he decides to go over the paperwork - all of it - that night. The employees show to be extremely scared of Peter thanks to Otto, making him worried, but also making Sajani delighted. Sajani then says that he needs to get rid of all Spider-Man's belongings with the help of a robot butler. After discovering he is a doctor, Peter decides to do something DIFFERENT for a change (literally) - go webslinging.

While doing so, somebody calls him a creep thanks to Otto, but Peter pushes it aside because he can just be himself "again", and everything will be fine. Just then, the Menagerie raids the auction. Spidey webslings in front of them, and Skein uses her powers to strip all of his clothes, except the mask.

The story goes back to the beginning, where people are taking all kinds of pictures of Spider-Man being naked (#SpideyWhiteys). At Avengers Tower, an irritated Jessica Drew becomes convinced that that is Peter because only something that stupid happens to him, but an unfazed Captain America still wants more evidence. At his favorite bar, Johnny Storm just can't stop laughing. Mary Jane sees the thing on her tablet, calls Peter an idiot, and closes the link down.

Peter defeats all four villains before being chased off by angry civilians. He gets home, saying all in all that wasn't all half-bad, and he is willing to take on the responsibilities Otto left him. After changing, he sees Anna Maria still there, and after being shocked by the fact they live together, he tries to explain where he has been. But Anna Maria already knows the truth - Peter is Spider-Man. Peter denies this, but Anna Maria can tell that it is Peter because of his body build and the number of freckles around his belly button as seen in the naked Spider-Man run. She demands answers, but Peter can only reply with "um".

Appearing in 2nd story

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Men #1

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Synopsis for 2nd story

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Men #1
On Earth-616, the Mainstream Marvel Universe, Spider-Man is patrolling New York City doing an inner monologue he then sees a van being chased by a police car. While one of the crooks in the van attempts to shoot the police with a small pistol Spider-Man pulls the crook out of the van and ties him to a large web in the middle of the street

He enters to the van by the window and kicks the second fugitive, and when he's about to shoot him, Spider-Man brakes the van, making the criminal hit with the window and stay unconscious. When the police arrives, they ask Spider-Man to get out of the truck and freeze, he raises his hand only to shoot webs and go away.

Continuing to patrol, Spidey sees a big fluctuation of energy. He swings to where that brust of energy came, leading to an abandoned warehouse. After sneaking through it, he arrives to a room where a similar brust of energy is projected from a device in the ground. He finds out its tech-based and proceeds to investigate the rest of the room, finding out something like a fishbowl, concluding that Mysterio is behind it.

Spider-Man's spider-sense tingles and Mysterio appears behind him with a metal tube, ready to hit him. Spidey protects himself using Mysterio's helment and kicks him hard. In the ground, he starts shouting "No" and "Why me?". He tries to get a gun from his desk, but Spider-Man's uses his web to throw all the table away. Then, he pulls a web to Mysterio, dragging him back and punching him in the stomach. Mysterio starts threatening Spider-Man, but is webbed. He also mentions that he "missed out when you died the first time".

Spider-Man goes back to the energy-generator device to ask Mysterio about it. With one un-webbed arm, Mysterio reaches a gun and shoots Spidey. Thanks to the alert of his spider-sense, he dodges the bullet, and it impacts to the device, creating a huge perturbation and mass energy fluctuation which affects only Spider-Man.

He reappears back in New York of Earth-1610, but it's day. He sees a strange building in the coast, which is the Triskelion. He tries to get back to the warehouse, but when he arrives is the house of a woman.

Trying to figure out what happens, Spider-Man starts swinging around and stops a robbery, the victim thanks him, but tells him that the costume he's wearing is in "bad taste", that it was used by Peter Parker. Spider-Man reacts surprised with someone knowing Spider-Man is Parker, when he asks the boy more about what he's reffering to, but he walks away.

Spidey resumes his swinging, thinking about what to do, when he sees a shape going passing next to him. Both he and the mysterious figure arrive to the same rooftop. It's Miles Morales, the new Spider-Man on this Earth, and the only thing he can say is this; "No way."

Appearing in "Spider-Men"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Men #2

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Synopsis for "Spider-Men"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Men #2
Peter Parker encounters Miles Morales, the new Ultimate Spider-Man. Both look in shock but suddenly the mistrust begins to appear and both start to fight. Peter takes the upper hand thanks to his years of experience and Miles' lack of combat skills but after he tries to save him from a fall, Miles manages to strike Peter with his Venom Sting and fools him with his invisibility skill to overpower him and defeat him, ending up with Peter being in custody of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Peter wakes up in a special cell, face to face with the Ultimate Nick Fury. Peter explains his story of being from a whole different world but not too different from this one, something that Fury accepts. When Miles asks him why he believed him, Fury responds that nobody would come up with such a long story as a lie and tells Miles to explain to Peter the surroundings of the world.

Both Spider-Men ride a helicopter but when Peter asks about Ultimate Peter and if he is really dead, they are under attack from one of Mysterio's avatars, ready to assault the Spider-Men

Appearing in "The Crime of the Century, Part 3"

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

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Synopsis for "The Crime of the Century, Part 3"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Superior Foes of Spider-Man #9
Fred and his girlfriend are attacked by Bullseye, and run away, while Hydro-Man discovers that Shocker has Silvermane's head. Meanwhile, Boomerang and the girl are captured by Bullseye who reveals himself to be in the service of the Owl and also an LMD created by the Tinkerer. Boomerang, however, convinces the Owl via a hidden camera that the Chameleon is the one who stole the painting from him. However, just when he's managed to turn the Owl and Chameleon against each other, Boomerang is confronted by the gang.

Solicit Synopsis

Peter Parker is back as the one-and-only Spider-Man! Not only does he have to contend with foes old and new, but he also has to rebuild his life and the legacy of Doc Ock actions as the Superior Spider-Man!

Plus, a dimension-hopping epic begins, as the Spider-Men from two dimensions meet!

Also, Bullseye, the world’s deadliest assassin, versus Boomerang, the world’s worst villain!

Includes material reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man #1, Spider-Men #1-2, Superior Foes of Spider-Man #9!

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