I'm happy because, as Spider-Man, I can find the meaning and purpose I'm missing. Because I know I can make a positive difference in the world. There were times in the past, in that dream-life I lived before, when I thought being Spider-Man was a curse. But now I see, so clearly... that it's a blessing. 
Appearing in "The Humanity Agenda - Part One: Grief"
Featured Characters:
- Spider-Man (Ben Reilly) (Main story and recap) (As Scarlet Spider in recap only)
Supporting Characters:
- Dr. Ashley Kafka (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Carrion (Malcolm McBride) (Main story and flashback)
- "Joshua" / "First Date Murderer" (First appearance)
- Scorpion ("Mac Gargan")
Other Characters:
- J. Jonah Jameson
- Peter Parker (Mentioned)
- Mary Jane Watson-Parker (Mentioned)
- Jackal (Dr. Miles Warren) (Referenced)
- Janine Godbe (Only in recap)
- Uncle Ben (Referenced)
- Aunt May (Referenced)
- Kaine (Only in recap)
- "Aunt May"
- May Parker (Referenced)
- Prince Hamlet (Topical Reference)
- NYPD
- Beatrice McBride (Mentioned) (Deceased) (Only in flashback)
- Edward Whelan (As Vermin in vision only)
- Dr. Liu
- Shriek (Frances Barrison) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Swarm (Fritz von Meyer) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Typhoid Mary (Mary Alice Walker) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Mister Hyde (Dr. Calvin Zabo) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Gail Harrison (First appearance; dies)
- John Diaz
- Brothers Marx (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Fred Astaire (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Ginger Rogers (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Orson Welles (Mentioned)
- Frank Capra (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Shirley Washington
- Scorpion (Mac Gargan) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan
- Queens (Main story and flashback)
- Forest Hills (Only in recap)
- Aunt May's House (Only in recap)
- Unity Cemetary (First appearance)
- Forest Hills (Only in recap)
- Ravencroft Institute (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Portland, Oregon (Mentioned)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Europe (Mentioned)
- Asia (Mentioned)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Scarlet Spider's Suit (Only in recap)
- Carrion Virus
- Scorpion's Suit
Events:
- Clone Saga (Only in recap)
Synopsis for "The Humanity Agenda - Part One: Grief"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT!
Iconic Spider-Man scribe J.M. DeMatteis (KRAVEN’S LAST HUNT, SPIDER-MAN: THE LOST YEARS) returns to spin his webs once more within the Spidey mythos, this time joined by explosive artist David Baldeón (WEB WARRIORS, DOMINO)!
Together, they’re bringing you unlocked memories in the life of BEN REILLY, A.K.A. SPIDER-MAN!
Darkness looms over New York City as murders begin to pile up…but how are they all connected?
Do the answers Ben is looking for reside in the haunted halls of the RAVENCROFT INSTITUTE?
Find out as we return to the era when Ben Reilly was the one, true SPIDER-MAN!Notes
- This story is difficult to place chronologically. It briefly but directly references the events of Spider-Man: Redemption, wherein Janine and Kaine were arrested. However, that miniseries definitely occurs after Peter and Mary Jane had returned to New York, following their brief tenure in Portland. This story is set in a time period where Peter and Mary Jane still live in Portland, yet references events that occurred later. Thus far, the only way this series can work is if that reference is ignored.
- The unlettered preview pages showed Sir on one of the monitors in Doctor Ashley Kafka's office; the character is absent, with the monitor now just being blank, in the printed version of the issue.