—Spider-Man (Peter Parker)Remember me? From the fashion police? I'm here about all the white you're wearing after Labor Day.
Appearing in "Imbalanced"
Featured Characters:
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Main story and flashback)
- Shang-Chi (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Mister Negative ("Martin Li") (Main story and flashback)
- Inner Demons (Main story and flashback)
- The Hand (Only in flashback)
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Possessed by The Beast) (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Luke Cage (Only in flashback)
- Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (Only in flashback)
- Punisher (Frank Castle) (Only in flashback)
- Misty Knight (Mercedes Knight) (Only in flashback)
- Colleen Wing (Only in flashback)
- Zheng Zu (Mentioned)
- Master Izo (Mentioned)
- Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York State
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Hell's Kitchen
- Shadowland Fortress (Mentioned)
- Chinatown (Referenced)
- Hell's Kitchen
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York State
- United States of America
- Asia (Vision or hallucination)
- North America
Items:
- Spider-Man's Suit
- Shadowland Suit (Only in flashback)
- Punisher's Suit (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Imbalanced"
Mr. Negative tries to corrupt Shang-Chi with his powers. However, Shang-Chi gains access to Negative's powers, obtaining a negative form.
The scene flashes back ten minutes ago. Mr. Negative's criminal empire faced off against the Hand, attempting to take control of Hell's Kitchen.
As Spider-Man watches the battle between the criminals, he is approached to by Shang-Chi. He had followed Spider-Man after he sneaked away in Shadowland #3. Shang-Chi agrees to help Spider-Man in stopping Negative. Spider-Man tries to fight Negative, but Negative uses his Inner Demons to keep him busy, while he attacks Shang-Chi.
The scenes shifts to the present. Having obtained Negative's powers, Shang-Chi also obtains control of the Inner Demons, ordering them to attack Negative so that he can keep his power.
However, the Inner Demons are unsure on who they should follow, leaving them unable to react or move. Shang-Chi and Negative fight to obtain control of the Inner Demons, while Spider-Man tries to stop them.
Spider-Man manages to free Shang-Chi from the negative influence. Mr. Negative escapes and transforms back into Martin Li. Without anyone to control them, the Inner Demons escape and try to find Negative to reestablish their loyalty to him. Spider-Man and Shang-Chi then return to the fight against the Hand.