Sinister War

Synopsis

Following Kraven's HUNTED event in Central Park, Adrian Toomes formed the Savage Six with a membership of animal-themed foes of Spider-Man.^[1]^[2]

While off filming, Mary Jane easily deduced her director to be Mysterio, but intrigued and invested, she helped to complete the film despite setbacks by The Savage Six.^[3] After returning to New York^[4] and surviving Kindred's reveal,^[5] she helped Peter process events and realized Mysterio's connection to Kindred.^[6]

When Otto Octavius was reverted back to his villainous self, his journey to fill in the memory gaps was interceded by Kindred, then led to New York, and manipulated to reunite the Sinister Six in exchange for answers.^[7]^[8]

With the fallout of recent challenges, Peter attempted to enjoy Mary Jane's film premiere but was sideswiped by Kindred's endgame to kill Spider-Man by thrusting him into a battleground with multiple Sinister teams, promising the villains to spare suffering in Hell as his lieutenant to Spider-Man's killer. However, enraged at his being manipulated, Doc Ock instead developed a means to kill the parasitic centipedes and free all from the demon's control, allowing Peter to confront Kindred.

After her film premiere was attacked, Mary Jane was taken hostage by Mysterio on Kindred's command, and he revealed to her that he played her therapist since Harry's original death,^[9] manipulating her memories over time. Later left alone, Mary Jane was made to witness Spider-Man fight the Sinister War remotely, as Kindred revealed his true face: Sarah Stacy. Elsewhere, Norman Osborn discovered one of his long lost Goblin Labs, one Harry found out before his death and left a copy of his own twist mind, which revealed Norman's sin: selling Harry to Mephisto as a boy for Norman's corporate success. When Harry was Green Goblin, he copied his twisted mind into a computer, which also grew the Stacy Twins to become vessels. After numerous attempts, the current Sarah Stacy was stable and the new body for the evil Harry Osborn, using Chameleon serum to shapeshift and keep up appearances.

After helping the Order of the Web find Spider-Man, Doctor Strange had deduced Mephisto's involvement with Kindred from studying Peter's soul, and confronted the demon at Hotel Inferno. However, unable to compel Mephisto to abolish whatever deal he has on Peter, Strange instead placed a bet on Peter's outcome in his confrontation with Kindred, to determine the freedom of his friend's soul.^[6]^[4]^[10]^[11]^[12]