Appearances
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Mary Jane Watson-Parker
- May Parker
- J. Jonah Jameson
- Flash Thompson
- Jill Stacy
- Liz Osborn
- Robbie Robertson
- Marla Jameson
- Betty Brant
- Ben Urich
Villains:
- unnamed robbers
- Electro (Max Dillon)
- Electro's robotic spiders (Destruction)
- helicopter robot (Destruction)
- "cablebots" (Destruction)
- arms smugglers
- Blush (Marty Barras)
- Tinkerer robot (Destruction)
- various giant robots (Destruction)
- copy of Mendel Stromm AI program
Other Characters:
- Eddie Barnes (security guard)
- Nicholas Kaproff (cab driver)
- Susan Labyorteaux (student)
- Bobby Ribeiro (student)
- Consuela Ribeiro (Bobby's mother)
- Bobby's unnamed sibling
- Joan Rubinoff (student)
- Jenny Hardesty (student)
- Koji Furuya (student)
- Angela Campanella (student)
- Dawn Lukens (teacher)
- unnamed police officers
- Avengers (Mentioned) (mentioned fighting spider robots)
- Thing (Ben Grimm) (Mentioned) (mentioned fighting spider robots)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Mentioned) (mentioned fighting spider robots)
- She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (Mentioned) (mentioned fighting Electro)
- Chameleon
- Alistaire Smythe
- Norman Osborn
- Tinkerer
- Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) (Mentioned) (mentioned checking on the Tinkerer)
- Paul Berry (First appearance; dies) (bystander)
- Iona Berry (bystander)
- Berkowitz (Jameson's bodyguard)
Locations:
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Peter Parker's apartment
- New York Public Library
- Baxter Building
- Diamond District
- Daily Bugle Building
- Queens
- Ryker's Island
- Manhattan
- Ravencroft Institute
- New York City
- New Jersey
- Meadowlands
Items:
Vehicles:
Plot
After a robot attack leaves his students injured, Spider-Man sets out to find who's responsible. His instincts leading him to J. Jonah Jameson, he pursues a very open campaign against the publisher that leads to him being alienated from everyone he trusts, little realizing who his true foe is.
Notes
- According to the "Historian's Note," this story takes place after Mary Jane began her theatrical career but before Spider-Man joined the New Avengers. It also takes place before the transformation Spider-Man underwent in Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #15-20.