Spider-Man Universe Vol 1 2

Blastaar uses his amplified power to destroy the planet where the rebels were hiding, lashing out when his servants sycophantically praise his might and shouting that it hurt. General Nim notes they knew there would be some discomfort ahead of time, but notes it was worth getting rid of the rebel forces. Cletus Kasady interrupts, holding a knife to the throat of a messenger and noting that Blastaar has some issues with his military intelligence. The messenger hesitantly informs the temperamental tyrant that the rebels evacuated the planet prior to its destruction, and Blastaar furiously executes Nim for failing him before tasking Kasady with finding the rebels and killing them. Kasady accepts, though he requests leave to go find the source of the nagging sensation that's been bothering him since arriving in the Negative Zone.

Spider-Man and Dusk discuss what to do with the refugees, the latter noting they need to take the fight to Blastaar. They are attacked by a group of Harrier droids, destroying them before they can report back to Blastaar. Dusk again asks Spider-Man to join him in attempting to overthrow Blastaar, noting they will most likely die; and Spider-Man accepts, replying that he has little chance of returning home and lost his reason to live anyway. Elsewhere, Kasady unearths a capsule and opens it to discover a symbiote, which emerges and bonds with him, transforming him into Carnage once more.

Dusk and Spider-Man arrive and attack Blastaar's robot army, arriving in time to watch Blastaar attempt to painlessly amplify his powers to warp his army to Earth. Spider-Man tries to intervene, but is attacked by Carnage. Momentarily incredulous as to where Kasady found a new symbiote, Spider-Man decides to roll with it and asks Carnage if he knows what's at stake. Carnage pins him and tells Blastaar to carry on, remarking that he's looking forward to leading the tyrant's armies during their conquest of Earth. Dusk confronts Blastaar and tells him that if he destroys this planet to fuel his conquest of Earth they risk destroying all of reality - leaving him with nothing. Blastaar asks his scientists if this is true, and when they admit it's a distinct possibility he begrudgingly calls off his invasion. Furious, Carnage swats the scientists out of the way and reactivates the machine, wanting to be responsible for the deaths of trillions of people all at once. Blastaar forcibly disconnects himself, and Carnage lunges towards him with intent to kill. Spider-Man asks Dusk if it's true that all of reality will be destroyed if the planet ceases to exist, and Dusk admits he was speaking metaphorically. Spider-Man forces Carnage and Blastaar into the distortion field to contain the latter's out-of-control powers, realizing that he doesn't truly believe Mary Jane is dead. Blastaar sends Spider-Man and Carnage back to Earth, the former returning to his original costume and the latter seemingly being stripped of his new symbiote. Spider-Man comes to next to Kasady and a pair of police officers, who take Kasady into custody. As Spider-Man watches them leave, Kasady smirks and reveals that the Carnage symbiote is back.

Appearing in "Break of Hearts"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Woman (Vol. 3) #9

Featured Characters:

Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Spider-Woman (Charlotte Witter)

Other Characters:

Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Morris Maxwell
Flesh (Donna Bliss)
Sandra Miller (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
Norman Osborn (Only in flashback)
Morris Maxwell (Only in flashback)
Gregory Herd (Only in flashback)
Captain America (Mentioned)
Mary Jane Watson (Mentioned)

Locations:

New York City
- Lower Manhattan

Items:

Spider-Man's Web-Shooters

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Break of Hearts"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Woman (Vol. 3) #9

Not far from Brooklyn Bridge, Flesh had gotten the most out of Sandra Miller's life energy and proceeded to replace her by consuming the body of a police officer. Meanwhile, Madame Web attributed the loss of her youth and Jessica attributed the return of her powers to the link between all of the participants between the Gathering of the Five. When Spider-Man asked Morris how they could defeat Charlotte, he answered "nothing."

Later, Mattie and Spider-Man tracked down Charlotte and fought her before retreating. Nine hours later, Madame Web lured Charlotte to a street in Lower Manhattan before Mattie and Spider-Man fought her and blanked their minds enough for the blonde to use energy attacking them, while having no way of replenishing it, being defeated by nothing, just as Morris had predicted. Afterwards, Madame Web planned to erase Charlotte's memory of Spider-Man's true identity and he asked the woman in the wheelchair to also erase Mattie's memory of it, as well. However, Mattie insisted that Peter needed a friend and that if her memory was erased, that he would be all alone, although he, in turn, insisted "maybe that's the way it's supposed to be."

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Spider-Man Universe Vol 1 2

Appearing in "Denial"

Synopsis for "Denial"

Appearing in "The Time Before: Part 2 of 2"

Synopsis for "The Time Before: Part 2 of 2"

Appearing in "Break of Hearts"

Synopsis for "Break of Hearts"

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