Appearing in "The Choice and the Challenge!"
Amazing Spider-Man #275
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Nathan Lubensky
- Arthur Chekov
- Rose Palermo
- Victor Palermo
- Sophie Lund
- Martha Lund
- Flash Thompson
- Sha Shan
- Betty Leeds
- Ned Leeds
- Arranger
- Green Goblin (Only in recap)
- Sin-Eater (Only in recap)
- Burglar (Only in recap)
- Liz Allan (Only in recap)
- Seymour O'Reilly (Only in recap)
- Sally Avril (Only in recap)
- Uncle Ben (Only in recap)
- Raymond Warren (Only in recap)
- Crusher Hogan (Only in recap)
- Bernard O'Brien (Only in recap)
- Maxie Shiffman (Only in recap)
- Eric Schwinner (Only in recap)
- Radioactive Spider (Only in recap)
- Baxter Bigelow (Only in recap)
- Chet Huntley (Only in recap) (Topical Reference)
- Gwen Stacy (Only in recap)
- Jean DeWolff (Only in recap)
- Beyonder (Mentioned)
- Lance Bannon (Mentioned)
- Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
Locations:
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan
- Queens (Main story and flashback)
- Forest Hills (Main story and flashback)
- Midtown High School (Only in flashback)
- Aunt May's House
- Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (Only in flashback)
- New York Hall of Science (Only in flashback)
- General Techtronics Laboratories East (Only in flashback)
- New York Hall of Science (Only in flashback)
- Forest Hills (Main story and flashback)
- Brooklyn Bridge (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
- Spider-Man's Black Suit (not the Symbiote)
- Pumpkin Bomb
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Choice and the Challenge!"
Amazing Spider-Man #275
The Hobgoblin is testing out a new device added to his arsenal, a button on his chest that makes his finger blasters fire randomly. He hopes this will give him an edge over Spider-Man's spider-sense. The Rose is happy to hear the Hobgoblin is pleased with the new weapon but reminds him that they have other priorities. The Hobgoblin assures the Rose that he won't let his personal vendetta against the wall-crawler interfere with their plans to oust the Kingpin.
Meanwhile, Peter Parker is accompanying his Aunt May back to her boarding house in Forest Hills with Nathan Lubensky who has just been released from the hospital. When they arrive they discover that May's other tenants have prepared a surprise party for Nathan's return. Among the party guests is Mary Jane Watson, who is glad she was invited. When she sees Peter sulking in another room she asks him what's wrong. He tells her how he failed to protect Nathan as Spider-Man and has decided to give up his costumed identity for good. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the city, some of the Kingpin's men are collecting money from one of their bookies. As they leave with a briefcase full of money they are attacked by the Hobgoblin who steals the briefcase and escapes. At that moment, Sha Shan is calling the Daily Bugle and asks to speak to Peter Parker. Her phone call is cut off by her boyfriend, Flash Thompson who hangs up the phone. He accuses her of seeing Peter Parker behind his back. She denies it, and reveals that she knows about his affair with Betty Leeds. When she asks him where his sense of shame is, he slaps her across the face. Realizing what he's done, Flash bolts from the apartment.
Elsewhere, Peter and Mary Jane are going for a walk so they can talk more about his decision to quit being Spider-Man. He tells her that another reason that has motivated him was his recent encounters with the Beyonder, which brought out a lot of old memories and feelings. When Mary Jane questions why he would after such a long time, she realises that she never been told how Peter became Spider-Man. Peter snaps at Mary Jane, reminding her that she never wanted to know anything about his alter-ego after she revealed she knew his double identity. Mary Jane admits that Peter is right, but tells him that she is asking now.
Peter then begins to tell her how he became Spider-Man...
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Appearing in "The Deadly Foes of Peter Parker, Part 2 of 3"
Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #30
Featured Characters:
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Mary Jane Watson-Parker (Main story and flashback)
- Black Cat (Felicia Hardy)
- Aunt May
Antagonists:
- Exterminators
- Electro (Max Dillon)
- Swarm (Fritz von Meyer)
- Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) (Main story and as }} {{impersonates|Peter Parker in flashback)
- Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton) (Cameo)
- Will O' The Wisp (Jackson Arvad) (Cameo)
- Molten Man (Mark Raxton) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Brian Sears (First appearance)
- Liz Allan-Osborn
- Normie Osborn
- Jacques (Mentioned)
- Norman Osborn (Mentioned)
- Tony Stark (Mentioned)
Races and Species: Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York State
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Greenwich Village
- Midtown
- Columbus Circle
- Empire State Building (Mentioned)
- Soho
- SoHo Playhouse (First appearance)
- Manhattan
- New York City
- Los Angeles (Referenced)
- New York State
- United States of America
- Scotland (Referenced)
- North America
Items:
Synopsis for "The Deadly Foes of Peter Parker, Part 2 of 3"
Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #30
Spider-Man fights Electro at the Whitney Museum of Art and defeats him with the Iron Spider costume using Electro's own powers against him and creating feedback. Then Mary Jane faces Swarm while at rehearsals for Macbeth at the Soho Playhouse. Peter asks the Black Cat for help in handling the situation when Liz Allen is forced to lure him into a trap by the Exterminators. Peter rushes to his ex-classmate's house convinced that Normie is in danger, while the Chameleon passes Peter off as a trap for Aunt May.
Appearing in "Mother's Day"
Spider-Man 2099 #10
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Dana D'Angelo (Appears in flashback)
- Gabriel O'Hara (Appears in flashback)
- Conchata O'Hara (Appears in flashback)
Antagonists:
- Alchemax (Main story and flashback)
- George O'Hara (First appearance; death) (Only in flashback) (See chronology)
- Tyler Stone
- Winston
- Public Eye
Other Characters:
- Kron Stone (Mentioned)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Vulture (Referenced)
- Kasey Nash (Referenced)
- Thor Odisnon (Mentioned)
- Church of Thor
- A Thorite dressed as Captain America (First appearance)
- A Thorite dressed as Cyclops (First appearance)
- A Thorite dressed as Wolverine (First appearance)
- Several unnamed thorites
- Stark-Fujikawa (Mentioned)
- Specialist (Referenced)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Atlanteans (As hologram)
- Cyborgs
Locations:
- 2099 A.D. (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (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)
- Wellvale Home
- George and Conchata O'Hara's Apartment (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Alchemax's School, Salem Center, North Salem, Westchester (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Alchemax Building
- Tyler Stone's Office
- Downtown (Referenced)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Atlantic Ocean (As hologram)
- New Atlantis (As hologram)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Spider-Man's 2099 Suit
- Thor's Hammer (Mentioned)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (First appearance; replica)
- X-Uniform (First appearance; replica)
- Cyclops' Visor (First appearance; replica)
- Wolverine's Suit (First appearance; replica)
Synopsis for "Mother's Day"
Spider-Man 2099 #10
After receiving an emergency call from their mother, Miguel and Gabriel visit Conchata at the Wellvale Home. There, with Miguel's fiancee Dana D'Angelo, they listen while Conchata says what Gabriel thinks are her dying words. However, Miguel knows that she is only faking and tells her to cut it out when she pretends to die, telling her that she is upsetting Dana. His cold attitude toward her is something she expected from her eldest son and walks out of the room. Gabriel tells his brother that he needs to talk to her, but Miguel doesn't want to since he reminds her of their father.[Continuity 1] Both Dana and Gabriel insist that they talk to her, and he gives in.
Once Miguel leaves, Gabriel gets comfort from Dana, as he tries to remember the last time he was happy. He thinks back to when he was a child. At the time, he was just learning how to create virtual art while Miguel focused on his studies. That's when their father, George O'Hara comes home. He announces to his family that Miguel has just been accepted at Alchemax's top educational facility. Conchata was upset at this announcement because she believes their son needs to be with his family. This leads to an argument between the couple at ends with George beating his wife. Finishing his recollection, Gabriel recounts how this was the last time Miguel really cared about his mother instead of cutting her down with smart remarks and sarcasm. Dana is sure that Miguel still cares about her, but he is guarded with his feelings. She recounts the time she met the O'Hara's father. It was shortly after she and Miguel were engaged and bumped into George O'Hara as he was repairing some Public Eye cameras. The two had harsh words for each other, especially since George was responsible for institutionalizing their mother and the fact that he is planning on getting remarried. The two almost came to blows, but Miguel decided his father wasn't worth it and left. His final words to his father was that he will dance on his grave. She concludes her story by saying that when George finally died, Miguel didn't dance on his father's grave at the funeral. In fact, he cried over his father's death when he thought nobody was looking.
Meanwhile, back at Alchemax Headquarters, Tyler Stone gets a status update on the construction of Atlantis. He learns that the construction has faced setbacks from the Atlantean mutates they have enslaved for construction. They have begun banning together, wanting Atlantis to be a sovereign nation in itself. He orders his men to get the situation under control and terminates the call. He is then joined by his assistant Winston, who enters carrying an urn. Tyler has to be reminded that these are the ashes of his son, Kron.[Continuity 2] Tyler takes the ashes and unceremoniously flushes them down to the toilet. He then hands the urn back to Winston and tells him to put some flowers in it. Back at Wellvale, Miguel confronts his mother, stopping her smoking a cigarette because they are illegal. When he tries to apologize for not visiting her so often, she slaps him across the face. When he takes that back, she slaps him again. He demands to know what she wants from him. She accuses Miguel of being self-centered and shows him what she thinks a real hero is. Opening her closet door, she shows him a number of photos of Spider-Man that she has taped up there.
He is shocked to see this, and then tries to tell her that Spider-Man is no hero, because he is Spider-Man. Hearing this, Conchata thinks this is a joke and begins laughing so hard she doesn't see it when Miguel tries to show her his finger talons. After she finishes her howls of laughter, she is surprised that her son is jealous of Spider-Man to the point where he tried to convince her that they were the same man. She still thinks he is a lousy son, but thanks him for giving her a good laugh. This whole situation leaves Miguel practically speechless. Later, Miguel walks across the Wellville facility in the pouring rain. He tries to decide what to do about his double identity. He thinks about how everyone, including his family, sees Spider-Man as some kind of savior. He is also quickly realizing that Spider-Man doesn't go away whenever he takes off his mask. Later that evening, a group of Thorites are protesting in the street when they are accosted by Public Eye goons. That's when Spider-Man arrives on the scene to protect the Thorites from police brutality. He then crawls up to a Public Eye camera and tells everyone watching that he's not going to be pushed around anymore before smashing the camera off the pole. This act of civil disobedience is met with cheers from the Thorites.
Later that day, Miguel pays a visit to the mausoleum where his father's ashes are stored. He has come to tell his father why he didn't beat his father up that day. He wanted his father to grow old so he could watch as the ravages of old age made him a painfilled wreck. However, these wishes were dashed when his father died suddenly, that is why he was crying on the day of his funeral. As he walks away, Miguel decides that until he finds a cure for his condition, he will use his spider-powers to make the world a place he can stand to look at.
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