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Quote1 I blew it, Strange, I did the one thing I promised myself I would never do. I put my family in the crosshairs and no matter how many times I go over it in my head, I keep coming back to the same thing. I need the world to forget that I'm Spider-Man. Quote2
Spider-Man

Appearing in "One Moment in Time, Chapter Three: Something Borrowed"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man #640

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Synopsis for "One Moment in Time, Chapter Three: Something Borrowed"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man #640

In the hospital, the doctor explains to Peter that Aunt May is making a full recovery and that the love he’s shown for her could be what saved her life, especially since there was nothing they could do to help her. That night, while Peter and Mary Jane are sleeping beside Aunt May, a nurse alerts the Kingpin (in jail) about Aunt May’s condition. He makes a call to an unknown hit-man.

Aunt Anna calls MJ from the hospital and alerts her about a noise she heard outside. MJ decides to go despite her aunt’s insistence otherwise. She arrives and discovers someone has broken in. From Aunt Anna’s bedroom she can hear the hit-man talking to an unconscious Anna about how he has to kill her in order to pay off his debt to the Kingpin, and blames her situation on her niece for being involved with Spider-Man. At the last minute, MJ hits him over the head with a vase and makes a run for it. She attempts to call Peter, but her phone battery is dead. She runs into a neighbor’s yard where she is bitten in the leg by their dog. The hit-man catches up to her but is attacked by another dog.

Anna calls Peter and alerts him about her situation. He asks a nearby doctor to watch after his aunt and heads off to help Mary Jane. As MJ continues to run, the hit-man tells her that when he’s done with her and her aunt, he’s going after her sister Gayle, Gayle's kids, and her cousin Kristy. She trips and begs him to kill her and leave the rest of her family alone. He refuses and hits MJ on the head his gun, knocking her unconscious. Spider-Man comes to her rescue and discovers that the hit-man is Eddie.

This incident teaches Peter that the Kingpin isn’t the only one who will target his family now that every villain he’s ever put behind bars knows his identity. He goes to Doctor Strange to heal Mary Jane and asks him to make the world forget he’s Spider-Man. He decides to think about it and goes to the Astral Plane to discuss it with Tony Stark and Reed Richards, who are both in a way responsible for his predicament.

Appearing in "One Moment in Time, Chapter Four: Something Blue"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man #641

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Synopsis for "One Moment in Time, Chapter Four: Something Blue"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Amazing Spider-Man #641

After the events that transpired after Peter Parker's reveal as Spider-Man, Doctor Strange consults Tony Stark and Reed Richards through the Astral Plane about Peter's situation and request that the world forget he's Spider-Man. While the three of them discuss what happened during Civil War, they all agree that the best way to help Peter is to use a powerful combination of science and magic to make a worldwide mindwipe.

Strange arrives back to the Sanctum Sanctorum and asks Peter if he's sure he wants to go along with the plan of the mindwipe, to which he agrees. Then Strange creates a forcefield to protect Peter from the effects so he can be the only one who retains the memories of all that transpired, but when the spell begins, he leaps out of the force field to bring Mary Jane along with him so she can remember everything as well. With the combined forces of Doctor Strange, Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic, the world forgets that Peter Parker is Spider-Man.

After the spell takes effect, Peter wakes up next to Mary Jane in a motel room (the same one after Back in Black/One More Day). When MJ wakes up and Peter explains, she angrily confronts Peter asking why he didn't let her forget too, now she has to carry on all the painful memories of their lives together with the dangers of Spider-Man's identity, but in the end they realize that their love is stronger, but can't let it be as long as Spider-Man remains active. After their talk, Peter returns to Aunt May's hospital room to check on her and after talking with the same nurse he asked to watch for her, he finds that the spell worked and nobody remembers his identity as Spider-Man.

Back in the present day, Mary Jane and Peter talk about everything that transpired. Much to Peter's overwhelming sadness, MJ says that the best way to remain together is to stay as the close friends they were when they first met and that he has to move on and find someone who can be with him both as Peter Parker and as Spider-Man - even though that person is right in front of him. Peter tries to protest, but MJ kisses and hugs him, saying they'll make it through this.

In the end, Spidey reflects while web-swinging that the one person that has truly loved him has set him free and now he can face any challenge in front of him, making his life feel like a "Brand New Day."

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  • This is a UK title that features reprints of American Spider-Man titles.

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