| Spider-Man |  Hey, waitasec! I know you -- you're Peter Parker!  |
| Peter Parker | And you -- you're Spider-Man! |
Appearing in "Back to Basics: Part Two"
Featured Characters:
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Main story and recap)
- Spider-Man (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Mary Jane Watson (Main story and recap)
- The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors)
- Cindy Lawton
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Bob (poacher) (First appearance) (Shadow only) (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- eBay (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Amazon (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Daily Bugle (Mentioned)
- Parker Industries (Mentioned)
- Radioactive Spider (Only in recap)
- Dr. Eric Schwinner (Only in recap)
- Hydra (Referenced)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Mentioned)
- Taskmaster & Black Ant's client (Mentioned)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
Races and Species:
- Elephants (Only in flashback)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Human-Reptile Hybrids
- LMDs
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Africa (Only in flashback)
- Southern Africa (Only in flashback)
- North America (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan
- East Village
- Bowery
- Peter, Randy, & Fred's apartment
- Empire State University
- Queens (Only in recap)
- Forest Hills (Only in recap)
- Midtown High School (Mentioned)
- Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (Only in recap)
- New York Hall of Science (Only in recap)
- Forest Hills (Only in recap)
- Solomon Institute for the Criminally Insane (Mentioned)
- Manhattan
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (Mentioned)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- Africa (Only in flashback)
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- The Ringer (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Adamantium-encased Inhibitor Chip
- Image Inducer
- Black Ant's Suit and Helmet
- Pym Particles (Behind the scenes)
- Isotope Genome Accelerator (Name revealed) (Main story and recap)
- PayPal (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Events:
- Fresh Start (Mentioned)
- Olympic Games (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Back to Basics: Part Two"
Following Spider-Man's stopping Man Mountain Marko and The Ringer from robbing a book fair, Peter spends a peaceful night with Mary Jane. After the two wake up together and have breakfast, Peter heads to ESU and the story catches up from the end of the Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) #1.
While Peter freaks out by Curt Connors as Lizard, everyone around him is calm and Connors resumes his human form to explain his Inhibitor Chip allowing him control of his Lizard form. Cindy Lawton tells Peter that Connors sold many of his patents to get a second chance job at ESU, and in the spirit of "second chances" Connors offers Peter a student enrollment. Talking in private, Connors is aware of Peter's predicament with his doctorate and job loss, offering a position in Connor's accelerated program not wanting to see Peter's potential genius go to waste and shows Peter their current project: The Isotope Genome Accelerator. Connors mentions how Peter mentioned the device in his first editorial how it fueled his drive for science in high school.
As the Isotope Genome Accelerator transmutes characteristics from one organism onto another, Connors was attempting to discern if he could reverse that and split the Lizard from the man. However, Taskmaster and Black Ant burst in so as to steal the Accelerator, as Connors can't fight due to his Inhibitor Chip. Needing a distraction, Peter insults Taskmaster until he is thrown across the room at a chemical set. Using the chemicals to cause a smoke screen, a more chattery Spider-Man leaps into the fray and defeats Masters and O'Grady. As Spider-Man helps a student up, he realizes they are Peter Parker, and Peter realizes he is Spider-Man.
