The original Vulture stalks the night, deciding the
time is now right to enact his plan, after having been thought dead! Nearby,
Spider-Man has difficulty web-swinging in the torrential downpour. His webs are
having trouble sticking to anything and he plummets out of the sky, landing
hard on a rooftop. After a few moments, he groggily gets to his feet, nursing a
now injured arm, and attempts to make his way home without being seen.
Meanwhile, the Vulture swoops down upon a museum where his pair of wings that
were confiscated from Blackie Drago are being kept. He steals the wings, sure
to let the world know that the true Vulture is back! Peter finally makes his
way home but finds that he can’t sleep, as his worries about his situation with
Gwen weigh on his mind!
The next day, Peter arrives at school, spotting
Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn. Gwen continues to give Peter the cold shoulder, much to
Harry’s confusion. Throughout class, Peter continues to agonize about Gwen’s
frosty attitude, while Gwen herself secretly still pines for Peter, needing
only one word of explanation to set things right! Elsewhere, at a nearby
prison, Blackie Drago is given grief by his cellmates, accused of being scared
that the original Vulture is back. The Vulture appears not a moment later with
the wings he stole. He gives the wings to Drago, helping him to break out of
prison. The confused Drago follows the Vulture for a part in his unknown plan!
Back at their shared apartment, Harry reads Peter a letter they got from Flash
from overseas. Peter then decides to try calling Gwen again, but the phone ends
up being answered by her father, Captain Stacy. Captain Stacy asks Peter
to have lunch with him the following day and Peter starts to worry if perhaps
Captain Stacy has learned something about Spider-Man!
Just after, Norman Osborn knocks on the door,
demanding to see Harry. Norman admits to Harry the strange memories and visions
he keeps experiencing, which causes Peter to worry that Norman’s memory of
being the Green Goblin could be returning! Elsewhere, the two Vultures land on
a roof and the original tells Drago of how he survived. After learning of
Drago’s double-cross, the Vulture found renewed will to live and snuck out of
prison shortly after Drago did, disguised as a guard. Vulture admits his plan
is to publicly defeat Drago, to show the world that the one, true Vulture has
returned! The two begin a furious mid-air battle, which quickly draws the
attention of the crowd below! Peter spots the two from the ground but feels he
can’t tackle them right now with his hurt shoulder. He instead heads to the
Daily Bugle, where J. Jonah Jameson quickly grabs him to head to the roof so he
can photograph the two Vultures’ battle!
Peter takes pictures while the two Vultures duke it
out, but notices that they’re heading awfully close to a child playing on a
nearby balcony! They damage the balcony, and Peter switches to Spider-Man to
assist, while Jonah just thinks Pete chickened out! Spidey grabs the kid and
swings him to safety, just as the Vulture decisively beats Drago! Drago swears
he’ll never wear the wings again as the police arrive, claiming that the
Vulture is too much for anyone! The Vulture praises his fortune at having a chance
to defeat Spider-Man as well and swoops in, while Spidey worries if he can take
the Vulture, now that his arm has gone completely numb! To be continued!