Peter Parker is working on his web fluid in his
apartment, when he suddenly hears Harry returning with company. He heads out to
see that their guest is Flash Thompson, and Peter immediately gets angry at the
very sight of Flash. Thinking he had taken Peter’s place in Gwen’s eyes, Peter
angrily lifts Flash off the ground with one hand, before Flash hurriedly
explains that Gwen was only meeting him to ask about Peter himself. Feeling
like a royal idiot, Peter calls up Gwen and they make up, and Gwen invites Peter
to go to a museum exhibit with her. Harry and Flash head out, and Peter swings
over to the museum as Spider-Man, feeling like a million bucks now that things
are good with Gwen once more!
Peter surprises Gwen at the museum, having arrived
much quicker than she expected, and he drags her to a corner of the room where
they can talk (and kiss). Captain Stacy walks by them just then and the two
notice that he acted as if he didn’t even know them, while also alerting
Peter’s spider-sense. Not long after, it’s discovered that the most valuable
paintings have been stolen! After the police question everyone present, J.
Jonah Jameson gives Peter and Gwen a lift back to Gwen’s place. There, they find
a very confused Captain Stacy, who claims to have been drugged and has no
memory of attending the museum. Even still, Captain Stacy is considered the
main suspect in the paintings’ theft. Little does anyone know, it was really
the Chameleon disguised as Stacy, as he gloats about his triumph back at his
hideout.
As Peter mulls over the situation at home, refusing to
believe that Captain Stacy is guilty, he suddenly comes to the realization that
the Chameleon must be responsible, given that he’s a master impersonator.
Fearing that Chameleon could easily just disappear without a trace, Spidey sets
a plan to draw him out into the open. He heads to the Bugle and asks Joe
Robertson to make a front page headline advertising a meeting about the
transfer of valuable bearer bonds that’s upcoming, betting it’ll intrigue the Chameleon.
The next day, Peter stalks out the meeting place with his camera, while keeping
a watch for anyone that could be suspicious. He switches to Spider-Man and
crawls through the vents until he’s over the meeting room. His spider-sense
alerts him that Chameleon must be in the room in disguise.
Spidey jumps down and attempts to bluff that he knows
which person there is really the Chameleon. This doesn’t work however, and he
grabs one of the men randomly, who turns out to not be the Chameleon. Just
then, Jameson and the cops arrive, causing Spider-Man to flee the building, as
he looks like the guilty one. Spidey quickly heads outside to surveil anyone
who’s leaving the building, figuring that Chameleon would likely have switched
disguises to make his escape. He suddenly spots someone he knows has to be the
Chameleon and swoops down, as Chameleon had the misfortune of trying to escape
disguised as Peter Parker! The police jump on Spider-Man and Chameleon throws a
grenade in his attempt to escape! Spidey webs up the grenade, and tips over the
Chameleon’s car, finally unmasking him for everyone to see! Chameleon is
arrested and Spidey swings off, while Jameson demands to know just how Spidey
knew that the Chameleon wasn’t really Peter Parker!