Spider-Man swings around New York, still unable to get
Gwen off his mind. He decides that he needs to head to London to see her but
has no idea how he’s going to accomplish that. Peter heads to the Daily Bugle
and Joe Robertson sees Peter looking despondent. Peter explains the situation
and Robbie decides to help out by sending Peter on a photo op to London on the
Bugle’s dime! An elated Peter runs to tell Aunt May about his imminent trip. He
runs into Mary Jane there and barely even notices her, which she takes joking
offense to. A few hours later, Harry drives Peter to the airport and soon
enough Peter is airborne for London! On the plane ride, Peter ends up talking
to a little boy in the seat behind him and meets his dad, discovering he’s a
well-known American delegate named Herbert Knowles.
Just as the plane lands in London, Peter and the other
passengers hear over the loudspeakers that they’re all being held as hostages!
Terrorists have placed a bomb under the landing ramp and are threatening to
detonate it unless their demands are met. Peter slips away and changes to
Spider-Man. He smashes through the bottom of the plane and crawls to where the
landing ramp is connected and is able to kick it away before the waiting
terrorists can detonate it! With the bomb dealt with, the plane is evacuated,
when Spidey discovers that the terrorists have grabbed Knowles and his son.
Realizing Knowles was their real target, Spidey chases after the terrorists’
car and is able to place a spider tracer on the car before they escape. Afterwards,
Spidey meets some of the local British police who reveal that the terrorists
are hoping to force their imprisoned partners to be released by holding Knowles
ransom.
After the British police start asking too many
questions, Spidey decides to do things his way and swings off in search of the
terrorists. However, Gwen, at her aunt and uncle’s place, happens to notice
Spider-Man swinging around out her window! This causes her to faint, thinking
that Spider-Man came all the way here to finish her off, just as he did her
father! Eventually, Spidey gets a lock on his spider tracer and finds the car driving
across a bridge. He sets up his camera and tackles the goons, easily taking
them out. He interrogates the last guy, who says they plan to kill their
hostages at 7, claiming their fate has been sealed by time itself!
Spidey frantically searches for Knowles and his son,
before the terrorist’s comment makes him realize that they’re being held at Big
Ben! Spidey rescues them in the nick of time and presents them safely to the
police. Peter at first feels like everything has worked out before a newspaper
makes him realize that all of London knows Spider-Man is there! This means he
can’t go see Gwen as Peter or else she’d instantly put two and two together! Meanwhile,
Gwen sees Spider-Man’s heroic efforts on the news and wonders if perhaps she
misjudged him. She and Peter both pine for each other, and he makes his way to
the airport, wondering if perhaps this is for the best.