After apparently being shrunken to only six inches
tall, Spider-Man is now at the mercy of Mysterio! Spidey avoids the relatively
giant Mysterio’s attacks while trapped in his amusement park mockup. Spidey
swings into a building, only to find himself in a hall of mirrors! The walls
start closing in on the trapped Spidey while elsewhere Aunt May has the sense
that Peter is in danger! Anna Watson phones the doctor who tells Aunt May that
she needs rest and relaxation, clearly annoyed that Peter never seems to be
there for her. Meanwhile, at the Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson bemoans having
no news on the Spider-Man/Mysterio situation and Joe Robertson elects to see if
Captain Stacy knows anything.
Back at the amusement park, the walls continue to
close in on Spidey. Mysterio gloats that the glass of the mirrors are coated
with a poison, preventing Spidey from smashing through! Spidey jams the
mechanisms with his webs, slowing them down, before wrapping extra thick
webbing around his forearms, allowing him to smash through the mirrors without
getting scratched! However, one trap just leads to another as Spidey falls into
a strong current of water! Spidey is swept along and finally reaches the surface
for air, only to find an axe swinging down at him! Spidey avoids the axe and
then grabs onto it, letting its upward swing pull him to safety!
Spidey realizes that Mysterio isn’t giving him even a
second to catch his breath and think, and there must be a reason why. The traps
continue as Spidey is grabbed by a water serpent. It begins to crush Spidey
with its tail but Spider-Man refuses to give up and manages to pry himself free
of the creature. Mysterio questions why Spider-Man continues to fight, why he
hasn’t given up and Spidey realizes that Mysterio is hesitating for the first
time. Evidently, Mysterio didn’t expect Spider-Man to last this long, and that
hesitation finally gives Spidey the time he needs to figure out what’s going
on. Meanwhile, Captain Stacy receives the call from Robbie and Gwen jokes that it’s sad that her father receives more calls than she does!
Captain Stacy is unable to give Robbie any news, when
Robbie’s son, Randy, comes home with something clearly eating at him.
Meanwhile, Spidey thinks he may have figured out what’s going on. He avoids a
knife thrown by Mysterio and uses it to catapult himself up at Mysterio, who
disappears yet again. This confirms Spidey’s suspicions, for if Mysterio were
really there, Spidey would not be able to hurt him at this size. Spidey
confirms that it was all post-hypnotic suggestion, combined with sophisticated mechanics.
Spidey spots a lit tower in the distance and finds the real, normal-sized
Mysterio inside! Spidey takes out Mysterio and burns his gear, before leaving
him for the police. Finally, Spidey swings past some kind of student protest,
but thinks that it is no concern of his!