A weary Spider-Man stresses about all of the worries
going on in his life. Jameson is in the hospital because he lost his temper, he
still has the stolen tablet and is still being blamed for its theft, not to
mention his usual money troubles. Peter then hears Harry coming home and
narrowly avoids Harry seeing him in his Spidey outfit. Peter then checks his
camera and realizes he got some great photos of himself fighting the Kingpin,
but realizes that with Jameson in the hospital, he has no one to buy them from
him. Elsewhere, Quicksilver speeds into New York, on a mission to find the
Avengers. After he, Scarlet Witch, and Toad were forced to help Magneto
recently (in Avengers #53), Quicksilver wants to prove that they aren’t evil
and figures the Avengers would believe him.
Quicksilver runs to Avengers mansion, finding only
Jarvis there, who tells Quicksilver that the Avengers are in Africa. Thinking
his mission is in vain, Quicksilver decides to redeem himself some other way,
and when he sees a newspaper headline about Spider-Man being on the run,
decides he’ll capture Spidey to prove his heroism. Meanwhile, Joe Robertson
visits a still unconscious J. Jonah Jameson in the hospital, where he runs into
Jonah’s son, John. Robbie realizes that with Jameson in the hospital
for weeks, he’ll be in charge in the interim, but John assures him no one could
do a better job. Robbie heads to the Bugle, where Peter shows him the photos of
Spider-Man fighting the Kingpin. Robbie is very impressed, as the photos even
clearly exonerate Spider-Man, and even pays Peter much more than he is used to,
to Peter’s absolute delight. With one worry off his chest, Spidey heads to see
Captain Stacy and deposits the stolen tablet with him.
With things suddenly looking up, Spidey swings off
until he’s intercepted by Quicksilver. Quicksilver announces that he plans to
capture Spidey, whose pleas of innocence fall on deaf ears. Spidey finds
himself unable to avoid Quicksilver, and finds it equally difficult to land a
hit, as he quickly starts to get overwhelmed. Meanwhile, Ned Leeds brings
Jameson the paper, who obviously flips out when his paper claims to show
proof of Spider-Man’s innocence! Though Spidey still can‘t hit Quicksilver,
Quicksilver realizes that just hitting Spidey isn’t doing a lot of good and
decides to take the fight out of him by running around him in a circle to
create a suction updraft! Spidey feels himself losing oxygen and realizes he
needs to act and cleverly sticks his arm right out to the side so that
Quicksilver slams right into it! Spidey makes off with Quicksilver and explains
everything once he awakens. Quicksilver decides to find his redemption another
way and Spidey swings off, wondering if maybe his luck is finally changing.