Peter Parker is delighted to have a new
job at Horizon Labs even working in the middle of the night.
Elsewhere in the building, a gang of bad guys working with Deadpool
breaks in, intending to use a prototype device that can open portals
to parallels Earths, powered by the human mind. Problem is, so far
the feedback is fatal—and that's why these crooks have Deadpool
along, to send them to a world with easy money. One of the gang
catches someone snooping around: it is Dr Bruce Banner; the boss
orders him killed—and that's when things really get out of hand.
Spider-Man arrives to find Hulk tearing the place apart while
Deadpool's brain is frying. A power overload hurls Spidey, 'Pool, and
Banner through to another lab, this time called Parker Technologies.
Deadpool has a green-clad counterpart and Spidey meets his opposite
number, a hero called the Amazing Spider who is seriously injured.
Spidey takes Spider in his “Spider-Car” back to his cave lair
where the wounded hero asks Spidey to take his place while he
recuperates. What he finds is that in this world, the Amazing Spider
is a more powerful and feared superhero than he is in 616. He easily
overcomes Dr Octopus and J. Jonah Jameson again sings his praises;
the Rhino surrenders rather than be beaten up by the Amazing Spider
(and can't understand why the usually grim Spider is making jokes).
Pete learns that the Spider has defeated Thanos, Annihilus, and
Galactus so there are no other superheroes, none seems necessary.
As Spider is still out of action, Pete
also has to run Parker Technologies while arranging dates with Mary
Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy. He also discovers that the Spider was
already aware of the parallel worlds—and that in this dimension,
Uncle Ben is still alive....
Peter rushes over for a visit and Uncle
Ben fills him in on how he survived being shot by the burglar and
here he has trained the Amazing Spider, after all, “with great
power comes a responsibility to stay powerful.” And that this Aunt
May is afraid of Peter's spider-powers. And then the drugged tea
takes effect....
Peter finds himself hooked up to the
machine that the Amazing Spider has been using to drain the life
forces of the Spideys of parallel worlds to make himself ever more
powerful. Pete tries to escape and in a scuffle, Uncle Ben
accidentally electrocutes the Amazing Spider. Our Spidey calmly walks
away and carries on as CEO of Parker Technologies, locating his Bruce
Banner to help get the portal open again, though Bruce confesses he
loves this world where he is not the Hulk (and Deadpool seems to be
having fun with his alter ego). So by night, Pete continues as the
Amazing Spider but he wants to go home....
Continued in DEADPOOL ANNUAL #1.