An armored car races down a New York
street pursued by a car and both pursued by the Doppelganger, a
six-armed, four-eyed parody of Spider-Man....
Tony Stark is at a medical supply expo
where inventor Michael Hall is demonstrating a carbon-based microchip
which would allow artificial limbs to be controlled by thought. As
Tony steps out of the building, he spies the crazy progression and
suits up as Iron Man, contacting Peter Parker to meet him as
Spider-Man....
The Doppelganger lands on the
windshield of the armored car, causing the driver to slam on the
breaks which causes the pursuing car to crash into the truck. Iron
Man confronts the monster but is quickly entangled in silk webbing.
As Spidey quickly fills IM in on the Doppelganger's history, an angry
mob gathers and attacks the heroes. The monster then attacks the
woman who was driving the pursuing car. A pair of armored heroes,
Royal Blue and Firebrick, arrive and cover the rioters in a synthetic
netting. Royal Blue fires a blast that hits Doppelganger but also
disintegrates the woman's right arm. As the armored car speeds off,
the rioters snap out of their spell....
The armored car arrives at its
destination and unloads their cargo: the villainess Shriek whose
power it is to drive victims into a state of insanity. She is wheeled
into a lab where she sees, floating in a huge tank, the Carnage
symbiote....