Two
petty crooks, Victor “Dutch” Hollander and Ronnie Schatz, are walking through the
New York subway with an ATM they have stolen, thanks to a pair of power gloves
Ronnie has rented from the Tinkerer. They encounter Spider-Man fighting the
armored Silvermane. The ATM becomes a casualty of some flying shrapnel and the
guys escape, though Ronnie was counting on the cash for the ATM to pay the
Tinkerer….
Vic
is a lifelong criminal whose only other talent is for customizing plastic model
kits. Things are getting bad for petty crooks now that the streets are full of
super-heroes and -villains. While they ponder their next move, they go to a bar
where Vic meets Ronnie’s sister Vivi, a bartender, and there is an attraction.
Soon they are dating and she persuades him to go straight, getting a bartending
job at the same place, to Ronnie’s dismay, and they plan to move away from New
York to seek a better life out west. Deciding that they need more money to
relocate and start over, Vic secretly contacts Ronnie who suggests stealing a
super-suit and going into the bigger rackets for themselves. Vivi catches them
together and is disappointed in Vic. Over her protestations, Vic joins Ronnie
in a heist which turns out to be hijacking a truck carrying Force’s armor, to
sell to the highest bidder. But things don’t turn out that way: soon various
criminals are looking for Ronnie intending to seize the armor by force. Then
Ronnie and Vic are cornered in an alley by Blacklash who demands the suit.
Suddenly, Spider-Man appears to fight the villain and the guys run for their
lives….
So
they guys end up selling the suit for a ridiculously low price to the Tinkerer
and while Ronnie doesn’t learn a lesson, Vic joins Vivi on their trek to
California, not looking back, not even when Falcon is battling Electro in the
street….