Our story opens with Spider-Man fleeing a bank, money
bag in hand, having seemingly just robbed it! The pedestrians are shocked as
the police arrive to throw a cordon around the area. Spidey drops the money bag
into the river, claiming that this will be a nightmare to explain. At the Daily
Bugle, Frederick Foswell frantically arrives with the news, where Betty Brant
and Ned Leeds tell Foswell that Jameson is at the airport seeing his son off.
We then cut to Kennedy Airport, where J. Jonah Jameson is saying farewell to
his son, John Jameson, when John suddenly starts to feel groggy. He stumbles
around, suddenly growing in size and completely smashing apart everything he
comes into contact with!
John is transported to a lab, where it is determined
that the spores he came into contact with in space are the cause of his sudden
change. John now has greatly increased strength, reacting to the earth’s
gravity far less than before. However, the scientists discover that this will
put a strain on John’s heart so they outfit him with a special suit to slow the
effects. Jonah and John are taken to a hotel where John can be monitored. It’s
there that Jonah receives the news of Spider-Man’s apparent burglary. Jonah is
over the moon at apparently being correct about Spider-Man, and convinces John
to go catch Spider-Man, seeing it as the ultimate justice if his son is the one
to finally bring Spider-Man in.
Meanwhile, at a nearby courthouse, several doctors
work over the unconscious Rhino, caught last issue, as they ponder how to
remove his suit and what the nature of his powers are. They leave to summon
more specialists as the Rhino begins to awaken. Elsewhere in the courthouse,
Foggy Nelson, law partner of Matt Murdock alias Daredevil, is appointed as the
Rhino’s attorney. However, before Foggy can speak to his client, the Rhino
attempts to escape, smashing right through the wall. He is met with a stream of
tranquilizer gas, which knocks the Rhino out once more, as the doctors question
how they will continue to hold him. We return finally to Peter at ESU where
Gwen Stacy invites him to a party she’s throwing. Peter happily accepts before
remembering that he promised to finally meet Mary Jane that weekend. Gwen is
upset at another rejection from Peter but Harry Osborn defends him, saying he
must have his reasons. When Flash Thompson insults Peter over the matter, Gwen
then snaps at Flash before walking off with Harry, to Peter’s amusement.
With classes now done, Peter goes out swinging as
Spider-Man, thinking about how he’d like to get closer with Gwen. Spidey then
runs into the super powered John Jameson, who attacks Spidey before he can
explain about the misunderstanding. Spidey tries webbing up John, to no avail,
while avoiding his punches. Spidey finds that John is unharmed by own attacks,
as he continues to try to explain the situation, which falls on deaf ears.
Spidey then webs up John’s face and swings away, as he thinks about the crazy
turn of events that led to him seemingly robbing the bank. Turns out, he was
there as Peter, when his spider-sense alerted him to a passing guard with a
payroll bag. The bag actually had a bomb in it, planted there to assist in a
robbery, and he changed to Spidey to get rid of the bomb, making it look like
he was robbing the place.
Spidey then heads to the Bugle, where he encounters
Jonah and tells him the whole story. Jonah obviously doesn’t believe Spidey
until Spidey tells him to call the bank to see if any money is missing, as he
swings off. Jonah begrudgingly obliges, discovering that no money is indeed
missing and that he was wrong about Spider-Man once again. John then returns
and Jonah tells him that Spider-Man may actually be innocent, but John doesn’t
want to hear it, wanting to settle things with Spider-Man and being overall
much more aggressive than usual. Later, Spider-Man goes back out in order to
try and find John again, as John also makes his way out past his guards to find
Spider-Man.
The two are almost drawn to each other as they finally
encounter each other at a power station. Spidey tries to reason with John, who
attacks Spidey anyway, with Spidey trying to keep out of reach, not really
wanting to hurt John. Spidey gets an idea and knocks the two of them through
the skylight and into the power station below. After continuing to avoid John,
Spidey eventually knocks him into a generator, which causes a huge feedback,
knocking John out and returning him to normal! A little bit later, Jonah and
John’s detail find him and conclude that everything is normal again, as Spidey
watches on to make sure he got found alright. The next morning, Peter revels in
his chance to relax during the weekend before Aunt May reminds him that he
promised to meet Mary Jane that day. Resigning himself to just get it over
with, Peter and Aunt May head over where they’re met by Anna Watson, who tells
them that Mary Jane will be there shortly. Peter thinks of Gwen while he waits,
when the doorbell rings and Peter answers it. He is absolutely stunned as he
finally comes to face to face with the beautiful Mary Jane Watson as she
delivers the immortal line, “Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot!”