An ancient artifact known as the Tablet of Time has been uncovered. Kingpin wants to sell it, while elderly Silvermane wants to use it to restore his youth. Each crime lord kidnaps a useful hostage and a useless hostage.

Kingpin and Doctor Octopus blackmail John Hardesky into revealing Captain America’s secret super-soldier formula by making threats against Felicia. After Hardesky reveals his secrets, Landon is able to recreate and improve the formula for Kingpin. He uses the serum to transform Felicia into a “black cat”, and forces her to carry out his crimes until […]

Spider-Man and the Black Cat attempt to confront Kraven. After the latter eludes the two heroes, there are various reports of attacks. Debra Whitman decides to investigate and she, Black Cat, Flash Thompson, and Dr. Connors succeed in identifying the DNA as female. It turns out that Dr. Crawford had been given the same serum […]

Crawford has developed a cure for Spider-Man’s disease, but she is reluctant to give an untested serum to him that may result in permanent loss of his powers or worse. After an angry outburst from Spider-Man, she hands it over. At the ESU lab, Peter is secretly observed by Felicia’s latest love interest, Michael Morbius, […]

The Chameleon, an international spy, attempts assassination on two diplomats in order to derail the signing of a peace proposal. S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury enlists Jameson’s help to prevent the Chameleon’s crime, while Spider-Man begins his own hunt against the assassin.