Slinger (Marvel NEW)/Issue Three

The third issue of Slinger is the third part of the "Before He Was Amazing" story arc and takes place an unspecified amount of time after the previous issue, where Peter was rejected by Gwen Stacy.

Synopsis
After his rejection, Peter hasn't really been talking to Gwen all that much, which is a shame since without her his friend group is incomplete. While he deals with this fact, Harry and he decide to sign up for Midtown High's football team, The Tigers. Sadly, Peter's Spider-Man life isn't much better, since his reputation has nosedived after a criminal imposter of him was stopped by the supposed new hero in town, the Macabre Mystic known as Mysterio.

Plot
Peter and Harry are walking down a hallway, discussing the upcoming dance, Harry still trying to come up with a way to get dates for them. He is interrupted though when Peter grabs him and hides behind a corner. Harry asks if he saw Flash Thompson and immediately after Gwen Stacy walks past the corner, speaking with a girl and not noticing the two. After realizing what's going on, Harry tells Peter that he has to talk to Gwen again, since he, Peter and Gwen have all been friends since they were six and just cutting her off isn't a cool thing to do.

Peter agrees and says that him avoiding her is just a phase that he's hoping will pass soon. Harry agrees before moving on to his main point, stating he thinks he has a way of getting them dates. He points out a window at Flash Thompson and tells Peter that Flash has dated four different girls and now that he's single more girls want to be with him. Harry asks if Peter knows why with him sarcastically claiming it's his "wonderful personality". Harry then claims it's because Flash is a football player, and all they'd need to do is become players themselves and the girls will be asking them out instead.

Peter isn't sure about the idea but agrees to anyway, claiming it couldn't hurt. After this, Flash storms into school, a group of people surrounding him and claiming that "it's the truth". Flash repeatedly states he doesn't believe it, causing one of the students to repeat what he said: Spider-Man robbed a museum. Peter is visibly upset by this and grabs the student, asking him what he said. The student states that Spider-Man broke into a museum and stole the Black Diamond. The student then shows Peter footage of Spider-Man stealing said diamond, causing Peter to stare in absolute awe.

Peter, now out of school, begins ranting, screaming that he can't believe this and that he spent ages building up his reputation and, in one single action, someone completely destroyed it. He proclaims that "this is ridiculous" before asking if the person he's talking to agrees. The "person" turns out to be a spider in a tank, which sits and stares at Peter. Peter stares back before claiming he needs to stop asking his spider questions, revealing the spider to be named Stacy.

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