Miles Morales: Spider-Man (Marvel;Re 2021)/Issue 1

The first issue of Marvel;Re's Miles Morales: Spider-Man.

Plot
Six small glass containers lie next to each other, a spider crawling in each one. On their backs is a number which goes from "01" up to "06". The containers sit on a table on top of a platform, in front of which is several people observing and reporters while on the platform stands scientific researcher Dr. Conrad Marcus.


 * Conrad Marcus: Tell me. Have any of you heard the story of Arachne?

He waits for a reply but none comes.


 * Conrad Marcus: No one? Really? Well, according to Greek mythology, Arachne was a weaver that was renowned all across the land for her talent. She was so great, in fact, that some began claiming that Arachne may have been better than the goddess Athena, who was known for her weaving skills. The two had a duel of weavers, which ended in Arachne's loss and her attempting to kill herself in shame. To stop this, Athena turned her into a spider. To be specific, she was turned into the first spider. Which means that the Greeks believed that only a deity would be able to create a spider.

Marcus picks up one of the containers with a spider inside.


 * Conrad Marcus: And if the Greeks got it right, then that means Roxxon has just brought humanity a little closer to godhood. Meet our newest creation, the Roxxon Super-Spider! A brand new breed of spider that was completely created by us. We will now be taking questions.

Several people speak up to try and talk with Marcus. Marcus points at one.


 * Conrad Marcus: Yes, you there.
 * Reporter #1: What specifically can the spiders do?
 * Conrad Marcus: Ah, I was hoping you'd ask that!

Marcus puts the container down and turns on a projector, which shows off some charts as to what the spider is capable of.


 * Conrad Marcus: The Roxxon Super-Spiders are still being tested, but thus far we have determined that the spiders possess the usual abilities that are common to spiders, such as generation of web. However, they also possess slightly less common abilities among spiders, such as camouflage capabilities and venomous fangs.
 * Reporter #2: If their abilities are possessed by regular spiders, why are they called "Super-Spiders"?
 * Conrad Marcus: Because, while yes it's true all of their capabilities can be found in a common or slightly uncommon spider, all of the Roxxon Super-Spiders' versions of these abilities are far greater. For example, they are able to somewhat bend light in order to perfectly mirror their surroundings, rendering them essentially invisible, and their venom seems to be electromagnetic in nature. Now, research on our spiders is still new, so I'm sorry that my answers aren't particularly detailed. But--

A metal ring suddenly flies through the air and wraps around Conrad, binding him. Guards run into the room and aim their guns at someone but are then bound by rings themselves. Everyone in the crowd turns around to see the supervillain, The Ringer, who takes a bow to them for a second while metal rings spin around his body.


 * Ringer: Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to be the first to say hello! Now, this is going to be a good ol' fashioned robbery, so please nobody get in my way while this plays out.

Ringer casually walks towards the spiders and picks one of them ("04") up. He holds the container up to his face for a second to get a good look at the spider.


 * Ringer: You know, no matter how much they bragged about you, doesn't change the fact you are UGLY up close... But hey, I ain't here to complain.

He wraps a ring around the container and lets it go, the ring floating and lifting the container up. Wherever Ringer stands, the now floating container follows. Shortly after this, a small group of Roxxon guards in heavy armor burst into the room, pointing plasma guns at Ringer, who smirks upon seeing them.


 * Ringer: See, I knew this was going off too easily.
 * Heavily Armored Guard: Put the spider down! That is a direct order!
 * Ringer: Well, funny story, I'd love to but if I don't then I don't get paid, so...

Ringer tosses a ring which floats in the air and then tosses a smaller ring inside of it. The first ring charges up and fires several beams of energy into the smaller ring, which then proceeds to fire a much larger energy beam at the guards, ripping straight through the crowd and blasting them away. Shortly after this, Ringer tosses a ring at the wall next to him. The ring proceeds to grow massive before cutting into the wall by spinning in a buzz saw-like way until it reaches the other side, a perfectly circular cut forming in the wall not long after.

Ringer leaps through the hole, revealing an extremely large drop that would most definitely kill him. However, the ring that cut through the wall flies towards Ringer and begins spinning around him in a circular motion, which causes him to instead gently float to the ground. Not long after the ring shrinks back down and returns to him.


 * Ringer: Wonderful! Now...

Ringer looks at the spider again.


 * Ringer: Where do I keep you until the pick-up...?