Marvel Heroes: The Book of Spider-Man is an American animated anthology limited TV series based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, and airing exclusively on Disney+. It is a spiritual sequel for Spider-Man and the New Avengers, set in Iago PUC's Marvel Heroes franchise.
Premise
Peter Parker continues balancing his double life as a student at Horizon Academy and as the superhero Spider-Man, while meeting old and new friends and allies. The series is split in three arcs with four episodes each:
- First arc is set during the events of Spider-Man and the New Avengers, detailing Peter's days as Spider-Man before he and his friends formed the New Avengers.
- Second arc follows Peter in his second encounter with the Knights of the Multiverse.
- Third arc focuses on Peter learning more secrets in his own world, including the first Spider-Man.
- Fourth arc focuses on Peter having more encounters with key figures of his fellow Knights of the Multiverse's life.
Episodes
- See also: Quotes
| No | Title | Disney+ Synopsis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “Chapter 1: First Steps” | Peter recounts his early days as Spider-Man. | ||
| [1]Following Arcade's defeat, Peter Parker recalls his principles as Spider-Man;[2] from the spider bite and uncle Ben's death to the moment Peter captured some of Arcade's henchmen, including Uncle Ben’s killer Dennis Carradine, as he continues life anew, while being supported by his childhood friend-turned-girlfriend Mary Jane Watson, who had become Jackpot. As he also helps his aunt May contribute for a charity event at F.E.A.S.T. to console the loved ones of Arcade's victims, Peter / Spider-Man also chases Arcade's henchmen, who are on the run following his arrest. Among them is Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus, who had once worked for Arcade in exchange for the Tritium he stole from Alchemax. Spider-Man determines Octavius's plan to build a fusion reactor meant to create a miniature Sun on Earth, but will also become unstable and threaten to destroy most of the city. Tracking down Octavius in his hideout, Spider-Man battles and defeats him before shutting down the fusion reactor, destroying the Tritium with it. As Octavius is taken to jail, Peter later returns to Aunt May, and helps her with the charity, before enjoying a romantic night with Mary Jane. Elsewhere, Octavius is met in his cell by Norman Osborn, who offers him a job opportunity in exchange for revenge on Spider-Man. | ||||
| 2 | “Chapter 2: Star-Spangled Teens” | Peter and Princess America enjoy some time together as teenagers and heroes. | ||
| Peter continues his double life as student and superhero, as he is now supported by his closest classmates at Horizon Academy, who are aware of his secret. After a fight against a squad of Hydra troopers sent by Arnim Zola to invade Horizon Labs, Peter is met with Sarah Danvers-Rogers / Princess America, the daughter of Steve Rogers/Captain America and Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel, who invites him for a visit at her family's farm, where Rogers and Danvers own a ranch of horses, reminding Peter of when he and Mary Jane used to joyride with horses in a ranch uncle Ben once worked at. Peter is also introduced to Sarah's winged horse Liberty, and they enjoy a ride together. Just then, they overhear about Zola's plan to attack Stark Expo, where Tony Stark plans to hold a science fair where students from Horizon Academy, Osborn Academy and Midtown High School are presenting their projects. Just as Zola arrives with his Hydra troops and pet Doughboy to try and steal Stark's newly built Iron Legion drones, Spider-Man and Princess America arrive to fight them off. They are also joined by Captain America and his cosmic-powered horse Brooklyn, and they defeat Zola, Doughboy and the Hydra troops, forcing them to retreat. During which, Osborn's son Harry publicly blames Spider-Man for “working with Hydra”, only to face the immediately negative opinion from citizens, causing Stark to disqualify Osborn Academy's students from Stark Expo. Peter / Spider-Man still earns praise from the public as well as from Sarah, Captain America and Stark for his good deed. Peter then invites Mary Jane for a horse ride at the Danvers-Rogers Ranch, where they are joined by Sarah. | ||||
| 3 | “Chapter 3: The Interns” | Peter and the son of Iron Man settle to show their potential to the Avengers. | ||
| During an internship at Oscorp, Peter presents some of his projects as a means to try and please the Osborns enough to convince Harry to let go of his blind hatred for Spider-Man. He is met, however, by criticism from Osborn's executives, including Bentley Wittman, and excluded from his internship by Norman, as Peter becomes visibly disappointed at Harry for choosing to maintain his father's trust in him over defending his best friend. Peter is then met by Stark's wife and chief executive Pepper Potts, who admires Peter's inventions and offers him an internship at Stark Industries, which he accepts. Stark and the Avengers also praise Peter's projects, while also becoming aware that he is Spider-Man. During his new assignment, Peter also meets and befriends Stark’s and Potts’ older son Isaac Potts-Stark / Ironlad, with whom he works on improving his projects, and later settle to fight the Crimson Dynamo Force (CDF), a group of Russian mercenaries clad in suits of armor who are for some reason targeting Oscorp. Upon defeating them, Spider-Man and Ironlad interrogate the CDF’s leader Ivan Vanko, who reveals that they were hired to kill the Osborns by an Oscorp executive who wants to take over the company, which is currently building a new weapon of destructive power. Infiltrating the company, and checking on the executives, they soon determine the mastermind is Aldrich Killian, who plans to sell Oscorp's weapon to MODOK and A.I.M.. Spider-Man and Ironlad manage to expose Killian, and apprehend him after defeating MODOK and his troops, and stopping them from obtaining the weapon. Despite still not being convinced of Spider-Man’s heroism, Harry learns that Peter's projects are being more successful at Stark Industries and Horizon Labs, for which Harry apologizes to Peter for having not defended him earlier. Peter forgives him, although he gets a perception that his friendship with Harry will not last long. Later on, Peter is invited to the Avengers' HQ, where he trains alongside Ironlad, Princess America, and the Avengers' other interns, consisting of Amadeus Cho / Brawn, mutant duo Cloak and Dagger, and romantic partners Hulkling and Wiccan. | ||||
| 4 | “Chapter 4: All About Family” | Peter helps Sandman protect his family from Hammerhead. | ||
| Peter is spending a day with Mary Jane and their cousins Jessica Reilly and Hunter Watson until they witness an attack at Oscorp by Flint Marko / Sandman. Suiting up as Spider-Man, Jackpot, Spider-Woman and White Wolf, the four stop him and force him to retreat, but not before Spider-Man puts a microscopic tracker of Quantum Realm technology on Sandman. Spider-Man and his group track down and confront Sandman, who is revealed to have been blackmailed by Hammerhead into working for him in exchange for sparing the lives of Flint’s wife Emma and daughter Penny as payback for Flint having once been a police colleague of Frank Castle / Punisher (who was reported to have killed Hammerhead's son Tully[3]), and Spider-Man, Jackpot, Spider-Woman and White Wolf agree to help Flint save his family and stop Hammerhead. As Sandman delivers a high-tech device he “stole” from S.H.I.E.L.D. to Hammerhead, Spider-Man, Jackpot, Spider-Woman and White Wolf sneak into the hideout, disable Hammerhead's enforcers, and rescue Emma and Penny. Realizing what is really happening, Hammerhead orders his henchmen Electro and Hydro-Man to kill Flint's family, but he fights them back with help from Spider-Man, Jackpot, Spider-Woman and White Wolf, depowering Electro and Hydro-Man, and apprehending Hammerhead. Flint is cleared out of his charges so he can live peacefully with his family, as Hammerhead is given a life sentence in prison. Next day, Peter, Mary Jane, Jessica and Hunter enjoy a dinner with Flint, Emma and Penny, as Peter is observed elsewhere by Prime Eternal Thena, who deems Peter worthy to wield Phoenix Talon. | ||||
| 5 | “Chapter 5: The Bright Side of the Moon” | Spider-Man helps an Etherian princess find her way home. | ||
Peter / Spider-Man is having a training season with Glory Grant / Gorilla Girl, Carlie Cooper / Moon Owl and Sarah / Princess America with Vision and Stark / Iron Man monitoring them, until they settle to save a nearby aquatic park from the Red Sirens, a crew of pirates led by Captain Amber who are seeking a treasure they owned and was “stolen by thieves”. Joined in by Mary Jane / Jackpot and Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man and the group defeat the Sirens, who retreat before they can learn where the Sirens came from. They also battle Avery Chance / Syren, a new villainess wearing a magical badge of unknown origins. Later, Peter sees Flash Thompson attempting to woo a mysterious girl named Lua, who rejects him out of concern he might expose her to the Red Sirens. Joined by Alison Blaire / Dazzler, Peter, Mary Jane and Kamala then encounter Lua and her younger sister Estela and adopted infant brother Tristan, as Lua is trying to retrieve the treasure the Sirens are hunting for: the Sorcerer's Guild Badge, which grants the user magical abilities, and Peter recognizes it as the badge Avery is wearing. Just as Lua suddenly mentions Princess Glimmer of Bright Moon, Peter and Dazzler realize that Lua, Estela, Tristan and the Red Sirens are from Etheria, and the former contacts Princess Adora / She-Ra, who arrives with Swift Wind, Glimmer, Entrapta and Mermista. He concludes that when Osborn had the Spot banish the witnesses of his plans to the four neighboring dimensions in the Sacred Multiverse with the Infinity Sword[4], Lua, Estela, Tristan and the Red Sirens were at the same time pulled into the Avengers' universe. Peter / Spider-Man, Mary Jane / Jackpot, Kamala / Ms. Marvel, Dazzler and the Princesses join Stark, Glory, Sarah, Carlie and Vision in their fight against the Red Sirens, who are raiding Midtown High's swimming academy after learning that Avery / Syren has the Sorcerer's Guild Badge, as Avery reveals her plan to get revenge Flash for having once dated her just to ridicule her. Spider-Man and She-Ra soon duel with Syren and defeat her, retrieving the Badge, as the others defeat the Red Sirens and shrink them into bottles with Quantum Realm particles from Pym Industries. As Avery is taken to jail, Flash mocks her, only to damage his own reputation for not learning his lesson and to be sentenced to do community service when Spider-Man reminds him that Avery became a criminal because of him. Peter and Adora share good compliments before the latter returns to Etheria with her fellow Princesses and the captured Red Sirens. Peter earns likewise good compliments from Mary Jane, Kamala, Dazzler, Stark, Vision, Sarah, Carlie and Glory, while lamenting that the ramifications of Osborn's meddling with the Infinity Sword are not over yet. | ||||
| 6 | “Chapter 6: This Is the Way” | Spider-Man encounters young Mandalorians who are out of their world. | ||
While training Thor's twin sons Magni and Modi, Peter / Spider-Man, Mary Jane / Jackpot, Kamala / Ms. Marvel, Stark / Iron Man, Isaac / Ironlad and Vision overhear Justin Hammer announcing Hammer Industries’ latest innovation: a new set of weapons built with technology confiscated from the Kree Empire, which is immediately targeted by Whiplash and his gang of armored thieves and mercenaries. While battling Whiplash (whose equipment is empowered by crystals of unknown origin) and his mob, Spider-Man and his group also encounter an armored teenager who steals Hammer’s newly built weapons, and incapacitates Whiplash before escaping, but not before Peter notices that the teenager is from the Jedi Knights' universe after recognizing his Mandalorian attire. Peter, Mary Jane, Kamala, Vision and the Starks track down and encounter the teenager, Kraiji Post, a young Mandalorian super-soldier and freedom fighter who is protecting Jace Loran, a Mandalorian infant who is connected to the Force, and orphan Juni Tachi from the terrorist clan known as Death Watch. Kraiji reveals that Hammer’s weapons are being targeted by the leaders of Death Watch, bounty hunters Boba Fett and Cad Bane and Sith exile Darth Maul. Peter soon contacts Luke Skywalker, who arrives with Ahsoka Tano, Din Djarin and Chewbacca. They soon devise a plan to stop the Death Watch leaders and Whiplash, whose devices are powered by Dark Kyber Crystals (which were used by Mandalorians to forge the Darksaber). Spider-Man and the group plot to lure both the Death Watch leaders and Whiplash’s mob to Hammer Industries, where a fight occurs. Piloting an unfinished prototype of Obadiah Stane's Iron Monger armor, Hammer attempts to attack both heroes and villains until he is incapacitated by Magni and Modi, as well as Groot, who also arrives and destroys the weapons. Spider-Man and his group are likewise able to defeat the Death Watch leaders and Whiplash's mob, destroying Whiplash's equipment and the Dark Kyber Crystals with it. As Whiplash and his mob are arrested, and Hammer faces negative public opinion due to how dangerous his weapons proved to be, Peter and Luke share good compliments with each other before the latter returns to his universe with Chewbacca, Ahsoka, Djarin, Kraiji, Jace, Juni and the apprehended Death Watch leaders. Peter eventually heeds the enthusiastic twins’ wishes to tell more about the Jedi Knights' universe. | ||||
| 7 | “Chapter 7: Speed Me Up” | Mobians ask Spider-Man’s help with eluding the Jackal Squad. | ||
Peter is jogging in New York with Mary Jane and Kamala until they suit up as Spider-Man, Jackpot and Ms. Marvel to fight former stage actor-turned-mob boss Quentin Beck, the illusion-manipulating supervillain Mysterio, and is powered by an unknown relic of immense power. They defeat him, although he escapes by having his illusions provide a distraction by wreaking havoc. During a training season with Vision and Sam Wilson / Falcon, Peter, Mary Jane and Kamala watch as Stark / Iron Man, Liz Allan / Firestar and Randy Robertson meet X-Men member Bobby Drake / Iceman, who had recently rescued Blizzard, a Mobian wolf with ice abilities, and young Mobian child Timmy the Chipmunk and orphaned child human Hope Kintobor from Mysterio’s mob enforcers and a crew of mercenary jackals and their sinister illusion-manipulating leader, Infinite. Recognizing Blizzard and Timmy as Mobians, Peter contacts Sonic the Hedgehog, who arrives with fellow Freedom Fighter Sally Acorn, companion Chip, and robot E-102 Gamma, from whom Peter and his friends learn that Mysterio's source of power is a prototype of the Phantom Ruby, an interdimensional gemstone of incredible power which was fought over by several parties (including Infinite and the Jackal Squad) across multiple dimensions. Knowing that Mysterio's prototype of the Phantom Ruby is unstable, Peter / Spider-Man and Sonic lead their groups to find and destroy it before it can cause more harm. Anticipating Mysterio's plan to attack a drama club from where he was once kicked out, Spider-Man, Sonic and their allies ambush him and his henchmen (consisting of the Wrecking Crew (Wrecker, Bulldozer, Piledriver, and Thunderball) and slick speedster Slyde) just as Infinite and the Jackal Squad arrive for their prize. Eventually, Mysterio's Phantom Ruby loses control, and mutates him into a mindless draconic monster, causing him to attack everyone until Spider-Man and Sonic manage to bring him down, and destroy his Phantom Ruby, although Mysterio retreats. The others are likewise able to defeat Mysterio's henchmen and the Jackals. As Mysterio’s henchmen are taken to jail, and the Jackals are detained, Peter and Sonic share good compliments with each other before the latter returns to his universe with Sally, Chip, Gamma, Blizzard, Timmy and Hope, as Peter resumes his jogging with Mary Jane and Kamala. During which, Peter watches and hears as Flash (who has served his time in community service) brags about his new “manly car” until a small fragment of the Phantom Ruby changes its appearance to a feminine one which makes Flash a laughingstock to the neighborhood. | ||||
| 8 | “Chapter 8: Earth Spark” | Spider-Man helps an Autobot protect two children from imminent danger. | ||
Checking on his uncle Ben's old garage, Peter encounters and shows Mary Jane, Kamala and Vision his old go-kart, telling them of his past as a junior go-kart racer. As Peter and Mary Jane take the kart to their cousins’ mansion so Jessica's and Hunter's older son Timothy Reilly-Watson can practice for next day’s go-kart racing event hosted by Stark's chief of security Happy Hogan, two mysterious children watch from a distance. As Timothy practices, Peter suddenly notices a kart similar to his seemingly riding on its own in the neighborhood, and goes on to investigate with Vision, eventually learning it is actually an Autobot child named Blink in disguise. Mary Jane and Kamala also encounter Polly Darby, a child girl who is “only part organic”, with Peter learning she is a human/Cybertronian hybrid. As he sends his Bioformer Sunsoar to find the children's guardian, Peter contacts Optimus Prime, who arrives with fellow Autobots Windblade, Jazz and Bulkhead; the Autobots have been searching for Blink and Polly and their guardian Silverbolt, who vanished along with an Energon Key designed to animate technology, as well as the Stunticons, a sub-faction of Decepticons consisting of Motormaster, Drag Strip, Dead End (Porsche), Breakdown and Wildrider. Through Sunsoar, Peter / Spider-Man finds Silverbolt attempting to retrieve the Key, which fell in the possession of the Wild Sentinel, a three-headed Sentinel unit planning to eliminate all organic life forms, including humans. Stark / Iron Man, James Rhodes / War Machine (accompanied by his Bioformer Blitzguard) and X-Men members Cyclops, Rogue and Gambit also fight the Wild Sentinel and help pin it down, but are soon confronted by the Stunticons, who inadvertently distract them long enough for the Wild Sentinel to escape and set course to New York. Spider-Man soon contacts the heroes, and urges them to gather at New York's sector of NEXUS Internet Hub, where the Wild Sentinel plans to mass-produce Energon-powered Sentinels across the globe and eliminate all life. The heroes (joined by Optimus and the Autobots) do so, and set up an ambush, distracting the Wild Sentinel while Spider-Man settles to retrieve the Energon Key. The Stunticons arrive, combine into Menasor, and attack both sides, but are defeated by Ms. Marvel, Rhodes, Vision, Stark and Silverbolt, as Spider-Man successfully removes the Key from the Wild Sentinel, allowing Jackpot, Gambit and Optimus to blow up its core, and finish it off. As the Sentinels’ creator Bolivar Trask is held accountable for the Wild Sentinel's attempted rampage, and the defeated Stunticons are immobilized, Peter shares good compliments with Optimus, who leaves back to his universe with his fellow Autobots, Polly, Blink and the apprehended Stunticons. Next day, Peter, Mary Jane and Kamala watch as Timothy participates in the race, with Stark, Rhodes, Vision and the X-Men also watching. | ||||
| 9 | “Chapter 9: Legacies” | Peter and Mary Jane learn more about the first Spider-Man and the original Jackpot. | ||
| 15 years ago, Latverian Daily Bugle reporter Ezekiel "Zeke" Sims operated as the first Spider-Man alongside his young protégée Alana Jobson, the original Jackpot, until they settled to stop the Tinkerer from converting innocent people into mindless puppets. After he and Alana managed to rescue the hostages, Zeke was caught up in an explosion, and apparently perished. Mourning Zeke's sacrifice, Alana became bitter when her uncle and Zeke's boss J. Jonah Jameson publicly disrespected his memory and, after revealing her identity as Jackpot to the public, ran away from home, making Jameson a target for protesters. In the present day, Peter and Mary Jane hear from Jessica about Zeke and Alana before receiving word that the Tinkerer has returned. After stopping the Tinkerer's minions from ravaging the Daily Bugle, Spider-Man and Jackpot overhear from Betty Brant and Robbie Robertson that Tinkerer is Jameson's estranged brother and Alana's father Phineas, who became a delusional criminal after losing Alana's mother in a fire accidentally started by Jameson’s son Reginald “Reggie” which also killed Jameson’s wife Marla. Deducing that Tinkerer is searching for his daughter, Peter and Mary Jane decide to search for Alana, only to learn that she has become the “Winter Widow”. She outwits them and escapes, as they soon encounter Zeke, who had survived the explosion of Tinkerer’s laboratory and has been living as a doctor. He explains that Alana has been the Winter Widow since she fled from Jameson, after which she began having a more aggressive approach on criminals, and was subjected and brainwashed by agents of the Red Room. They eventually find Alana again, and fight her when she attempts to kidnap Mary Jane's adopted sister Cassie Lang. They defeat her with eventual help from Hunter and Jessica, as well as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier and Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, who have been hunting the Red Room when they sent Winter Widow to kidnap children for them to train as new assassins. The group manage to find and infiltrate the Red Room air headquarters, where they find the children Alana had kidnapped, and take them safely to their families using the Fire Dimension through Phoenix Talon. They are soon confronted by Hammerhead, who had escaped prison and became the new leader of the Red Room, as he voices his plans to weaponize the children, for whom he wants to replace his dead son Tully. The Tinkerer also arrives with his mech, still seeking to retrieve Alana, and another fight begins. As Peter / Spider-Man, Hunter / White Wolf and Winter Soldier fight Hammerhead and Tinkerer, Mary Jane, Jessica and Romanoff fight Alana, until they subdue her with a Red Dust vial. Spider-Man, White Wolf and Winter Soldier are likewise able to defeat Hammerhead and Tinkerer, although the latter takes control of the Red Room base, and commands it to fly towards New York, with the impact expected to destroy the city. Freed from her brainwashing, but ashamed of what he had done, Alana chooses to sacrifice herself to destroy the Red Room, while others retrieve the remaining children along with Tinkerer and Hammerhead; the latter is plagued with the Curse of Prometheus by Peter with Phoenix Talon, condemned into being haunted by his failure to save Tully. As Tinkerer and Hammerhead are taken back to jail (with the former loudly blaming his imprisoned brother Jonah for Alana’s death), Peter, Mary Jane, Jessica and Hunter hold a funeral for Alana. Peter and Mary Jane are encouraged by Zeke and Jessica to keep going and resume their roles as Spider-Man and Jackpot. | ||||
| 10 | “Chapter 10: Operation W.E.B.” | Peter joins other spiders on a mission against Hydra. | ||
| Peter and his friends Anya Corazon and Miles Morales watch as Gwen Stacy trains under her idol Black Widow and her fellow Widows Yelena Belova / Snow Widow and Ava Starr / Phantom Widow, while Cindy Moon / Silk trains alongside Peter's mutant clone Kaine / Scarlet Spider. Peter, Anya and Miles then suit up to fight and defeat Scorcher, who was sent by a mysterious benefactor from Hydra to retrieve a file stored in Alchemax, which is now run by Alexander Pierce following Tiberius Stone's arrest[5]. Peter and the group are met with Silk and Scarlet Spider, who reveal that Stone had once built a replica of the Tesseract composed of duplicates of the Space and Reality Stones, and they resort to protect it from Hydra, and destroy it if necessary. As Gwen joins the Widows in infiltrating the Hydra Base, Peter and the others remain on guard of Alchemax, while trying to convince Pierce that the Tesseract must be destroyed. Meanwhile, Gwen / White Widow and the Widows discover that the Hydra benefactor is Antonia Dreykov / Crimson Widow, who plans to use the Tesseract to bring alien warriors to be subjected for her "Winter Hunter project" using the Red Room's old Winter Soldier protocols, while also overhearing that Hydra has a spy infiltrating Alchemax. Overhearing this from Gwen, Peter and the others with him decide to ambush the spy on Alchemax's Tesseract Vault. Just as Pierce discovers and tries to dismiss the group, Crimson Widow's spy: the Chameleon (who was posing as Pierce's assistant) steals the Tesseract, and settles to escape. Spider-Man and his team pursue him, as they land on Crimson Widow's base, and a fight ensues. Knowing that tempering with the Tesseract's energies will be lethal for their universe, Black Widow instructs Spider-Man to destroy it, which he does by absorbing it with Phoenix Talon. Crimson Widow attempts to stop him, but is defeated by Gwen, as Spider-Man channels the absorbed energy against the Hydra Base, resulting in an explosion which seemingly kills Crimson Widow, although Spider-Man and his group escape with an apprehended Chameleon via the Fire Dimension. As Chameleon is arrested and Pierce resigns in shame, Gwen earns the Widows' full respect, as Yelena and Ava are put in charge of Alchemax, which they plan to make valuable changes in. Peter also earns more of Romanoff's respect, although they both doubt Crimson Widow is gone for good. Meanwhile, Crimson Widow (badly scarred, but still alive) is healed by Zola with cybernetic limbs. | ||||
| 11 | “Chapter 11: Of Dinosaurs and Men” | Spider-Man works with superheroes to stop dinosaurs from destroying San Diego. | ||
| Spider-Man and Stark Industries' chief of security Happy Hogan (who is also the half-human, half-dinosaur Gamma mutant Maximus "M-Rex" Rex) are training Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl and her companion Tyrannosaurus Rex Devil Dinosaur, against the objections of newly-appointed Midtown High School principal John Flynn. Doctor Octopus learns of the Ethereal Sun Stone, an artifact of measurable power which brings life to Savage Land. With help from paleontologist and Midtown High science teacher Vincent Stegron (who agrees to guide him to the Stone in exchange for clearing name him out of allegations for experimenting on dinosaurs for Oscorp), Octavius obtains the Stone, but eventually betrays Stegron by leaving him in the island. Using a serum composed of dino DNA he created, Stegron mutates himself into a humanoid Stegosaurus, and uses an experimental teleporter he confiscated from Oscorp to warp himself and the dinosaurs, including the T-Rex King to San Diego, where they go for a rampage. As superheroes work to contain the out-of-control dinosaurs, Stegron chases after and ambushes Octavius (who plans to use the Sun Stone for his latest invention) in New York, ensuing in a fight which ends with Spider-Man, Moon Girl, M-Rex and Devil Dinosaur defeating them both. Soon learning of what Octavius did, Spider-Man (with help from Doctor Stephen Strange and the Masters of the Mystic Arts) manages to negotiate with the T-Rex King, convincing him and his dinosaur horde to stop their rampage in exchange of giving them the Sun Stone. The T-Rex King and the dinosaurs agree, and they return home with the Sun Stone. Octavius and Stegron resurface, and attempt to stop Spider-Man, only to be defeated, as Stegron is reverted to human form, and exposed to public eyes. As Octavius retreats, and is made a public fugitive, Stegron is arrested, damaging Flynn's reputation, as Spider-Man and M-Rex continue training Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. | ||||
| 12 | “Chapter 12: Sister's Luck” | Peter learns how his sister Felicia became Black Cat. | ||
| Peter continues his duties as Spider-Man while admiring the good his sister Felicia does as Black Cat; being both a superheroine and treasure hunter, which was inspired by her caretaker dr. Wendy Hardy. Eventually, Felicia tells Peter that there is much he knows about her, except how she became Black Cat; at the same week Mary Jane became Jackpot and ended Arcade's terror attacks, Felicia once accompanied dr. Hardy in an expedition at one of the ancient pyramids of Egypt, where Felicia had her hands on a magical necklace known as the Heart of Isis. After finding it and putting it on, Felicia was given a vision of the Egyptian Goddess Isis herself, who granted Felicia her powers, including her ability to manipulate her own and others' good or bad luck. Moments after she practiced her abilities, Felicia was met with a Dora Milaje who admired her talents, and entrusted her with her Vibranium necklace, while Felicia in exchange entrusted the Wakandans with the Heart of Isis. Later, when fighting crime together, Peter and Felicia overhear a group of mob enforcers being told by their boss of his plans to assault a Wakandan Museum in New York where the Heart of Isis is rumored to be stored. Spider-Man and Black Cat anticipate their arrival and defeat the thieves, as Black Cat senses a "good and bad blood" on their leader, Flash's father Harrison Thompson, who Peter and Felicia sense was also Jessie Avril's estranged father. They do not expose him, but instead force him to envision Isis cursing him, forcing him to cowardly relent. Next day, while attending Jessie's memorial, Peter watches as Harrison is struck with permanent bad luck, as he and Felicia overhear their friends admit they also knew that Jessie was Harrison's daughter, but are glad she will not be living under his shadow like Flash is still doing. | ||||
| 13 | “Chapter 13: Between Royalty and Piracy” | Peter works alongside queens and princesses from the neighboring universes against dreaded pirates and tyrants. | ||
| After teaming up with Olympian demigod Hercules and his team the West Coast Avengers (Thundra / Power Princess, Frog-Man, Jack Dusquene / Swordsman, and Texas Twister) as well as reluctantly Captain Ultra against a crew of alien pirates hired by an unknown mastermind to steal an unknown relic, Peter is invited along with the West Coast Avengers by Thundra for a gala event hosted by her mother Empress Zarda of Utopia Isle, which he accepts while also bringing Mary Jane, Kamala, Felicia, Gwen and Anya along, and inviting a few guests he has been secretly contacting. Peter and his group arrive at Utopia Isle, where Stark / Iron Man, Charles Xavier / Professor X, Princess America, Namor, Peggy Carter / Captain Britain, and Magneto are also attending to help negotiate an alliance between theirs and Zarda's people. During which, Utopia Isle is invaded by the same alien pirates who Peter and Hercules's teammates fought against along with other universes' pirates (the Red Sirens, Cad Bane and his guild, Captain Whisker and his robot pirates, and the Star Seekers of Unicron). Peter and his friends battle the pirates with eventual help from his secret guests: his fellow Knights of the Multiverse as well as Queen Angela of Bright Moon, Princess Leia Amidala, Princess Blaze the Cat of the Mobian Sol Empire, and Queen Artemis Prime of Metroplex. They soon reveal that the pirates were summoned by rogue Olympian Pluto, who seeks the Ethereal stone powering up Utopia Isle. The heroes soon face more pirates, and learn that their universe's pirates are actually androids serving the Golden King. As the Knights and their comrades aid other heroes battle and defeat the invading pirates and their captains, Spider-Man and Hercules confront Pluto and the Golden King, who have both learned about the Ethereal stone from Captain Ultra during his fight against them. Aided by Phoenix Talon's power, Spider-Man and Hercules banish Pluto back to the underworld, and defeat Golden King, who is forced to retreat in fear of losing his gold. As Captain Ultra faces negative public opinion for almost starting a war, Zarda warmly accepts the heroes' alliance negotiation, Peter and his friends enjoy the gala with their guests. During, Peter contemplates that he might need to do more to establish peace between his and his fellow Knights' universes. | ||||
| 14 | “Chapter 14: Your Multiversal Friendly Neighborhood” | Peter gives Hiro Hamada and Songbird a tour in the neighboring universes to lift their spirits. | ||
| Peter is gathering supplies (consisting of Asgardian flowers provided by Queen Frigga, hologram projectors of the X-Men’s technology provided by Hank McCoy / Beast, Mystic Arts sling rings provided by Wong, and Life Model Decoys (LMD) provided by Phil Coulson) to contribute to the universes of his fellow Knights of the Multiverse before encountering scientific genius and artist Hiro Hamada, who had become Kid Kaiju after achieving his Inhuman ability to bring his drawings to life, but was rejected from the Triumph Division, and Melissa Gold / Songbird, an Inhuman with bird-themed abilities who was likewise rejected from the Thunderbolt program. Knowing that they need inspiration to lift their spirits, Peter offers to give Hiro and Songbird a tour in the neighboring universes, which they accept, and Stark / Iron Man (who wanted to know more about the other universes following his previous encounters with the Knights) also joins. During the trip, Peter / Spider-Man shows Hiro, Songbird and Stark the wonders of the four universes while also teaming up with his fellow Knights in battling their enemies (including Empress Despara / Horde Prime and the Galactic Horde, Darth Vader and the Sith Empire, Doctor Robotnik and his robot minions, and Megatron and the Decepticons) and sharing his supplies (the flowers for the Etherian Princesses’ kingdoms, the hologram projectors for the Jedi, the sling rings for the Mobians, and the LMDs for the Autobots), as Hiro and Songbird are inspired into embracing their full potential by defeating the Etherian dragon Crimson Nightmare and the Decepticon giant Devastator, and humbling the Chao god Chaos and the Zillo Beast. Returning to their home universe, Peter, Hiro, Melissa and Stark are informed that the Triumph Division members are in a losing battle against their teammate Yokai, who is revealed as a double-agent working for the Mandarin and the Ten Rings organization on their plan to take over Krei Tech Industries. The young heroes and Stark eventually battle Yokai and the Mandarin, with Hiro / Kid Kaiju and Songbird using what they learned from the neighboring universes to defeat Yokai, while Peter / Spider-Man and Stark / Iron Man are likewise able to defeat the Mandarin, and banish him and the Ten Rings agents to the Void via the Fire Dimension. As Yokai is taken to jail, the Triumph Division’s leader Red Feather and the Thunderbolts’ organizer Truman Marsh eventually see potential in Hiro and Songbird respectively, and offer them membership. The two, however, decline, and choose to join Spider-Man’s team of New Avengers, who accept them for their performance. Overhearing news about the good outcome, Stark voices his good compliments to Peter over how much of a good influence he was to other young heroes, although Peter states he did it being Spider-Man, while also commenting there will come a moment he will have to prove himself without being Spider-Man. | ||||
| 15 | “Chapter 15: Zero to Hero, Part 1” | Peter spends a weekend without being Spider-Man, but new challenges come to him. | ||
| Peter, Mary Jane, Liz, and Randy are invited by Midtown High School’s principal Robert Maverick for a weekend-long field trip at Washington DC to celebrate jock Kenny McFarlane’s successful mission as their super-soldier champion, although Peter and his friends are not pleased with the fact that Maverick authorized one of his students to be given powers, and that Kenny is not valorizing responsibility over them. Just as Maverick offers them good benefits should they re-enroll at Midtown High, Peter and his friends agree to join the field trip, but will decline re-enrolling should any incidents happen, as Peter secretly overhears from Midtown High’s school reporter Phil Ulrich about a mysterious spy who jeopardized part of Kenny’s mission, with Peter acknowledging that the spy had their own mission concerning a bigger incident which is about to happen. As they set their LMDs to impersonate Spider-Man, Jackpot, Firestar and Winter Wolf and patrol New York for the weekend, Peter, Mary Jane and Liz (joined by Liz's boyfriend Jason Durand, their headteacher Max Modell and his husband Hector Baez) travel with Randy and reluctantly their former classmates at Midtown High to Washington DC, where the students stay at a luxurious hotel, with Peter and his group being provided a room by their mysterious but trustworthy host, who is the spy Phil told Peter about. At a gala, Peter and his friends are met with their host: the Autobots’ human companion Izabella Morgan, who is travelling in the Avengers’ universe along with other heroes from the other Knights’ universes (including Miles “Tails” Prower, Lando Calrissian, and renegade Horde trooper Apollo) for their pleasure and for their mission to stop the mastermind behind the attack which Kenny prevented. Just as Midtown High's anthem suddenly plays, and Kenny and several men are put in mind control by the mastermind, who orders them to retrieve a flash-drive of unknown data, as many guests, including Modell and Midtown High cheerleader Sha Shan Nguyen, are injured in the attack and a security guard is killed. As Hulkling and Wiccan arrive to stop the attackers, Peter retrieves the flash-drive, and lures Kenny away, until Izabella and Lando use a sound device to free Kenny and the attackers from their trance, as they are arrested with no knowledge of what happened, and Modell, Sha Shan and others are hospitalized. As Jessica / Spider-Woman, Hulkling and Wiccan launch an investigation, Peter and his friends are advised to stay safe along with other students in the hotel. At his and his friends’ room, Peter is convinced by Izabella to join the Mighty Star Grand Prix (a racing tournament hosted by the mutant ruler of the Void Cassandra Nova where champions from other dimensions participate) to help cope with the incident. Seeing it as a test for his abilities, Peter accepts, and he and Izabella join the event along with racers from other Knights' universes, including the more competitive Babylon Rogues (Jet the Hawk, Wave the Swallow and Storm the Albatross), Podracer Sebulba, former Horde cadets-turned-fugitives Lonnie and Rogelio and human Cybertronian Tarn, and villains from other timelines (including a version of Flash who became Scorpion) summoned by rogue TVA officer Mr. Paradox, and with Peter's friends being part of the crew along with Lando, Tails and Apollo. Riding a high-tech racing vehicle of his making and using his techniques from other racing events he participated in his fellow Knights' universes, Peter wins the race, earning his rivals’ respect before exposing the truth he learned about Paradox from the confident alternate Flash, leading to both being banished back into the Void, as Peter and his crew return to his universe. As Lando and Apollo join Jessica, Hulkling and Wiccan in their investigation, Peter and the others find evidence revealing the two masterminds behind the attack at the gala: one is former Midtown High teacher Simon Macendale, the other is an alternate timeline version of Doctor Octopus. | ||||
| 16 | “Chapter 16: Zero to Hero, Part 2” | Peter works to stop a crisis without being Spider-Man. | ||
| Five years ago, Maverick and Macedale were once taking their students for a field trip at Alchemax, until an experiment-gone-wrong mutated some of the students into mindless monsters, and killed the original principal. Maverick was promoted as the next principal while Macedale was fired. In Present day, Spider-Woman, Hulkling and Wiccan stop a similarly brainwashed prison warden from killing Kenny and the inmates, as Peter and his friends manage to decode the music used as the mind control trigger, and trace its origin: it comes from a hidden laboratory in a defunct military base, where Macendale, who wishes to overthrow Maverick in revenge for their past, and the alternate Doctor Octopus (dubbed “King Octopus”), who escaped his post-apocalyptic universe, are hiding. Peter and Izabella eventually infiltrate King Octopus’s lab, and learn that he and Macendale plan to mutate Maverick and the inmates into monsters to further ruin the latter’s reputation. After getting the evidence of their plans, Peter and Izabella also gather schematics for a cure for the mutations which they work on with Tails and others. Phil attempts to convince Maverick to cease continuing the field trip to stop the incident from escalating, but the visibly mentally unstable Maverick refuses to listen. At Macendale’s public speech, Peter and Izabella expose the evidence of his plans, but not before finding out that Macendale has already infused Maverick with a serum which mutates him into a mindless red-skinned Hulk-like monster, and causes him to go for a rampage. As Izabella pinpoints King Octopus’s location to Stark / Iron Man, Spider-Woman, Hulkling and Wiccan, Peter lures Maverick away from citizens, and detonates a chemical bomb containing the antidote, which reverts Maverick to normal. Macendale attempts to take a serum containing Goblin DNA so he can avoid capture, but is foiled by Lando and Apollo. As Kenny and other brainwashed individuals are cured from their brainwashing (and the former renounces his super-soldier strength out of guilt for having not taken Peter’s advice seriously earlier), Modell, Sha Shan and the injured gala guests recover, Macendale is given a life sentence in prison, Maverick resigns from his role as Midtown High’s principal and has himself incarcerated at the Raft, and King Octopus is apprehended and banished into the Void. Peter and his friends enjoy the rest of their weekend before returning home. Pleased with the outcome, and having proven himself, Peter resumes his crime-fighting activities as Spider-Man. | ||||
External links
- ↑ set between Spider-Man and the New Avengers episodes “You’ve Just Hit the Jackpot!” and “A New Horizon”
- ↑ as depicted in Spider-Man and the New Avengers episode “On the Spider’s Web”
- ↑ as depicted in Dark Chronicles episode "Hunted"
- ↑ as depicted in the "Legendary Universes" arc from Spider-Man and the New Avengers
- ↑ as depicted in All-Star Tales episode "Lights! Camera! Assemble!"
| Continuity | Spider-Man and the New Avengers (Quotes) | The Book of Spider-Man (Quotes) | The Long Weekend (Quotes) | Tales of the Knights (Quotes) | Secret Adventures (Quotes) | Dark Chronicles (Quotes) | All-Star Tales (Quotes) | Kingdoms Come | Ms. Marvel Into the Khanverse | Fantastic Foundation (Quotes) | Infinity Wonders | A Christmas Saga (Transcript) | Guardians of the Multiverse (Quotes | “Shattered” | “War of Doom” | “Return of the Legends” | “Bring On the Bad Guys” | “What Are Friends For” | “One Multiverse, One Realm”) | Guardians of the Multiverse - Tales of the Legends (Quotes) | Multiverse Underworld (Quotes) | |
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| Video games | Marvel Heroes: Battle for the Sacred Multiverse | Gwenpool Into the Wild Motor Galaxy | |