Astonishing Spider-Man Vol 5 8

 Hope you were watching, Uncle Ben. 'Cause I did that for you. Kept everyone safe. Kept them from being scared. And I made it fun. It doesn't matter that most of 'em wouldn't have lifted a finger for Peter Parker. That's not why you do it. You do it 'cause it's the right thing to do. Because it's what you would've done. You were more than a father to me, Ben Parker. More than a role model...You were my hero. Now it's my turn. Because from now on, I'm going to be yours! You'll see. I'm going to give it my all! We'll have fun! I'll never quit--and it's going to be amazing! 

—Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Appearing in "Learning to Crawl: Part Five"

Featured Characters:

• Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Aunt May (Main story and flashback)
• Flash Thompson
• Polly McKenna
• Martin
• Lawson

Antagonists:

• Clash (Clayton Cole)

Other Characters:

• Principal Andrew Davis
• Mr. Flannigan
• Dr. Cobbwell
• Daily Bugle Staff
  • J. Jonah Jameson (Cameo)
• Uncle Ben (Only in flashback)
• Gwen Stacy (Recap in Flashforward)
• Mary Jane Watson (Recap in Flashforward)
• Captain George Stacy (Recap in Flashforward)
• Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (Recap in Flashforward)
• Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Recap in Flashforward)
• Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) (Recap in Flashforward)
• The Lizard (Curt Connors) (Recap in Flashforward)
• Sandman (William Baker) (Recap in Flashforward)
• Electro (Max Dillon) (Recap in Flashforward)
• Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) (Recap in Flashforward)
• Venom (Eddie Brock) (Recap in Flashforward)
• Mysterio (Quentin Beck) (Recap in Flashforward)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Symbiotes (Recap in Flashforward)

Locations:

• Earth
  • North America
    • United States of America
      • New York State
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Murray Hill
              • 39th Street and Second Avenue
                • Daily Bugle Building
          • Queens
            • Forest Hills
              • Midtown High School
              • Ingram Street
                • Aunt May's House

Items:

• Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
• Goblin Armor (Recap in Flashforward)
• Doctor Octopus' Tentacles (Recap in Flashforward)
• Mysterio Suit (Recap in Flashforward)

Vehicles:

• Goblin Glider (Recap in Flashforward)

Synopsis for "Learning to Crawl: Part Five"

Peter tries to get his life back on track as he can and a conversation with Aunt May prompts him to remember the values transmitted to him by Uncle Ben, which lead him to decide to go back to being Spider-Man while Clayton manages to convince Polly to give him a date. To impress her Clayton decides to go to her school as Clash and begins to wreak havoc, but is attacked by Spider-Man who this time manages to defeat and unmask him.

Appearing in 2nd story

Featured Characters:

• Sinister Six
  • Boomerang (Fred Myers)
  • Beetle (Janice Lincoln)
  • Speed Demon (James Sanders)
  • Overdrive
  • Shocker (Herman Schultz)

Supporting Characters:

• Mach Ⅶ (Abe Jenkins)
• Hydro-Man (Morris Bench)
• Silvermane (Don Manfredi) (Head)

Antagonists:

• Tombstone (Lonnie Lincoln)
• Madame Masque (Whitney Frost)
• Mister Negative
• Owl (Leland Owlsley)
• Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov)

Other Characters:

• Punisher (Frank Castle)
• Tony Stark
• Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
• Demang Pendak
• Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
• Thor (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Queens
          • John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica (Mentioned)
          • Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
            • Citi Field

Items:

• Punisher's Suit and Arsenal
• Iron Man Armor Model 37 (Bleeding Edge Armor)
• Captain Marvel's Suit
• Mobile Armored Cyber-Harness
• Beetle Armor MK V
• Shocker's Vibro-Shock Gauntlets

Synopsis for 2nd story

Hydro-Man saves Shocker, but the latter is angry that he told the Maggia that he had Silvermane's head knocks him out, meanwhile due to the betrayals of the gang members, a war between gangs breaks out for possession of the head and control of the Maggia. Meanwhile, Fred takes the form of a famous baseball player.

Appearing in "Gwen Stacy: Spider-Woman"

Featured Characters:

• Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• The Mary Janes (First appearance)
  • Glory Grant (First appearance)
  • Em Jay Watson (First appearance)
  • Betty Brant (First appearance; unnamed)

Antagonists:

• NYPD (First appearance)
  • Captain George Stacy (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Officer McNutty (First appearance)
  • Unnamed officers
• Aleksei Sytsevich (First appearance)
• Matt Murdock (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Radioactive Spider (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (First appearance; on-screen) (Only in flashback)
• Dazzler (Ali Blaire) (First appearance; on-screen) (Only in flashback)
• Lizard (Peter Parker) (First appearance; dies) (Origin revealed) (Only in flashback)
• Mayor J. Jonah Jameson (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Spider-UK (Billy Braddock) (First appearance) (Cameo)
• Flash Thompson (Mentioned)
• Stark Industries (Named only) (Main story and flashback)
• Hammer Industries (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Roxxon Energy (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Alpha (Andy Maguire) (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Serval Industries (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Brand Corporation (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Daily Bugle (Named only)
• Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Mutants (Only on screen as a static image or video record) (Only in flashback)
• Human-Reptile Hybrids (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Earth-65 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Earth (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
    • North America (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
      • United States of America (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
        • New York (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
          • New York City (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
            • Queens (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
              • Forest Hills (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
                • Midtown High School (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
                • Stacy Family Residence (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
              • Long Island City (First appearance)
                • Queensboro Plaza Platform (First appearance)
            • Manhattan (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
              • Midtown (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
                • Times Square (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
              • Civic Center (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
                • New York City Hall (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Hell (Invoked)

Items:

• Spider-Woman's Suit (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• Wasp's Suit (First appearance; on-screen) (Only in flashback)
• Connors Formula (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Web-Shooters (First appearance)

Synopsis for "Gwen Stacy: Spider-Woman"

In Earth-65,^[1] an all-female punk rock band called "The Mary Janes" are rehearsing. Their drummer, Gwen, is reminiscing of the time when she was bit by a radioactive spider, gaining arachnid powers that turned her into Spider-Woman. She uses her newfound powers to appear on television, which upsets Gwen's father, NYPD Captain George Stacy, who considers Spider-Woman to be wasting her abilities. After Gwen defended her boyfriend Peter Parker, he decided to stop enduring the bullying from the people, experimenting to become The Lizard. He later was fatally injured during a battle against Spider-Woman, dying in Gwen's arms proclaiming that he just wanted to be special like her. This prompted the city, led by J. Jonah Jameson, to start a hunt for her.

Back at the rehearsal, Gwen's bandmates break her concentration, upset over her loud pace due to all her anger and frustration. They tell her to focus, since their gig is very important to them, but the keyboardist Glory and lead singer MJ are showing doubts. Gwen leaves in order to clear her head, web swinging across the city. Captain Stacy calls her, talking about her chances in college and how she needs to find her place in the world and that life will show her where she will be needed the most. After arriving to the subway, she's confronted by an NYPD officer who shoots at her. She defeats him and wraps him in web, but flees after being found by a swarm of officers.

Meanwhile, Aleksei Systevich has a dinner with the Kingpin's lawyer Matt Murdock who tells him about the Kingpin's request to eliminate George Stacy, since not only can they have him off the streets, but also help Spider-Woman. At their gig, the Mary Janes express their anger that Gwen bailed them out, but MJ says that they must play louder than ever without her. While the band is introduced, Gwen arrives late, and even her father shows up amongst the crowd, surprised that his daughter came late to her own concert, but his thoughts are interrupted by Aleksei who proceeds to assault him.

Gwen intercedes as Spider-Woman, but after Aleksei catchers her in a bear hug, she muses about her earlier drum pounding, using the same beat to fight back, ending with a huge blow through the wall. Captain Stacy confronts her, but after stalling for a while, Gwen decides to reveal her identity as Spider-Woman to him, arguing that he is a good cop, because he has a job to do as an officer, while she used to be Spider-Woman to avoid responsibilities, but after Peter's death, has decided to assume the responsibility for her powers, and avoid the same thing happening again, mostly because of monsters like Aleksei and because, responding to his earlier words, this is where she's needed the most now. Captain Stacy relents and tells her to go, buying her time before he regains his senses, and as she escapes, she's being watched by a mysterious Spider-Man clad in the Union Jack flag, saying that "She'll do quite nicely".

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