

Because he knows that Peter and Spider-Man are close, he attacks Peter. Before things can develop, however, they are attacked by Doc Ock.

She arranges a meeting with Peter, and although she is very fond of him, Peter's secretive behavior estranges and intrigues her. MJ remembers the upside-down kiss she had with her savior, Spider-Man, and that Peter's kiss felt suspiciously similar. In the meanwhile, Doc Ock and Harry Osborn, now head of Oscorp's research division, make a deal: Harry supplies him with tritium for his experiment, and the Doctor agrees to capture Spider-Man for him. Soon after, though, she sees his bravery in admitting the truth and inadvertently inspires him to become Spider-Man once more, as she speaks of how he gives hope to others and that one must do things for the greater good in spite of one's own dreams. On the other hand, Aunt May is distressed by Peter's confession that he was somewhat responsible for Uncle Ben's death.

Peter and MJ connect once again, but as MJ is engaged, it seems too late. Peter temporarily throws away his costume.Īs Peter has much more spare time now, not only does he excel at his physics courses, but at least one of his relationships improves.

Peter temporarily gives up Spider-Man, shirking his responsibilities. Peter's morale hits a nadir when Harry lashes at him in a drunken rage, MJ and John Jameson announce their engagement and he loses his powers due to a form of burn-out syndrome. In the robbery attempt, )|Aunt May is nearly kidnapped and is enlightened to the fact that Spider-Man is a hero after he saves her. "Doc Ock", as he is now called (due to the metal tentacles wired to his spine), desperately wants to rebuild his experiment, and Spider-Man, in the meantime, must stop him from robbing a bank. Peter's idol, a brilliant, gentle scientist named Otto Octavius becomes a mechanically-controlled lunatic, as the result of a disastrous fusion accident and the loss of his wife. Further, he questions if he could ever have what he "needs", a life as Peter Parker, which climaxes in a vision involving Uncle Ben. MJ turns increasingly hostile to Peter after he fails to keep a promise to see a play in which she is the female lead. Moreover, he has learned that Aunt May is being threatened with foreclosure on her house, and his potential girlfriend, Mary Jane, has acquired a new boyfriend, John Jameson, the son of Peter's employer, J. He loses a job, faces financial difficulties, is having trouble with his estranged friend, Harry Osborn, who still blames his father's death on Spider-Man (Harry does not know that Norman was actually the villainous Green Goblin or that Peter is Spider-Man, but is angered that Parker's trust is not in his best friend, but in Spider-Man, his "bread and butter"), struggles with his studies and school work, as Professor Curt Connors reprimands him, and finds that he is losing his powers. It has been two years since Peter Parker first donned his webs, and he is now finding a double life very difficult. It's the ones I love who will always be the ones who pay.
