A man called “The Schemer” is trying to take over Kingpin’s domain. Spoiler alert: He’s Richard Fisk, son of Kingpin.
As you can see from the panels above, that does not make daddy happy. We get some insight into Wilson and Vanessa’s relationship when she seems to imply that their son killed himself because he hated what his dad did for a living.
As a result of the revelation, Kingpin goes into shock and doesn’t pull out of it for a while.
I like that this story is so villain-centric. Nice change of pace. Frankly, the whole thing could have been told without Spider-Man appearing at all.
We also see Flash going to Vietnam and Aunt May struggling with health issues-and then, out of nowhere, a speeding truck flies at Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, who are just walking down the street. Peter pushes her out of the way, but…
Yeah. In a few years, Peter-as-Spidey will kill Gwen when he tries to save her from a fall but pulls too abruptly on his webline. Dude has to learn his own strength.
Also in this story, Spidey explains how a mask protects his secret identity.
