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SPIDER-MAN: Hey-o, notice anything different?

Don't worry, same old Spidey here,

except now I can do this.

Ah, don't have anything to say?

I can tell by your expressions that you're way impressed.

This data from the test robots is staggering.

Your response time, impact force... it's unreal.

Oh, yeah, Max, I got to admit,

mental control over this new synthetic symbiote suit

opens up a whole world of possibilities.

I love my webs, but they can never make one of these.

Not to mention one of these.

Let alone a this.

The possibilities seem limitless.

"Seem"?

I think this costume might literally have no weakness.

Spidey, reassert mental control.

Whew. Whoa.

I'll check the box next to "new suit hates electricity."

That was why we do safety testing.

Looks like the suit has a weakness to electric current.

Huh. That electrical overload is how I beat

the real Venom last time...

which is kind of problematic

'cause I go up against electricity all the time.

I've got this one foe who's, like, entirely made of it.

Shocking.

Hmm. The key is continued testing.

Eventually, we'll get this solved.

- Sounds like trouble. - Spidey, wait!

The suit might not be ready for this.

Can't think of a better way to field-test it.

What is going on in here?

SPIDER-MAN: What's going on here, Max?

It appears the new Stark Industries train system has lost control.

At that speed, it'll jump the tracks and plow through the next station.

So that's the bad news. Copy.

Good news... I'm betting if I can take out

this train's arc reactor engine, it'll shut the whole thing down.

But that's an electric engine,

as in exactly what we just discovered

can severely damage the symbiote suit.

You shouldn't even touch it.

Is there any other way

to stop this train and save everyone?

No.

Okay, I was hoping for a different answer.

Then this is what I got to do, no matter what happens to me.

Peter, Peter! What's happening?

Call me Spider-Man, please.

And I'm not only okay. I'm kind of awesome.

The suit didn't react to the electricity at all.

- But testing indicated... - That we still have

a lot more testing to do before we completely understand

this artificial symbiote you created.

Oh, man, thanks for the save, Spider-Man.

- Uh, that is Spider-Man, right? - Who knows?

There's so many of them webbing around these days.

Don't let my new style fool you.

I'm the one, the only, the original

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

Outie, y'all.

"Outie y'all"?

Yeah, that's him, all right.

So first, this new symbiote suit hates electricity,

then it's totally fine with it?

Pick a lane.

I'm sure the answer is buried in our data somewhere.

Speaking of data, when do we go public

with this synthetic symbiote substitute?

Say that five times fast.

Synthetic symbiote substitute, synthetic symbiote...

I can't release my findings yet, Peter.

Venom caused so much destruction.

People could react emotionally to my work and not understand

this lab-grown version of the symbiote is safe.

The reaction will be even worse if they think

you've been working on a symbiote in secret.

We'll tell everyone once testing is done,

once we prove it's safe.

But there is something I think should go public.

Max...

That's not gonna happen.

Don't you want credit for all the wonderful things you do,

like saving that train just now?

It's called a secret identity,

emphasis on "secret."

And how much stress are you putting on yourself

trying to keep this secret?

Iron Man doesn't do it.

Captain America, Hulk, Vision,

all open about who they are.

Those people live in a tower with other superheroes.

I live in Queens with my aunt.

Let's just say I have my reasons.

Okay?

Of course Horizon has a baseball team,

the Circuit Breakers.

I can't believe you've never read our brochure.

- Again with the... - Dr. Modell? Mr. Parker?

I thought the only thing in that direction

was the closed section of the school...

the off-limits section.

Dr. Connors, yeah, I'm just, uh...

I'm doing some structural analysis

of damaged buildings for class.

A structural engineering class?

That's not in the course listings.

Uh, it's independent study.

Horizon likes to encourage individual student interests.

Speaking of students, how's Grady Scraps?

Recovering from yesterday I hope.

Hmm, a change of subject.

But since you ask,

I haven't seen Mr. Scraps today.

However, I've heard he's back in the Project Graveyard.

I hope he's okay.

Peter, can you check on him?

Sure thing, Max.

In the meantime, Doctor,

I have some administrative duties to attend to. If you'll excuse me.

Hmm.

Eureka!

Grady, you don't have to do this.

Uh, of course I do.

After unleashing the Technovore

on literally my first day at a new school,

I'd say day two should be "cleaning up my mess."

All the other students must hate me already, huh?

Don't worry about it.

At Horizon, we're sort of used to bizarre stuff

busting up the school every once in a while.

Still, talk about a bad first impression.

Worse than when my snake-cloning experiment

flooded my old school with pythons.

Fortunately, we got all of them...

I think.

No, Bleet, stop.

He's not scrap.

Yes, I'm sure. Go be useful.

Sorry.

He's a little cleaner bot I made.

But, clearly, I can't do anything right.

How can I pitch in to help?

No. No. I'm the one who raised

someone's old nightmare creature from the graveyard,

I should be the one to pick it up.

Yeah, you're the one who managed to bring the Technovore online,

but I wonder who originally built it.

Peter!

I need you right now.

Hmm.

You think Venom is escaping?

I sure hope not, but something tripped

the silent alarm. Come on!

Connors, what are you doing?

Exposing your corrupt operation.

A secret lab in a closed section of the school

where you've hidden an alien life form

capable of mass destruction.

What monstrous experiments are going on here?

It's not what you think.

But you're right about that thing being dangerous, Connors.

Please, just put it down so we can talk and...

You want me to let go of the proof

of what Modell's been doing?

Ha! I'm not a fool, Parker.

Dr. Connors!

You've got to fight it. You've got to...

Venom's back.

Miss me?

SPIDER-MAN: Nope!

All the nopes.

I like the new costume. Nice look.

Thanks, just like yours minus the creepy.

Connors, you have to fight Venom.

Fight this!

You no longer concern me, Spider-Man.

SPIDER-MAN: Ow, emotional punch.

And after all we've been through.

It's like you don't even care about my feelings.

The time has finally come.

I know you're just a sliver of your former self,

but you're really not all there, are you?

Oh, don't worry.

There's enough of me to deal with you.

Peter!

Peter, come on.

Please call me Spider-Man.

- This should hold him. - What are you doing?

You're hurt. You can't just run after Venom.

I have to. We don't have time.

Venom got too much of a head start.

He could be anywhere by now.

Pete... uh, Spidey, I'm picking up

police activity nine blocks east.

Nine blocks?

He's traveling fast.

There's the... Whoa.

Subtle, Venom.

Oh! Run! Run!

What, you don't think New York traffic is bad enough already?

You just added 20 minutes to everyone's commute.

Okay, 40 minutes.

Thanks, but I don't want these.

SPIDER-MAN: Surprise!

Now to free Connors.

I'm sure he's got some papers to grade or something.

Tastes familiar.

So that's what I saw Modell doing in his lab.

Well, this is what I get for bringing a symbiote suit to a Venom fight.

Enough!

When Venom uses the seed,

it will be the end of this pathetic planet.

Seed? I didn't take you for a green thumb.

You've served your purpose, Connors.

No!

Hold on, Doc.

I hope you brought your water wings.

If you're lucky, Connors, you won't remember any of this.

Max, you there?

Connors is unconscious but seems okay.

Can you send an ambulance to my location?

Already on it.

Bigger problem... we lost eyes on Venom.

I think I know how to track him.

Brilliant, Peter! You're right.

We can't track Venom, but we can track the faint energy

from the synthetic symbiote suit he absorbed.

Thanks. But, again, it's Spider-Man.

Oh, sorry. You know, Tony Stark doesn't have these problems.

Yeah, well, Tony Stark doesn't have to go to high school.

Wow, when Venom leaves town, he really leaves town.

Oh, no, the dense woods must be blocking the tracker.

We lost him.

Venom's acting like he's on a mission, but what is it?

Max, how did Venom get to Earth?

They found him crashed on a meteoroid.

And I have a guess where it landed.

Dark creepy woods, a mysterious abandoned science outpost,

electrified fence, and a monster out here.

If this was a movie,

this is where the audience would scream, "Don't go in there!"

So... guess what I'm about to do.

This looks like the path of a meteor crashing to Earth,

but no sign of Venom.

Did I beat him here?

Maybe he got what he wanted and already left?

Did the Space Administration have any theories

why Venom came to Earth in the first place?

Yes, they always assumed it was an accident, a crash landing.

SPIDER-MAN: But what if it wasn't an accident?

What if he came here for a purpose?

And this seed he keeps talking about, it's finally ready.

Ready for what?

The answer's just not hitting me.

I knew you'd follow me, Spider.

The time is now!

You will bear witness.

It has grown.

It is ready.

Well, Max, I think we now know why Venom came here... to destroy our planet!

Spidey, what's happening?

I'm getting extreme readings... heat, seismic activity.

Venom's using that seed he's been ranting about.

He must've planted it when he landed,

and now I think it's ready to tear the planet apart.

But I'm not waiting to find out.

Hey, ugly!

He didn't even look.

Max, what's the reading?

Spider-Man, you have to get out of there.

The seismic activity is accelerating.

He's gonna cause a massive earthquake.

No, I'm the only one who can stop this.

Max, I've got it. Venom is now mostly composed

of the synthetic symbiote you created.

It's got to be, like, 80% of him.

So I know his weakness... electricity.

No, electricity only damaged the suit once during testing.

Not all electricity damages it,

but maybe a specific kind of electricity.

Something about the current, the frequency...

There's no way I could sift through all our data

and determine what that is before it's too late.

Well, I might know someone who can.

And so I learned my lesson.

That was absolutely the last time

I ever wore an Abraham Lincoln costume to school, Bleet.

Wow, it feels good to confess that.

- Grady! - Ahhh!

Is there any aspect of electricity

that would disrupt the molecules

of a synthetic material the way this data suggests?

Um, this is a really weird pop quiz.

Come on, Grady, nerd faster.

Yeah, well, uh, I'd have to have process

the potential variables, offset for atmospheric conditions.

We don't have time for that right now.

I need an answer.

I think this amplitude could cause that unstable result,

but I'm not positive because I don't exactly work well under pressure.

This isn't for a grade, is it?

Oh! You're a lifesaver.

I'm so glad you've come to Horizon.

- Grady figured it out? - He seemed pretty confident.

"Pretty confident"? Would he bet his life on it?

'Cause I'm about to.

Can you adjust the setting?

I'm pretty confident I just did.

How confident? Would you bet your life on it?

Funny you should bring that up.

Yay, science.

Ow.

Yes. Yes.

I understand.

What was that?

The school board.

When Connors came to,

he told them all about my unconventional experiments.

I'm under investigation,

and they're letting Connors take custody of everything in my lab.

What? Max, you can explain to them...

That I let my own personal obsessions

help Venom almost destroy the planet?

Pete, the reason I've never given up on this project

is that... a few years ago, I was in an accident,

and someone, a stranger,

risked everything to save me,

and they got hurt badly.

I thought the V-252 could help them.

I was determined,

so I made this personal,

which was a mistake.

The board is right to investigate,

and whatever they decide, I will live with.

I understand personal obsession, Max.

The main reason I fight crime is because through my inaction,

I lost someone very important to me,

and I'm going to make sure no one

ever loses a loved one again, not if I can help it.

Sometimes that means taking risks

that make no sense to anyone else.

I get it, Max.

You know...

scientists are supposed to be methodical,

unemotional...

but that's impossible sometimes.

I understand now why you protect your identity.

You don't want to put people you care about in danger.

You don't want to lose anyone else.

I won't press the issue anymore.

Hmm.

So what is that seed?

A bomb, something to drill into the Earth to poison it?

With Venom now gone...

I fear we might never know.