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SPIDER-MAN: Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Sorry. In a bit of a hurry.

Uh, make good choices!

I'm back, Miles. Don't worry, I...

Got the drive?

Please tell me you got the drive.

Yup, it was in the old spider's nest where I thought it'd be,

and now it's on the way to you, via me.

Swing as fast as you can.

All of Horizon High is on the line here.

Trust me.

I'm well aware this is the most important piece of evidence

we have to save Max's job as principal.

The school board can't fire him after they see what we've got here.

If they see it.

They're back in session any minute,

and the last thing they heard

was Connors talking about Max's Venom experiments

that almost destroyed the city.

We need that drive.

Have I ever let you down, Miles?

Okay, you're pausing too long.

Don't answer that. Look.

I'll be back in a... A very soon amount of time.

Your lack of specifics isn't very comforting.

Just get here!

Ow!

Not even an "excuse me"?

Dude? Ooh!

Aah!

Ah!

Ah, two of you? Look.

Nobody likes a third wheel, so I'm just gonna be going.

Whoa!

Lasers now.

- Why? - Why?

Because they, like the master mind who created them,

have a bone to pick with you, Spider-Man.

Aw, Tinkerer. You made some friends.

You literally made some friends.

Increase laser output 30%.

Deadlier!

Your friends are the worst!

Seriously, I gotta run.

I don't have time to deal with your petty revenge issues.

Petty?

You put me in prison three times!

Now I will put you in prison.

A prison of your own destruction.

SPIDER-MAN: That doesn't even make sense!

Do you think maybe we could use our "inside" laser blasts?

I programmed these bots to do whatever I say.

Brilliant!

Escape is not possible this time.

All right, then.

Drones with an attitude problem, come get me!

After him! Obviously!

Up here!

Over here!

Too slow!

Stop with the chasing,

and start with the blasting, bots!

No!

You're supposed to be my friends.

No, no, this is not ideal in the slightest.

- SPIDER-MAN: Splat! -"Splat"?

That never gets old.

Stop everything.

I object!

Object to what, Mr. Parker?

There's nothing to object to.

But... That's right.

Because I have proof on this drive

that Max Modell isn't just a great principal,

but also a great man.

Are you kidding?

We've already had multiple witnesses and evidence

proving that Modell is a danger to this school

and should be removed.

It's time to reach a verdict.

No, it's time to listen to an extra special testimony

from one of the foremost scientific minds of the world,

proving that Max,

even if he did make a mistake with the V-252 symbiote,

has had nothing but the best of intentions at Horizon High.

Anya, play the footage, please.

Despite our contentious history,

even I must admit Modell is not only a genius,

but also a barometer of scientific morality.

Yes, he did fire me,

but I realize now that I deserved it.

It was one of the many actions he took

to protect his students,

who are always his first priority,

even when I could not fathom such a way of thinking.

In fact, I could not have saved that student, Aleksei,

if it wasn't for Modell's development

of the Neuro-Cortex.

A brilliant piece of technology.

Without it, that poor student would've remained

in that dreadful rhinoceros form forever.

Wow, I never thought you'd come around on Max.

Nor I.

But his track record is indisputable.

Modell's actions have saved more lives than anyone in this city realizes.

There you have it.

Otto Octavius, the late world renowned genius,

who once could not stand Max Modell,

praising his brilliance, importance, and morality.

You simply can't fire him.

This school needs Max as principal.

I find it hard to believe

the school board is going to take the word

of a renowned super criminal.

But Otto reformed!

He helped save New York from the Vulture,

and not only that, he was my friend.

One of my best friends!

Spare me the attempt at salvaging Otto Octavius' reputation.

He once ran a team of super villains.

Max Modell fired Octavius himself.

Well, sure, Otto made mistakes, but in the end...

You had your turn! Now it's mine.

The defendant refused to employ people that put students in danger,

yet his own experiments are exactly that,

dangerous.

His work with V-252 almost took my life.

You're the one that entered my lab without authorization!

Because I had reason to believe you were engaging in illicit experiments!

And I was right.

I was lucky to survive that day,

but someday, someone won't be,

and I care too much about the students of this school

to let that happen.

If that is the last of today's testimony,

the board will now take a three-hour recess.

When we return, we will render our verdict.

It's over.

We can't give up.

But we've tried everything.

I really thought that footage of Otto was gonna work.

Sorry, kids,

but it looks like you're on the wrong side of history

on this one.

They haven't reached a verdict yet, Connors.

There's still hope.

Oh, Peter.

Poor, naive Peter.

He's finished, and once Max is fired,

it will add the weight I need

to press criminal charges for reckless endangerment.

I'm not about to forget the peril he put me in.

Connors is gonna use this hearing to build a criminal case?

Max could go to prison.

Excuse me, Your Honor?

I'm not a judge, Peter, but what can I help you with?

Uh, my friends and I were just talking, and well,

we're worried about Max.

There's gotta be a way to keep him here at Horizon.

Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to advise parties on their cases.

But the story of Max helping that poor boy

that had been turned into the Rhino was inspiring.

Perhaps if that boy were to be the final testimony

on Max's behalf, it could sway the board.

Yes! Aleksei. That's such a good idea.

I'll go get him, and we're good.

Pump the breaks, Pete. Aleksei's sick or something.

Hasn't been in class for, like, a week.

All right, well, then I'll just call him.

Or I'll just go to his house.

Is anyone home?

Hello?

Oh, whatever this is, this is bad.

"Aleksei, here's the number to Grandma's cabin.

"Left you all the fix-ins

"for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

"You just need to get bread and peanut butter.

"Love, Mom. P.S. We're low on jelly."

That explains where his mom is,

but why is there no peanut butter?

And where's Aleksei?

Laptop's still here, so this wasn't a robbery.

What's going on?

Okay, where's the phone finder app?

He's at the East River docks.

That would take forever to get to...

for someone who isn't Spider-Man.

Aleksei's place was broken into?

Yeah, but I tracked his phone.

Whatever kind of trouble he's in,

I'll get him out and back to Horizon as soon as possible.

Aleksei's phone?

This is strange.

Ah, oh!

So help me, if it is flying robots again...

Aleksei?

You're back to being the Rhino?

Now I get why you haven't been in school.

It's noticeable.

Ah, whoa!

Whoa, whoa. Look.

I don't know how this happened...

But Max can get you back to normal again.

Aleksei, I know you're in there.

Let the guy in the spider suit help you.

Okay.

Guess you're not interested in help!

Safe. Huh?

Oh!

Giving up?

Guess that's a no!

I'm gonna try not to take this personally!

Finally. Did you find Aleksei?

Well, yeah, but there's a slight problem.

- He's Rhino. - Again?

How did that happen?

Didn't get a chance to ask.

He's also got these strange glowing eyes,

like, mind-control eyes.

So not only is Aleksei in trouble, it's over for Max.

We don't have anyone left to defend him.

If I can get Rhino back to Horizon,

we can cure him before the school board comes back into session.

And how are we gonna do that?

The Neuro-Cortex that cured him last time is destroyed.

But we still have all of Max's research.

We can replicate the sequence.

Not without reverse-engineering whatever serum

turned Aleksei back into a Rhino,

and I doubt he's carrying any.

If I remember right, Rhinos don't have pockets.

Hopefully there's some serum wherever he's leading me.

Sounds like a long shot.

Dude, it's the best idea I've got.

I got a better one. I'm coming to help.

No, no! If this is all going to work,

I need you, Gwen, and Anya to repurpose Max's cure research.

Talk later. I'm going in.

So we gotta pull all of Max's Rhino cure research

because Peter's gonna be back soon with Aleksei,

who, like I said, is a Rhino again.

How is Peter Parker gonna get Rhino back here?

Good call, Anya. We have to help him.

Spidey Team style.

Yeah. Did I say Peter?

I mean Spider-Man.

When Pete figured out it was a Rhino problem,

he called Spidey, who is way stronger and more helpful,

but what we need to do is not ask so many questions,

get Max's research up and running,

and make sure the computers are ready.

If you say so.

Yes, everything's going according to your brilliant plan,

and Modell will soon be out of Horizon, for good.

SPIDER-MAN: On one hand, I'm glad the ground down here

is mushy enough to leave tracks.

On the other hand... Ugh.

I'm gonna have to throw away these socks.

Aleksei!

Yeah.

I guess if it can hold a rhino, it can stop a spider.

Bees? Wait, way down here?

I'd say that's weird,

but I am a spider person following a rhino person,

so who am I to judge?

There's gotta be a way to open these cages.

Huh.

Do you bees know something I don't?

Jackal serums?

It was Jackal who turned Aleksei into Rhino in the first place,

but he's been missing for over a year.

Wow, this place is a hive of criminal science.

Get it? Hive?

Aw, no one's ever around for the good ones.

Come on. Rhino serums.

Whoa! Jackal?

You update your wardrobe or something?

Jackal? Ha!

And there goes sleeping ever again.

Okay.

That is really odd bee-havior.

Oh, what, nothing? Huh, tough swarm.

I knew this lab would make all my dreams come true,

but I never thought I'd snare Spider-Man himself

inside of it.

You have some really weird dreams!

Let go! I hate this!

Buzz off, will ya?

Make up your mind.

Are you a man made of bees

or just a bunch of bees pretending to be a man?

Is there a difference?

Dude, you just blew my mind.

And what do you want with the Rhino?

Do you know what people would pay to see a spider monster do battle?

Why would I know that?

Trying to take me down?

My friend wouldn't like that.

Like you have any...

Aah! Aah!

Okay, the hard drives

with Max's genome sequencing analysis are mounted,

and the serum is ready for synthesizing.

How much time do we have

before the school board is back in session?

I think none.

We've had time to discuss the case raised by both parties,

and if there are no more character witnesses,

we shall render our verdict.

If it pleases the school board,

the defense does have another witness.

And who is that?

Yeah, who is that?

Uh, me.

If it's a truly heartfelt testimony that you need

so Max can keep his job, then I'm your guy.

Because Max Modell is more than just a professor to me.

He's a seven-days-a-week friend who makes

the most delicious strawberry and banana smoothies

in New York City.

Does this school really want to lose someone

with that kind of skill set?

This isn't about the man's ability to blend fruit and ice, Morales.

The fact that that's how you think smoothies are made

proves my point.

This school needs Max.

I know I do.

If it wasn't for Max Modell,

then I wouldn't have gone to the Winter Ball,

because I couldn't dance,

and confessional,

it was Max who taught me how to do my world-famous robot.

Check it out.

- Here we go. - Oh, no.

Aleksei, stop!

You don't have to listen to him.

Take him down!

Swarm guy must be using some sort of signal to control...

Aah!

Aah!

Don't stop, Rhino. Knock him out.

You really wanna give me that serum, don't you?

It's not about me.

It's about what my audience wants to see.

Whoa!

Good. Very good.

Aah!

SPIDER-MAN: What's that, Swarm?

Using your own tech against you was a brilliant idea?

I totally agree,

and now Rhino and I have something to get done.

Quickly.

Too bad I wasn't bitten by a radioactive forklift.

And what's more, Max knows how to change a tire.

It's a lost art,

and I didn't even mention his horseshoe skills.

He's like the Babe Ruth of horseshoes.

And...

Well, I hate to leave you hanging,

but I kinda gotta take this call.

Thank goodness.

Witness testimony is finally complete,

- so we can now move on to... - Complete?

No way, because Anya Corazon has something she wants to say.

Anya, you're up.

Hey, we're ready.

Are you bringing Aleksei and the serum?

Working on it!

Also, Max recycles,

which is something that everyone should do,

but not everyone does.

Mmm, mmm!

I can't believe I'm doing this.

Which is why I wrote this song for him,

and I'll perform it now, a cappella.

♪ Max, he really knows how to throw that plastic ♪

♪ In the blue bin ♪

Because he's a recycler, he never litters.

He's the best guy...

guy around!

Got your text, Miles.

Thanks for helping us, Spider-Man.

Yeah, I heard Max was in trouble. No way I wouldn't help.

Where's Peter anyway?

Uh, no idea. I barely even know that guy.

So did we reverse-engineer this serum into a cure?

Compounds ID'd. Chemical biology reversed.

Antidote formulated. Max's research strikes again.

- Um, this isn't Aleksei. - No.

Swarm must've turned someone else into a rhino

- with this serum. - Who's Swarm?

Long story, but he turned whoever this is into a rhino.

Which means Aleksei's still missing.

And now it's really over for Max.

No.

There's still one chance left.

Miss Corazon, thank you.

And as much as we all love haikus,

I think we've heard enough testimony.

It's time for our verdict.

But you haven't heard from

your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

I suppose we can allow this.

SPIDER-MAN: Let me talk to you about heroes.

When it comes to people who risk their lives to protect this city,

I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say

I'm an expert on the subject.

See, I might be a superhero who defends Manhattan

and Horizon High,

but Max is the hero that saved me over and over again.

Who protected students while I defeated Ghost?

Max.

Had my back when Jackal attacked?

Max.

Who helped yours truly save the city from Vulture?

You guessed it.

And while Max has proven to be as heroic as any Avenger,

and remember, I know all the Avengers.

Max is more than that.

He's a father figure to all of Horizon High

and even me.

And let's not kid ourselves. We all make mistakes.

We can't let one honest error

made only in an attempt to help humanity

overshadow the entire career of a spectacular humanitarian.

I think we can all agree

that people should be defined by the good they've put out

into the world, not by their very few mistakes.

Removing Max Modell from Horizon

would not only be a mistake for the school,

it would be a loss for this city

and the world.

Oh, my, my, my. Spider-Man.

How stupid do you think the board is?

What are you talking about?

Spider-Man's heroic speech in Max Modell's defense

is irrelevant because Spider-Man cannot be trusted.

Whoa, I'm sorry. What?

That's right.

Spider-Man's just as culpable for Modell's crimes.

After all,

he's been an accomplice of Max Modell since the beginning,

aiding him in his most heinous and dangerous activities.

How do you know this?

Because Spider-Man is none other

than Max Modell's lab assistant,

Peter Parker!