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SPENCER • OTTLEY • RATHBURN • MARTIN 4 LGY#805

RATED T $3.99US 1 1 4 0 0 9 – DETAILS – INSIDE! 6 3 9 8 0 6 0 6 9 5 7 DIGITAL EDITION DIGITAL BONUS PETER PARKER was bitten by a radioactive spider and gained the proportional speed, strength and agility of a SPIDER, adhesive fingertips and toes, and the unique precognitive awareness of danger called “SPIDER-SENSE”! After the tragic death of his Uncle Ben, Peter understood that with great power there must also come great responsibility. He became the crimefighting super hero called…

BACK TO BASICS Part Four

Remember that radioactive spider we mentioned? At the top of this page? Well, the Isotope Genome Accelerator made it that way. And Peter just got caught in an experiment designed to reverse engineer its capabilities, and was split in two! One mild-mannered civilian, Peter, and one fast- talking super hero, Spider-Man! Initially, both were excited--Peter could have a normal life without endangering his loved ones, and Spider-Man could fight and tame the Tri-Sentinel (for example). But Dr. Connors--the experiment’s designer--and Peter have come come to realize the Isotope Genome Accelerator divides personality traits as well as physical attributes. Who is Peter Parker without his wit or love of science? And more importantly, who is Spider-Man without his sense of responsibility?

NICK SPENCER | writer | penciler CLIFF RATHBURN | LAURA MARTIN | SPIDER-MAN created by VC’S JOE CARAMAGNA | letterer PETER PANTAZIS and JASEN SMITH | color assistants STAN LEE RYAN OTTLEY and LAURA MARTIN | cover artists and CHRIS SPROUSE, KARL STORY and DAVE McCAIG | variant cover artists STEVE DITKO special thanks to ANTONIO RUIZ ANTHONY GAMBINO | designer KATHLEEN WISNESKI | assistant editor NICK LOWE | editor

C.B. CEBULSKI | editor in chief JOE QUESADA | chief creative officer DAN BUCKLEY | president ALAN FINE | executive producer

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