eet Peter Parker, once a brilliant, though meek high school student, orphaned as a child and reared by his doting Uncle Ben and Aunt May. At a science fair, Peter was bitten by an irradiated spider and gained the proportionate strength, speed, agility and early warning "spider sense" of that arachnid. He used these powers for personal fame and fortune as a masked Spider-Man. But when Peter failed to stop a criminal who later killed his beloved Uncle Ben, the youth's costumed identity took on a far deeper significance. He realized that with great power there must also come great responsibility. So Peter Parker became the wall-crawling nemesis of the criminal element; a young man determined to atone for the tragic death of his uncle- The Amazing Spider-Man! )IOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW, CHIEF. THIS RAMPAGE STARTED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, SEVEN BLOCKS OVER, THROWIN' HIMSELF INTA ANYTHING HE CAN FIND! TODDDEZAGO Script • Story ... 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