Spider-Man Meets the Fantastic Four; Who of them is the Chameleon?!; Duel to the Death with the Vulture!
In his bedroom, teenager Peter Parker removes the upper part of his Spider-Man costume and throws it against the wall in frustration. His Uncle Ben is dead... "All because I couldn't be bothered to stop the Burglar when he ran by me"
Now dressed in blue pants, white shirt and black vest, Peter Parker comes downstairs in time to hear Aunt May stalling off the landlord by promising to pay the rent next week.
Pete knows that "Without Uncle Ben, we've no money to pay our bills" so he tells Aunt May "I've to quit school and get a job"
But Aunt May won't hear of it. "Uncle Ben always dreamed of you being a scientist someday". She can't let him give up that dream.
Peter tries to think of some way to make money. He knows that, with his spider-powers, he could become a world-class thief, robbing safes by clinging on walls outside windows, hanging on the ceiling unseen, opens a safe, or webbing money bags right out of armored cars. But he also knows that is not what Uncle Ben wanted and if he is caught, it would break Aunt May's heart. So, he comes to the conclusion that there is only one solution. He must go back into show business. He decides to call his agent tonight.
A few days later at school all of the kids are abuzz with the news that Spider-Man is performing again. The show is that night and only costs a dollar. All of the teens decide to go except for Peter Parker. While busying himself with test tubes in science class, he tells the others that he can't go. They brush him off. "Aw, who needs that walkin' bookworm anyway?" one student says. But of course Peter Parker can't be in the audience. He is on the stage as Spider-Man putting on a show of web-shooting, wall-crawling, and ceiling-clinging for an astonished crowd. After the show, the agent Maxie tells Spidey he can't pay him in cash. He asks him for his name so he can write a check. Spidey tells him he cannot reveal his real name. "Just make the check out to Spider-Man!" he says. The agent complies but warns the young man "you'll have a mighty tough time cashing it".
And, sure enough, when Spidey brings the check to the bank, the teller asks for some I.D. "What about my costume?" Peter asks. "Anyone can wear a costume" says the teller. "I need a social security card or a driver's license in the name of Spider-Man". Needless to say, he doesn't have anything like this.
At that precise moment three guys decided to rob the bank.
"Hands in the air and no one is gonna get hurt" the first one says.
"Fuck that, gimme the money or I'll kill ya all!" the second one, more impatiently, says going to the tellers.
The third goes straight to, who Spidey realize is, Anna Watson, his neighbor and friend of aunt May. She is with someone, that Peter can't see, except her red hair due to the angle at which they are located. He take Anna by the elbow "Ok people, you lot too empty your thing here starting by you old hag… wow!" he seem to catch sight of the red head and lost train of though.
"That's kind of rude of you, don't you think?" now, with Peter speaking, all attention is draw to him.
"What the… what up with you weird clown, you have a death wish?"The second and most close one to him said.
Mock indignant Spidey reply "Hey! I'm not a clown, I am a spider! Though, I suppose I could liven up parties" end with his right hand on his chin in a pensive pose.
The second, still holding Anna elbow, reply "What the fuck are you talking about?" he points his gun to spider-man.
"I talking about the lady, why don't you let her go and we talk it like gents" the second and third look at each other and laugh aloud "I guess is not gonna happen"
"Just shoot him already" the first one, that had been quiet decide to speak.
With his spider-sense warning him that the third guy was gonna shoot him, Spidey took his gun with a stand of web. Immediately he took the second's gun too. "What the …?" while the second and third are surprised by their weapons been snatched of their hands, the first points his to Spidey and opens fire. Everyone look amazed as the guy shoots again and again and spider-man dodges dancing and jumping until he get close enough to snatch his gun too. Then Spidey push him against a wall and web him to it.
While the third guy is still in shock, the second took a knife out "mother fucker, I'm gonna gut you"
"Oh my god! No, no, no!" Spidey fell to his knees and tries to cover himself with his hands and arms "is that a real knife?!"
"That's right, insect" He gets a little smug.
"Nooo! You found my weakness! Small knives terrify me! Please, please get it away from me" Cower the Spider.
When the guy gets closer, Spidey slap the knife out of his hand, spin the thief around and around shooting web and trapping in a sort of cocoon of web.
"And I am not an insect, spiders are arachnids" Then he leaps in front of the third guy, who came out of his shock with a little frightened jump and tries to run to the door .
"ma'am, are you ok?" ask Spidey looking to Anna as he web-shoot to the runaway thief and pull him back.
"Ah yes dear, thank you, but who are you?"
"Ah, well, I… I am your friendly neighbor Spider-Man" finish Spidey with a small bow
The first guy, the one stuck to a wall start to threaten Spidey "am gonna find you asshole an' am gonna kill ya, I'm gonna kill your family, I'm gonnaaahhh…!"Suddenly his eyes open wide, his mouth forms a 'O' in a silent scream as Spidey web-shot him in the groin.
Next, he turn to the third that was back on his feet, he use the same strand that was attached to the thief back and stick the other end to the roof leaving him hanging. Police sirens can be heard approaching and Spidey decide that's his cue to leave.
"Well, I'd love to stick around, but you know, I have flies to catch, things to tangle, climb some walls ... or something like that"
He quickly attaches a friendly note to the hanging thief and parts. As he leaves, feeling good and proud of himself, he hears "oh, aunt Anna are you sure you're fine?" "Yes honey, I am perfectly fine, don't worry."
_*TTASM*_
In a newspaper office, a man with a mustache, thick black eyebrows, and graying hair at the temples sits at his typewriter and writes an article that he hopes will run Spider-Man out of town.
The next night, when Spidey shows up to do his act, the agent tells him "there will be no show tonight or any night". He shows the web-slinger a newspaper with the headline "Spider-Man Menace".
The article has gotten everyone so worked up that the web-slinger is likely to get tossed in jail. This baffles the teen. "What have they got against me?" he wonders "What have I done?"
The writer of the article is Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson and he is not content with running editorials. He gives lectures all over town denouncing Spider-Man for taking the law into his own hands and for being a bad influence on kids who will try to imitate him and make him a hero. Jameson calls for Spidey to be "outlawed". He believes "the youth of the nation need to learn to respect real heroes. Not a masked menace like Spider-Man who refuses to even let us know his true identity but someone like his own son, John Jameson, astronaut". And just to emphasize his point, JJJ holds up a headshot photo of his son in his test pilot helmet.
At a newsstand, Peter Parker can't get over it. "How do other superhuman guys like the Fantastic Four and the Ant Man get away with it?" He wonders. They always have money and nobody denounces them. The newsy is no help. They don't even believe Spider-Man exists, they think it's all a publicity stunt.
Peter buys a paper and search through the want ads. If he can't make money as Spidey, then he needs to find a part-time job. But he runs into nothing but frustration. Then, just after being rejected by an employer who "ain't lookin' for a school kid", Peter spots Aunt May on the street. He follows, spying on her, and sees her go to a pawnshop to pawn her jewelry. He realizes that she is desperate for money but is concealing it from him.
In the midst of his frustration, a newsboy walks by hawking an Extra edition. The big news is that John Jameson, son of the publisher is going to orbit the earth in a space capsule. Peter seethes when he sees the paper. It is because of Jameson that he can no longer perform. He pounds on a wall in frustration. He's got to earn money somehow but with nothing to do, it means that Spider-Man will again stalk the city by night!
_*TTASM*_
Peter is at home when he notices a magazine he owns which is all about the Fantastic Four. This gives him an idea of a way to make money... joining the Fantastic Four!
He makes his way to the Baxter Building, thinking "They'll probably jump at the chance to have a teenager with super powers working with them!" Inside, he looks for the button for the FF's private elevator but he can't find it. He remembers that the elevator can only be summoned by a special electronic beam that only the FF members have. Pete is not about to let this stop him. He uses his spider-strength to force the doors open, but the elevator is parked right above him. There is no room to crawl around it so he has to come up with a different plan.
Minutes later, Peter, now dressed in his Spidey outfit, is climbing the Baxter Building. Below in the street, a crowd gathers to watch.
Inside the building, an alarm goes off, letting the FF know that someone is trying to break in just as the Human Torch was having fun setting the Thing's newspaper on fire. Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards), the Torch (Johnny Storm), and the Invisible Girl (Sue Storm) go over to the Security Surveillance System. They spot Spider-Man all set to enter the building.
The Thing, Ben Grimm, is still reading his burning newspaper.
When Spidey finds an open window, he thinks the Fantastic Four are just careless but of course he doesn't know of 'defense measure B'. The web-slinger leaps through the window, telling the FF "you shouldn't make it so easy for people to drop in". Then a transparent 'plexi-glass cage' drops down from the ceiling and seals shut in front of him. Spidey has the strength to pull the plexi-glass door open which doesn't suit Reed Richards.
"That device cost us thousands!" he whines, "If you wreck it..."
"If you were concerned about it getting wrecked, you shouldn't have deployed it at all" Just as Spidey exits the cage, the Thing steps up to teach 'this squirt' some manners. He punches Spidey right in the jaw.
"Oww!" says the web-slinger. "Ya big ape, who do ya think you're pushin' around?" The web-head scoops the Thing up and throws him. The big orange guy collides with the Human Torch. "That's what I get for pullin' my punch," says Ben Grimm.
Mr. Fantastic stretches one of his hands out to the size of tire and tries to grab Spidey. The spider leaps up to avoid the hands, and then sprays webbing all over Mr. Fantastic's arms. "Just consider this a little exhibition," he tells Reed. 'He caught my hand in that net of his' thinks Reed. No matter how much he stretches he cannot pull free. He is temporarily out of the fight.
Then the Invisible Girl takes her turn. She turns invisible, and tries to hit him. But the web-head's spider-sense kicks in and allows him to evade the attack. When he looks around to see who try to attack him and sees no one, he wisely deduces that the Invisible Girl did it. He shot some webs until one hit her. Once he spots her, he webbed her up.
The Human Torch, once he frees himself from The Thing, is next to step in. He flies around, creating a circle of flame around the wall-crawler. Spidey avoids this easily by leaping up to the wall, then up to the ceiling. When he returns to the floor, he is joined by Mr. Fantastic, who has freed his hand from the webbing and now spreads his body out so that he becomes a living wall. The Thing stands behind him, yelling and going for 'another crack' at Spider-Man but Reed Richards only wants to know the reason for the visit.
"It's about time someone asked me," says the web-slinger. Spidey explains that he wants to join the Fantastic Four. He has shown what he can do. Now he wants to know what he would get paid. "I figure I'm worth your top salary," he says. But our hero doesn't get the response he expected.
The Thing says "That kook has rocks in his head." The Invisible Girl explains "the FF is a non-profit organization." Mr. Fantastic says "We pay no salaries or bonuses." The Human Torch says, "You came to the wrong place, pal."
Then one of the four mentions that Spidey is wanted by the police. "Hey aren't you the guy from the paper, the looked by the police" The Torch realizes.
"I didn't do anything wrong! So is true, no good did go unpunished" He quickly exits out the window.
The Invisible Girl tries to call him back. She thinks they could have helped Spidey in some way. The Thing is glad he's gone. Mr. Fantastic says "I have a feeling we'll be hearing more from that young man in the future."
"Why didn't he phone for an appointment like anyone else?" asks the Torch.
"Cause he's a teen-age pest show-off just like you" says the Thing.
_*TTASM*_
Born a Russian citizen, Dmitri Smerdyakov was the half-brother of Sergei Kravinoff. His parents were Sergei's father and Sonya Smerdyakov, a servant girl. He was taught to hate himself from his arrival in the Kravinoff family. His father hated the sight of his face and his mother considered him a humiliation. The only member in his family who barely tolerated him was the legitimate son Sergei, who was also abusive towards him. In order to impress Sergei, he entertained him by using his impersonation skills on his neighbors and friends. Dmitri was so deeply scarred that he repressed his very identity and came to believe he had been friends with Sergei through his acting.
His ability to impersonate eventually brought him to the attention of the government, who trained him as a spy. He relied on his skills and a mixture of costumes and make-up to conceal his identity. He wore a multi-pocket disguise vest in which he kept the materials he would need to mask himself at short notice.
At one of the many defense installations at the edge of town, Dmitri, under the alias 'The Chameleon', has captured and tied up a janitor. The Chameleon is going to impersonating him with make-up, wigs, and masks. His face is completely concealed with a white mask. He wears orange goggles over the mask. His real treasure the 'multi-pocket disguise vest'; a yellow garment that hangs down past his waist and is covered with pockets in which he stashes all his masks and the materials he would need to mask himself. With the janitor safely bound and gagged, the Chameleon assumes his identity in order to get into a restricted area of the plant. Once there, he removes the dark hair and mustache of the janitor and puts on the white hair, white beard, white lab coat, and glasses of Professor Newton in order to get right into the lab. There, he steals some vital documents, a portion of the plans for a classified missile-defense system. He figures that others countries will be willing pay lots of money for these stolen plans.
That night, back at his hideout, the Chameleon catches a news report on TV about Spider-Man's visit to the Fantastic Four. He looks at the headline of the Daily Globe, which reads, "Latest on Spider-Man, Grand Jury Requests Immediate Probe" and puts two and two together. The Chameleon realizes that Spider-Man must have been desperate now that the law is on his tail. The Chameleon correctly theorized that the wall-crawler, wanted by authorities, had sought to join the Fantastic Four as a means of securing a steady income. To cover his tracks, the Chameleon plan to frame Spider-Man for the theft of the remaining schematics.
The Chameleon bides his time, searching for clues about the spider. Finally, after day of search, he manages to cache sight of him, stopping a mugging of an old lady. Then, without been noted because of his ability of camouflage, he is able to attach a note to spider-man 'Meet me on roof of Lark building at ten tonight. It will be very profitable for you.'
When Peter Parker is reads the message, he decides he can't pass up any possible opportunity for some money. He goes to a nearby museum to check out the spider exhibit. When the time comes, he leaves his street clothes on the roof of the museum and heads to the destination as Spider-Man.
At the Lark building, shortly before ten p.m., the Chameleon slips into the employee locker room and overpowers the night shift elevator operator. Assuming that identity, the Chameleon relieves the day elevator man. Inside the elevator, he removes his elevator operator mask and blue elevator operator uniform. Underneath, he is wearing a Spider-Man costume. Seconds later, the Chameleon walks into an office and demands the missile plans. The Chameleon paralyzes the man shooting him with webbing from a gun, but he is fairly sure that the man won't notice these details, due to the sudden movement and surprise.
Of course, the web it's not as strong as Spidey's real webbing and as the Chameleon runs up the stairs, carrying the plans, the man in the office free himself and screams "Spider-Man's heading for the roof with stolen plans!"
The Chameleon once on the roof hides himself. He times it all out so that as the real Spider-Man arrives, two policemen come through the rooftop door. They tell him to "freeze" and demand the return of the stolen plans. Spidey realizes he was too naive and that led him to be incriminated. He shoots a web-line and swings off into the night, kicking himself for falling for the mysterious message.
Realizing that the real thief might have left some clues or maybe still be in the building, Spidey turn around to the Lark building.
He arrives just in time to see the Chameleon slipping on the disguise of a policeman! Spidey catch the Chameleon and leads him, who still has is Spidey outfit under the policeman one, to the police and introduces him as "the guy who stole those plans and impersonated me".
But the Chameleon doesn't give up easily. "Do you really think you can catch the Chameleon?! I can be anyone!" He tosses down a smoke pellet, which obscures everyone's vision, breaks free and runs for it. The police know that all of the exits of the building are guarded so they decide to search every room.
The Chameleon gets into a storage room, fixes his police outfit, wore a mask and some make up. He enters a corridor, joining up with a few cops and Spider-Man. The cops grab Spidey, since he is still looked for the law.
While the cops start to split up to search for him, the Chameleon plans to walk right out the front entrance to the street. Spider-Man suddenly gets a tingle, knows that the Chameleon is very near, and realizes that one of the cops must be a fake. Then he uses his sense to locating the villain. Spidey wrenches free and the web-slinger plan to cover the Chameleon with webbing but, unfortunately, discover his web fluid has run out. He goes for the Chameleon himself when the police start to shoot at him. He manages to rip a chunk of the Chameleon's cop uniform off as he gets away. He jumps out a window and scales the wall. The wall-crawler has had it. "Every time I try to help, I get into worse trouble", he says, "Well, they can catch that spy themselves now!"
One of the cops notices that the Chameleon's cop uniform, ripped, reveals a Spider-Man outfit underneath. So, the police lead the Chameleon away into custody.
_*TTASM*_
A few weeks later, New York City is being terrorized by a new criminal called the Vulture. He is equipped with artificial wings that allow him to swoop down soundlessly on his victims, snatch their valuables, and be gone before they know what is happening.
Adrian Toomes' parents died during his early years. Adrian was raised by his older brother Marcus who became paraplegic after a motorcycle incident and the tables turned with Adrian looking after him.
As an adult, Adrian used his intelligence to become an electrical engineer and inventor, which led him to cofound the small firm of Bestman and Toomes Electronics. His business partner, Gregory Bestman, saw to all administrative affairs. Toomes devoted the bulk of his time to his pet project: an electromagnetic harness that would enable its wearer to fly like a bird. However, this inattention to detail proved disastrous when it came to light that Bestman had been stealing Toomes' share of the company.
Bestman assumed full control of the company. Toomes found himself without legal recourse; on paper, at least, Bestman was the firm's sole proprietor. Already an old man, Toomes retired to a farm in Staten Island on his meager savings. There, he continued to develop his flying harness when he found that his electromagnetic harness had granted him superhuman strength. Realizing the potential for revenge afforded by his groundbreaking invention and new-found strength, Toomes created the costumed identity of the Vulture. He ransacked Bestman's office, hoping to uncover incriminating evidence, then vandalized and robbed the plant after his search proved unsuccessful.
Attracted by the easy rewards and thrill of thievery, the Vulture subsequently embarked on a career as a costumed criminal.
_*TTASM*_
In Manhattan, the Daily Bugle Building, at the offices of Jolly Jonah Jameson "I want to devote the next entire issue of Now Magazine to the Vulture" He holds a copy of the magazine in his hand, with an old photo of Spidey on the cover with the word 'Menace', and announces "I need pictures of this Vulture."
Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson reply him "So far no one has been able to snap pictures of the speedy villain. All they have is an artist's drawing."
JJ won't stand for that. "A drawing! I want photos of the Vulture, Robbie or I'll get some new editor".
_*TTASM*_
At Midtown High School, Peter Parker is working hard in science class but Flash Thompson, Liz Allan, and others, even the shy Jessica Campbell, are glued to a copy of Now Magazine.
Pete overhears Liz noting "a photo of the Vulture would be worth a fortune" and he realizes that he has the ability to snap those 'hard-to-get photos'
'I bet magazines pay big money for that kind of pictures.'
Flash tosses the magazine to Peter "take a look at what's goin' on in the outside world nerd." Peter, so taken by his new idea, ends up poring through the magazine and forgets of his schoolwork. The beaker he has placed above his Bunsen burner overheats and overflows. Mr. Warren approaches him, and start a lecture. "Mr. Parker, I can't believe you, ignoring a delicate experiment right in the middle while you pour through a lurid picture magazine." The kids standing behind the teacher think it's all pretty funny.
After school, Peter runs home, opens a drawer and pulls out a camera that belonged to Uncle Ben. In his room, Peter changes into his Spidey suit.
_*TTASM*_
At his hideout, atop an abandoned silo in Staten Island, the Vulture is mulling over the new information he got, Park Avenue Jewelry Exchange is moving a million dollars worth of diamonds to their new offices across town. He takes to the air, heading for Manhattan to put the first part of his plan into action.
Spidey is also in the city now, testing his camera, when his spider-sense alerts him to a flying figure that makes no sound. He turns and sees the Vulture; he wears a green outfit with a white ruff around his collar. His wings are extensions off his arms. He even has green tail feathers. He is so busy with his gloating and thrilled with his plan that he doesn't notice Spidey coming up behind him busily snapping pictures. Spidey is so eager snapping pictures that he doesn't notice a loose brick. He accidentally kicks it and the sound alerts the Vulture to his presence.
While the web-slinger loses his balance, his spider-sense buzz and he is unable to dodge as the winged villain does a flip and kicks the wall-crawler right in the head. Spidey is stunned by the attack. He drops his camera and goes limp. The Vulture, gloating over the ease of his victory, as the web-slinger falls to a nearby rooftop water tower, crash right through it and hit the roof.
Now, with Spidey out of the way, the overconfident villain flies away, ready to carry out his master plan. "The city will be mine!"
But, Spidey has been awakened by the shock of hitting the cold water and fortunately manage to slow down his fall but still hit hard. He doesn't feel like he's in any particular danger. Spidey straights up, thinking 'Got to get up, I can't stay here, can't let anyone discover me. Ohh! My arm! Feels like it's broken! Must have landed on it! Guess I can't complain! Didn't think I'd make it… It probably saved my life! If I hadn't been able to spin around...if I had landed on my head instead… I´m lucky to be alive!'
'Don't think I broke any bones. The arm is probably just sprained! But boy, does it ever hurt! Won't be able to use it well for days.'
When he is able to move, Spidey goes back to the roof of the higher building where he was originally attacked and finds his camera still there and intact.
Back at home, Peter Parker develops his pictures of the Vulture... and they look great. Next, he has to decide to whom he should sell them. He picks up a copy of Now Magazine with the cover banner 'Spider-Man must be caught' and thinks about how much J. Jonah Jameson hates the wall-crawler. "I'd get a kick out of making him pay good money for my pictures without knowing I'm Spider-Man."
_*TTASM*_
J. Jonah Jameson receives a call from someone claiming to have photos of the Vulture. He tells the caller to come right over.
Soon after, 'man, I'm getting faster at swinging, especially combined with sling shooting!' Peter arrives to the Daily Bugle and JJJ's secretary, a sweet and innocent looking brunette, receives him.
"Hello, I'm Peter Parker, I have an appointment with Mr. Jameson."
"Of course Mr. Parker, right this way, he is waiting for you."
"Peter is fine, miss…"
"Betty, Betty Brant."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Betty"
"The pleasure is mine Peter." They arrive to the office "There you go. Good luck."
In the office, Jameson is raving about the quality of Peter Parker's Vulture photos.
"How a kid like you got these shots." Jonah says.
"Ah, that's trade secret." Peter tells Jonah.
"Fine! Whatever" JJ doesn't want to let go of this amount of money but he can't denied that the pictures are excellent. All he wants is to put them in the next issue of Now Magazine. They will be sure to make the issue a sell-out.
He tells Pete "I will have Miss Brant issue a check...immediately". Peter agrees but reminds Jameson that he doesn't want his name used. The credit should read 'a Now Magazine Staff Photographer'. Jonah reaches for his intercom to contact Betty Brant and then He puts his hand on Peter's shoulder "I'm willing to buy any other great photos. In fact, I'd love some shots of that public menace, Spider-Man."
As Betty gets in the office Peter says "I have to ask, but what are your real motives to slander Spider-Man that way, I mean, there are a lot of people out there who think he is a good guy."
Betty Brant, Jonah's secretary, agrees. "I've heard some of our readers mention that they think you're jealous of Spider-Man for some reason", she says. Pete is surprised to hear that he has an ally in Betty. He suddenly realizes how pretty Betty is, as well.
Jonah answers them "my only motivation is to make money. The more I attack Spider-Man, the more people read my papers!" Peter doesn't buy this explanation.
"Now, go out and buy yourself some nice thing!" he says giving Peter the check. Jonah may think he's just a typical teenage consumer but Pete has more important things to do with the cash. He go home, eager tell Aunt May that he has paid the rent for a full year.
Then, he gets busy right away adapting his costume. He encounters some problems using his injured arm, but as long he doesn't exert too much force on it, he okay.
Originally, the costume was only going to be used in his stage act but now that he has chosen the life of a super-hero, he needs to make some adjustments. He revamps the belt so that he can attach a miniature camera to the buckle, fills the web cartridges and adjust the formula to make some of them to last different amount of time, from ten minute, one hour and two hours. He puts the belt on and is pleased to see that it all fits comfortably.
That night, Spider-Man is out on the town, hanging upside-down right by a billboard that advertises 'The Spider-Man Menace! A New Series by J. Jonah Jameson. Starting today in the Daily Bugle.' A big picture of Jonah's sour-looking face accompanies the text. But then the web-slinger spies something more interesting.
"Three punks casin' a jewelry store." He swings over to keep an eye on the situation. Sure enough, as soon as the owner locks up and leaves for the night, the three men sneak back to the store. Before they can actually break in, Spider-Man constructs about a dozen hoops out of webbing and drops them over the men, trapping their arms.
"Who...?" asks one guy. "Well, it's not Batman" replies Spidey. Two of the Thieves think they've had it but the third one, Charlie, is smarter than that. He threatens to sue and he's "I'll sue you for assault and battery; I got witnesses to prove it!" He gives a glance to the other two and when they don't answer, he kicks their shines.
"Yeah, that's right!" says one of his two witnesses. Charlie continues his tirade "There is no law against the three of us walking the street at night. You're a menace", he says, "just like J. Jonah Jameson says!" Spidey realizes he is right. Since he attacked before the men actually did something illegal, he has no evidence that they were doing anything other than taking a stroll.
Soon, all three men, facing in different directions are calling for the police. Eventually, a beat cop walks up and one of the thief reports "Spider-Man attacked us for no good reason". Spidey realizes it is three against one so he leaps up to the hood of a car, then up onto the wall of a nearby building.
Charlie yells out, "Get 'im down from there! Shoot the bum!" Spidey must content himself with the knowledge that he did prevent a robbery. With the webhead gone, the three punks laugh it up big time.
Back up on the roof, Spidey looks up at the JJJ billboard and decides "it's all his fault. Because of him even cheap crooks go against me!" then he hears sirens that give him pursuit for a while, until he loses them.
The following morning, still angered to Jonah, Spidey decides to head over to the Daily Bugle and pay him a visit before school. When he gets to Jameson's office window, however, no one is there. He opens the window, enters the room, and leaves 'a little souvenir for him to prove I was here.'
A few minutes later, J. Jonah Jameson walks in his offices wondering if what that guy, Charlie, had been saying is true, about Spider-Man attacking him "What a scoop it would be if I proved it is!" He removes his hat and coat, loosens his tie and sits in his chair to find that the 'little souvenir' that Spidey left was a nice chunk of Spidey's adhesive webbing and JJJ finds himself stuck. Jonah stands up and the chair comes with him. "MISS BRANT" Betty rush to the office. He orders his gawking secretary to fetch another pair of trousers for him.
Betty gets the fresh trousers and runs into Peter on her way back to Jameson. "Hi, Betty" "Hi, Peter" Betty asks Peter "Can you take the trousers to Mr. Jameson since he is in such a bad mood, I hate to face him". Peter, who have came just to see this, is happy to do so. He enters the publisher's office. Jonah is standing behind his desk in his boxer shorts. Peter hands him the fresh pants and JJJ berates Parker for not bringing in any good pictures lately.
"What? I just give you pictures, yesterday!"
"Not of Spider-Man! I want something incriminating! Where were you last night? The news are that Spider-Man was spot yesterday and I have not one measly photo from you!" Jameson berates Peter.
"I was home last night. I've got to sleep sometime" He says.
As he leaves, Betty, who apparently hears everything says "don't feel badly. I may only be J.J.'s secretary, but I think you're wonderful!"
Later, in the school yard at Midtown High, some volley ball practice is in progress and Peter is walking on air.
Flash tosses a volley ball Peter's way and he, on instincts, tries to catch it with his sprained arm and fail "Here butter fingers, think you can toss that big, bad heavy ball all the way back to me?" Taunt him.
Peter thinks to himself fuming 'If I used my Spider-Man strength, it would go clean through you, loudmouth!'
As school gets out, a bunch of the kids plan to head over to Park Avenue. A brunette, Jessica Campbell, shyly invites Pete and he agrees to come along.
Pete, Flash, Liz, Sally, Jessica and a few others arrive at the scene. Liz says "it's like a carnival". The press is there and the area is cordoned off. The police are stationed on every nearby roof. An armed helicopter is stationed overhead.
An armored car arrives to carries the gems. Squad cars drive on either side of it. The helicopter flies right above. The cops on the roof are watching the sky, actually hoping that the Vulture will make a try for the diamonds.
The armored car reaches its destination. Five uniformed guards armed with shotguns make a protective ring around the back of the car. A man in a purple suit and hat walks out of the Jewelry, carrying a small case filled with the jewels.
While the guards are scouring the air, the Vulture crosses them all up by popping out of the car as the metal doors of the car open at just the right moment, snagging the case with the jewels, so quickly that the guards don't even have time to fire their guns, and flying away.
As they start to shoot and the helicopter take pursuit, Pete slinks away. "Look gang!" says Flash, "Little Petey is chickening out!"
'Damn, I always end up looking like a loser' Peter Parker changes to Spider-Man. He is fascinated over the way the Vulture has fooled everyone 'How did he get inside of that armored car?' He climbs the wall of a nearby building, and then stands on the roof, preparing his new belt camera to automatically shoot. Then the wall-crawler attaches webbing to a chimney on his right and to a TV aerial on his left, stretches way back and shoots himself halfway across and above the city in a giant slingshot.
"woooaa, these is awesome, I love it!"
When he starts to drop, he shot some webs and swinging at great speed. Soon he gets a tingle that indicates that the Vulture is in the area. He looks to his left and sees the Vulture flying by. Swinging on his webbing, Spider-Man follows.
The Vulture, however, looks back to see if any cops are on his trail and spots the web-slinger. He does one tricky maneuver around the corner of a building that allows him to double-back and get behind Spidey. The wall-crawler realizes that he's lost sight of his prey but the spider-sense warns him that the Vulture has sneak around his back.
He leaps out of the way but not fast enough. The Vulture clips him with a wing and which makes Peter let go the building wall and fall. Spidey shoots some webbing and snags the Vulture on his foot. Then he pulls himself up and soon has his left hand around the Vulture's ankle. The Vulture tries to shake the web-head off but Spidey stick to his ankle and don't let go.
"You think you can defeat me? The sky is my territory!"
"Then I will have to take you out of your territory." Peter sees the Daily Bulge building "maybe I can kill two birds with one stone. Pun intended."
Peter spot Jameson's office, shoot a web-line to have leverage, and with all his strength, swings the Vulture by his ankle and throw him through the window. Spidey quickly follows.
"Nobody worry, I have come to save the day!"
Inside the office, the Vulture was standing up of the floor and J. Jonah stand there in his wrecked office with glass in the floor, desk flipped and papers flying everywhere.
"I knew it! You two are working together! You are a menace! You thief," he point to the Vulture "you will soon be in jail. And you," now he signal to the spider "sooner or later I'll learn who you really are! And when I do, am going to make sure you'll get what's coming to you! In spades!" Pete decides to give him what's coming to him right now. He webs up the lower half of Jameson's face, shutting him up.
Spidey calls out "All right, Vulture, play time is over! Here's where we separate the men from the boys!"
And the Vulture pulls out a gun. "Well, you won't stay that way for long! Even you can be stopped by a bullet!"
Spidey sticks his gun up with webbing, calling "Maybe so! But first you've got to be able to fire that bullet!"
Vulture calls out "Bah! Guns aren't my style anyway! What does the mighty Vulture needs a weapon for when I've got my wings?"
Spidey replies "You'll have a harp too, by the time I'm through with you!"
'I can't fight as well at close-quarters! I need room, space to use my wings to their best advantage!' The Vulture flies out to the office and by Betty, sending her scurrying, her work papers flying, calling "Wha-what's going on?"
"You stay here, Jameson! From now on, it's a private battle between the Vulture and me!"
Jameson replies "NO! No! You two will wreck the place! Let him go! Leave him to the police!" Well at last he tries, all that come out is "Mn! Mn! Nuu tu nn jheeb hth nmnnm! nne eej oo! Eejjk eej oo nne homm!"
Spidey goes flying out of the office thinking 'There isn't time! If he gets a chance to fly off, we may never trap him again!' Betty ducking him "Oops, get to the side of the road cutie!" Betty calls out "This must all be a bad dream!" Jameson runs through the office after Spidey, shouting "Police! Someone call the police! Those two maniacs must be stopped!" Well trying. Betty in return calls back from beneath the desk "H-here Mr. Jameson, where it's safe!"
Spidey and the Vulture go fighting among the Daily Bugle offices, Spidey thinking 'He's trying to find a window he can fly through! I've got to stop him!'
The Vulture calls back "I warn you, Spider-Man! Stay out of my way, while you still can!"
Spidey replies "Mister, I thrive on warnings! In fact, someday I'm going to write an article for the reader's digest titled 'The most unforgettable warning I've ever known!'
The Vulture shouts out "Very funny!" swiping at Spidey as he does so, and Spidey replying "You missed by a mile!" The battle continues.
'I need more room, ah! The stairs!' as he flies up the stairs 'If I can't make it to the window I'm to the roof! Spider-Man can never defeat me!"
Spidey uses a web-line to go up the stars. Some bystanders call "Who's chasing who?"
The Vulture, seeing he won't make it to the roof before Spidey catch up with him, goes flying through a rooms 'This is more like it! I'm in the press room! I've enough flying space again! I'll destroy Spider-Man forever now if he's fool enough to follow me here!' Spidey does indeed follow him there. Spidey leaps onto the Vulture's back. Vulture calls "Hey - wha - you!"
Spidey quips "Well, it sure isn't the lone ranger! Didn't expect me so soon, did you?"
The Vulture flies up calling "You just made your last fatal mistake, Spider-Man! I'll shake you off like a dog shakes a flea!"
"I think your modesty is what I like best about you, Vulchy!" Spidey replies.
Vulchy replies "Let's see if a wisecrack will help you once I'm done with you!" Spidey reflects 'I've got to keep ribbing him! My only chance is to make him so angry that he won't notice my injured arm!'
Suddenly the agile Vulture changes direction and zooms up towards the ceiling with telling effect. He hits Spidey on the ceiling, on his sprained arm. Vulture calls "Hah! I caught you off guard!" Spidey is shaken off and hit the floor.
He goes after the Vulture as he gets to a window, thinking 'Got to reach the Vulture before he flies out of range!' He's heading out the window, and halts 'My spider sense warns me he's waiting above! It's a trap!'
Without going out, Spidey stuck only his good arm out, and without looking, only guide by his senses shoot a web-line and stuck the Vulture.
The Vulch, who was hoping to be the surpriser and no the surprised, could do nothing but to be pulled and punch in the face by Spider-Man.
Vulchy went to stop face down in the roof where Spidey webs up the Vulture's wings.
"Well, playmate, this is where I get off! I'll let you solo down the rest of the way!"
The Vulture calls back "You haven't seen the last of me, Spider-Man!"
Spidey reply "You mean you're gonna flap your lips to the bitter end?"
Just then, the police helicopter arrives on the scene. It lands right next to the Vulture who is knocked out. As Spidey takes pictures from a hiding-place, the cops pick up the no-longer-flying villain, remove the small case from his suit and whisk him away in the chopper.
Minutes later, the Amazing Spider-Man vanishes to be replaced by innocent looking Peter Parker.
As innocent looking Peter leave the park, thinks to himself "The worst thing about being Spider-Man is changing clothes a million times a day." Peter walks into the office, and he fines Betty still sitting under the desk. "Hi Betty! What are you doing behind that desk?"
"It's the only safe place, Peter! This office was a madhouse a few minutes ago!"
Peter asks "Mind if I join you?"
"Be my guest." The two snuggle up together under the desk in the office, and Betty asks "By the way, were you here while Spider-Man was battling the Vulture?"
Peter replies "Me? Oh, I, yes, I was...hiding in a closet. I'm afraid I'm just not the heroic type."
The two share a gaze for a moment as she responds "Neither am I. Maybe that's why I like you so much, Peter! At least you don't pretend to be what you're not."
'Boy, if only she knew!' thinks Peter.
Jameson comes storming in, still trying to speak through the webbing and Betty says "Look! Mr. Jameson can't talk! I wonder what's wrong with him."
Peter replies "Wrong? It's an improvement. Here, rest your head on my shoulder, brown-eyes, and let's enjoy the silence."
Betty replies "But what will Mr. Jameson say?"
Peter responds "Nothing, baby…for at least an hour!"
_*TTASM*_
Later that same day, Peter Parker offers the latest Vulture-Spider fight photos to J. Jonah Jameson.
Jameson says "I'll admit that's a fine picture of the Vulture and Spider-Man, Parker, but I can't pay more than ten dollars for it! After all, he's been seen all over town! And I already have pictures of both of them! I want something different!"
"What? These are pictures from the fight of the Vulture and Spider-Man! Nobody have them!"
"Those two wrecked my office and now you are trying to let me dry! You want to put me out of business!"
"Skinflint" whisper Peter. Then aloud "Come on, Mr. Jameson! Nobody's taken a close-up from Spider-Man like this before!"
Jameson replies "well, all right, I'll pay twelve fifty. You are stilling for me Parker!"
Meanwhile, in a nearby prison, Adrian Toomes stands in a cell and curses the name of Spider-Man. He vows "I'm going to get free and... develop a flying power that Spider-Man cannot overcome! And then, wall-crawler, you better watch out!"