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Along Came a Spider

NEW YORK CITY

"Today on Daily Planet News,Latveria was revealed to have been housing numerous supervillains. Foes such as Sinestro,Metallo,Toyman,and others. Also,the mutants residing in Bayville,New York-,"

Peter Parker switched the television off. It had been a hard day. Kraven the Hunter,a hunter who had chosen to hunt metahumans,had attacked a mutant. Peter had stopped him,but the villain had done a number on him.

Then,his day got worse,as the arsonist from Gotham City,Firefly,decided to pay a visit to New York City. He was relatively easy,but chasing the foe was the hardest part.

Lastly,a new villain called Prankster had shown up. A former show host had gone insane,and using some of Toyman's old technology,had created destructive toys. He was easily wiped out by Supergirl and Steel in Metropolis,so Spider Man had to deal with him in New York.

Now,he gleefully awaited a well-deserved sleep. Suddenly,his alarm which alerted him of criminal activity sounded. "Not now,for crying out loud,"Peter groaned. He was still in his costume,sans mask. Groaning,he put his mask on, and jumped out the window.

He noticed Star Sapphire,Blockbuster, Blood Eagle,and Copperhead attacking police officers and security guards at New York Harbor. Billy clubs and pistols were no match for Sapphire's shields and Blockbuster's strength.

Blood Eagle differed from his JLU counterpart,Hawkman,by having the appearance of a humanoid eagle. He had the powerful talons of a bald eagle,and the wings of one too. He wielded a mace and an axe, that both electrified themselves, and could shoot bursts of electricity.

A collection of plasma blasters,worth millions, was being shipped to Great Britain,France,and Canada. The four villains were supposed to intercept it, and take it to Latveria, to be sold to insurgents.

A guard with a billy club leapt at Copperhead, to be blasted by Star Sapphire. Blood Eagle's mace shocked three police officers to death. Blockbuster hurled a crate at a police officer, killing her instantly.

"Time to shine,"Spider Man thought, descending to Earth. Landing on Blockbuster's head, he knocked the powerhouse out with one hit,his feet too strong for the brute's head.

"Huh. I remember a kid like you on our Earth. Arachno Kid. We killed him,just like we'll kill you,"Blood Eagle grinned savagely,brandishing his mace.

Spider Man leaped above the Thanagarian murderer, and used his web slinging to barrel straight into Copperhead, the Legion of Doom's newest recruit. Copperhead was knocked out instantly. Suddenly,his Spider Sense alerted him of an oncoming projectile. Star Sapphire's energy bursts.

Leaping into the air, he descended. Star Sapphire scowled, and created a baseball bat, knocking the hero out of the sky before his Spider Sense could alert him of the danger. Blood Eagle took to the sky, to perform a brutal beatdown to the teenage hero.

Thankfully, Ray,Vixen,and Kyle Rayner,a Green Lantern who had joined the League, arrived.

Ray blasted Blood Eagle with a light burst, making the evil Thanagarian turn around in anger. With a peregrine falcon's air speed,Vixen decked Blood Eagle. Switching to an elephant,she brought Blood Eagle down to the ground. Hard.

Ray and Kyle flew to Star Sapphire. Deborah Camille Darnell, of the planet Pandina was the new Star Sapphire,after Carol Ferris was freed of it. Her other planetary origins gave her an exotic accent.

"Lantern! Halt yourself. Now!"she yelled, creating an arc of energy. Kyle's ring blocked it with a medieval style shield. Ray blasted a bolt of yellow energy at her, which she blocked with another blast. Deborah blasted Ray out of the sky. He was caught by a now revived Spider Man.

"Wow,the JLU's actually helping me out? Never knew I had the attention of the big leagues,"Spider Man joked.

"Believe it or not,the League's been monitoring your activities. We also wanted to help you with the supervillains here,"Kyle said.

"So,why are Captain Steroids and some Hawkman ripoff teaming up?"Spider Man asked,referring to Blockbuster and Blood Eagle.

"We think Doctor Doom,the ruler of Latveria was employing supervillains,"Kyle said, creating a robot, which decked Star Sapphire taking her down.

"Finally,we actually capture some of these chumps. Maybe J'onn can make use of them,"Ray said,now awake.

Unfortunately,a purple light teleported them all back to Latveria,courtesy of Tala.

"Well. This sucks,"Spider Man said.

"Got that right,webhead,"Vixen groaned.

"So,would you like to join the JLU,Spidey?"Kyle asked,changing the subject.

"Why not? It'll be fun to kick villain butt with Superman,Green Lantern,Captain Atom,and the others!"Spider Man smirked.

"Sorry. There probably won't be many missions with them. But,Flash is usually free,and he's awesome to hang out with,"Ray chimed in.

"I heard he was an infamous prankster,"Peter said.

"If you two have a prank war,I'll kill you both. I nearly lost it when Flash,Booster Gold,Hawk,and Plastic Man had a prank war,"Vixen sighed.

"It took Batman days to get that pink dye out of his armor,"chortled Ray.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!"Spider Man said.

TWO HOURS LATER.

"So-Then Batman says 'Flash,get the bomb!' And then I say 'Why can't Black Lightning do it? He's the walking electrical socket!'"Flash snickered.

"That's nothing! I dyed Batman's costume pink!"Plastic Man said,which caused an uproar.

"Yeah,and he stuck you in his utility belt for two days!"responded Elongated Man.

"I remember going to my school,and putting glue on the teachers' seats,which I also glued to the floor. Now that was hilarious. Although,it doesn't beat a pink Batman,"chortled Spider Man.

"Once,I visited this reporter named Will Harangue. Really annoying anti-superhero guy. So I spray painted Superman's logo all over his office, then I wrote I love superheroes everywhere,"Ben Tennyson laughed.

"Ugh. I hate Will Harangue. He called me a timestream waste of space!"Booster Gold griped.

"Eh. I think Glorious Godfrey was worse,"Flash said.

"Hey, glee club, we got a report of Black Adam attacking Fawcett City!"Shayera Hol said,bursting into the room.

"Isn't Black Adam the guy that trashed Superman and that Shazam guy? If so,we're screwed,"Spider Man gulped.

"Haven't you fought supervillains before?"Shayera asked.

"Yeah, a guy with tentacles, a goblin with bombs and a rocket glider,and a thug who controls electricity. Not exactly League material,"Spider Man snorted.

"Whatever,kid. You're League now. Let's go,"Shayera said. Aztek,Rocket Red,and Tasmanian Devil followed the group.

"Where the heck is Superman?"Elongated Man asked.

"He's in space with Kyle and John investigating a new team of villains called the Red Lantern Corps,"Aztek answered.

"Well,to copy an 80's cartoon- Transformers,roll out!"Flash quipped,as they ran onto the teleporter pads

Black Adam's attack keeps a good number of heroes busy. But is it all a distraction? Find out in The Trials of Fawcett City, coming to your computer screen soon!