Peter is (still) doing an apology tour and trying to get his life back together after being away in outer space. Daredevil tries to help Spidey evolve his Spider-Sense. Raelith the Wretched binges How I Met Your Mother⁽¹⁾. Spidey knowingly sets Robbie on a path where he will likely discover his secret identity. Brian reveals he has mushroom mind control powers and takes his revenge on Peter and his co-workers. All of this, plus … Peter’s mystery cousin meets Aunt May and Big Ric???

(Anyone ever read Come Into My Cellar by Ray Bradbury? A great short story about an alien invasion by … mushrooms.)

CREDITS

Writer: Joe Kelly
Guest Artist: Pete Woods
Letterer: VC’s Joe Caramagna

PREVIOUSLY IN AMAZING SPIDER-MAN …

Spidey helps out his past self (from the Eight Deaths of Spider-Man story). Raelith the Wretched is cured of her Earth diseases, meaning she, Glitch and Symbie can move into Peter’s apartment. Brian is hearing voices and turning into a giant mushroom. Peter gets suspended from his job due to Ben Reilly sabotaging Brian’s code (with some questionable HTML). Spidey meets Kintsugi and learns his motivation and the origin of his name.

PREVIOUSLY IN AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM DEATH SPIRAL BODY COUNT…

Torment is revealed to be Graham, some random guy who had a big family and has the ability to see connections between members of a family. His girlfriend Laura had a terrible family so he decided the best thing for her was to kill her family (she did not take that well). He reveals to Rory Conway⁽²⁾ – his latest victim – that he chooses people under a lot of pressure from their family and kills their family to help them. Out of nowhere, “Mr. Redman” messages Torment and tells him that Spider-Man is Peter Parker (Is some connection between Torment and Spidey/Venom revealed here? Of course not, that would make sense) In the present, Graham is still dead and his family is at his funeral, knowing that he was Torment. His younger sister (?), Susie, is revealed to have the same “family connection” powers as Graham.

SUMMARY

Peter is (still) taking some time to put his personal life back together after being away in space and ghosting everyone while Ben Reilly was impersonating him.

(Even Kelly can’t pretend to care about Shay. And what is everyone’s guess for the anonymous texter?)

That evening Spidey takes some time to train with Daredevil, who tries to get him to use his Spider-Sense to avoid a non-dangerous beam of light. DD’s senses that Peter’s Semispinalis Capitis⁽³⁾ muscle could tell the light was coming before DD turned on the light, even though Spidey’s Spider-Sense didn’t detect it. He thinks that Peter is limiting his Spider-Sense. Spidey wonders if he can expand it.

(I love me a 2-page spread, and I love multiple-Spideys in the same panel, so more of this please.)

Brian is at his apartment, hiding from everyone, and talking to Astrid on the phone, telling her that he isn’t coming back to work soon. His apartment is full of spores and mushrooms, and Astrid tells him that Peter is on leave. Brian cuts off his finger with scissors and it grows back as he tells Astrid he’ll be back at work tomorrow.

(Ouch, that’s gotta … actually it looked like that didn’t hurt Brian at all.)

Peter is at his apartment with Glitch, Raelith the Wretched, and Symbie, who are living with him. Peter tries to see if Glitch can improve his webshooters but Glitch says they don’t need improvement, while Raelith watches TV, and Symbie makes a nuisance of himself.

(I can’t wait for Raelith the Wretched to look like the humans in Wall-E after weeks of eating junk food and watching TV.)

At the Daily Bugle, Spidey is meeting with Robbie, who reveals he is prediabetic⁽⁴⁾. Spidey asks him to help find his cousin, whom he found out about while fighting Torment. He tells Robbie that Torment chose his victims through family ties⁽⁵⁾, which Robbie did not know, and that his cousin might still be a target. Robbie says that if he helps Spidey, it might lead to him finding out Spidey’s identity, which Spidey is aware of.

(“If you ask me to do this, you realize I’ll probably figure out your secret identity.” “Huh, what, did you say something?” “Never mind.”)

Peter gets a voicemail from Dr. O-M to meet him to discuss Brian’s accident. He realizes this will cause him to break his promise to Aunt May to help clean up FEAST (from the damage caused during Death Spiral).

At FEAST, May and Ric are cleaning up when a stranger shows up to help. May says he reminds her of someone, and he introduces himself as Mac.

(What is the deal with this paint roller? We focus on it more than once here, plus the stain it makes. Am I missing something?)

Peter shows up at the address Dr. O-M sent him, which is Whimsy’s Wonderland Pizza Adventure⁽⁶⁾. Brian greets him and t...

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