Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is a prequel comic to the video game of the same name, written by Christos Gage and published by Marvel Comics. It was released on May 1, 2023 for free as part of Free Comic Book Day.
The story takes place sometime between Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales spin-off, and the second main video game title.
Plot[]
Mary Jane Watson is being interviewed by J. Jonah Jameson on his podcast in an attempt to promote her new book documenting the war in Symkaria, which hasn't been selling very well. Jameson keeps self-promoting and making references to his glory days and implying that Mary-Jane isn't cut out for journalism, she then tells him off for not being nearly as good of a journalist as he used to be and has just become and old man spouting nonsense and fear-mongering. The interview is then interrupted by the two Spider-Men fighting the Tarantula crashing into the interview room, which causes Jameson to run away.
Later at Peter's house in Queens, which Aunt May left him after her passing, he and Mary Jane are discussing the disappointing returns of her book, Peter's attempts to get a teaching degree to get a new job, and him struggling to make the mortgage, as May took out a new loan to keep the F.E.A.S.T. centre open during the events of the first game. Peter proposes Mary Jane move in with him, but she turns him down, claiming that her job requires her to be in Manhattan, and that it has nothing to do with their relationship, but Peter takes it hard either way. Miles then arrives saying that he plans to go to college, but can't decide what he wants to major in.
The three then go to an electronics store down the road to get some gear to upgrade their gadgets, but find that it's been broken into. Once they enter, they find a group of criminals dressed in cloaks, as they engage, they seemingly disappear, but it's revealed they are using cloaking tech, stolen from one of the Tinkerer's caches and repurposed for themselves. The crooks get away and Peter feels that they've all been feeling off their game due to the various problems they've been having.
They later track them to another robbery they are committing in a jewelry store, and manage to capture them, but are then freed by their leader, The Hood, who they fear as they believe he has magical powers.
Peter reels in the failure, and admits to Mary Jane that her not wanting to move in with him hit him harder that he made out, but she explains her situation again and he understands, just that he'll need time to accept it. Researching the previous crimes, they track the Hood to a warehouse on the docks, and find that he's committing his crimes to get money and resources to help keep his sick mother alive. His most recently acquired find, the Lifeline Tablet, will supposedly cure her completely. He invokes a spell and while it seems to activate, it does nothing to her. The Spider-Men interrupt, and the Hood engages them, however, his mother interrupts claiming that she doesn't want to go on living and is ready to die, and that all she wanted was to spend time with her son with the little time she has left, but he was too stubborn to do so. Realising what he's done, the Hood surrenders himself to the Spider-Men, so long as he can be with his mother in her last moments, which they agree to.
She eventually passes, and the Hood surrenders himself to the police who arrive. Peter apologizes to Mary Jane for his stubborn behavior, realizing he was no better than the Hood, and she forgives him, admitting that the failing book sales were affecting her as well, and Miles has decided to take up Music Technology at ESU. Mary-Jane then enters the Daily Bugle to begin work for the day. Unbeknownst to her, Jameson is finishing off a deal where he will be repurchasing the Bugle so he can run it like he wants to, inspired by Mary Jane's rant about how he's become detached to real journalism.
Characters[]
- Peter Parker
- Mary Jane Watson
- Miles Morales
- J. Jonah Jameson
- Anton Miguel Rodiquez
- Parker Robbins (first and only appearance)
- Parker Robbins' mother (first and only appearance, dies)
- Phin Mason (mentioned)
- May Parker (referred)
- Jefferson Davis (referred)
- Tony (Daily Bugle worker)
- Jared (name only)
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Organizations[]
- Just the Facts (defunct)
- Hood's Gang
- Underground (mentioned)
- ESU (mentioned)
- Daily Bugle