Spider-Man Unleashed

Not to be confused with Spider-Man Unleashed Spider-Man Unleashed is a comic taking place on Earth-606. Peter Parker gets enhanced agility, the ability to climb walls, and super-strength after a spider injected with the failed Infinity Formula bites him at a football game rather then getting bit by a spider exposed to radioactivity on a field trip.

Vol. 1 - With Great Power...
Issues: #1-4

Plot: Adrian Tombes, C.E.O. of Oscorp after the mysterious "death" of Norman Osborn, is working on an anti-aging formula that also enhances strength. He calls it the Infinity Formula and tests it on a spider. It goes wrong and results in a hulked-out spider, about the size of a shoe, that is glowing green. The spider escapes and crawls through the city. It finds Peter Parker, a kid at his school's football game. It bites Peter on the foot, and he passes out. He wakes up at home, and discovers he has enhanced agility, strength, and can crawl on walls. He decides to join the football team to impress his crush, Felicia Hardy. One night he is attacked by a mugger. He punches the mugger, who runs off. He spends the rest of the night hunting down the mugger, but doesn't find him. He gets home late, and his Uncle Ben gives him a lecture about how with great power comes great responsibility. Peter runs off and spends most of thr night walking around town. When he goes to get something to eat at a mini-mart, he sees Uncle Ben walk in looking for him. Peter avoids getting caught and runs out through the back door. Suddenly, he sees the mugger who ambushed him earlier enter the store. Peter looks through the window and sees the mugger rob the place. Uncle Ben tries to stop the mugger, but gets shot. Peter decides to use his powers to find the mugger and avenge his uncle, now knowing with great power comes reat responsibility. He designs a device called a web-shooter and makes a costume to protect his identity as he goes to stop the mugger. Meanwhile, Adrian Tombes is fed up and tests the Infinity Formula on himself. Hr is horribly effected by it and becomes a green, super-strong beast with bat-like wings. He is uncontrollable and flies out the window, wreaking havoc on the city. He is nicknamed "The Vulture" by locals, and Spider-Man goes after him. Spider-Man meets Vulture on top of the Oscorp building. They fight, and Vulture is suddenly shot at by a helicopter. Spidey tries to tell them that he's just a human who was turned into a monster, and they shouldn't kill him. However, it is too late, and Vulture is shot in the wing, and stumbles backwards off the building, turning to human form as he falls. Peter finds out who Vulture really is, and tries to web onto him, but the web snaps and Adrian falls into the sewers. Later that night, air bubbles come up from the sewer water, hinting at his return.

Introduced: Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Felicia Hardy, Aunt May, Uncle Ben, Flash Thompson, Adrian Tombes/The Vulture, The Mugger

Villains: The Vulture, The Mugger

Major Locations: Midtown High, Oscorp, Queens

Vol. 2 - Survival of the Fittest
Issues: #5-9

Plot: Spider-Man is the new hero, and easy target of mobsters. So, the mobster known as simply "The Boss" and his henchman, Hammerhead, hire a hit-man named Sergei Kravenoff to kill Spider-Man. After Sergei is defeated, he becomes obsessed with revenge, and invades the abondend Oscorp building in search of the Infinity Formula. He injects it into his bloodstream, expecting immortality and super-strength, but grows huge claws, a tail, fur, and fangs. He tries to kill Spider-Man as Kravenoff The Hunter!

Introduced: Kravenoff The Hunter, "The Boss", Hammerhead

Villains: Kravenoff The Hunter, "The Boss", Hammerhead

Major Locations: Midtown High, Queens, Oscorp