Spidey cuts through the New York underworld looking for Hobgoblin. Spidey's black alien costume tries to get young Franklin Richards to free it from containment but fails....
Spider-Man’s old alien costume has merged with reporter Eddie Brock who thinks his career was ruined by Spider-Man and the symbiote of the two, Venom, takes on the web slinger....
Animal Man, Cliff, Annie and Lucy go to see the band Year Zero who have embraced the church established by Buddy and Maxine. At the farm, more teenagers arrive to join the church.
Ray Dillinger, one of the disciples of Animal Man's church is captured by some local farm boys, but is rescued by Jack, who is looking for his son among Animal Man's converts.
