Webbing up one of the muggers' hands, Spider-Man quips that the police like to make a game out of guessing what's under his webbing as it dissolves.
Interrupted by an elderly woman screaming for help from a nearby alley, Spider-Man spots a pair of knife-wielding muggers threatening her. Noting that he somewhat misses his red-and-blues, he toys with the idea of transforming his black suit into a red-and-black replica of his original costume. Web-swinging over the city, Spider-Man thinks to himself that his suit seems to be the only thing in his life to have gone right, possessing unlimited webbing, the ability to respond to his thoughts, and being made of some sort of alien material that doesn't need cleaning. As he notes he may as well go on patrol to get some fresh air, his Black Suit oozes off the chair its draped across and covers his body. Exhausted but unable to sleep, he notes his nightmares have been getting worse and that his life seems to be falling apart around him - Aunt May stopped speaking to him when he dropped out of college, and he's been messing up his relationships with Black Cat and MJ. Peter awakens with a gasp, still protesting that he's doing his best. Suddenly engulfed by an amorphous black mass, a voice asks him if that's really true, the faces of Felicia Hardy, Mary Jane Watson, May Parker, and the skull of Gwen Stacy appearing and asking why if he's really doing his best so many of his loved ones die. In a nightmare, Peter Parker desperately flees through a grey wasteland, stammering that he's doing his best.
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