COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Amazing Spider-Man 440 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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4681986005
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Owner:
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KidsFuture
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Forty-five minutes ago, Peter Parker woke up at home and heard a radio news report about events in Manhattan that caused him to head out as Spider-Man. Spider-Man arrives in the city after hearing reports that the Molten Man is going on a rampage. This surprises the wall-crawler as he believed that his old foe had gone straight.
When he first encounters Molten Man, Spider-Man discovers that Raxton is in some kind of trance, walking directly in a straight line smashing through anything that stands in his way. Molten Man walks through a wall and activates the building's sprinkler system. As the water hits him, it turns in to scalding hot steam, forcing Spider-Man to clear out the building instead of continuing his pursuit. Once the civilians are safe, Spider-Man returns only to find that the Molten Man has somehow vanished.
Meanwhile, Norman Osborn pays a visit to Morris Maxwell, the owner of a pawnshop, another owner of one of the shards of an artifact involved in a ritual called the Rites of the Five. Morris is well aware that Osborn is looking to gather the pieces once more as his own fragment has been "speaking" to him. Maxwell warns Osborn that of all the power offered by a Gathering of Five there is a risk of insanity or death. Despite this, Osborn intends to complete the ceremony seeking to gain untold power.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man has backtracked to figure out what happened to the Molten Man, discovering that he has escaped by melting through the floor of the building and escaping into the sewers. He begins following the steam generated by the heat of Molten Man's body reacting with the sewage water. However, as he gets closer, the wall-crawler quickly discovers that the heat is too intense to continue and is forced to flee the sewers. Changing tactics, Spider-Man returns to the surface and uses a map to try and figure out where Raxton was going.
At the Manhattan docks, Joe Robertson and Alison Mongrain have just arrived after fleeing from France.[2] As they try to make their getaway, the Molten Man comes crashing up through the pier to try and stop them. Seeing that Raxton is after Alison, Joe tries to stop him with a crowbar, but the weapon has no effect and he is swatted aside.
Before Joe can be harmed, Spider-Man arrives and intervenes. Spider-Man protects himself from the Molten Man's extreme heat by webbing up his hands with flame resistant webbing. As the two battle it out, the warehouse they are fighting in begins to catch fire. Although Robertson insists they stay and find a way to help the wall-crawler, Mongrain insists that they get out of there so they can find Peter Parker. With no other choice, Joe is forced to leave Spider-Man to fend for himself.
By this point, the flames caused by the Molten Man compromise the wooden floors of the warehouse sending them both falling through the floor into the water below. Driven back by boiling steam, Spider-Man once again loses all trace of the Molten Man when he is sucked towards the propellers of a passing boat. Although he isn't sure if the Molten Man survived or not, Spider-Man is certain he knows who his employer was.
Observing this battle is one of the members of the Brotherhood of Scriers who reports the Molten Man's failure to his master, Norman Osborn. Norman, in his office, tells his minion to confirm if the Molten Man is dead or alive and get back to him. He then continues his conversation with Morris Maxwell about the Gathering of Five. Maxwell once again warns Norman that the power offered by the gathering is not always what it seems. Still, even at the risk of madness or death, he wants to continue gathering the fragments needed for the ceremony, knowing that others needed for the ceremony will also be willing to take those risks as well.
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