Spider-Man: No Way Home Page #5

Okay.

You try to surround him and I'll pull the plug.

All right, let's go.

I can't hold him much longer.

I got him. I got it.

Different Peter. Weird.

Thanks.

Sorry.

Don't worry about it.

I got my body back.

Hey, umm...

This is gonna sound really crazy, but this isn't your universe.

Another universe?

- What? - That's what I was feeling.

The power. It's different.

I like it.

Easy, buddy.

It's actually my fault that you're here.

Like the universe? Or the woods?

- I hate the woods. - I meant the universe, sir.

So what? You guys just gonna stand there and act like I ain't butt-ass naked?

- I am. - Uhh, no, no...

What was that? What did you just do to him?

No, no, no. It's okay.

Did you kill him?

Whoa, listen. I can explain everything. You just have to trust me, please.

I don't trust you. I don't know you.

What is this?

You picked the wrong side.

Connors?

What?

You know this creature?

No, no, no, no. Not a creature. A man.

From same universes.

Dr. Curt Connors. He was a scientist in Oscorp when I worked there.

A brilliant scientist.

Till he turned himself into a lizard. Then he tried

to turn the whole city into lizards. It was crazy.

It wasn't crazy, Max. It was the next step in human evolution.

The dinosaur can talk.

- Lizard. - Right.

Speaking of which, what happened to you? Last I

recall, you had bad teeth, glasses and a comb-over.

Did you get a makeover?

You know I can give you a real makeover.

- Let me guess. Into a lizard? - Exactly.

Could you two just shut up? Where are we?

- It's complicated. - A wizard's dungeon.

Wizard's... Wizard's dungeon?

There's no real way to sugarcoat that.

It's literally the dungeon of a wizard.

Look, you can keep your magic.

I want a taste of that new energy I just felt.

Oh, Peter. Hey.

Hey. Did those guys come through yet?

There should be an electric guy and a sand guy.

Yeah. They're all here and locked up.

Perfect. I'm gonna just stay here for a bit, and try

to fix this damage so they don't blame it on me again.

- Okay. - Hey, I...

I couldn't do any of this without you, so...

- Thank you. - Yeah, of course.

Hey, ask him if this is like a tree monster,

or like a scientist that turned into a tree.

Is this a tree, man?

That's a tree.

Coward. We have a new world to conquer.

- You make me sick. - Leave me alone. Please.

Hiding in the shadows...

Hiding from who you truly are.

No!

You can't escape yourself!

- Hey, May. - Hey, Peter.

I'm at work, and, umm...

One of the guys you're looking for just walked in.

May? Where's May? Thank you.

Hey, here he is.

Norman,

this is my nephew.

Norman Osborn?

I thought that you were...

I saw Spider-Man in an ad for this place.

And I thought he could help me.

But you're not him.

Wait, so you want Spider-Man's help?

He just wandered in.

I didn't know where else to go.

Someone's living in my house.

Oscorp doesn't exist.

My son...

Sometimes,

I'm not myself.

I'm...

someone else.

And, everytime he's in control, I can't remember.

And now, I'm here, in this place, in this city,

and I don't know...

I don't know what's going on with me.

I don't... It doesn't make sense.

He's lost.

And I don't mean just in the cosmos.

I mean in his mind.

Are they all like this?

Yeah.

Well, I mean they all have their own, mental or physical issues.

Well, he needs help, but maybe they all do.

What, you don't mean... No, May, this...

This isn't my problem.

Peter, not your problem? Mmm?

May...

Their chance of getting help is way better back where they came from.

Sending them home,

That's the best thing that we can do for them.

For them?

Or for yourself?

Look around you.

This is what we do.

We help people.

This is what's best, for them.

Trust me.

But the fact remains,

Spider-Man is a menace!

We'll be right back, after a brief word from

Daily Bugle supplements.

The only other Daily fix you need.

And, we're out.

What?

I got eyes on them.

He's with his aunt and some guy I don't know.

You sure?

They're just leaving the shelter.

Okay. Don't lose him.

Thanks, May.

Hope to see you again.

Hey.

He trusts you.

So do I.

Thanks for cleaning my suit.

I'll see you later.

- Guys, this is Mr. Osborn. - Hey, it's Doctor.

Sorry. Umm...

Dr. Osborn, these are my friends, Ned and MJ.

Mary Jane?

It's Michelle Jones, actually.

Fascinating.

Do you think there are other Ned Leedses?

Octavius?

Osborn?

- What... What happened to you? - What happened to...

- You're the walking corpse. - What do you mean?

You died, Norman.

Years ago.

You're insane.

God, I love it here.

What are you talking about?

He's standing right there.

- He's not... - Dead.

They both died. Fighting Spider-Man.

It was all over the news.

Green Goblin?

Impaled by the glider he flew around on.

And a couple of years later...

You. Doc Ock.

Drowned in the river with your machine.

That's nonsense.

Spider-Man was trying to stop my fusion reactor.

So I stopped him.

I had him, by the throat.... And then, I...

And then I was here.

Oh, please. Let me tell you something.

I was whooping Spider-Man's ass. He'll tell you.

And then he caused an overload. I was stuck in the grid,

absorbing data. I was about to turn into pure energy,

and then...

And then... Oh, sh*t.

I was about to die.

Max, do you know? Do I die?

- Oh, great. You caught another one. - No, wait. Strange, he's not dangerous.

It's okay.

What is that?

It's an ancient relic. The Machinati Codamus.

Trap your corrupted spell inside, once you've finished the proper ritual,

will reverse the spell. And send these guys back to their universes.

And then what?

We perish?

Nah. No thanks, I'll pass on that.

Let me out of here. Peter!

Strange...

We can't send them back. Not yet.

Why?

Some of these guys are gonna die.

Parker...

it's their fate.

Come on, Strange. Have a heart.

In the grand calculus of the multiverse,

their sacrifice means infinitely more than their lives.

I'm sorry, kid.

If they die, they die.

Peter!

Don't!

- Dude, what are you doing? - Peter, you gotta go. Go!

This is why I never had kids.

- Give me the box. - No.

Whoa!

Oh, my God. I'm dead.

You're not dead. You've just been separated from your physical form.

My physical... What?!

- How are you doing that? - I have no idea.

You should not be able to do that.

This feels amazing.

That might be one of the coolest things that's

ever happened to me. But don't ever do that again.

Hey. Get off of me!

What is this place?

The Mirror Dimension. Where I'm in control.

Strange, stop. Can we please just talk about this?

Parker, don't you realize that in the multiverse,

there are an infinite number of people

who know Peter Parker is Spider-Man.

And if that spell gets loose, they're all coming here.

Look, I know. I get it. But we can't just send them home to die.

It's their fate. You can't change that anymore than you can change who they are.

But what if we could? What if we can change their fate?

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