Marvel's SPIDER-MAN: Hostile Takeover

THE OFFICIAL PREQUEL TO THE BLOCKBUSTER ACTION VIDEO GAME! n n PETER PARKER is caught in a complicated web. Working in a cutting-edge laboratory, he's a young scientist who's trying to make a difference.

Yet he's constantly burdened by the responsibilities of his second career as the crime-fighting... n n SPIDER-MAN n n Wilson Fisk-the so-called Kingpin of Crime-has returned to New York, establishing himself publicly as an altruistic entrepreneur and philanthropist. Spider-Man knows better, but he can't uncover Fisk's scheme that, if executed, will make the crime lord too big to fail.

n n When a new threat-a deadly doppelganger with Spider-Man's suit and abilities-wreaks havoc in the streets, can the real wall-crawler prove his innocence? With the clock ticking and lives on the line, can Spider-Man stop the brutal rampage of the Blood Spider? Will Spider-Man fall to his fears and foes, or will he rise and be greater?

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