Peter Parker is caught robbing a bank by Iron Man, his childhood hero and idol. Instead of being thrown to a Supermax facility with all the other superpowered villains in New York, Iron Man takes pity, and instead sends Peter to Stark Academy and places him under house arrest. All while sentencing him to 24,000 hours of "community service" to the people of Queens, New York as reparation for his past deeds. While at Stark Academy, Peter makes quick friends with roommate Harley Keener, Tony's Stark's personal protege, one Ned Leeds, a supernerd genius engineer, and MJ Watson, one of the brightest legal minds of the century. Together with Harry Osborn, future president of the billionaire company Oscorp, the Genius Quintet of Stark Academy becomes just the thing that the underdogs of New York desperately needs. Unfortunately, while trying to learn how to be a hero, tap into the talents that Tony Stark sees in him, make his Uncle Ben proud, redeem himself for all things he's done, and take care of his terminally ill Aunt May, Peter will fall under temptation by the seedier side of New York, namely one Wilson Fisk, who'd do just about anything to have his "Spider-Thief" back.