AdityaShinde2
Alan Cross is now fifteen, carrying an unyielding burden that grows heavier with every passing month. One year after the catastrophic collapse of LoraTech and the devastating rooftop battle at the Empire State Building, he finds himself trapped in an impossible emotional stalemate. His best friend, Jason Lorax, consumes himself with a dark, consuming hatred for Spider-Man, whom Jason blames entirely for the deaths of his parents. While Alan desperately plays the dual role of the supportive best friend trying to pull Jason out of his profound grief and the masked vigilante dodging Jason's relentless tracking algorithms, a new and horrifying threat emerges from the shadows.
Miguel Lorax, whose corpse was subjected to horrific post-mortem experimentation in a hidden facility, has been twisted into a brutal, violent, green-goo-infused entity that the terror-stricken city has dubbed The Swamp Crawler. As if carrying the city's weight alone isn't enough-especially with Tiara Vance (Spider-Tiara) away on an extended family vacation in Japan-Alan discovers a devastating truth: Jason has secretly forged a terrifying new identity as the Hobgoblin.
Jason's endgame is as reckless as it is tragic. Armed with glider technology and volatile pumpkin payloads, the Hobgoblin intends to kill Spider-Man, reactivate the unstable inter-dimensional portal buried beneath the LoraTech construction site, and travel backward through time. His dual mission: to stop his father from dying in the original portal collapse and to save his mother-whom he still believes was murdered by Spider-Man-from her fateful end.
With the weight of the ultimate secret resting entirely on his shoulders, Alan faces a heartbreaking question: Can he keep the truth about his parents hidden from Jason to protect him from a shattering emotional collapse, or will Jason uncover the horrific reality and turn his vengeance entirely against his truest friend?