At the start of this issue, Peter Parker is worrying about various things, such as Captain Stacy working out his identity, and whether he should tell Gwen Stacy his secret identity. After getting a call from Gwen, who tells Peter that he has to chip in for Flash's farewell dinner, Peter goes off swinging as Spider-Man, so that he can make some money. After a while, Spider-Man swings past a TV studio, and decides that if he can convince them to let him on TV, he'll have enough money. Spider-Man swings in, and offers to let them put him on TV. After demonstrating that he really is Spider-Man, the studio executives are called out of the room, where a high voltage cable is short circuiting. And electrician named Max Dillon manages to turn it off, whilst miraculously remaining unharmed....