Peter Parker is exhausted. However, he gains a new headache upon discovering that Ben Reilly, his clone and a fellow Spider called the Scarlet Spider, has donned a new Spider-Man costume and is backed by the Beyond Corporation, who has taken a liking to him recently.
Despite this, the two Spider-Men join forces, but their first team-up leaves Peter Parker seriously injured, putting him out of commission as a superhero for a while. Can Ben Reilly handle the mantle of Spider-Man again, after everything he’s endured?