ALSO: Venom escapes imprisonment with a new plan to get revenge on Spider-Man.
ALSO: Peter Parker and Flash Thompson spar in the boxing ring while working through their daddy issues.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #372: Alistair Smythe, who has the audacity to call himself the Ultimate Spider-Slayer despite never actually slaying Spider-Man, tries to defeat his enemy with robots yet again. All this, and Peter’s parents are in trouble, too!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #370: Spider-Man believes the Tinkerer may be behind the spate of robot attacks against him, but on his way to investigate, he has a run-in with the Scorpion. What better time for another Spider-Slayer to enter the picture?
In the back-up story, “Cashing In”, Peter and J. Jonah Jameson get into it when JJJ wants to exploit his parents for a story under the guise of helping find the truth.