35-year-old Peter Parker is the husband of Mary Jane Watson-Parker and father of their children, Richard and May. Peter palms a glass orb and promises his wife they'll talk tonight. He's late for work at The Daily Bugle under his boss, an affable but short-tempered J. Jonah Jameson, and the Bugle's managing editor: Ben Parker.

Peter's Uncle Ben is old friends with J.J.J., who gently reminds Peter to ask his uncle how he's doing. Ben hasn't talked about what's happened or how he's doing or how he feels, and his nephew is worried. Peter was 15-years-old when his parents died and he went to live with his Uncle Ben and Aunt May; that was 20 years ago. "It's been a long time," Ben reminds him. "But has one day gone by that you didn't think of them? Is there one day that it doesn't hurt that they're gone?" Peter's response is a quiet "no," so Ben tells him: "Then you know exactly how I feel."