Shortly after the events of Spider-Man, the Daily Bugle has given Captain America full credit for foiling "Doctor Octopus and Spider-Man's sinister plot" while stating that Spider-Man is "still at large". Spider-Man takes on some criminals while being watched by a visiting Beast. A series of robberies led by Electro take place throughout New York City. While out on patrol, Spider-Man spots one of the robberies taking place at a building owned by BioTech. Planting a Spider-Tracer on the head thief's motorcycle, Spider-Man follows it to an abandoned warehouse where the thief is passing off a stolen briefcase to a contact. Spider-Man takes out the thugs and interrogates one of them, before being forced to fight the head thug.