Writer: Jim Owsley
Pencils: Mark Bright
Inker: Al Williamson

Our story begins with Spider-Man failing to prevent a series of murders. Peter becomes very depressed and decides to quit being Spider-Man. He decides to take a vacation. Just as he is about to leave, J. Jonah Jameson calls him with an assignment. It turns out all the murder victims were KGB agents and the killer is a rogue agent named Charlemagne. Ned Leeds has pulled in heavy favors to get this information and he and Peter go to West Berlin in pursuit of the story.

Peter's mood doesn't improve in Berlin, particularly when Wolverine shows up at his hotel room knowing Peter is Spider-Man. Wolverine tells Peter that he is involved in something much worse than he realizes. He tells Peter to leave Germany. Peter doesn't want to be there anyway. When he goes to tell Ned that he is returning home, he finds Ned has been murdered.

Peter is in a daze as he prepares to leave Berlin. He can't help but think that if he had been in his room, Ned Leeds would not have died. He can't help but remember his Uncle Ben's words: With great power comes great responsibility.

Spider-Man follows Wolverine into East Berlin. He finds Wolverine with Charlemagne: a woman Wolverine calls "Charley". Charley disappears in a gun fight and Spider-Man and Wolverine scour Berlin looking for her. When Spider-Man finds Wolverine at a cemetery about to kill Charley, he loses it. Not knowing Charley wants to die, he fights Wolverine in a battle that is furious. The results are startling for both the reader and the character, with Peter replaying it over and over in his mind on the entire trip back to New York.

The story continues into Amazing #289 which deals with the aftermath of Ned Leed's death.

Reviewed by: By Max Maynard-Maloney