Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth Premiere HC [2012] by Dan Slott & Stefano Caselli

SPIDER-MAN: ENDS OF THE EARTH PREMIERE HARDCOVER

Doctor Octopus was reinvented in Amazing Spider-Man #600 as someone who is dying and desperate to make a name for himself in the world. Now with his Sinister Six his final plans comes into fruition in Ends of the Earth. He has created an Ockahedral rising about his secret underwater location. Meanwhile Spider-Man neutralizes the hero-villain Equinox, Mayor J. Jonah Jameson attempts to shut down Horizon Labs.

Doc Ock threatens half the world by advancing the effects of global warming then presents the solution to preserve Earth for generations to come. Spider-Man heads towards the Avengers Mansion and prepares to take on Sinister Six with his new Spider-armor. Doc Ock sends his Sinister Six to retrieve 3 items from various locations: The Iron Man 2020 armor, one of the Leader’s experiments, and the Fang of Jormungandr.

Captain America, Thor, and Spider-Man attend an emergency GS summit in Rome. Spider-Man punches former Vice-President Al Gore who happens to be the Chameleon. Meanwhile Mayor shuts down the power to Horizon Labs.

Spider-Man puts a Spider-Tracer on the Chameleon before letting him go which leads the Avengers to the Sinister Six. Electro is shot into space by Thor, the Rhino uses the Fang of Jormungandr to take down Thor, Doc Ock uses Iron Man 2020 armor to shut down Tony Stark, Sandman uses a Cryo-Pellet to freeze Captain America, the Chameleon uses the Leader’s weapon to stop the Red Hulk, and finally Doc Ock stops Spider-Man. Spider-Man escapes with the help of Black Widow and Silver Sable.

      

  

SERIES HIGHLIGHTS

- Doc Ock asks the G8 Summit compensation for him saving the world  

- Black Widow, Silver Sable, and Spider-Man take on and defeat the Sandman in Africa

- Doc Ock makes Spider-Man public enemy #1 turning the world against him

- Spider-Man gets the Doc Ock’s secret location out of the Sandman

- Spider-Man assembles Big Hero 6, Union Jack, and the Titanium Man to stop Doc Ock

- Doc Ock fries half the world however it is an illusion to fool Spider-Man and his friends

- Mysterio and the Chameleon use the illusions however Spider-man finally figures it out

- Chameleon is captured and Mysterio betrays Doc Ock and head to Guatemala

- Doc Ock assembles his new Sinister Six: The Avengers

- Spider-Man discovers all the tech Doc Ock is using originated from his creations from Horizon Labs

- Mysterio frees the Avengers from Doc Ock’s mind control

- Spider-Man and Silver Sable head towards Doc Ock’s secret underwater headquarters

- Rhino holds the Silver Sable under water while she tells Spider-Man to deal with Doc Ock

- Spider-Man stops Doc Ock and escapes however is uncertain of the fates of the Rhino and Silver Sable

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: ENDS OF THE EARTH SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS

- The Kangaroo takes on Lady Deathstrike in the Australian Outback and fails           

- Sabra encounters Crossbones who shoots her in Jerusalum

- The Titanium Man takes on the Scorpion in Siberia and fails to stop him

- Union Jack takes on hi-tech assassin Slaymaster MK II in London successfully

- Big Hero 6 stops a rocket before launching one of Doc Ock’s satellites

AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #8 ENDS OF THE EARTH EPILOGUE

- Spider-Man searches for the body of Silver Sable before taking Doc Ock to the Raft

- Silver Sable asks Spider-Man for help by marrying the Princess of her country

- The Princess will later give birth to the next Sorcerer Supreme and doesn’t want to marry Doctor Doom

- However Spider-Man retrieves the Princess’s true love so he could marry him

- Doctor Doom attacks the heroes however the Princess bedded her lover

- Rhino and Silver Sable are still missing however one of Doc Ock’s Octobot is active

This hardcover collects

Amazing Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth #1

Amazing Spider-Man #682–687

Avenging Spider-Man #8

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