And then there’s Kraven the Hunter who wants to make Spider-Man his protégé, while in actuality he … oh, never mind. And that mega-powered militia is something of a public cover-up for Harry’s cross-species genetic research. Wait, though! Now the narrative is noodling around with Harry Osborn, who’s teaming up with Wilson Fisk (aka King Pin) to create a crime-busting task force. Then, just about the time Spidey sets his sights on that no-good guy, the tale turns in the direction of Russian mobsters attempting to arm themselves with stolen Oscorp high-tech gadgets because they’re being knocked off by a killer vigilante. It starts out with the teen superhero attempting to track down the man who killed his Uncle Ben-a thug who’s been rubbing elbows with notorious gunrunners. And a big concrete jungle just waiting for him to crawl a few walls. There is a web-slinging hero here, of course.

But Activision’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 swings around on a bit of a different web. When a new game hits store shelves at the same time and with the same title as a big-screen movie release, one could assume that the two just might share a common story.

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