The Shocker blasts his way into the Stacy home and steals the tablet, then blasts his way into a seedy pawnshop, telling the proprietor he’ll fence it to the highest bidder. The pawnbroker tells him the tablet is too hot since no one wants to tangle with Spider-Man. Peter hears the news and, as Spidey, locates and battles the Shocker, during which the villain tells him the tablet is safely hidden. Spidey tags the escaping Shocker with a spider-tracer then must rush to Penn Station to see May and Anna off to Florida. Reading a Bugle article on Curt Connors, Pete wonders if he could get a job working for the scientist. J. Jonah Jameson reads the same edition in the hospital and is so enraged at the positive Spider-Man coverage he must be tranquilized. Peter joins Gwen at the soda parlor, running into Flash Thompson, home on leave. When Flash fl irts with Gwen, Peter gets belligerent. Gwen takes Flash’s side, again implying Peter is a coward. Spoiling for a fi ght, Spidey finds the Shocker robbing an armored car. The Shocker drops a wall on him, but Spidey fights back, covers his foe’s face in webbing, then uses his Sunday punch to counteract the Shocker’s blow-deflecting costume. He takes the Shocker’s bracelets and webs him up but an armored car guard shoots at him, forcing him to depart. Finding the Shocker and the money around the corner, the guards wonder why no one ever trusts Spider-Man.