With John finally free of the curse of the Man-Wolf, Spider-Man leaves the two Jamesons and Kristie Saunders to rejoice, telling Connors that his findings should probably be published in a science fiction book rather than a science journal. Using his regenerative genetics device, the procedure succeeds, but not before the Man-Wolf entity fights the cure and John goes through unstable transformations until he is ultimately cured. Jonah Jameson and Kristie Saunders safe from putting themselves in undue danger from trying to get through to John when he's in his Man-Wolf form, Connors eventually comes up with a cure. With Spider-Man around to fight off the Man-Wolf during points when John transforms int other creature, and also trying to keep the highly emotional J. After some harsh words for Spider-Man, they all agree to get John help from Curt Connors to try and find a way to cure him of changing into the Man-Wolf, as well as cure him of the Moon-Stones poisonous effects. Jonah Jameson arrives shortly afterwards.

Later Spider-Man drops in on John at Kristie's home and J. Jonah Jameson's office, Jameson throws Bannon out of his office when he realizes what Bannon has taken pictures of. There are fun stories featuring the Juggernaut, some one off character driven stories and new villains like the Hobgoblin introduced. The next day, when Bannon brings the pictures to J. Roger Stern’s Amazing Spider-Man run has Stern’s lager turning plots paired with an artist that just gets it, John Romita Jr and several others that just end up delivering far superior work. Man-Wolf manages to escape and flees to Kristie Saunders apartment, where the creature reverts back to John Jameson.

Spying the situation while conducting an experiment in reductive genetics with Curt Connors, Peter Parker leaves to battle the Man-Wolf as Spider-Man. When the Man-Wolf appears in front of ESU and goes on a rampage, Daily Bugle photographer Lance Bannon is there to take pictures.

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