may and uncle ben. one day, uncle ben offers to drive peter school.)

peter: thanks for the ride, uncle...

uncle: no, wait a minute, peter, we... we need to talk.

peter: well, we can talk later.

uncle: well, we can talk now if you let me.

peter: what do we have to talk about? why now?

uncle: because we haven't talked at all for so long, your aunt may and i don't even know who you are anymore. you 6)shirk your 7)chores; you have all those 8)weird experiments in your room; you start fights at school.

peter: i didn't start that fight, i told you that.

uncle: well, you sure as hell finished it.

peter: what was i supposed to do? run away?

uncle: no, no, you're not supposed to run away but pete, look, you're changing, i know, i went through exactly the same thing at your age.

peter: no, not exactly.

uncle: peter, these are the years when a man changes into the man he's going to become the rest of his life. just be careful who you change into. this guy, flash thompson, he probably deserved what happened. but just because you can beat him up doesn't give you the right to. remember, with great power comes great responsibility.

peter: are you afraid that i'm going to turn into some kind of 9)criminal? quit worrying about me, ok? something's different. i'll figure it out. stop 10)lecturing me please.

uncle: i don't mean to lecture and i don't mean to 11)preach, and i know i'm not your father.

peter: then stop pretending to be.

uncle: right... i'll pick you up here at ten.

(scene 3: peter discovers that he has unusual powers soon after he is bitten by a genetically altered spider, and he uses his powers to fight crime. that makes him a hero.)

chief editor: who is spiderman? he's a criminal, that's who is! a 12)vigilante, a public 13)menace! what's he doing on my front page?

secretary: mr. jameson, your wife is on line one, she needs to know if you....

editor 1: mr. jameson, we have a page 6 problem.

chief editor: we have a page 1 problem, shut up!

editor 1: right.

chief editor: well...

editor 2: he's news.

editor 3: if they're really important, clients, they can't wait.

chief editor: they're about to.

editor 3: he pulled 6 people off that subway car.

chief editor: sure, from a wreck he probably caused. something goes wrong and this 14)creepy 15)crawler is there. look at that! he's fleeing the scene! what's that tell ya?

editor 3: he's not fleeing, he's probably going to save somebody else. he's a hero!

chief editor: then why does he wear a mask, hum? what's he got to hide?

secretary: she just needs to know if you want the chintz or the chenille in the dining room.

chief editor: whichever one's cheaper!

editor 1: mr. jameson, it's like this. we double-booked page 6, see, so both macy's and connoway's both have the 3/4 of the same page.

editor 2: we sold out four printings.

chief editor: sold out?

editor 2: every copy.

chief editor: tomorrow morning, spiderman, page 1 with a decent picture this time. move connoway to page 7.

editor 1: this is apartment page.

chief editor: make it page 8 and give them 10% off... make it 5%.

editor 1: that can't be done.

chief editor: get out of here!

editor 3: problem is we don't have a decent picture, eddie's been on it for weeks, we can barely get a glimpse of him.

chief editor: aaww, what, is he shy? if we can get a picture of julia roberts in a thong, we can certainly get a picture of this weirdo. put an ad in the front page. cash money for a picture of spiderman. he doesn't want to be famous? then i'll make him 16)infamous!

(scene 4: after exposure to an experimental nerve gas, norman osborn, a scientist and businessman, develops an alternate personality himself: the super-strong, psychotic green goblin. in order to infuriate peter, green goblin terrifies aunt may to hospitalize. mj comes and visits aunt may.)

peter: how are you? are you ok about the other night?

mj: yea, i'm fine. i just feel bad about leaving aunt may. have you talked to harry? he called me, i haven't called him back. the fact is, i'm in love with somebody else.

peter: you are?

mj: at least i think i am. it's not the right time to talk about it.

peter: no, no, go on. would i know his name, this guy?

mj: you think i'm a stupid little girl with a 17)crush.

peter: trust me.

mj: it's funny. he saved my life twice and i've never even seen his face.

peter: oh, him.

mj: you're laughing!

peter: no, no, no, i understand, he is extremely cool.

mj: but do you think it's true, all the terrible things they say about him?

peter: no, no, not spiderman, not a chance in the world. i know him a little bit. i'm sort of his un-official photographer.

mj: has he mentioned me?

peter: yeah!

mj: and what did he say?

peter: err, i said... he asked me what i thought about you.

mj: and what did you say?

peter: i said, "spiderman," i said, "the grea