Then he discovers that his two daughters have been sheltering a young mutant girl, and he cannot bring himself to hate them any longer. All they can do is hope for her. Later, Phil works on a book of his Marvel photographs. New York is flooded by a villain but is saved by the Avengers. Various heroes and villains do things.
Public opinion changes almost every day.
Galactus threatens to eat up the world, but is thwarted by the Fantastic Four, though the normals are pretty frightened in the interim, believing the world really will end. In the aftermath, J. Jonah Jameson of the Daily Bugle calls Galactus a hoax. In the final chapter, Phil gets involved with Spider-Man's supposed murder of policeman George Stacy. He speaks to various individuals about it, including the then-jailed Dr. Octopus and Gwen Stacy, George's daughter. He is horrified witness to Gwen's kidnapping by the Green Goblin, her fall, and Spider-Man's fruitless attempt to save her.