Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion/The Parker Errand

The Parker Errand is the 12th episode of Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion. It is also the first chapter of the "Family Business" arc.
== Characters ==
=== Featured Characters ===
* Spider-Man / Peter Parker (flashback and main story)
=== Supporting Characters ===
* She-Hulk / Jennifer "Jen" Walters (first appearance)
* S.H.I.E.L.D.
** Nick Fury (first appearance)
** Mockingbird / Barbara "Barbie" Morse (first appearance as Mockingbird)
** Henry "Hank" Pym (first appearance)
* Aunt May (flashback and main story)
* Randy Robertson
* Venom / Eddie Brock
** Venom Symbiote / V-252
=== Antagonists ===
* A.I.M.
** MODOK / George Tarleton (first appearance)
** Truman Marsh (single appearance)
** Carlton Drake (first appearance; flashback only)
* Red Skull / Johann Schmidt (first appearance; flashback only)
* J. Jonah Jameson (flashback and main story)
* Thanos (mentioned only)
* Doctor Octopus / Otto Octavius (comatose)
=== Other Characters ===
* Richard Parker (flashback only)
* Mary Parker (flashback only)
* Uncle Ben (flashback only)
* Gwen Stacy (picture only)
* Lion King / Marcus Thompson (mentioned only)
* Mary Jane Watson (mentioned only)
* Liz Allan (mentioned only)
* Michelle Jones (mentioned only)
* Anne Weying (first appearance; flashback only)
* Daily Bugle
** Betty Brant (appears in TV, Computer screen and hologram)
** Robbie Robertson (appears in TV, Computer screen and hologram)
* Avengers
** Captain America / Steve Rogers (appears in TV, Computer screen and hologram)Captain America: (during a Daily Bugle interview) "We cannot condone with J. Jonah Jameson's deceptive news about the tragedy of Richard and Mary Parker by Red Skull's cold-bloody hands. For it does not represent our brand of American citizenship. So in the behalf of the Parker Family, we hereby declare him guilty for this and other crimes he is about to atone."
** Black Widow / Natasha Romanoff (appears in TV, Computer screen and hologram; unvoiced)
** Iron Man / Tony Stark
** Black Panther / T'Challa (appears in TV, Computer screen and hologram; unvoiced)
** Captain Marvel / Carol Danvers (appears in TV, Computer screen and hologram; unvoiced)
** Ms. Marvel / Kamala Khan (cameo)she is shown both as Ms. Marvel during Captain America's televised speech, and in her civilian guise comforting Aunt May, and giving Jameson a death stare
** Thor (appears in TV, Computer screen and hologram; unvoiced)
** Hulk / Bruce Banner (appears in TV, Computer screen and hologram; unvoiced)
* Flash Thompson (mentioned only)Mentioned by Barbara Morse, who states that Flash (still greatly heavily depressed since Mary Jane Watson scorned him in City of Heroes, Part 3: American Cats) is now spending his days in his trailer and heavily eating junkfood to try to drown his sorrows
== Plot ==
the story is set during the events of previous episodeAs the Supervillain Holding Cell recovers from the chaos caused by the Living Brain, and Otto Octavius remains incarcerated after his consciousness was transferred back to his bodyas depicted in Brainstorm, Peter Parker is heading to an abandoned lab, where he reflects upon the night his parents Richard and Mary reluctantly left him to Uncle Ben and Aunt May for his safety, and the news about (what J. Jonah Jameson reported as) the "tragic, inevitable accident" which took their lives. Through his previous experience with the Neuro-Cortex, however, Peter had learned that his parents' death was not an accident, but rather murder by the hands of Johann Schmidt, the founder of Hydra known as the Red Skull. An upset and brokenhearted Peter angrily vows that Jameson, who lied about the incident for protection money offered by Red Skull, will pay dearly for his lies, as he watches news that Jameson is standing trial for his previous actionssince On the Tiger's Claws. Suddenly, Peter envisions another memory of his parents, showing him that his parents were planning for secret projects to help the citizens, and sets out to investigate.
Later on, as he walks around the streets, Peter is met with journalists claiming that Jameson is in need of attorneys for his defense in his trial. Peter, however, just speaks against Jameson, branding him a greedy liar who holds no regard for others' opinions or preservation, and dismisses the attorneys, although he indirectly draws the attention of an attorney who mutually speaks against Jameson. Still envisioning his parents' memories, Peter learns that Gwen Stacy's grandfather Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym had previously helped them with their projects, and seeks him out in Pym Industries for answers. Pym reveals to Peter that his parents' work had originated from unknown, alternate realities in the Multiversemore details are revealed in the "Legendary Universes" arc which they once accessed via the Quantum Realm, and had hidden files about the projects in a temple where S.H.I.E.L.D. agents hid the Tesseract before Red Skull could discover them. Just as he volunteers to search for the files, Peter is alerted that A.I.M. units guided by Truman Marsh and their new leader MODOK are searching the Temple for the Tesseract, and is informed that he cannot go alone. To his fortune, Peter is joined by two heroines who agree to help him: Marcus Thompson's girlfriend Barbara "Barbie" Morse, who operates as S.H.I.E.L.D. trainee and super spy Mockingbird, and the Hulk's cousin and district attorney Jennifer "Jen" Walters / She-Hulkfirst mentioned in City of Heroes, Part 2: Where There’s Smoke, who was assigned by her firm to seek evidences to prolong Jameson's prison sentence. Elsewhere, Eddie Brock is walking around streets while feeling traumatized by the punishment he earned from the Titanian Tigers before he is met again with the Venom symbiote, which had likewise been liberated from the Skrull's grasp, and bonds with it again. Suddenly, due to "primitive link" to Peter's memories, Brock is imbued with memories of his past life, including Uncle Ben and Brock's lover Anne Weying, who was Peter's teacher in Midtown High School. Understanding how wrong he was when he reprimanded Peter that other day, Brock and Venom agree to embrace the new decision of becoming heroes.
As She-Hulk flies the S.H.I.E.L.D. Quinjet on course to the Tesseract's temple, Peter overhears from Barbie that she once spied on Marsh during his negotiations with A.I.M. units, and discovered that he is in possession of evidences of Jameson's confession of his lies about the Parkers' tragedy, which Jameson had also entrusted Marsh to keep for protection money. Peter also overhears from S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury that the Tesseract possesses the capabilities of teleportation and portal projection, as it houses the Space Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones which Thanos has long sought for, and deduces that Marsh seeks the Tesseract to access Pegasus Zintroduced in City of Heroes, Part 4: More Than Human and capture the homeless Inhumans and Mutants residing in there for personal reasons. Arriving at the temple, Spider-Man, Mockingbird and She-Hulk sneak by while avoiding the sight of A.I.M. troopers and discreetly taking them out piece by piece. Through its last link to Peter, the symbiote learns and informs Brock of Peter's intentions to bring down Marsh, whom Brock remembers to have had ties with Carlton Drake, the CEO of Life Foundation who previously ruined Brock's life and career in San Francisco, and ordered NASA to bring the symbiotes to Earthbefore the events of episode A Day in the Life, and the pair set out to capture him. After eluding enough agents, Spider-Man, Mockingbird and She-Hulk make it into the center of the temple and obtain the Tesseract and the flash-drive containing the Parker Files. Just as they seek to apprehend Marsh and get the evidences from him, they are confronted by MODOK, who demands the Tesseract in exchange of sparing their lives.
Just as the three are outnumbered, Spider-Man, Mockingbird and She-Hulk are unexpectedly joined in by Venom, and a brawl issues. As Venom engages MODOK, and Spider-Man and She-Hulk hold their own against the agents, Mockingbird pursues Marsh, subduing him and taking the flash-drive with the evidences against Jameson. Just as Marsh also reveals he is actually joining A.I.M. to sell their tech for Life Foundation, Mockingbird leaves him tied up in the pillars and rejoins the fight. MODOK gains the upperhand and subdues Venom with mind beams until Spider-Man and She-Hulk double-team to damage his levitation circuits and destroy his brain gem before She-Hulk uses the Tesseract to teleport MODOK back to the main A.I.M. Base, where MODOK is severely damaged. Venom recovers, abducts Marsh, and departs to get his revenge on Drake and Life Foundation. Back in New York, Jameson is officially pronounced guilty at his trial (even by the Avengers) thanks to the evidences passed to She-Hulk by Mockingbird, and given a life sentence in prison for his involvement with the murder of Peter's parents. After some discussions, Peter is entrusted to keep the Tesseract as long as he uses it responsibly and is presented by Fury, Pym and Tony Stark with his parents' former research building, the Triskelion. Thankful, Peter decides to use his new equipment in the Triskelion for his studies in Horizon High, and to finish the work his parents started.
"FIRST PROJECT COMING UP NEXT"
== Voice Cast ==
* Robbie Daymond as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
* Maria Canals-Barrera as She-Hulk / Jennifer "Jen" Walters
* Kari Wahlgren as Mockingbird / Barbara "Barbie" Morse, Anne Weying
* Jim Meskimen as Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym
* Zeno Robinson as Randy Robertson
* Phil LaMarr as Director Nick Fury
* Nancy Linari as Aunt May
* Patton Oswalt as Uncle Ben
* Mick Wingert as Iron Man / Tony Stark
* Roger Craig Smith as Richard Parker, Captain America / Steve Rogers
* Laura Bailey as Mary Parker
* Ernie Hudson as Robbie Robertson
* Grey DeLisle as Betty Brant
* Ben Pronsky as Venom / Eddie Brock
* Benjamin Diskin as Venom Symbiote, Carlton Drake
* Charlie Adler as MODOK / George Tarleton
* John DiMaggio as Truman Marsh
* Liam O'Brien as Red Skull / Johann Schmidt
* Bob Joles as J. Jonah Jameson
== Trivia ==
* This episode is described as an alternate storyline for the episode "My Own Worst Enemy" from the Superior Spider-Man arc of the series's Canon version.
** Brock and Venom being motivated to redeem themselves from their actions against Peter by memories of Uncle Ben is similar to how Otto Octavius (in Peter's body) was in "My Own Worst Enemy".
== References ==
Category:Episodes
Category:Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion