2005

The events that occurred in the year **2005**.

## Events

### June

* Peter Parker has finally managed to balance his double life as Spider-Man and his civilian life. He is still at the top of his class and has become friends with Gwen Stacy. However, he is estranged from his best friend, Harry Osborn, who believes he killed his father and refused to talk to him.
* Mary Jane Watson performed her Broadway debut, with Peter in the front row and Harry in the back row. Peter and MJ head out on a date in the park. A meteorite landed nearby and an alien substance latched itself onto Peter's moped after sensing his mutated blood scent. Peter drops MJ home to her apartment and drove to visit his Aunt May about his plans to marry MJ. May supported him and gave him her wedding ring as a gift to Mary Jane.
* Flint Marko escaped from prison to see his daughter, Penny Marko and had an estranged talk with his ex-wife, Emma Marko before fleeing. Flint later tried escaping from the police but fell into a particle accelerator that fused sand particles to his cells, transforming him into the Sandman. He used his sand powers to resort to crime to support for his sick daughter's treatment.
* Harry Osborn takes the Goblin Formula and becomes the New Goblin, ready to avenge his father's death.
	+ **Attack on Peter Parker** - the New Goblin attacks Peter Parker, who was on his way home from May's apartment. The two fight until Harry suffers amnesia, making him forget Peter was Spider-Man and his vendetta against him. Peter takes Harry to the hospital and pays him a visit, along with Mary Jane.
* Mary Jane decided to go out to dinner with Peter at the *Restaurant Constellation*, which Peter planned to propose to her there. Mary Jane became dejected over wide criticism for her play from newspaper reviews. She later found out she was fired and replaced by a different actress, making her even more dejected.
* Peter, as Spider-Man, saved Gwen Stacy from falling to her death after a malfunctioning crane caused damage to a building. Spider-Man met Eddie Brock, the new photographer for the *Daily Bugle*, and found him annoying. Peter later sent photos to the Bugle to J. Jonah Jameson, who already accepted Brock's photos. Peter becomes rivals with Brock after Jameson offers them a desk job.
* Peter became slightly overconfident due to his success as Spider-Man after he found out he was given the Key to the City. He attended a ceremony hosted by the citizens of New York to thank Spider-Man. He kissed Gwen at the parade, but only as a stage performance to the public, but Mary Jane believed he was pushing her away and her relationship with him got worsened.
	+ **Skirmish in the Bank Truck** - Sandman attempted to rob a bank truck, but was thwarted by Spider-Man, who despite his efforts was easily defeated by Sandman, due to his powers.
* Peter tried to make his proposal plan go well with Mary Jane, but things don't go as planned when Mary Jane accused him of kissing Gwen. Peter tried to explain why he did it and he had no intention of pushing her away. Mary Jane leaves and their relationship became strained. The next day, Peter tried calling MJ but she deliberately won't answer.
* The New York City Police Department called Peter and May to inform them about the real killer of Ben Parker. Peter became upset and vengeful over this and refused any help from May or Mary Jane, due to being upset over not being told about this for three years.
* The black alien substance bonded with Peter, changing his suit to black and enhancing his powers to a higher level. Peter brought a sample of the substance to Dr. Curt Connors, who discovered it was a symbiote which needed to bond to a host to survive and could be hard to unbond.
	+ **Duel in the Subway** - Spider-Man, in his new black suit, learned that the Sandman had robbed a bank and was in the sewers. He followed him and engaged in a duel with him. Due to being under control of the black suit, Spider-Man fought Sandman relentlessly and reduced him to mud, after exposing him to water. Peter told May about what happened, who said to him that Uncle Ben would never wanted revenge which made Peter realizes it didn't count as revenge wouldn't make things better.
* Mary Jane got a job as a waitress and singer at The Jazz Room and feeling alone, found solace in Harry. Later on, Harry regained his memory and blackmailed MJ to break up with Peter to "attack his heart". Harry witnessed the event and later told Peter about Mary Jane getting fired and being "the other guy".
	+ **Duel at the Osborn Penthouse** - Donning his black suit, Peter confronted Harry at his penthouse and the two fight relentlessly, due to a vengeful Harry and the symbiote controlling Peter. The battle ended when Harry got disfigured after a Pumpkin Bomb was blown back at him when he attempted to throw it at the symbiote-possessed Peter.
* Eddie Brock sold a photo depicting Spider-Man robbing a bank in his black suit. Peter found out the photo was a fake after Brock plagiarized his photos. Jameson, Robbie Robertson and Betty Brant discovered this from Peter and a retraction is published, while Brock is fired from his job and humiliated as a result.
* The Sandman escaped the sewers and self-reformed his body, before vengefully going after to take down Spider-Man, tired of him getting in his way.
* Still under the control of the symbiote, Peter took Gwen to the Jazz Room to make MJ jealous. Gwen found out and apologized to Mary Jane before leaving. Peter fought a bouncer who attempted to throw him out and struck Mary Jane. Horrified by this, Peter realizes the symbiote was changing him for the worse and making those he loved suffer as it did to him.
* Spider-Man reflected over his terrible behavior's before heading to a church to remove the symbiote. The bell's chime weakened the symbiote and Peter rejected it. The symbiote bonded to its second host, Eddie Brock, who was at the church praying for Peter's death, transforming him into the monstrous Venom.
* Peter returned to his apartment, showering himself clean and becomes dejected over the revelations he had been having. May came to visit him and told him despite everything that happened, he can still put things right with Mary Jane, making him feel more comfortable.
* Eddie Brock slowly got used to the symbiote after being overwhelmed by it. Eddie discovered Peter was Spider-Man after the symbiote granted him access to Peter's memories and replicating Peter's powers. Becoming Venom, he joined on the symbiote's mission to kill Spider-Man for rejecting it and for his humiliation. He found Sandman and formed an alliance to take down Spider-Man.
	+ **Battle at the Construction Site** - Mary Jane is abducted by Venom, making her realize the black suit was responsible for these events and Peter was not to blame. She was held hostage at a construction site and Peter suited up as Spider-Man to save her and defeat both villains. He asked for Harry's help, who refused but he later found out Peter did not kill his father; he was impaled by his own glider. Spider-Man is overpowered by Sandman and Venom, but the reformed New Goblin arrived to save him.
	+ Spider-Man and New Goblin saved Mary Jane, defeating Sandman before dueling with Venom. Spider-Man tried to redeem Venom, who refused and stated his enjoyed his villainy. Venom attempted to impale Spider-Man with New Goblin's glider, but New Goblin in an act of selflessness, sacrificed himself to save Spider-Man. Venom is weakened by the sounds of pipes clanging together and ripped away from the symbiote by Spider-Man. Then, Spider-Man throws a Pumpkin Bomb into the symbiote to prevent it from bonding with anyone else but Eddie jumped back into it, vaporizing them both.
* Sandman approached Spider-Man and let go of his vengeance toward him, instead confessing why he was resorting to crime and that the death of his uncle was an accident he still wishes he could take back. Spider-Man forgave Sandman and allowed him to escape peacefully. Spider-Man and Mary Jane sit beside Harry as he died in their arms after mending his friendship with both of them.
* Following Harry's funeral, Peter and Mary Jane renew their relationship and share a dance together at the dance club.

## After 2005

* Peter and Mary Jane finally made their relationship work and became a stable couple.
* Peter and Gwen remained friends and graduated from Columbia University.
* Peter continued working for the *Daily Bugle* and fighting crime as Spider-Man, facing many supervillains and criminals in the process, while becoming more mature and level-headed.
* Peter thought about making an anti Goblin Serum for Norman Osborn.