Battle on the Alexander Hamilton Bridge

## Casualties

*"You're not Peter Parker."
"I'm so confused right now."*
―Doctor Octopus and Spider-Man[src]The **Battle at the Alexander Hamilton Bridge** was an open confrontation between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus following Doctor Strange's botched Runes of Kauf-Kaul ritual.

## Background

*"Spider-Man was trying to stop my fusion reactor. So I stopped him. Then I had him by the throat! And then I... and then, I was here."*
―Doctor Octopus[src]
Following the Battle of London, Quentin Beck had his crew to provide *The Daily Bugle* with the video message he recorded before his death. In the message, broadcasted by the news outlet, Beck framed Spider-Man as a criminal and a murderer who was responsible for the drone rampage in Europe and his death, also revealing Spider-Man's true identity as Peter Parker. Parker, as well as Michelle Jones, Ned Leeds, and May Parker, were apprehended by the Damage Control, and although Matt Murdock managed to clear Parker from legal issues, he was still subjected to the negative public perception.

Parker's reputation started to affect people close to him, as him, Jones, and Leeds were rejected from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In an attempt to fix everything, Parker asked Doctor Strange for help, who sugested a spell that would make everyone forget that Parker is Spider-Man. However, Parker did not want his friends and family to forget about him, so he tampered with the spell, while Strange was casting it. Parker's actions backfired, as the spell damaged the fabric of the multiverse, making people who knew Spider-Man's identity from other universe, to emerge in theirs. Among those were Doctor Octopus and Green Goblin who were in the middle of the fight with their Spider-Man, before the spell transported them out of their universe.

## Battle

*"Should've killed your little girlfriend when I had the chance."
"What did you just say?"*
―Doctor Octopus and Spider-Man[src]
Peter Parker rushed to the Alexander Hamilton Bridge where he tried to convince the MIT representative to reconsider Michelle Jones' and Ned Leeds' rejected applications. Suddenly, Parker's sense alarmed him about the upcoming danger, as he noticed people running away from the bridge. Parker then activated his Iron Spider Armor, before Doctor Octopus emerged from underneath the bridge and mistook Parker for the Spider-Man he knew. Octopus immediately attacked Spider-Man by using the tentacles to throw cars at him, forcing Spider-Man to either evade them or save civilians who were still inside.

As Spider-Man was distracted, Octopus grabbed him with the tentacle and threw him at the UPS truck, remarking that he should have killed Mary Jane Watson when he had a chance. Spider-Man assumed that he was talking about Michelle Jones, so he engaged in a fierce fight with Octopus, using his spider-legs against the tentacles. When Spider-Man heard that MIT representative who was trapped in a falling car, he rushed to save her but was stopped by Octopus. Spider-Man managed to free himself from Octopus' grip and caught a car with his web, while evading Octopus' attacks.

Although the woman was relatively safe, Spider-Man was open to Octopus' attack who pinned him down to the bridge with his tentacle. Octopus damaged the armor, which made the nanites of the armor to connect with his tentacles. Octopus then attempted to kill Spider-Man by impaling his vulnerable spot, but the nanites of his mask protected him. Octopus saw Spider-Man without his mask and realized that he was not the Peter Parker he knew which greately confused them both.

Using Octopus' confusion, Parker connected with the nanites attached to his tentacles and managed to take control over them. Octopus was now incapable of controlling the tentacles and posed a little threat, so Parker used the tentacles to get him and the MIT representative back on the bridge safely. Suddenly, Green Goblin appeared on the bridge and attempted to attack Spider-Man, but Doctor Strange transported both him and Octopus to the New York Sanctum, trapping Octopus in the holding cell.

## Aftermath

*"Do you know a Peter Parker who is Spider-Man?"
"Yes."
"Is that him?
"No."*
―Doctor Strange and Doctor Octopus[src]
At the New York Sanctum, Doctor Strange explained to Peter Parker that a spell he tampered with damaged the multiverse and before Strange managed to contain it, several individuals who knew about Parker's secret identity were pulled from the universes to theirs. Due to the threat they posed not only to their universe, but to the entire multiverse, Strange ordered Parker to find those individuals and bring them to him. With the help of Michelle Jones and Ned Leeds, Parker managed to track down Electro at the military installation outside of the city.

With the help of Sandman, Spider-Man managed to capture Electro, but Sandman started to turn against him due to mistrust, so Spider-Man captured him as well. Later, he also found Norman Osborn at the F.E.A.S.T. Community Center where he was asking him and May Parker for help. May convinced Parker that the multiverse intruders were troubled people who needed his help and not the villians. When Parker brought Osborn to the Sanctum, he found out that most of the intruders eventually died in their fights against Spider-Man. Strange then prepared the ritual to undo the spell and return the intruders back to their universes, but since it would mean a death sentence, Parker stopped the ritual and decided to help the intruders to become better people.

## References

1. ↑ *Spider-Man: Far From Home*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Spider-Man: No Way Home*