Hoping to cash in on a few shots of his spider-like alter-ego in action, Peter Parker goes looking for trouble—and finds it in the form of a mysterious, mythical stone tablet that both the Kingpin and the Maggia are coveting! Pursued by New York's most nefarious villains, Peter's relationships with both his friends and the police are damaged. And his girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, is also unhappy with him. It would seem that everything has been resolved, but the past catches up with Peter years later: the leader of the Maggia, who was considered dead, returns and continues the pursuit of the notorious tablet! Plus, Aunt May is on death's door. Has old Parker's luck changed forever? Read the novel based on the classic "Saga of the Stone Tablet", called "the finest hour of Stan Lee and Spider-Man"!