(front cover. We see Spider-Girl swinging on a web line over Scattergun, who is firing at her but not hitting her. Behind them we see Franklin Richards and Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Five. Caption notation: M-Spider-Girl.)
Cap (N): When Spider-Girl takes on drug dealers... Scattergun comes!
(Page 1, panel 1. Spider-Girl’s high school, on the front steps. We see some kids there hanging out and being bored.)
Cap (N1): High school isn’t all fun and games. Cap (N2): It’s a lot of boring work. Cap (N3): Some seek escapism from this. Cap (N4): Unfortunately, they turn to the wrong things...
(Panel 2. Enter a teenage drug dealer. We see him wearing a long brown coat.)
Teen: You got the stuff? Dealer: Yea, I got it. Cough it up, kid.
(Panel 3. The kid pulls out some money.)
Scattergun (from off panel): Save your money, kid.
(Panel 4. Scattergun enters, swinging in on a rope. He kicks the kid, knocking the teen down. Scattergun has a rifle drawn.)
Scattergun: I need you down so I can do this. SFX: WHAP!
(Panel 5. Scattergun fires his rifle at near point-blank range, killing the drug dealer.)
Scattergun: Let this be a lesson to you... drugs kill!! SFX: BLAM!! Teen: Ohmigawd!!
(Panel 6. Scattergun swings away.)
Teen: He killed Ken! You B@$+@r&!
(Page 2, panel 1. Inside the school. We see May Parker, dressed in a T-shirt and blue jeans and holding several books. With her is Courtney Duran, her friend. Courtney also carries some books and wears a red shirt and pants.)
Cap (N): Meanwhile, inside... Courtney: Man, old man Thompson sure is mean. I can’t believe he gave us homework the night before the big dance. May: Yea...
(Panel 2. May is lost in thought.)
Cap (N1): Life is never easy for anyone. Cap (N2): Especially if your name is May Parker. Cap (N3): Named after a great-aunt you never knew. Cap (N4): But you do know this: Cap (N5): You are Spider-Girl. Courtney: Hello? Earth to Mayday!
(Panel 3. May turns back to Courtney.)
May: Oh - sorry. I was just wondering about some things.
(Panel 4. May’s Spider-Sense goes off.)
Courtney: What is it? May: Stay here, Courtney.
(Panel 5. May ducks into a restroom.)
Courtney: But - Ooh!
(Page 3, panel 1. Enter Spider-Girl now in her uniform. exit Courtney.)
Cap (N): A change of clothing later... Cap (M1): I hated ditching Courtney like that. Cap (M2): I hope I can make it up to her some time. SFX: BLAM!!
(Panel 2. Spider-Girl arrives just in time to see Scattergun leave.)
Spider-Girl: Hey, stop!! Cap (M1): Right. Cap (M2): Like he’s going to stop just because I said so. Cap (M3): He’s too far away for me to get.
(Panel 3. Spider-Girl shoots a spider-tracer, which sticks to Scattergun’s coat.)
Cap (M1): Got him! Cap (M2): I hope I can track him.
(Panel 4. Spider-Girl surveys the damage.)
Cap (M1): What a waste. Cap (M2): I wonder why that guy killed him?
(Panel 5. Spider-Girl swings out on a web line.)
Cap (M1): Let’s hope the tracer can tell us more. Cap (M2): Dad’s probably going to kill me for borrowing it without asking.
(Page 4, panel 1. Phil Urich’s lab. We see him talking to Peter Parker. Phil wears a suit and white lab coat; Peter is in a suit and tie.)
Cap (N1): About 30 minutes later... Cap (N2): Police lab worker Phil Urich meets with Peter Parker. Peter: You’ve got to be kidding me!
(Panel 2. Phil is face-to-face with Peter.)
Phil: It’s true. Franklin Richards wants to get in touch with Spider-Girl.
(Panel 3. Peter thinks.)
Peter: Uh - I don’t really know that. Phil: I see. Cap (Phil 1): Doesn’t he know his daughter is Spider-Girl? Cap (Phil 2): And if he doesn’t should I be the one to tell him?
(Panel 4. Go back to Spider-Girl. We see her walk out of a bathroom, wearing what she had on earlier. The foot of her Spider-Girl costume sticks out from her purse.)
Cap (N): And a change of clothing later... Cap (M1): Man, just when you think you can’t get any worse.... Cap (M2): Courtney is really hacked at me. Cap (M3): Should I tell her who I really am? Cap (M4): and if I do, how should I react?
(Panel 5. May spots the foot hanging out of her handbag.)
Cap (M): Oh no!!
(Page 5, panel 1. May quickly stuffs the foot into her handbag as Courtney enters.)
Courtney (very coldly): Well, if it isn’t miss like-them-then-leave-them. May: Courtney! I want to apologize for what I did earlier.
(Panel 2. Courtney walks off.)
Courtney: Forget it, May... apparently, all of your friends have to play second fiddle to this secret of yours... so in the end, you’re not going to have any friends. May: Wait!!
(Panel 3. Courtney goes off as May turns despondent.)
Cap (M1): Wonderful. Cap (M2): I’ve managed to let a criminal slip out of my hands, and alienate my best friend in one day. Cap (M3): And it’s not even lunchtime yet. Cap (M4): What else can go wrong?
(Panel 4. A bell rings as May walks in front of a door. Panel 5. The door suddenly opens, hitting May in the face hard.)
SFX: WHACK!! May: UHN!!
(Page 6, panel 1. Enter about 20 students, running.)
Male: Out of my way, bimbo!
(Panel 2. May gets knocked down by the running students.)
SFX: WHUNK! May: UHN!
(Panel 3. We see May sitting on the floor, propping herself up with her hands.)
Cap (M1): Ask a stupid question. . . Cap (M2): Get a predictable answer. Cap (M3): Why couldn’t I have inherited my mother’s luck?
(Panel 4. Later. We see May Parker coming home from school, carrying a backpack with books and other things.)
Cap (N): Later... May: Mom, I’m home!
(Page 7, panel 1. May looks around.)
May: Mom?
(Panel 2. May finds a note on the table.)
Cap (M): Well, she left a note...
(Panel 3. May reads the note. It says: “Dearest May, I have been called away for an assignment. Dinner is in the fridge, just microwave for one minute on high. Love, Mom.”)
Cap (M1): Now I can’t even tell mom how bad a day I’ve had. Cap (M2): Maybe I should just have dinner and go to bed.
(Panel 4. Elsewhere. We see a drug deal going down in an alleyway.)
Cap (N): And at the same time... Dealer: I got it, just gimme the stuff.
(Page 8, panel 1. Suddenly Scattergun swings in, and fires his shotgun, hitting both people below.)
SFX: BLAM!! BLAM!! Scattergun: I got your stuff here!
(Panel 2. Enter Darkdevil.)
Darkdevil: Stop right there!
(Panel 3. Scattergun faces Darkdevil.)
Scattergun: You! Well, I have prepared for this....
(Panel 4. Scattergun pulls out a device, turning it on.)
Scattergun: This should get you out of my hair.
(Panel 5. We see fuzzy, out of focus shapes.)
Cap (DD1): What’s going on? Cap (DD2): My radar sense has gone haywire!
(Page 9, panel 1. Exit Scattergun.)Scattergun: We’re on the same side, Darkdevil... too bad you’re not smart enough to notice it...
(Panel 2. Several police enter, and see Darkdevil standing over the dead people.)
Policeman: Hey you! Stop right there!! Cap (DD): Trouble!
(Panel 3. Darkdevil tries to get away, but is stopped by a net falling over him.)
Darkdevil: What the --!? Cap (DD1): I didn’t sense that coming. Cap (DD2): I really am blind here!
(Panel 4. Go back to May Parker. We see her hunched over a desk, studying.)
Cap (N): And back with May... Cap (M1): Man, I’ve let everything dogpile on me at once. Cap (M2):
