WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Non-Stop Spider-Man #2 by Joe Kelly, Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend, Al Vey, Wayne Faucher, Marcio Menyz & VC's Travis Lanham, on sale now.

Spider-Man is on a non-stop mission to try and figure out who is responsible for a new super drug that is sucking out the brainpower of its victims and allowing the manufacturer to transfer that brainpower to others. This led to some very wealthy villains making Spider-Man's life a living hell, attacking every time that Spider-Man finds a new clue. They also gave brainpower upgrades to the Luchadore Zapata Brothers, transforming them from knuckleheads into bonafide geniuses. While these villains are putting the web-slinger through the paces, a classic Captain America nemesis looms on the horizon in Non-Stop Spider-Man #2.

The introduction of Baron Zemo has been a minor part of the first two issues of Non-Stop Spider-Man. The first issue featured an epilogue where Zemo found a group of men in Paris who planned to reboot Hydra. Zemo was not amused, and he slaughtered everyone in the room, saying that he was on his way to New York to find another splinter cell. Zemo had even less time in the second issue as he killed almost everyone in the New York safehouse as well and finally saw a sample of the drug before asking to speak to their leader.

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Baron Zemo in Spider-Man

Zemo's findings indicate that an offshoot of Hydra is responsible for these drugs, and Spider-Man realized the group is targeting college kids with genius-level IQs. After some research, alongside Norah Winters of Threats & Menaces, Spider-Man realized the kids were smart before overdosing but had "smooth-as-marble brain tissue" after they died. Winters obtained samples of the drug, which Spider-Man then tested, discovering what they were doing to the kids.

Spider-Man's discovery made him visibly angry, a fact that did not get past Norah, who reminded him that he needed to stay smart about the situation. Spider-Man thought she was talking as a reporter trying to get her story. However, Nora said that one of her friends was the victim of the drug, and she had as much to be angry about as Spider-Man.

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Zemo in Spider-Man

Spider-Man has had a lot of experience with drugs in his past. One of his most famous storylines was in Amazing Spider-Man #96-98 by Stan Lee, Gil Kane, and John Romita, and concerned his friend Harry Osborn overdosing. This stirred undeniable emotions in Peter Parker that have no doubt resurfaced in his current story, making his anger all the more understandable.

While Baron Zemo is coming, it is also important to note that he does not seem to be involved in creating these drugs. He emphasized in the first issue that Hydra is about the elimination of the weak, plain and simple. Zemo sees this splinter cell and what they are doing as weak, which he points out as he slaughters them. While Spider-Man and Baron Zemo might be on a collision course, they seem to share a disdain for the real villains of the story.

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