WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #57 by Nick Spencer, Mark Bagley, John Dell, Andrew Hennessy, Andy Owens, Rachelle Rosenberg, Edgar Delgado, and VC's Joe Caramagna, on sale now.

For decades, Spider-Man has faced off against all kinds of frightening foes, and has gone through some truly terrifying transformations of his own. Peter's newest nemesis, the demonic Kindred, has recently revealed himself to be none other than Peter's oldest and closest friend Harry Osborn.

The trauma that Kindred has inflicted upon Peter and the threat he has posed to those Spider-Man holds closest is the work of a monster, without a doubt, but what it has turned Peter into might be worse than the demonic creature that Harry is now.

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With a surprise assist from Wilson Fisk, Kindred has been locked away, finally giving the heroes a much-needed reprieve. As Ravencroft agents load Kindred into an armored vehicle to be transported away, Peter emerges from the crypt where their most recent encounter took place. Mary Jane is there to greet him, as is the Order, all glad to see that Peter is physically alright, even if his mental and emotional states aren't. When Miles Morales asks what happened, Peter can only reply that he doesn't remember, an answer that Gwen finds unacceptable. She and the others have been through too much to be left in the dark, but Mary Jane pleads with her to stop, as none of them are in any shape to sort through the rubble now.

Peter might not be in a place to recall what all has happened, but he is absolutely ready to look towards the future. To ensure that nothing like this happens again, Spider-Man pays a visit to Norman Osborn at the Ravencroft Institute, demanding answers from his arch-enemy. Norman, still "cleansed" of the wickedness that has been his default for years, tells Peter that he would never have let anything happen to Mary Jane. Hearing Norman say her name drives Peter into a frenzy, grasping Norman by the face and letting loose a tirade about how there is always going to be "just another victim for the Green Goblin."

Though Osborn seems genuinely remorseful, Peter has been through this same song and dance too many times to give it any credence, even when Norman reminds him that he has done all of this to save his own son from the demonic entity he has become. The two of them look into Kindred's cage, where the villain waits unmoving, Norman saying that they have to help him. It might be right up Peter's alley to do good no matter how bad things get, but his experience with Kindred has left a deep scar on his soul, one that has seen him unleash flurries of violence that Spider-Man is certainly not well known for, and it's about to happen again.

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Peter tells Norman to let Kindred rot. Norman is taken by surprise by Peter's callousness, pleading with him to speak to Harry, as he won't respond to anything that Norman says. Peter isn't interested in helping Harry at this point, though. His entire world having been turned upside down by his former best friend, Peter is now solely devoted to keeping Mary Jane safe at any cost, and he is more than willing to prove that he means it. Norman reaches out, placing a tender hand on Peter's arm, only to be met with a torrent of fists raining down on him in a fury. With every strike he throws at Norman, Peter's mind is filled with the horrifying visions he had seen while held captive by Kindred.

Images of the villain ripping his heart from his chest and burning him alive cloud his mind during the attack, and he barely stops himself from killing Norman right there where he stands. Peter Parker might not be known for dishing out such brutal beatings, but when the lives of his loved ones are on the line, he has proven time and time again that he is very bad and holding back. Though he can pull back from the brink, Spider-Man may just be turning into the kind of monster he has fought for so long, and if things keep getting worse, there may not be any hope of walking him back across that very fine line.

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