THE SPECIALIST

• Writer - Peter David
• Penciler - Rick Leonardi
• Inker - Al Williamson
• Lettering - Rick Parker
• Colorist - Noelle Giddings
• Editor - Joey Cavalieri
• Editor in Chief - Tom Defalco

Summary

  An intimate scene between Gabriel and his girlfriend Kasey Nash is interrupted by the Specialist (a Zaibatsu Samurai, learned in #21), who has come to take Kasey back to Alchemax. Back at Babylon Towers, Tyler Stone has come to ask Miguel back to work, giving him free Rapture (which Miguel's transformation has cured him of), and to tell him he thinks Aaron Delgato is Spider-Man. Miguel learns he can retract his talons by mental will. He decides to stay as Spider-Man for a while because of how nervous he has made his boss.

  Gabriel tells his brother what happened to Kasey and convinces him that he, as an employee of a national megacorp, has the power and responsibility to change the system. Miguel finds Kasey at Alchemax, as she escapes from her captors. Seeing the Specialist after her, Miguel makes a quick change to take on this new menace. However, Miguel's inexperience allows the Specialist to gain the upper hand.