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Peter Parker balances his thrilling life as Spider-Man with his deep love for Gwen Stacy, though the lingering promise made to her late father—to stay away for her safety—weighs heavily on his conscience. This guilt ultimately strains their relationship, leading to a painful breakup just as Gwen prepares to move to England for Oxford University. Meanwhile, the lonely and invisible Oscorp electrical engineer Max Dillon idolizes Spider-Man after the hero saves his life during a chaotic city shootout. However, a catastrophic workplace accident inside a tank of genetically modified electric eels transforms Max into Electro, a volatile creature capable of manipulating the city's power grid.Concurrently, Peter’s childhood best friend, Harry Osborn, returns to Manhattan following the death of his billionaire father, Norman Osborn. Harry discovers he has inherited his father's fatal, degenerative retroviral disease and realizes the physical symptoms are rapidly manifesting in his own body. Desperate for a cure, Harry deduces that Spider-Man’s blood could save him and approaches the hero, but Peter refuses out of fear that a transfusion could have disastrous, lethal side effects. Feeling betrayed and abandoned by both Peter and the corrupt Oscorp board—who oust him from his rightful position as CEO—a bitter Harry teams up with the incarcerated Electro.Harry breaks Electro out of a maximum-security facility, and together they commandeer Oscorp’s power grid, plunging New York City into darkness to lure Spider-Man into a deadly trap at the power plant. Gwen refuses to abandon Peter and cleverly uses her scientific expertise to help him reboot the electrical systems, effectively neutralizing Electro's powers by overloading him with raw energy. However, the victory is short-lived as a deranged and desperate Harry arrives riding a glider, wearing an experimental exoskeleton suit. Catching a glimpse of Gwen, Harry instantly deduces Spider-Man’s secret identity and, fueled by intense jealousy and madness, seeks ultimate vengeance by kidnapping her.Harry drops Gwen from the towering clock tower. Spider-Man desperately pursues them, engaging in a frantic battle atop the gears of the clock. Despite Spider-Man’s heroic efforts to catch her with a web-line, the tragic physics of the fall prove fatal, and Gwen plummets to her death. Devastated and consumed by profound grief, Peter abandons being Spider-Man for five months. Yet, a renewed wave of supervillains emerges, threatening the innocent citizens of the city. Inspired by one of Gwen's graduation speeches about hope and resilience, Peter finally wipes away his tears, rededicates himself to his iconic mantle, and swings boldly out to face the new darkness head-on.