ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #17 2001

cover by mark bagley

brian michael bendis (w)/mark bagley (p)/art thibert (i)

• THE SCOOP: Dr. Octopus! Kraven! Gwen Stacy! Oh, my!

• THE STORY: New York's energy crisis is solved! Hammer Industries, run by financier Justin Hammer, has constructed the Big Apple Energy Dome Project. And while most of the city rejoices, one man does not; one man who blames Hammer for his horrible condition; one man who plans on sabotaging the Dome for revenge - and his name is Dr. Octopus! And while our teenaged wall-crawler rushes to the rescue, an equally ominous threat - known as Kraven the Hunter - prepares to strike! Plus: Gwen Stacy returns to high school after being expelled... and it isn't pretty!

• THE BUZZ: "Marvel's Ultimate books are some of the hottest things going. In fact, they're so hot that we're now forced to make up words simply to describe how hot they are." -Wizard