The event overall received mixed to negative reviews, with criticism directed towards Romita's artwork, the large number of tie-ins, pacing, inconsistent character arcs, and the lack of focus on Peter Parker's Spider-Man.
With the crime families blaming each other for calling the hit and planning to take over the criminal underworld, Spider-Man works to keep the gang war from getting worse with help from the local superheroes while also dealing with anti-vigilante laws that cause all the sides to come into conflict with the NYPD.
[3] As Spider-Man and Rek-Rap deal with Re-Po, who seeks to return the latter and other demons to Limbo, Hammerhead talks with his branch of the Maggia, and Count Nefaria arrives and agrees to take the blame for the incident.
Meanwhile, Tombstone plans to stop the gang war by making a deal with Fisk, and Madame Masque assumes leadership of the Maggia.
[11] Spider-Man, She-Hulk, and Tombstone meet with Fisk and learn that his son Rose has been drawn into the gang war and is making a play for territory and revenge.
[13] At the Harlem Hospital Center, Spider-Man visits Randy Robertson before meeting with Elektra, Miles, Spider-Woman, She-Hulk, and Tombstone on the rooftop.
[14] Ultimately, Masque's army is defeated, the Anti-Vigilante Act is officially repealed, Beetle leaves New York City, and Tombstone takes over the criminal underworld without other gangsters to challenge him.
Meanwhile, Alistair Smythe's Spider-Slayers break into Ryker's Island, with Cage enlisting Rand, Jessica Jones, and Cloak and Dagger to fight them.
[21] At Misty Knight's safe house, Miles talks with Doc Samson's protege Keisha Kwan about Spider-Man and how he was missing for several months.
Miles and the Cape-Killers form a temporary truce to investigate Hobgoblin's activities in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, where they get into an altercation with the Enforcers and the Prowler.
After the Enforcers are defeated and Starling arrives with Shift and Ms. Marvel, the Prowler reveals himself as a double agent working for Hobie Brown to stop the Hobgoblin.
Miles learns that Madame Masque has assembled an army with Rabble in Central Park and leaves to help Peter end the gang wars once and for all.
Believing that his actions are weakening the Society, Shang-Chi's lieutenant Captain Feng stages a coup and attempts to steal the Ten Rings.
[26] Shang-Chi sends written messages to Mister Negative, Lady Yulan, and Diamondback, challenging each of them to single combat for control of Chinatown.
The heroes arrive at the Society's headquarters just as the Inner Demons, Clan Yulan, and Hydra attack it; Shang-Chi escapes in the ensuing confusion.
The two eventually discover that Gerry was kidnapped by Hydra, rapidly aged into an adult to serve them as Green Mamba, and wiped from public knowledge via mass brainwashing.
Meanwhile, in Brooklyn, Miles goes to therapy and Julia Gao meets with Cage to inform him that Fisk's law is being repealed and that the Cape-Killers are disbanding.
Later at Misty Knight's warehouse, Miles informs her, Miss Marvel, Shift, and Starling of Rabble's weapon supplying to criminals, planning to reason with her.
But for a story in Amazing Spider-Man, it is disappointing, and another example of how this title is held back by editorial and publishing demands to keep Peter Parker frozen in amber.