Spider-Man: American Son #[nn]
In "American Son Part 1," Spider-Man finds himself trapped and tormented by Norman Osborn, who has turned his son Harry into the American Son and plans to expose Spidey’s identity by slowly dissolving his mask. With Hawkeye poised to deliver the final blow, Spidey breaks free just as Harry—now wearing the American Son armor—arrives to intervene. Written by Joe Kelly and illustrated by Paulo Siqueira and Marco Checchetto, with inks by Siqueira, Checchetto, and Amilton Santos, colors by Jeromy Cox and Chris Chuckry, and letters by VC's Chris Eliopoulos, the issue’s cover by Phil Jimenez and Andy Lanning captures the moment of high tension.
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Harry has ratted out Spider-Man to his dad and Norman shows his son his plans for turning him into the American Son. Spidey is caught and Norman string him up to be tortured. Spider-Man's mask won't come off so Hawkeye decides to deliver as much pain as possible to him before he kills him. Norman discovers a way to slowly dissolve Spidey's mask. Before his identity is revealed, Spidey breaks free. Harry discovers a serum to cure Lily of her Menace persona but discovers that Lily likes being Menace and the child is his father's. Harry puts on his American Son armor and comes to Spidey's rescue.
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