Amazing Spider-Man #552 (Marvel, 2008 — Cover A)

BRAND NEW DAY continues with two new web-slingin' creators: Oscar-nominated screenwriter Bob (Back to the Future) Gale and artist extraordinaire Phil (NEW X-MEN, Infinite Crisis) Jimenez! What starts as a petty theft from a local Soup Kitchen turns into a chase that results in the birth of a brand-freaking-new Spidey villain -- and we mean "Freak" literally! Plus: more JJJ! More Daily Bugle -- oops, we mean DB! Repercussions from the actions of new villain, Menace! Curt Connors! And -- what you've really been waiting for, true believer -- Peter Parker does his own laundry! Will those stains come out? And what ARE those stains anyway? Find out in "Just Blame Spider-Man!"