Spiderman: Rise of Radian Issue 4

Peter tries to go back to normal, and Jacob is given his first test.

Synopsis
Peter and Gwen try and cram for their final exams and Gwen comes over to his house to revise after school. Peter sees his classmate Robert Herman, and asks if he wanted any help on his experiment - working on bio-paraffin - but Robert says he's going to get all the extra credit from it.

At his house Peter and Gwen revise, but Gwen asks him out. Peter shoots her down, stating it wouldn't be a good idea, and then Gwen leaves embarrassed.

At School, Robert is still experimenting but an accident coats him in the bio-paraffin, which begins to mold to his skin. He rushes to the skin, but passes out on the way there with the paraffin covering his body.

Jacob is training, and disables Linda. Thomas begins Jacob is ready for a test and gives him two truncheons and a hoodie and takes him out.

Robert awakens in the now vacant school, and goes home to shower off the bio-paraffin. However after a shower he is met by his mother who is horrified by her son's now translucent look, and tells him to leave. Robert's skin begins to melt off to reveal another layer and he flees in horror of himself.

Ludlow takes Jacob to O'Donnell territory and forces a confrontation between the teen and three of the gang. Jacob is able to disable most of them, but with Ludlow's assistance and his teacher is disappointed at Jacob's progress. Jacob asked for more training, but Ludlow took him home in silence.

Robert finds a squat and tries to settle in for the night, but most of the other homeless leave, thinking him a freak. The Fallout arrive with Radian, and prepare to hit the teen as a freak, but Radian spares him, believing having another powered individual could by useful. Radian then welcomed his old school friend to the Fallout and offered him a place at The Bunker.

Characters
Characters in order of appearance

Peter Parker - Spiderman - High school student and hero.

Gwen Stacy - High school student with a crush on Peter.

Robert Herman - High School student turned into

Jacob Fury - Teen in training with Zodiac

Linda Ludlow - Daughter of Thomas Ludlow and a member of Zodiac

Thomas Ludlow - Martial Teacher and Trainer of Zodiac

Christian Cord - Radian - Supervillain and Gang boss in Queens

Locations
Queens - a district in New York City, and the home of the Parkers, The Ludlows and Midtown High School, as well as The Fallout gang and O'Donnell gangs.

Midtown High School - Peter Parker's High school, also attended by Gwen Stacy and Robert Herman.

Equipment
Bio-Paraffin Experiment - Robert Herman's experiment to create a mass producing source of fuel.