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[h3][center]A BROKEN WEB[/center][/h3]


Norman Osborn, CEO of the multi-billion-dollar science firm OsCorp, is dead.  In a scandal that rocked the corporate sector, Osborn's death came moments after he was revealed to have been the criminal mastermind and terrorist lunatic known as the Green Goblin.  His killer, the controversial vigilante known as Spider-Man, has not been seen in over a year, and is presumed dead from the wounds he sustained during the battle.

In the wake of Osborn's death, companies like Stark Industries, Rand International, Fisk Financial, Alchemax, and the Roxxon Corporation have been vying for OsCorp's assets, while the deceased madman's son Harry tries to keep the proverbial vultures at bay and salvage what is left of his father's empire.

The fall of the Green Goblin has also left a tremendous power vacuum in the criminal underworld.  The Maggia Crime Syndicate, who had lost much territory to the Goblin, is on the rise again, as are prominent crime lords like Tombstone and Hammerhead, while smaller gangs like the Kitchen Irish and outsiders like the Yakuza and Triads mean to carve out territories of their own.  As syndicates and street thugs begin to clash, assassins and hitmen are finding no shortage of dirty work, and the police find themselves overwhelmed, leaning harder and harder on the new SHIELD authorities to keep the city from breaking out into all-out chaos.

While full-scale war has thus far been avoided, New York has become a powder keg, and a new player threatens to spark things off.  A mysterious and brutal new vigilante has been spotted in recent nights, ripping his way through criminal lairs and SHIELD checkpoints alike.  Wearing all black and seemingly indestructible, this new player looks at first glance like the long-lost Spider-Man, but fights like a vicious animal, and thus has been given the code-name "Venom."

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[h3][center][color=RoyalBlue][b][u]Roster:[/u][/b][/color][/center][/h3]

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[color=B22222][b]Elektra[/b][/color]
Queentze

[color=RoyalBlue][b]Flint[/b][/color]
Hound55

[color=Violet][b]Hawkeye[/b][/color]
Eddie Brock

[color=Yellow][b]Luke Cage[/b][/color]
Byrd Man

[color=RoyalBlue][b]Nightcrawler[/b][/color]
HenryJonesJr

[b][color=Red]Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu[/color][/b]
DC The Dragon

[color=Teal][b]The Shocker[/b][/color]
The Bork Lazer

[b][color=DarkOrchid]Venom[/color][/b]
AndyC

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