The Amazing Spider-Man issue 667 part 1 is the first issue in the Spider-Island series to come out in August and is the first part of seven which come together to make one story.
This story starts in Peter Parker’s apartment in Tribeca in which Peter’s girlfriend, Carlie, reveals to Peter that she has somehow acquired Spider-Man like powers but Peter soon finds out that she is only one of many New Yorkers to have obtained such powers.
Meanwhile in The Bowery, near Grand and Mott streets, Madame Webb and Shang-Chi watch the return of the dreaded Jackal and his two accomplaces Turantula and the Spider-King.
While Peter is in New Jersey, taking his Aunt May and her new husband to the Airport, the Jackal is busy putting his latest plan into action. Bringing together New York’s worst criminals, giving them spider powers, Spider-Man costumes and sending them to cause havock in Bryant Park.
Once Peter has heard of the city-wide epidemic, he ends up in the middle of the fight between the Spider-Men and Peter’s friends such as Ms.Marvel, Cloak, Spider-Women and the Fantastic Four when he gets defeated by his friends for while he remains on Spider-Island ‘All of greatest powers are absolutely useless’.