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Issue: 22 Title: Did You Just Say...? Writer: Peter David Art: Rick Leonardi
Summary: Gabe confesses to Miguel that he knows that he is really Spider-Man. Miguel tries to deny it, but Gabe tells Miguel how he recognized the costume and questioned Lyla about it. When Miguel asks Gabe if he plans on telling everyone, he replies that telling everyone would ruin the fun. Back in the real world, Kasey receives a forced invitation by a pair of mysterious corporate stooges. Eventually she learns that her captors are the corporate heads of Stark/Fujiwaka. They want Kasey's assistance in locating Spider-Man. Meanwhile, Gabe and Miguel finally emerge from their cyberspace adventure, much to Dana and Conchata's relief. To repay him for saving him in Cyberspace, Miguel asks that Gabe fix the still deactivated Lyla. Gabe advises Miguel to scrap her and start from scratch, but Miguel insists. Lyla holds sentimental value for Miguel. Her Marylin Monroe appearance was inspired by a tattoo on his ex, Xina Kwan. The two of them "broke in" Miguel's apartment years ago. Gabe concludes that in order to reclaim the version of Lyla that existed before, he will need to find an expert in Artificial Intelligence. (Un)Fortunately Gabe knows exactly who Miguel needs to talk to. Xina, the woman he dumped for Dana.
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Title: Dead Boy's Float Writer: Peter David Art: Chris Batista
Summary: Xina finds Miguel floating unconscious in the pool. She calls for help and then proceeds to perform CPR which saves his life. When Angela questions Miguel about the incident, he lies saying that he cramped up while underwater instead of revealing that someone forced him down. Later Xina confronts Miguel about the lie. She believes it was Kron, but Miguel cannot say for sure. She wants him to tell Angela, but he refuses.
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Issue: 10 Title: Chameleon 2099 Writer: Len Wein Art: Andrew Wildman
Summary: Gabe talks Miguel into going to Woodstock 2099. Things go sour when one of the festival goers, high on some kind of drug, undergoes a physical mutation. Transformed into a horned monster, the man begins to attack everyone under the illusion that they are demons out to torture him. Miguel dons his Spider-Man costume and quickly defeats the man. He undergoes another transformation, this time he shrinks into a rat-like creature and is inadvertently stepped on by his own girlfriend. After he dies, the man reverts to his normal shape and size. When the Public Eye arrive on the scene, Spider-Man flees. Afterwards, Miguel and Gabe talk over what they saw at the festival and Gabe reveals that he's heard on the net that a new designer drug, Chameleon, has hit the streets. The drug literally transforms you into whatever you're feeling at the moment. After learning from Alchemax's computers that the drug was created by a Dr. Winston Fong-Gomez, Spider-Man heads Downtown searching for clues to his whereabouts. Father Jennifer shares with him a lead, the drug Chameleon is being peddled by a man named Major Jones. Spider-Man bursts in on Jones' 'Snaphouse' and is forced to fight his chameleon-morphed minions. Out-numbered, Spider-Man manages to turn his attackers on one another so he can chase after Major Jones. In the struggle, Jones falls atop dozens of his own drug tablets. The drug seeps into skin causing him to overdose and turn into a puddle of human matter. After seeing that the other chameleon users have killed each other, Spider-Man leaves vowing to track down Jones' mysterious boss.
Placement: The editors note states this is pre-#34 since Spider-Man is still wanted by the Public Eye. Gabe is already open about knowing Gabe secret so this is firmly after #22. Somewhere between the end of #22 and before the ending of #23 I think is the only good fit. I find it unlikely that Gabe would go to a music festival with Miguel knowing that Kasey is missing.
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