Author's Note

So usually I put this at the bottom but this time I'm putting it at the top cause I'm edgy but anyway, I am finally back with Issue #4!

So I know I don't just release a chapter evey week but I like to use the Author's Note as my little journal to talk about chapters and summarize them.

So I'm not sure if this is gonna be released this month or next month but nevertheless I am really excited to be writing this story. It's crazy to think that this was gonna be released in October just following Issue #3. But as you know I pulled a Sony/ Avi Arad and rebooted the first two issues to make a better story becuase of how unhappy I was with the original versions.

So what you may also remember (If you read issue #3) I wanted to do a Doctor Octopus story making Professsor Discord the main villain and writing out a more rhetorical and blunt Doc Ock. But if you've read issue #2 which has just been released at the time of me writing this author note, you know that I did not formally introduce Professor Discord so I can't use him.

So I'm not gonna be summarizing the chapter and explaing things because.... well this is the one of the few times I write Author Notes at the top and I'd basically spoil the whole chapter I'm just gonna end it off with a....

"Tell me what you think about this in the comments and hey maybe even leave a like I don't know? 🤷"

Sandman and Rhino's awakening.

FLASH SENTRY THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ISSUE #4:DOUBLE-TROUBLE Written by: SpideyFlash

It was a breezy summer night in the month of August, as usual the city was always busy with new events in the city, new places always being opened wherever and whenever, but most importantly the city was safe and no new threats had come to Canterlot, even during Spider-Man's absence.

By now most of the media had been covering the topic of Serpent's arrest, it was a big deal as they'd finally catch one of the most deadliest assassins in recent history. Flash of course was responsible for Serpent or rather his Uncle Flare Flamewalker's arrest. Well not exactly, he'd originally let him go feeling pity over his uncle and the troubled life he had. But because of his nephew, Flare learned that he had to take responsibility for his actions and turned himself in.

But in the humongous city which was Canterlot, something bigger was a foot. Involving two sides, in other words, war was a foot. But it wasn't something in the modern day like a trade war between countries or even a full on battlefield. The two sides which were at war with each other are in the Criminal Underworld!

This was a war between the two most biggest criminal factions in Canterlot's criminal underworld. Kingpins and his organized crime faction was now at war with who they'd thought were there trusted allies, Big Man with his organized crime faction.

All of this started because of something Big Man did a few months back, killing Eddie Alessandro the head of the Alessandro Crime family a faction in Canterlot's Sicilian Mafia. Eddie was a good friend of Kingpin, if not one of his best.

For weeks while Spider-Man was not patrolling the city, the two sides have been attacking each other from their multiple respective bases of operations with many fire fights ensuing. So that begs the question, 'where are the two crime bosses right now?'

Well Kingpin or better known as Wilson Fisk, the mayor of Canterlot is living it up in his penthouse at Canterlot City with his wife Vanessa Fisk and their child Richard Fisk. Meanwhile Big Man, whose identity is not known is planning another attack towards Kingpin but he also has something else on his mind, something regarding the name 'Spider-Man'.

He hated that name almost as much as he hated the war he was in with Kingpin, in fact he believed that Spider-Man was the cause of this war, believing that he prompted the killing of Eddie Alessandro, but what he did know for certain was he took down one of his most powerful men, Zek Skytroller, A.K.A Electro!

But he had an idea, an idea that would end Spider-Man once and for all! He had recently acquired two goons from prison that have been loyal to him and even have climbed the ranks of Big Man's mob and they also share the same hate towards Spider-Man. I'm talking about none other than Alex'O Hirn and Flint Marko, two of the most biggest, meanest and most dumbest crooks in Canterlot.

Though they're not the sharpest tools in the shed but they've consistently gotten their jobs done and Big Man now believes they are ready for the next big step in their careers, to become something that could be juts as impressive as Electro was.

Big Man was sitting in his desk as usual, making many business related calls along with monitoring the upbringing of Flint and Alex. He spoke into a phone, talking to one of his allies, Circuit Breaker, "So, what's going on with Marko and O'Hirn?"

"There both in separate facilities as of right now, I'm with Marko while our the rest of the team is handling O'Hirn" Mr. Breaker glanced away from his phone and towards the scientist working on their next biggest project, "Is the subject well prepared and ready for experimentation?"

"Yes sir." A scientist nodded, "We've put him inside a chamber with sand around him, if our calculations are correct, than nuclear rays should bond Marko with the sand."

"Very good!" He glanced away from the scientist and back to his phone, "Yeah were ready. Whether or not this is going to be a success though is the real question."

"Electro was just a trial, we have to look forward into the future and forget about our mistakes." Big Man insisted, he was really disappointed in his Electro experiment and didn't even pity Zek when he was arrested, cutting all ties with him and dodging any testimony against him.

"Very well." Circuit Breaker turned to his men, "Commence!" He gestured his hand towards the huge switch controlling their experiment tech. He hung up on his phone and began to brace himself for the most wildest thing tonight.

The scientist did so. One of them pulling down the lever and commencing the experiment. Marko stood in his chamber, he knew what was coming, he'd prepare for this and had two reasons for why he agreed to this over anyone else. Reason number one was so he could be as powerful as Electro and Goblin, two people whom he was a lackey for at one point, and reason number two, Spider-Man! He'd loathed the wall crawling hero since they crossed paths at Canterlot Towers. Swearing one day, he would get his revenge on Spider-Man for putting him in the big house.

Soon, a bunch of nuclear rays started shooting at Marko, luckily he was strapped onto the gurney he was on. He grit his teeth and clenched his fists. He began squirming around in pain but didn't get anywhere as he had nowhere to go, he was trapped!

The room was flashing green and yellow colors, many scientist including Circuit Breaker were wearing goggles so they could watch it without getting there eye's damaged.

Than it finally all ended. After 2 minutes of excruciating pain, it all finally ended. The chamber doors slid open and Flint emerged from it after being freed by the Gurney. He walked in a jerky motion, feeling tired and weak. He eventually got onto his knees and panted.

"How do you feel?" A scientist asked, "Any pain, nausea, drowsiness?"

"How about all the above!" Flint tried to catch a breath, ""It's...…. weird" Flint slowly got up from the ground and felt some surge in his spine. It shocked him a little, "Wait... I felt something tingly in my back? What gives?"

"Than the experiment worked." Circuit Breaker chimed in, "You've been bonded with sand and you now have the ability to create or become anything that is composed of sand!"

Flint looked confused for a minute, this prompted another scientist to chime in, "He saying that you can make yourself become sand and make sand things!"

"Oh!" Flint felt more informed by the layman explanation, "Anything?" He looked at his hand. He thought of something practical for a moment, like a soft faced hammer.

Than it began, his hand started extending out with grains of sand starting to fall out. The sand began to materialize a handle and soon the head of the hammer materialized at the top, being composed of nothing but sand. Flint widened his eyes, he knew there was no going back from this change, but his curiosity struck him and so he tried something.

He looked to the ground, his face beginning to form a wicked smirk. "AHHHH!" He cried out as he began to swing his arm up and slam it down into the ground

*CRASH!*

His sand composed hammer impacted with the ground! This caused the ground to crack and eventually make a small crater in the spot in which Flint hit! "This..... THIS IS AMAZING!" Flint was amazed and already so many ideas began to pop into the mans head.

"You are now a super mercenary for Big Man and I Flint, what will you do now?" Circuit Breaker asked.

"I...I", He trailed off for a moment, memories of Spider-Man began to flow into his head, the reason he'd gotten any of this done to him, "I have to settle the score with Spider-Man!" He had a snarl at the end of his sentence signifying the hate he has even saying the name.

"And don't call me Flint! I prefer..." He looked at the sand slowly falling off of him grain by grain and flesh remerging again, "Sandman!" He ginned wickedly

Meanwhile at the west end of the city, Alex O'Hirn was to encased in a glass chamber and strapped to a gurney wearing some thin grey padding on him, being watched by multiple scientist, "Mr. O'Hirn if you mind we will go over the whole procedure one last time!"

O'Hirn, though he was a bit of a fradiy cat, gestured the scientist to speak, "Ey you're da boss Doc, go on."

He turned to his team of scientist, "Okay It's simple everyone! The enhanced substance should harden onto his body and become armor, this so on so armor should enhance his durability, strength and speed, giving him more strength than our estimate for Spider-Man's"

They were referring to a dark grey, goo like substance, it was a very hot substance but it didn't burn, anything that touched it would be covered in armor. The substance did have one thing that would allow O'Hirn to get all his abilities, Genetically enhanced Rhino Mutagen. There was one con though, the so on so armor would be permanent and O'Hirn would never be the same again but that was a chance he was willing to take due to his hatred towards Spider-Man, just as much Flint's and Big Man's.

"So let the experiment, commence!" Another scientist pulled the switch, releasing the grey substance onto O'Hirn. Just like Flint this wasn't some walk in the park and it was burning hot. It was like hot water and magma infused into one but it felt like it was only going to boil to an even higher temperature, and O'Hirn's screams reflected that.

O'Hirn could feel his body changing, it was almost like the skin and the grey armor that was forming onto his body were infusing into one and everything finally cooled down. He felt stronger, stronger than ever before, using virtually none of his might he broke out of the gurney's wretched straps! freeing himself.

He looked completely different now, the only thing eminent of his flesh would be his face which was the only thing people could see. The resto of his body was now entombed in Rhino armor with a big pointy horn sticking out of his forehead.

"Mr. O'Hirn?" A scientist asked, "How do you feel?"

O'Hirn smirked viscously, "Like a rose pedal!" He could feel the strength still growing within him, it was amazing to him, incredible. "You know, Rhino ain't half bad on me?" he chuckled, "But now, now I can finally squash that bug for good!" He stomped his foot on the ground, making everything shake and a few products and items jump up and down.