Spiderman
...that he donned the webs once again. Of course, once he says this, his Spider-Sense goes off and he sees what appears to be a cardboard box and a hobo sitting in an alley. Spider-Man at first gives it little thought, but then realizes that the cardboard box is glowing and it shouldn't be doing that. A shaft of light from the box hits Spidey, and he disappears into supposed nothingness. Unfortunately, this was some sort of catalyst, and the box begins to glow even brighter, attracting a young man to the alley where the hobo tells him that it's too soon, but at least the young man is there. The young man, of course, is confused, and runs off.
Meanwhile, Spidey did not disappear into nothingness, but was simply transported to Gotham City atop a skyscraper with the Clown Prince of Crime, the Joker. The Joker recognizes Spider-Man, despite the costume change, while Spider-Man (not being the Spider-Man in "Spider-Man/Batman") has no idea what's going on. After the two chat for a bit, the Joker hands Spider-Man his calling card and leaps off of the roof with a parachute. As Spider-Man wonders what's going on, we cut to three X-Men (Storm, Gambit, and Wolverine) fighting the Unstoppable Juggernaut. However, the fight promptly ends when the Juggernaut disappears much as Spider-Man did. He ends up in Metropolis, where Superman promptly arrives and decks him.
Back in the alley with the glowing cardboard box and the hobo, the box is glowing even more and giving off more shafts of light. The hobo stands there helplessly as the box goes nuclear. The shafts hit Captain America, Wonder Woman, the Hulk, Superboy, and Lobo. In Westchester, the X-Men are trying to figure out what happened to the Juggernaut when the shafts hit Wolverine, Gambit, and Storm. Beast is unable to make heads or tails of it, while Professor X simply sighs and says, "What we should be asking is, who's...
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