In Egypt, a new purple pyramid mysteriously rises from the desert. Spider-Man investigates the pyramid, only to discover that it is a sophisticated alien spaceship under the control of an alien mummy called Kufu from the planet Hotep. Meanwhile, while visiting a museum of Egyptology, Jessica and Jeff come under attack by a mummy contained in one of the exhibits. Jessica becomes Spider-Woman and saves Jeff, afterwards finding out that mummies in exhibits all over the world have been coming to life. She discovers that Spidey has been captured by the mummies' leader in Egypt. Jessica, Jeff and Billy travel to Egypt to follow up on reports of Spidey's capture. Kufu tells Spider-Man that he and his followers came to Earth thousands of years ago, awaiting the right time for colonisation of the planet, which has arrived. He tells Spidey that they will convert all of the Earth's inhabitants into mummies as well. Jeff and Billy enter the pyramid, where they fall into a quicksand trap. They are

Deep in the Kongo jungle, the local tribesmen are attacked by a giant spider. Spider-Woman, who had been alerted by her spider sense, travels to the Kongo jungle and rescues the threatened locals from the spider. With everyone safe, she returns to the Justice Magazine building, not knowing that her battle with the giant spider was filmed by C.B. the director, who wants to make a movie starring both Spider-Man and Spider-Woman, and end their careers permanently in the process. Jessica's spider sense again alerts her to the giant spider's current rampage in the Kongo, and she Billy and Jeff go to Africa. Spider-Man too goes to seek out the giant Kongo spider after reading about Spider-Woman's exploits in the Daily Bugle. Jessica and the others are captured by the spider, but Spider-Man shows up to rescue them. Shortly afterwards, Spidey himself is captured and used as bait to lure Spider-Woman into the open. Jessica quickly changes and manages to rescue Spidey, but soon they are both cap