In Peter Parker Spider-Man #18, Peter moves in with Randy Robertson.

ACT 1: Right off the bat, a new villain named Typeface is introduced. Not much is given about his background except the fact that he used to be in the army and has a wife and a kid. Whether or not they are still a family remains to be seen. Typeface's costume is basically a pair of army boots and pants, and letters of various sizes painted on his face; most notably a large "R" on his forehead, which stands for "retribution". Oh yeah, he'’s got no shirt and is very skinny too.

ACT 2: Moving right along, we find Peter Parker along the coastline somewhere, thinking about Mary Jane. Having come to terms with her recent death when he opened the box he received from the airline company (back in Peter Parker Spider-Man #19), Peter switches his wedding band from his left hand to his right hand, which symbolizes that he is a widower, or so he thinks. Meanwhile, Typeface has made its way through the City when two thugs suddenly approach him demanding that he gives them his wallet. Typeface doesn't go quietly and pretty much kicks their butts using some of his weapons, which are shaped to look like letters of the alphabet. Once he has them defeated, he takes the pants off of one of the thugs and leaves the scene, talking to himself about having his retribution; whatever that means.

ACT 3: Peter is having a strange dream about Mary Jane, an owl, a large spider, a burning building and some fire trucks. Suddenly, the phone rings, which awakes him. It's Mister Whipple from the gallery who is calling to remind him that they are still waiting for all the relevant material for his showing the next day at seven pm. Peter replies that he does remember but that he doesn't understand why he is calling at 2 o’clock in the morning. Mister Whipple replies that it is not 2 o'clock in the morning but 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Peter hangs up the phone and goes out to the living room, where he finds Randy Robertson in his boxers sitting on the couch and staring blankly at nothing, like in some sort of a trance. Peter asks him what's wrong to which Randy replies that he had really weird dreams the night before and ended up sleeping very little. Meanwhile, at the Daily Bugle, Robbie and Jonah are discussing having Peter take some pictures of Typeface for them. Jonah is for it but Robbie doesn't think Peter is ready to get back into the groove of things.

ACT 4: Later that night, at a local bar, Randy – accompanied by Peter, Jill Stacy and Gloria Grant – has a very difficult time staying awake and is complaining about it, a result of not having slept very much the night before. Jill replies that it was his idea to bring Peter to the bar and that the least they can do is look after Peter. Randy agrees and looks up at the bar where Peter is standing with his head down. Peter is lost in thought at the bar when another man stands next to him and orders a bacardi and coke. Peter cannot help but notice the wedding ring on the man's right hand, which, to Peter, symbolizes that he is a widower too. Peter engages him into a conversation with the man, named Michael, who is apparently in the same boat as Peter. After a while, Peter makes his way to Randy, Jill and Glory's table and starts telling them about Michael, whom he just met. But as Peter explains that Michael is also a widower, Randy interrupts him and asks him how he knew that he was a widower. Peter replies that Michael had his wedding band on his right hand and that's how he knew. With a very large grin on his face, Randy replies that when a man wears his wedding band on his right hand, it means that he's gay. Peter is shocked and embarrassed when he hears that but his attitude changes quickly when he sees a news report about Typeface causing mayhem in Times Square. He excuses himself and makes his way to Times Square.

ACT 5: As Spider-Man, Peter arrives at Times Square, where he finds Typeface raving and throwing exploding blocks, with letters on them, at everything that stands in his way. Spidey tries to capture the villain but Typeface proves to be more of a challenge than he had thought. Using some of his razor sharp letters and other weapons, Typeface stays clear of Spidey's sticky webbing. Spidey even goes as far as underestimating his opponent when he allows the latter to punch him to see how strong he really is. Although the punch doesn't hurt him, Spidey is not quick enough to prevent Typeface from throwing Scrabble letters spelling the world "SLEEP" at him, which renders him in a state of semi-consciousness. As Spidey lies helplessly on the ground, Typeface – like any good super-villains – discloses his evil plan, which will come to fruition the next night at 7h00 pm, coincidently the same time that Peter's gallery exposition is taking place.

ACT 6: Later that night, back at his apartment, Peter is laying in bed, thinking about coming up with a plan to take down Typeface and then making it to his gallery opening, which are both taking place at the same time. Peter, however, is too tired and soon falls asleep. Again, he dreams about Mary Jane, a large spider, and a burning building. When he finally wakes up, he finds himself shackled to his bed, surrounded by little grey aliens. To be continued.