Amazing Spider-Man (1998 2nd Series) #51

Cover pencils by J. Scott Campbell, inks by Tim Townsend. "Digger," script by J. Michael Straczynski, pencils by John Romita, Jr., inks by Scott Hanna

In July 3, 1957, thirteen Mafia bosses and lieutenants meet in Las Vegas to peacefully resolve their differences; Missing is Morris Forelli who sends four gunmen to murder the thirteen, then bury the bodies in a mass grave in the Nevada Desert; In April 3, 2003, the US military tests a pocket gamma bomb in the Nevada Desert. After detonation, a creature crawls out of the ground; Meanwhile, Peter and MJ have dinner and get reacquainted; The creature journeys to New York, killing a train yard security guard, then crashes a meeting between a pimp and two of Morris Forelli's men, killing the mobsters and destroying the building to send a message.