Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #2
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Peter’s relatively normal life changed abruptly during a school trip to Osborn Industries, Inc, where the company had been working on a super soldier serum, the Oz Compound; a spider exposed to it escaped and bit Peter before it was destroyed.
While Eddie Brock’s academic career seemed to take off, his personal life was in shambles due to his quick temper and inability to connect with women on any level, and Eddie became isolated, but when his old friend Peter Parker contacted him, he felt a rush of enthusiasm: here, at last, was someone with whom he could truly bond.