Spider-Man chuckled a bit at the gesture. "Well, I wasn't going to mention it, but now that you mention it..." he quipped. Whoever this guy was, at least he had a sense of humor to go with the obvious ego. Granted, the way Spidey himself bragged about his webshooters sometimes, that was the sky calling the water blue.

"You sure there're no side effects?" he said, holding the cube up to the nearest streetlight. It was strangely pretty, all glowy and backlit, nevermind that it was made up of basement-dwelling goon.