Random Happenstance

I feel like the Spider-Man spin-off books every once in a while are almost tasked with building up lesser bad guys.  Very lesser: guys that would be lower down the depth chart than the Trapster and have less name recognition than Typeface. Case in point: from 2013, Scarlet Spider #13, "In the Midst of Wolves, part 1" Written by Chris Yost, pencils by Khoi Pham, inks by Palmer, Pallot, and Bit.

The present Scarlet Spider was Kaine, trying to make up for some of the crimes he committed in his checkered past. That didn't stop him from living well on the cash he made dirty, but he was settling down in Houston and taking care of a young girl, Aracely, whom he saved from human traffickers. He was still working on the traffickers' operations, but that may bring the attention of their bosses, who originally kidnapped Aracely.

Said bosses are the Lobos: you may remember them as the Lobo Brothers from Spectacular Spider-Man. Although, one brother appeared to be currently dead, so the Lobo sister Dot Esmeralda may have been the boss: the surviving brother mentions wishing the other one back, which she thinks would be a waste. Since the Lobos were also werewolves of some kind, they give Scarlet a hard time. He considers using his 'stinger' bone-claw thing to kill one, but hesitates, not wanting to be a kill-crazy monster like Carnage, and gets used like a chew toy for his trouble. To be continued...? Well, yes, even though it looks like they were eating him already!