In a reality where all the characters age naturally after Peter Parker becomes Spider-Man in 1962 , the Superhuman Registration Act was passed shortly after the September 11 attacks in 2001 and lasted for years . As a result , most of the heroes are middle-aged and older . In 2006 , Ben Reilly ( who was publicly known as Peter Parker and Spider-Man ) was murdered by Morlun , prompting the real Peter Parker to return to New York to reveal he 's alive to draw Morlun out to him and prevent Stark from taking control of Parker Industries . When Peter refuses Stark 's offer to register , he is attacked by the U.S. Avengers ( consisting of Iron Man , War Machine , Captain Marvel , Black Widow , She-Hulk , and Iron Fist all wearing power armors ) before he is assisted by the Anti-Registration Avengers ( consisting of Captain America , Hawkeye , Luke Cage , Cloak , and Dagger ) . Peter dons a new Spider-Man armor and defeats the U.S. Avengers with a device that exposes a fail-safe Tony placed inside all of their armors . After Tony is revealed to be a hologram and disappears , Spider-Man joins the Anti-Registration Avengers to follow his daughter 's advice on leaving the world a better place for future generations . During an attempt by the reality-displaced Superior Spider-Man ( Doctor Octopus ' mind in Peter Parker 's body ) to reach back to his dimension as seen in the '' Spider-Verse '' storyline , he discovered an alternate dimension where a Civil War Iron Spider-Man lies dead ( killed by Karn ) prompting him to continue investigating the murders of Spider-Men throughout the Multiverse
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Civil War (comics)