Issue #2 begins with Paul and the Spirit hurtling through the hole in reality, dropping down unceremoniously in... New York, but it's different.

Paul asks where exactly they are because he knows for sure that this isn't his New York, the Spirit replies that of course it's not his New York, and that if he ever wants to see that again, Paul should stick with the Spirit, and Paul has no choice but to acquiesce.

They wander around New York for a bit under the cover of darkness, running into demons sent by Mephisto that the Spirit dispatches with relative ease, Paul gets a moment when he smashes a piece of hollowblock on a demon sneaking up on the Spirit, and conversing about the whole thing with Mephisto and how Paul was stupid to almost accept, and as they walk, it slowly starts to dawn on Paul that they're not, in fact, in a different New York, it's 616 New York but several years in the past, during the events of Civil War, but the Spirit isn't here for that, he's here to show Paul something else.

They walk through the streets, passing signage and landmarks that grow more and more familiar to Paul, and he realizes that they're going in the direction of MJ's old apartment...

And when they arrive, Peter's there.

Peter and MJ are, or were, married.

"What the !$%#?"

End Issue #2