"Good, good..." the doctor murmured, already hard at work putting together the power core.<br/><br/>----<br/><br/>The front page of the Empire City Herald had a small column entitled ARACHNERD: HERO OR MIND-CONTROLLING MENACE?  It was pretty unreasonably slanted and sensationalist, although the reporter did admit that there was no hard evidence proving Arachnerd himself was behind the actions of the "unknown victim," who had not been identified or found.  Grainy pictures of both Arachnerd and the Spoiler accompanied the article.  There was no mention of what was stolen.<br/><br/>The morning news had a brief cell-phone video of the Spoiler webbing the guards into immobility.  "Police have refused comment on the situation, but noted metahuman expert Terrence Holden insists that the victim's abilities are proof that Arachnerd is involved somehow."<br/><br/>Neither the TV nor the newspapers mentioned Whiplash.<br/><br/>There were also multiple blog entries online from one BarreLew, who claimed to have witnessed the event firsthand -- in fact, the first entry was posted minutes after the theft!  His account was largely accurate, although he spent several paragraphs decrying the "idiots" who believed the Spoiler's lie.  "This entire situation is just ridiculous," BarreLew wrote hours after the event.  "Everyone's jumping down Arachnerd's throat because some thief just<em>says</em>Arachnerd's controlling him.  Sure, the guy sounded pretty scared, but lots of super-crooks are good actors.  It could've been Ersatz or Mock-Up under the trenchcoat, or whoever was really controlling the guy could've forced him to lie!  Aren't either of those more likely than Arachnerd suddenly going bad<em>and</em>getting the power to give people his powers<em>and</em>the power to control them?"  BarreLew went on to express concern over Whiplash's fate, as the speedster hadn't been seen since chasing the thief.