"So close, and yet so far.  I did indeed find out who you are, but I'm not some copycat.  I merely hopped over to an alternate timeline and interposed myself when you - that is, the 'you' analog in the alternate timeline - were about to be bitten by a certain spider.  So I was bitten instead, getting the powers meant for you.  The web shooters were simple enough for me to duplicate at my own workbench."<br/><br/>The Spoiler grinned.<br/><br/>"Hopefully you're asking yourself why I bothered with an alternate timeline, and then realizing that I didn't have to, that I could have taken the powers meant for you yourself.  That you're only Arachnerd because I want you to be Arachnerd."