- "Webs fired! New Yorkâs mafia cold war has gone hot - and itâs all thanks to the webbed menace Spider-Man!"
- ―The Daily Bugle
The Mafia Cold War was a cold war between the Mafia crime families of New York City, including the Manfredi Crime Family.
History
Prelude
As of 2024, war between the mobs of New York City had apparently ceased, allowing crime families, such as the Manfredi Crime Family, to handle their own affairs without worrying.[1]
Interruption
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After Spider-Man's return to NYC following the Blip, the wall-crawler had an altercation with members of the Manfredi Crime Family, finding them in an mob-owned upper-class restaurant and fighting them until he trapped all of them (sellers, buyers and rival informants) with his synthetic webbing, leaving them for pickup by the New York City Police Department unit led by Officer Bristow, who arrived just as Spider-Man was about the leave the establishment.[2]
Aftermath
In the wake of the attack towards the Manfredi Crime Family, however, J. Jonah Jameson from The Daily Bugle commented on the outlet that Spider-Man had only worsened the matter and that now the Mafia Cold War of New York City had gone hot for his fault.[1]