Ultimate Spidey Question

[Mynd Hed]

Hey Ultimate Spidey fans, I've got a question for you. I've been catching up on what I've missed so far by collecting the paperbacks. Right now I've gotten up to Vol. 4: Legacy. The paperback doesn't really divvy things up into issues in any easy-to-understand manner that I can figure out, but at one point in Issue 24 or 25 I think, Nick Fury (in his first appearance, when he meets Parker at the high school in that neat little cloaking-device-belt thingie) says to Parker, "And, get this, the act of turning yourself into a goblin monster isn't illegal unless doing so infringes upon the rights of another. (But we're working on that.)"

Well later on, in Issue 27, he says to Parker, "You're an illegal, unnatural genetic mutation. You turn eighteen-- you belong to me. That's the way it is. Unless you turn yourself into a menace to society, there's nothing we can do about you now. You're a minor, but when you turn eighteen...."

Huh? That was pretty fast work, if Congress managed to pass legislation making all "illegal, unnatural genetic mutations" Nick Fury's personal jurisdiction in three or four issues (a matter of days or weeks, I believe). Or was there already a law on the books making it perfectly legal for multimillionaire industrialists to turn themselves into goblin monsters, while making it illegal for fifteen-year-old geeks to get themselves bitten by genetically altered spiders and fight crime?

Anybody happen to have an explanation for this, or have I just found a nitpick that it would be better for me to ignore from now on, lest my brain explode? (-:

Oh, speaking of which, if there is an explanation which relies on knowledge of later issues, please put it in spoiler tags or else just don't bother posting the details. I'm really enjoying the comic, and I'd hate to have it spoiled for me. (-:

[Stu]

I think what he meant was when your 18, your mine cause I want you in The Ultimates, but he can't do it yet because Peter is too young.

If it's not that, your right it makes no sence for Peter to be considered illegal while Norman not, especially as they both game from Ox.

[Tobias]

That is what Fury meant. He wants Spidey to join the Ultimates or the Avengers, can't remember which. He had no intention of turning him in to a lab or the military unless he went evil or something.

[Mynd Hed]

That is what Fury meant. He wants Spidey to join the Ultimates or the Avengers, can't remember which. He had no intention of turning him in to a lab or the military unless he went evil or something.

Yeah, but Fury implies that Parker has no choice in the matter, which doesn't really seem to jibe with this whole "freedom" thing we have in America... unless there's a law in the Ultimate universe regarding "illegal, unnatural genetic mutations" like Parker. If using Oz to give himself super powers was legal for Osbourne, why is it suddenly illegal for Parker?

[Russkafin]

Yeah, but Fury implies that Parker has no choice in the matter, which doesn't really seem to jibe with this whole "freedom" thing we have in America... unless there's a law in the Ultimate universe regarding "illegal, unnatural genetic mutations" like Parker. If using Oz to give himself super powers was legal for Osbourne, why is it suddenly illegal for Parker?

Interesting also to note... in the preview of Ultimate Six in Wizard Zero...

Spoiler:

Cap asks Electro where he "illegally obtained" his super powers.