Issue Description

The true identity of Green Goblin revealed! And the villain behind the mask is the last person you’d expect! What strange turn of events has led to this dual battle of the Goblins? And will Spider-Man be able to keep tabs on who’s who? A shocking twist that will leave heads reeling!

Who Was That Goblin I Saw You With?

At the end of the previous issue, Spider-Man, the Green Goblin, and Silvermane were all plummeting to their deaths. However, the Goblin manages to land on his Glider, take out Spider-Man with one of his many weapons, and capture Spider-Man before hitting the ground, leaving Silvermane to perish. Silvermane hits the ground hard, and whilst he doesn't die, he is severely weakened by the fall. The Goblin then flies off with Spider-Man, passing Robbie Robertson on the way, who wonders where Peter Parker is.

Meanwhile, at the Green Goblin's hideout, Harry Osborn has just freed himself from the chair the Goblin tied him to. He decides that he has to do something about the Goblin, since it's partly his fault, and dresses in the Goblin gear which is still in the hideout.

The other Goblin has taken Spider-Man to an incineration plant to kill him. He mentions that Spider-Man got rid of his clone in one of the smokestacks, and that it's only fitting that Spider-Man should follow him. However, Spider-Man jumps away, and reveals that he was only feigning unconsciousness. He then fights the Goblin, and manages to defeat him when he makes the foolish mistake of fighting Spider-Man hand to hand. However, upon unmasking him, he finds out that the Goblin is really Harry Osborn's psychiatrist, Bart Hamilton, not Harry Osborn, as he had thought.

Bart explains that when he was treating Harry, he hypnotised him, and Harry told Bart the secrets of the Green Goblin legacy. After checking them out to see if they were true, Bart decided to become the new Green Goblin, due to the power he felt from it. He had to get rid of Spider-Man, though, and had Harry hypnotised before making him take pictures of Spider-Man disposing of his clone to discredit Spider-Man. However, as Bart finishes his tale, Harry Osborn arrives in the Goblin gear, and tells Bart he's going to finish him. The two of them then fight, with the battle leading to the incineration plant's interior.

The two Goblins land on a conveyer belt, and Bart tells Harry about how the power of the Goblin is so tempting. Harry, however, rips off his mask and costume, saying that the Goblin legacy is twisted, and that only someone mad would use it. Bart takes a hidden minituarised bomb out of his glove, activates it, and threatens to blow Harry and himself up if Harry doesn't apologize. However, unnoticed by him, the conveyor belt he's on keeps going backwards, and when the bomb explodes, only he dies. The debris from the explosion falls partly on Harry Osborn, causing him to develop amnesia, and forget that he's the Green Goblin, and that Peter Parker is Spider-Man.

The next day, Harry and Peter return to Harry's apartment, to find Liz Allen there, back to Harry after running away a few issues ago.

Notes: Features the Hostess Twinkies Snack Cakes ad, "Thor Meets A Glutton For Gold"

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963)

Publisher

Marvel

Volume Description

After the success of Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962) a few months later the same creative team came back to start an ongoing series focusing on the character the two of them created.

The book's run continued until issue number 441 (Nov. 1998) when Marvel relaunched the title as Amazing Spider-Man Volume 2 with a new number 1 in January 1999. After issue #30 (#471) Marvel used a dual numbering system, yet the indicia still stated The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2. On the title's 40th anniversary the numbering was reverted to go from issue 58 to issue 500 (Dec. 2003) as The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1.

This volume ends with #700 and is picked up by the Marvel Now! revolution volume Superior Spider-Man.

Collected EditionsMarvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 (#1-10)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 (#11-19)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 (#20-30)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 4 (#31-40)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 (#41-50)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 (#51-61)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 7 (#62-67)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8 (#68-77)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 9 (#78-87)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 10 (#88-99)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 11 (#100-109)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 12 (#110-120)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 13 (#121-131)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 14 (#132-142)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 15 (#143-155)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 16 (#156-168 and Annual #10)Spider-Man vs. Black Cat (#194-195, 204-205, 226-227.)Spider-Man: Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut (#224-230)Birth of Venom (#252-259, #298-300)The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga Book 1 (#252-258)The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga Book 2 (#259-263)Kraven's Last Hunt (#293-294)The Amazing Spider-Man: Life in the Mad Dog Ward (#295)Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane (#296-329)Sinister Six (#334-339)Powerless (#341-343)Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Round Robin (#351-360)Round Robin (#353-358)Maximum Carnage (#378-380)

Collection of sequentially numbered trades, Amazing Spider-Man.

Spider-Man: Mark of the Tarantula (#231-237)Coming Home (#471-476)Revelations (#477-480)Until the Stars Turn Cold (#481-486)Life and Death of Spiders (#487-491)Unintended Consequences (#492-497)Happy Birthday (#498-502)The Book of Ezekiel (#503-508)Sins Past (#509-514)Skin Deep (#515-518)New Avengers (#519-524)

Individual trades with their own volumes because of sub-titles.

The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Great Power (#1-17)Punisher vs. the Marvel Universe (#161-162)The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Ghosts of the Past (#259-272)The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Return of the Sinister Six (#334-350)Spider-Man: The Gathering of Five (#440-441)The Other (#525-528)The Road to Civil War (#529-531)Civil War (#532-538)Back in Black (#539-543)One More Day (#544-545)Brand New Day Vol 1 (#546-551)Brand New Day Vol 2 (#552-558)Brand New Day Vol 3 (#559-564)Kraven's First Hunt (#565-567)New Ways to Die (#568-573)Crime and Punisher (#574-577)Death and Dating (#578-583)Election Day (#584-588)24/7 (#589-594)American Son (#595-599)Died in Your Arms Tonight (#600-601)Red-Headed Stranger (#602-605)Return of The Black Cat (#606-611)The Gauntlet, Vol 1 (#612-616)The Gauntlet, Vol 2 (#617-621)The Gauntlet, Vol 3 (#622-625)The Gauntlet, Vol 4 (#626-629)The Gauntlet, Vol 5 (#630-633)The Grim Hunt (#634-637)One Moment in Time (#638-641)Origin of the Species (#642-647)Big Time (#648-651)Matters of Life and Death (#652-657)The Fantastic Spider-Man (#658-662)Big Time Ultimate Collection (#648-662)The Return of Anti-Venom (#663-665)Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time - The Complete Collection vol. 2 (#663-676)Spider-Island (#666-673)Flying Blind (#674-677)Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time - The Complete Collection vol. 3 (#677-687 and 679.1)Trouble on the Horizon (#678-681, #679.1)Ends of the Earth (#682-687)No Turning Back (#688-691)Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time - The Complete Collection vol. 4 (#688-697)Danger Zone (#692-697)Dying Wish (#698-700)Amazing Spider-Man: Peter Parker The One And Only (#700.1-700.5)

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