Issue Description

Gwen Stacy realizes moving to England might’ve been a major mistake. Meanwhile, Peter beats up Harry’s drug dealer.

At the end of the previous issue, Harry Osborn became sick from a drug overdose, and the Green Goblin appeared just as Peter tried to get him help. The Green Goblin bursts into Harry and Peter's apartment, ready to kill Peter, claiming he has a weapon that will take away his powers. However, Peter shows the Green Goblin the state the Harry's in, reminding him of his son. The Green Goblin then flies away, not wanting to be reminded of Harry. Peter then manages to get Harry to a hospital, thinking about how the reason Harry started taking drugs was because Mary Jane had rejected him, and started flirting with Peter.

The next day at Empire State University, Peter is approached after class by the drug dealer who sold Harry the drugs in the previous issue. When Peter realizes who it is and threatens him, the dealer calls two thugs to take care of Peter. However, Peter wipes the floor with the two thugs and the dealer, warning them not to sell drugs again.

Meanwhile, at the Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson argues with Robbie over whether or not they should run a story saying that Harry Osborn is in hospital. Jonah is reluctant to print it, since Norman Osborn is one of the Bugle's biggest advertisers. However, Robbie convinces Jonah that by showing that drugs even affect rich people like the Osborns, they can show that drugs are everyone's problem.

Later, Peter changes to his Spider-Man identity and goes looking for the Green Goblin again. He is unexpectedly attacked whilst swinging around, and the Green Goblin reveals a new bomb of his, which explodes into mist, although it seemingly doesn't do anything. A moment later, Spider-Man realizes that the bomb took away his wall crawling abilities and evaporated all of his web fluid. Despite these losses, Peter manages to trick the Goblin into thinking he fell off a roof, and then when the Goblin gets closer, he leaps onto his shoulders, gripping the Goblin's head with his legs, which the Goblin had no defense against earlier. Spider-Man then takes the Goblin to the hospital, where the shock of seeing Harry so sick causes the Goblin to revert back to Norman Osborn.

Later, after Peter has burned the Goblin's costume, he is walking around the streets, when he hears Gwen Stacy calling him. At first he thinks he's imagining it, but then Gwen appears, having returned from England.

Note: This issue was not approved by the comics code authority ... it did not print the code in the cover. As with the two preceding issues, the Comics Code Authority refused to issue their stamp of approval, due to Stan Lee writing about drug use in the trilogy, even though he wrote from the perspective of anti- drug use. These three ASM issues represent extremely rare examples of either Silver Age or Bronze Age comics that do not bear the CCA's seal of approval.

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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