So as you no doubt know by now if you’ve read this comic, the ‘torn’ of the title refers in part to Peter being torn between Gwen and MJ, and MJ herself takes steps to remedy this. This comic is a FANTASTIC read for PeterMJ shippers (who have suffered much in the last few years) but what about us Harry fans?

Well this is a great comic for Harry too even though he doesn’t appear in it much! This comic really captures the melancholy of Peter’s college friends as they sit on the edge of a precipice. Eventually Gwen will die, and Harry will go insane and die. Peter and MJ can never be together because their writers won’t allow it.

But anyway…

Harry drops in to check on Peter and give him a note from MJ.

And gives him privacy while he reads it. It’s touching…

… but it’s not really accurate to how these characters developed in the 70s. I firmly believe that MJ wasn’t the love of Peter’s life until after Gwen died. Still! Continuity changes and that’s just the way of it. You’ll go mad if you try to make Spider-Man comics have straight lines.

Needless to say, Peter gets into a funk over all this. So Harry essentially invites him to come along with him and Gwen on one of their dates.

Awww. Also I love the visual foreshadowing here of Gwen wearing the same colours she died in.

This is such a sweet detail about kid Harry. Tell you what, he’s much more well adjusted in this comic than he usually is! But of course it was Gwen and his father’s death that pushed him over the edge.

Oh this is so sad. Poor Gwen. Forever fated to be The Dead One and in the future Peter becomes best buddies with her killer.

I don’t believe for one second Harry really sees Elton John. I think he sees his mother. But it sure is interesting Harry is an Elton John fan when you consider Elton famously had a drug addiction and a bad relationship with his father!

Peter doesn’t have an answer.

And that’s Torn! It was very good. Great visuals, great villain. Check it out if you fondly remember Peter Parker’s past.