Following on from issue #3! Not a lot happens this issue in terms of supervillains, fights etc, but we get a long and interesting conversation between Harry, Peter, MJ and the newly introduced Gwen Stacy! Let’s take a look: Harry and Gwen are happily married, with no kids Gwen has kept her last name, as… Read More The Harry-related takeaways from Ultimate Spider-Man #4
Harry gets political in this little arc from late 1972. Now interestingly, this story is an adapted version of the one which appears in Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #1 which came out in 1968. Plenty of things were edited to make it fit in with the 1972 Spider-Man continuity, such as taking out George Stacy (him… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #116 – #118: The Raleigh arc
(spoilers ahead) It’s here! Harry fans the world over have been VERY eagerly anticipating this comic, which sees J.M. DeMatteis return to writing our favourite character. This prequel is full of callbacks and thematic parallels, plus it finally does something with a certain character I know all Harry fans wanted to see more of since… Read More Five takeaways from “Shadow of the Green Goblin #1”
Happy Wednesday everyone! Issue #3 of Ultimate Spider-Man dropped today and I’m enjoying it, and I gather everyone else is as well. So let’s take a look at how Harry’s character is developing in the new universe. We met him in issue #1, speaking at a memorial service for his parents and the many other… Read More Harry Osborn in Ultimate Spider-Man #2 and #3
Gwen Stacy is coming to the new Ultimate universe… as Harry’s wife! She’s looking good. But what a can of worms this opens! I admit I am not one hundred percent enthused about the idea, because this development seems to treat Gwen and Liz (Harry’s 616 wife, also blonde) as interchangeable characters and I don’t… Read More Meet the new Mrs Harry Osborn
J.M. DeMatteis talked to the Spideydude Radio Experience about the upcoming Shadow of the Green Goblin! (Which got an advance preview today.) He discusses what he sees in Harry at around the 28-minute mark. If you’re a Harry fan you should definitely listen to what he has to say. He also drops an intriguing tidbit… Read More J.M. DeMatteis answers the question “What is it about Harry?”
Following on from ASM #114 we have Marvel Team-Up #4-5 as the next part of Harry’s long, loooong journey in universe 616. These two comics are written by Gerry Conway and illustrated by Gil Kane. Harry doesn’t make much of an impact at all on these particular stories, to be honest. But this blog is… Read More Marvel Team-Up #4-5 (1972)
Gerry Conway is writing Amazing Spider-Man now! Under his pen we’ll see the deaths of both Gwen Stacy and Norman Osborn… but not just yet. Let’s take a look at what Harry gets up to in these issues. Not a whole lot, his character is on the backburner after his drug addiction and rehab, but… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #112-114 (1972)
We have a new Ultimate Spider-Man, this one created by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto! Here’s a quick run-down of everything you need to know about this new universe, number 6160: The Maker (Reed Richards) reshaped the universe and people we expect to be superheroes aren’t superheroes anymore The Maker caused a crisis (blamed on… Read More Harry Osborn in Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #1
Happy new year! 2023 was a great year for Harry fans (there was a whole game starring him!) and 2024 looks likely to be pretty good as well. Here’s what we can expect in the months to come: J.M. DeMatteis’s Shadow of the Green Goblin The king of Harry stories returns for a new one… Read More Upcoming Harry Osborn projects in 2024
