As part of the upcoming “Dark Web”, we get to meet Harry’s oldest son as Red Goblin. You’ve seen a little preview of this before, well, here’s the main event! Looking much older than a teenager there, Normie. How old are you meant to be again? Thirteen…? Ten…? You’ll remember that “Red Goblin” was an… Read More Normie gets his own series!
Eugene Patilio, a Z-list superhero who I was always quite fond of, showed up on She-Hulk last night! Well, sort of. That was #NotMyEugene, as Twitter might say. Others have pointed out that She-Hulk’s rich loser, amusing though he was, didn’t really have much in common with the Frog-Man of the comics, and was really… Read More Harry Osborn and Eugene “Frog-Man” Patilio: A ribbeting parallel
Yeah yeah, the ol’ “Top Ten Best Spider-Man Stories,” we’ve all seen it. But have you ever seen a ranking of the top ten best Harry Osborn stories? No? Well, how about this one? 10. “24 Hours” Date: 1987Issue: Spectacular Spider-Man #130Writer: Bob LaytonArtist: Jim FernBuy it: Like a lot of Spectacular, it doesn’t seem… Read More The Top Ten Best Harry Osborn Stories
We’re now onto one of the best-remembered Spider-Man Deaths (capital D) Gwen’s dad Captain George Stacy. It doesn’t directly affect Harry much, this one, but it has repercussions for all Peter’s inner circle. It all starts in ASM#90… Peter rather touchingly looks in on Harry before he goes on the hunt for Doc Ock. “Why… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #90-94: The Death of George Stacy (1970)
[Originally posted on my tumblr blog, raimispiderman, in November 2020] So one of the Spider-Man Trilogy Facts that pops up a lot on movie trivia sites is, badly paraphrased, “did you know in the thanksgiving scene, Norman and Peter are wearing the other’s trademark colors but Harry is wearing all three to represent he’s caught… Read More Harry Osborn’s fabulously colour-coded costumes
When you read the entire Harry Osborn arc in one go, certain things jump out at you. One of my favourite details is this: on three occasions (gotta love the rule of three), Harry is driven away leaving Peter alone in the road at the end of the story. First, in Amazing Spider-Man #137: Second,… Read More Three Roads
Harry’s mustache has gone, the Vietnam War is still raging, and we’re slowwwly moving towards the death of Gwen Stacy. Harry appears briefly in ASM #83, seeing Flash off. MJ gives him a big kiss on the lips, but isn’t she supposed to be Harry’s girlfriend? Things are not good in Harry-MJ town. Harry looks… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #83-87 (1970)
This is a post/artwork by tumblr user oliveroctavius about Harry’s battle with schizophrenia. It’s long but definitely worth it.
At ComicCon today it was announced that Harry Osborn is among the characters who will appear in Spider-Man: Freshman Year! Oh and guess what, it’s not a prequel after all as it turns out, it’s more of an AU. There’s some pics floating about of Norman- -but none that are confirmed to be of Harry.… Read More New Harry just dropped!
This question seems to get asked a LOT on superhero twitter: If Harry does eventually come to the MCU (or heck, even a Sony property), who should play him? So I decided to finally share my picks. No, none of them are Timothee Chalamet, sorry! Mike Faist He’s absolutely BANG-ON for Harry physically, wouldn’t you… Read More Casting Harry Osborn
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