Gwen Stacy is no more. She died in Amazing Spider-Man #121 and to THIS DAY, remarkably, her death is yet to be fully undone. (Oh, Spider-Gwen? She’s an alternate universe.) It was a story that shook the world of Spider-Man to its core and we’re not done with it yet! Let’s take a look at… Read More Harry Osborn in Amazing Spider-Man #122 – The Night Gwen Stacy Died, part two!
We’re here! We have reached the most famous Spider-Man story of all, THE NIGHT GWEN STACY DIED! Before this, killing off a superhero’s girlfriend would have been unthinkable. Gwen’s death changed everything, and ushered in a new and darker era of comics. Heck, you can probably argue that without Gwen’s death, we wouldn’t have gotten… Read More Harry Osborn in Amazing Spider-Man #121 – The Night Gwen Stacy Died, part one!
Welcome back to the annotated adventures of Harry Osborn! So last time I posted a throwback Harry arc (all the way back in April, oops) Harry was getting political and he seemed to be well free of the drug issues that plagued him. Unfortunately… this next string of comics make it clear he’s using again.… Read More Harry Osborn’s Relapse (1973)
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
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)
I’ve been neglecting this blog of late because of my own mental health issues but I’m trying to get back into it again. Where better to start than the story arc where Harry gets out of rehab, I guess? Yep, ASM #105 is the first time we see Harry after his overdose. His appearance on… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #105-110: Harry Osborn Returns From Rehab (1972)
It is 1971 and a strict code mandates what can and cannot be depicted in comics. Think like… What Disney has going on at the moment except ten times worse. No swearing, no nudity, no defying authority, no zombies, no blood, no “sexual abnormalities”, no “sex perversion”, no sex at all in fact, no excessive… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #95-98: How Harry Osborn Changed Comics Forever
Man, I haven’t done a re-read post since September! Sorry about that. As it turns out, it’s actually time for a crossover! During February-March 1970 Harry popped up in the pages of Captain America, written by Stan Lee and drawn by Gene Colan. It’s hard to work out exactly where these appearances fit in with… Read More Captain America #137-138 (1971)
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
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