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”
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)
It’s Harry’s birthday today! This probably wasn’t on purpose, but it so happens that we got an exciting announcement today as well! J.M. DeMatteis, the man behind many of the best Harry stories, is writing a new one soon. This is Shadow of the Green Goblin and it’s a four-part series primarily about Nels van… Read More A birthday present for Harry Osborn
When I was a child in 2001ish me and my siblings had this book. Spider-Man: The Ultimate Guide by Tom DeFalco! I was around 13 when the book came out and I don’t think I cared about Spider-Man all that much back then (that would come in with Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 in 2004) but… Read More Harry Osborn’s pages in Spider-Man: The Ultimate Guide
Graham Phillips did an interview with Behind the Voice a couple of days ago and it’s very interesting indeed. He goes into a lot of detail about Harry’s personality and arc in the game (“He just wants to be free”) as well as the auditioning and filming process. (Apparently, there were three different fates filmed… Read More A new interview with Graham Phillips, Harry Osborn’s actor in Spider-Man 2
As of 2am last night I finished Spider-Man 2! It’s an incredible game and an incredible achievement, and I think I’m going to be writing a LOT about it in the weeks/months to come. I do have a few quibbles though. (Not least that my game erased the EMF missions after I got 6/9 of… Read More Spider-Man 2’s Portrayal of Harry Osborn
If you’re wondering why I didn’t do this post earlier, I had Covid! Yep, I read Misery #5 in a haze of Covid. It gave me exactly what I wanted, which was Liz vs Lily! But I was sort of left with a feeling of oh, that’s it? Big shout out to the cover artist… Read More Harry Osborn in Cult of Carnage: Misery #5
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