Harry Osborn in Amazing Spider-Man #121 – The Night Gwen Stacy Died, part one!

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!

November 30, 2024 Overly Devoted Archivist2 Comments

Harry Osborn in Ultimate Spider-Man #10

Harry is on the front cover again for Ultimate Spider-Man #10! Wait, doesn’t that cover look a little familiar? Yep, it’s a take on the famous cover from Amazing Spider-Man #39! But where is Harry taking Jameson, and does he have nefarious intentions? Well, let’s jump right into the Harry parts of the story and… Read More Harry Osborn in Ultimate Spider-Man #10

November 17, 2024 Overly Devoted Archivist2 Comments

Harry in “Shadow of the Green Goblin #4”

J.M. DeMatteis’s excellent Shadow of the Green Goblin has finished now. Oh, you were hoping things might end well for Harry? Nope! He goes through the wringer here as always. (To be fair so does everyone else, including the poor, poor Proto-Goblin.) The real heart of this series is Peter Parker and Aunt May, and… Read More Harry in “Shadow of the Green Goblin #4”

August 1, 2024 Overly Devoted Archivist1 Comment

Harry Osborn’s Relapse (1973)

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)

July 16, 2024 Overly Devoted Archivist3 Comments

Ultimate Spider-Man #5 is all about Harry

Ultimate Spider-Man #5 is out now and it takes a break from the Spider-Man action to delve into Harry’s past. We open with an appearance from Norman, the first one in this particular universe. Before Norman can finish that sentence, he and Emily are blown up in the “Stark” attack and all Harry can do… Read More Ultimate Spider-Man #5 is all about Harry

May 31, 2024 Overly Devoted Archivist4 Comments

The Harry-related takeaways from Ultimate Spider-Man #4

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

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 Overly Devoted Archivist1 Comment

Amazing Spider-Man #116 – #118: The Raleigh arc

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

April 20, 2024December 22, 2024 Overly Devoted Archivist1 Comment

Five takeaways from “Shadow of the Green Goblin #1”

(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”

April 4, 2024May 10, 2024 Overly Devoted Archivist5 Comments

Meet the new Mrs Harry Osborn

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

March 20, 2024 Overly Devoted Archivist6 Comments

Amazing Spider-Man #112-114 (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)

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