J.M. DeMatteis looks back at one of the best Spidey stories ever, Spectacular Spider-Man #200 I think a lot of people consider J.M. DeMatteis the “main” contributor to the character of Harry Osborn. Obviously the foundations were set by Stan Lee, but DeMatteis built so much on them. …Which frankly makes it even odder that… Read More SyFy Wire interview with J.M. DeMatteis
Peter just returned from a period of amnesia, greatly relieving his friends and Aunt May who was virtually at death’s door throughout all of it. So now, in issue #59, Peter reunites with Harry and the two are totally cool again. The use of “Pumpkin eater” there is kinda ironic, isn’t it? MJ’s got a… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #59-60 (1968)
Where were we? In the last couple of issues Harry had fallen out with Peter, but then he suddenly ups and disappears. Now, in issue #57, Harry’s starting to worry and feel guilty. Thankfully, Harry doesn’t pry so much he discovers Peter’s increasingly obvious secret identity. But he does quickly draw a conclusion: Harry reports… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #57-58 (1968)
Things between Harry and Peter become strained in these issues! Uh… well, we ain’t seen nothing yet when it comes to that. Starting with #53, Harry is starting to get very pissed off with his roomate’s constant absences- Gwen reminds Peter she’s a science major, but alas she’s also currently stuck being the football between… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #53-56 (1967-1968)
If you’re a Harry Osborn fan, and I assume you are since you’re here and all, you might know that things are looking up for Harry’s future in the 616 comics now! Let’s celebrate with a look back at more of his early days. In #50, Peter suffers yet another blow to his life when… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #50-52 (1967)
Hello everyone! First post on the new blog! So today we’re running through issues #48 and #49, where Harry doesn’t actually do much but all his interactions are very endearing. In #48: Well THIS hits differently at this precise point in time, what with the pandemic! The emergence of Gwen’s classic look! Harry unintentionally (or… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #48-49 (1967)
Lots of things happen in this issue! Harry and Peter chat 60s-style, except of course thanks to the sliding timeline none of this ever happened in the 60s! So we’ll have to imagine what era-appropriate sex symbol Harry “really” referenced at this point. Ah this is all so sad to read fifty years on, knowing… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #47 (1967)
Now at the end of the last one of these I said, since Vietnam is coming into the story now let’s find out what Stan Lee actually thought about the Vietnam War. And that’s the thing, that information is kinda hard to find. There’s an extent to which Lee has sort of I guess been… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #44 – 46 (1967)
Well the awfulness of the current comics shows no sign of going away anytime soon, so let’s jump back into this! Where we left off, Harry’s father had just overcome his first bout of supervillainy, but it would be faaaaaar from the last. Here’s Harry’s very brief appearance in #41. Looks like his school bully… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #41 – 43 (1966)
Here we are, the fallout from last week! The Green Goblin took his mask off and revealed himself to be… Peter’s high-school bully’s friend’s dad. Not exactly a “No, I am your father” level revelation… well, not yet anyway… Peter begins by slagging off Harry, even though they’re teetering more to being almost-friends at this… Read More Amazing Spider-Man #40 (1966)
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