Tag: Green Goblin
The Spectacular Spider-Man #183 (1991)
“The Child Within, Part Six: Into the Dawn” Rating: 5/5 Writer: J.M. DeMatteis Artist: Sal Buscema Spider-Man subdues Vermin and they take him away in an ambulance back to the hospital. Then there’s an epic showdown between Spidey and the Green Goblin. Eventually, Spider-Man stands there and just tells Harry to kill him. Harry can’t do it. He still hates Spider-Man and blames him for the deaths of Gwen and his father. He vows toLearn More
The Spectacular Spider-Man #182 (1991)
“The Child Within, Part Five: Reckonings” Rating: 5/5 Writer: J.M. DeMatteis Artist: Sal Buscema Spider-Man, Vermin, and Harry all have to deal with their childhood traumas. Vermin was molested by his father. Peter’s parents died and he took the guilt on himself. Harry’s father didn’t love him and was a murderer. Vermin takes his mom and dad hostage, wanting to kill his dad, but he can’t pull the trigger. Spider-Man gets help from Dr. KafkaLearn More
The Spectacular Spider-Man #181 (1991)
“The Child Within, Part Four: Guilt” Rating: 5/5 Writer: J.M. DeMatteis Artist: Sal Buscema Green Goblin hits Peter with hallucinogenic gas which causes him to think about all the guilt he has over everybody that has died because of Spider-Man. It leads him to realize that the root of it all is about the death of his parents and he goes crazy and tears up the place and swings out (without his mask on) andLearn More
The Spectacular Spider-Man #180 (1991)
“The Child Within, Part III: Shame” Rating: 4/5 Writer: J.M. DeMatteis Artist: Sal Buscema Vermin recalls painful memories of some kind of abuse he endured as a child. It’s the source of all his pain. Harry falls off the deep end and gives into his visions of his father. He puts on the Green Goblin suit and fights Spider-Man. He hits Spidey with some gas that knocks him out and says he wants to sufferLearn More
Web of Spider-Man Annual #07 (1991)
Rating: 4/5 “The Vibranium Vendetta, Part 3: The Machine and the Man” Writer: David Michelinie Artist: Guang Yap Ultron-13 steals a box of the synthetic vibranium. Iron Man and Sunturion follow him into the sewer, defeat him, and get the vibranium back. The synthetic vibranium in its raw form turns into antarctic vibranium and melts metal. Iron Man figures out a way to get it all safely away before it melts all of New York.Learn More