| Characters |
Spider-Man; GUESTS: Harry Osborn; Liz Osborn; Mary Jane Watson; J. Jonah Jameson; Marla Madison; VILLAINS: Hobgoblin [Roderick Kingsley]; Hobgoblin Robot; Kingpin; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Mendel Stromm; Gwen Stacy; Scorpion |
| Synopsis |
Peter attends a party at Harry's place where he makes a little time with MJ; During the festivities, Harry gets a special postal delivery and runs off after opening it; Peter tracks him down and discovers that Harry is being blackmailed by the Hobgoblin who threatens to reveal to the world that Harry's dad was the Green Goblin; Peter goes with Harry to the blackmail meeting at his club where he discovers that the Kingpin is also a club member; Peter also learns that there is a whole room of prominent businessmen who are being squeezed by Hobgoblin, including his boss J. Jonah Jameson (Hobby is threatening to reveal his part in the creation of the Scorpion); Hobgoblin arrives to make his demands and is confronted by Spider-Man; Spidey is hit by a new and improved goblin gas that knocks him down and robs him of his spider sense; The Kingpin steps in to lend a hand and even tosses Spidey's spider tracer on the Hobgoblin's glider as the villain makes his escape. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Roger Stern |
| Pencils |
John Romita Jr. |
| Inks |
Dan Green |
| Colors |
Bob Sharen |
| Letters |
Joe Rosen |
| Reprinted |
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #259; in Amazing Spider-Man: The Origin of the Hobgoblin, The (Marvel, 1993 series) #[nn]; in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #37 |