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Issue Details

Issue #39
Published August 1966
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Characters Spider-Man; Green Goblin
Genre superhero
Pencils John Romita
Inks John Romita
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #178; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #16; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #2 (July 1997)

20 page Spider-Man story "How Green Was My Goblin!"

Characters FEATURE: Spider-Man; GUESTS: Aunt May; Anna Watson; Flash Thompson; Gwen Stacy; Harry Osborn; Ned Leeds; J. Jonah Jameson; VILLAIN: Green Goblin [Norman Osborn; identity revealed]; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Professor Stromm
Synopsis Peter heads to the doctor with the sniffles and learns that Aunt May's health is very fragile; Spidey is roped into tangling with a bunch of goons who zap him with a mysterious gas; Not realizing that the gas has weakened his spider sense, he changes into Peter Parker under the watchful gaze of the Green Goblin; The Goblin confronts Spidey outside of his home and captures him as Peter is worried that Aunt May might be overcome by the commotion; Trussed up in the Goblin's lair, Peter is shocked when the Goblin takes off his mask and reveals himself to be Norman Osborn.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils John Romita
Inks Mike Esposito [as Mickey Demeo]; John Romita (touch-ups)
Letters Art Simek
Notes Continued next issue. John Romita touch-up credits from John Romita at the San Diego Comic-Con (July 21, 2006).
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #29; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #178; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #16; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #2 (July 1997)