DeFalco/Frenz Retrospective: Amazing Spider-Man #261


 

Writer: Tom DeFalco
Penciler: Ron Frenz

Synopsis: Spider-Man races to rescue Mary Jane and the Osborns from the Hobgoblin. 

Comments: So, if Hobgoblin was going to turn out be Richard Fisk as DeFalco originally intended, then how does Richard Fisk know who Mary Jane is? 



Spider-Man swinging to the rescue looks like it was copied and pasted from the pose on the cover and the interior of Amazing Spider-Man #19. It was also used a web swinging stock footage in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. 




The bait and switch is complete in that Harry only confronts the Hobgoblin as himself while using Goblin weapons. 



The symbiote's escape was also feature in Fantastic Four #274. 















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