Amazing Spider-Man 122

"You killed Gwen Stacy! She didn't just die -- you killed her!"

- Spider-Man

"The Goblin's Last Stand!" is the title to the 122nd issue of the first Amazing Spider-Man ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Gerry Conway with artwork by Gil Kane and inks by John Romita, with Tony Mortellaro on backgrounds. Romita also rendered the cover art illustration to this issue. It was colored by Dave Hunt and lettered by Artie Simek. The story was edited by Roy Thomas. This issue shipped with a July, 1973 cover date and carries a cover price of .20 cents per copy.

Appearances

 * Spider-Man, Peter Parker


 * Harry Osborn
 * J. Jonah Jameson
 * Joseph Robertson


 * Green Goblin, Norman Osborn


 * George Stacy
 * Gwen Stacy
 * Mary Jane Watson
 * May Parker


 * Daily Bugle staff
 * New York City Police Department


 * Altered humans
 * Humans


 * New York
 * New York City
 * Manhattan
 * Peter and Harry's apartment
 * Lower East Side
 * Daily Bugle
 * Brooklyn Bridge


 * Revolvers
 * Web-shooters


 * Ambulance
 * Goblin Glider


 * Precognition
 * Spider-sense


 * Superhuman agility


 * Flight
 * Impalement
 * Police officers

Notes & Trivia



 * "ASM 122" serves as a shortcut to this page.


 * The tagline to this issue is "The Green Goblin's Last Stand!"


 * At the time of publication, this story marked the definitive death of Norman Osborn, aka the Green Goblin. It is the final Bronze Age appearance of the character not including flashbacks, illusions, and hallucinations. His next canonical appearance in the Marvel Universe is not until Amazing Spider-Man #412 in June, 1996.


 * The death of the Green Goblin is re-imagined for the climax to the 2002 live-action Spider-Man feature film starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker and Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn.


 * Harry Osborn's illness from drug addiction hearkens back Amazing Spider-Man #96. He overdosed in Amazing Spider-Man #97 and was seen hospitalized in Amazing Spider-Man #98.


 * Peter Parker first met Gwen Stacy in her first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #31 in December, 1965.


 * Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy shared their first kiss in Amazing Spider-Man #59. The story was re-imagined as a back-up feature in Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man #1 in January, 1999.

Reprints
The storyline from this issue is reprinted in the following volumes:
 * 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time 2
 * 40 Years of the Amazing Spider-Man DVD-ROM
 * Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Collection DVD-ROM
 * Essential Spider-Man 6
 * Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man 13
 * Marvel Tales Vol 2 99
 * Marvel Tales Vol 2 192
 * Spider-Man: The Death of Gwen Stacy