Appearing in "The Goblin and the Gangsters"
Amazing Spider-Man #23
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)
- Lucky Lobo Gang (First appearance)
- Lucky Lobo (Francisco Lobo) (First appearance)
- Mike (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed others (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Frederick Foswell
- NYPD Officers
- Merriweather (First appearance)
- Ned Leeds (Mentioned)
- Mrs. Watson (Mentioned)
- Mayor of New York City (Referenced)
- Eliot Ness (Referenced)
- Mickey Mouse (Mentioned)
- King Kong (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe
- Milky Way
- Sol System
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York State
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Midtown
- Murray Hill
- Midtown Business Executives Club (First appearance)
- New York City Hall (Referenced)
- Midtown
- Queens
- New York Police Headquarters
- Green Goblin's Hideout
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York State
- United States of America
- North America
- Earth
- Sol System
- Milky Way
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Goblin and the Gangsters"
Amazing Spider-Man #23
The Green Goblin shows up to a mobster hangout and demands the thugs to bow to his superior skill as he wants to take over Lucky Lobo's mob. The gangsters and the Goblin don't see eye to eye and the Goblin flees and gets a write-up in the paper about him attacking mobsters. Pete heads over to The Daily Bugle's office, he sees J. Jonah Jameson meeting with Frederick Foswell, formally the mobster known as the Big Man. Deciding to give Foswell a second chance, Jameson gives Fredrick his old job back.
Meanwhile, The Green Goblin is up to no good and gets a list of unreported taxable income about Lucky Lobo's companies from a henchman. The Green Goblin gives the information to Foswell and he reports on it at The Daily Bugle. While swinging around, Spider-Man notices speeding police cars and a raid and watches as the Goblin throw a pumpkin bomb at one of the mobster's getaway cars. The Goblin leads Spider-Man into Lucky Lobo's hang out and leaves the two there to destroy each other.
Spider-Man temporarily ducks away to call Aunt May and as the mobster follow him in, he traps them as well as Lucky Lobo himself. Lucky explains the Goblin wants to shove Lucky Lobo aside so he can gain control of the mob and be "boss of the underworld". As the Green Goblin and Spider-Man fight, Spider-Man runs out of web fluid and the Goblin runs out of tricks in his bag as he flies away. Yet, the Goblin doesn't have luck on his side as he finds out that the police have caught the entire Lucky Lobo gang.