Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 40

Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #40
Previous Issue	Amazing Spider-Man #39
Next Issue	Amazing Spider-Man #41
Art by: John Romita Sr.
Release Date	June 9, 1966
Cover Date	September, 1966
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Stan Lee
Original Price	$0.12

1. "Spidey Saves the Day! Featuring: The End of the Green Goblin!"
Writer(s)	Stan Lee
Penciler(s)	John Romita Sr.
Inker(s)	Mike Esposito
Letterer(s)	Sam Rosen
Editor(s)	Stan Lee

 How did someone like me ever have a sniveling weakling of a son like you?!! 

—Norman Osborn, to his son Harry

Appearing in "Spidey Saves the Day! Featuring: The End of the Green Goblin!"

Featured Characters:

•  Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 

Supporting Characters:

•  Aunt May 
• Daily Bugle Staff
  •  J. Jonah Jameson 
  •  Betty Brant 

Antagonists:

•  Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)  (Origin revealed) (Appears in flashback)

Other Characters:

•  Harry Osborn  (Appears in flashback)
•  Anna Watson 
•  Dr. Bromwell 
•  Mendel Stromm  (Only in flashback)
• Enforcers (Recap)
  • Fancy Dan (Recap)
  • Ox (Recap)
  • Montana (Recap)
• Human Torch (Recap)
• Lucky Lobo (Recap)
• Crime Master (Recap)
• Ned Leeds (Vision)

Locations:

• United States of America
  • New York
    • New York City
      • Manhattan
        • Osborn Laboratories
      • Queens
        • Forest Hills
          • Aunt May's House
  • US Midwest Rail road Station

Items:

• Spider-Man's Suit
• Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
• Pumpkin Bomb
• Goblin Formula
• Retroscope (First appearance)
• Goblin Armor

Vehicles:

• Goblin Glider

Synopsis for "Spidey Saves the Day! Featuring: The End of the Green Goblin!"

Pete is trapped by Norman Osborn who’s revealed himself to be the Green Goblin. Pete stalls him, mentioning Harry and playing with his emotions to get him to talk. Norman tells how he worked constantly to provide and always paid more attention to work than to his son. He reveals how Professor Stromm only borrowed money from a shared account, but Norman called the police reporting it as theft, leaving the company in his hands. Norman continues, saying Stromm had left formulas behind, and he decided to research them. As he was working on one, it exploded and hospitalized him.

This transformation changed him and he planned to use his company’s resources to become a super-criminal. At home, Aunt May is worried sick over Pete not calling her and Anna Watson calls in Dr. Bromwell. Meanwhile, Betty Brant is in a train station realizing she must return to New York and face everyone but unsure how. Pete is still working on the steel bonds and the Goblin recounts when Spider-Man has fought him and skews them as victories. He finishes his story and frees Pete to fight him on even terms. As they fight, the Goblin pulls out stun bombs, an electrical whip, and finally a Goblin Cannon. As Spider-Man delivers a kick, the Goblin goes into a mixture of live wires and chemicals and a fire starts.

Spider-Man rushes over not wanting to kill him, but Norman doesn’t know where he is or why he’s in costume. Not wanting to destroy his reputation or Harry’s feelings, he’s quickly changed out of his costume for the police to take him to a hospital. Pete rushes home and Dr. Bromwell has just sedated Aunt May. Aunt May begins to take care of Pete’s “fever” and Harry visits his dad in the hospital.

Notes

• Page 14, Panel 2 bests fits the image on the cover

Chronology Notes

A flashback in this story affect the chronology of the following characters:

•  Norman Osborn 
•  Harold Osborn 

Trivia

• Mike Esposito is credited as Mickey Demeo

See Also

• 4 image(s) from Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 40
• 13 reprint(s) of Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 40

Links and References

• Information and Review on Amazing Spider-Man #40 at www.samruby.com
• Review and detailed plot summary at www.spiderfan.org

Footnotes

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