Not much to say except that I love this one. A big shout out to everyone involved.
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #259
Published: c. September, 1984?
Cover Date: December, 1984
“All My Pasts Remembered!”
Writer: Tom DeFalco
Artist: Ron Frenz
Inker: Joe Rubinstein
Letterer: Joe Rosen
Colorist: Bob Sharen
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@William – The Hobgoblin was my entry into the Green Goblin saga. I was casually reading ASM from #180 and it wasn’t until the 220s when I decided to be a collector and started saving my issues after reading them (so many comics carelessly discarded after reading them, sigh). Norman Osborn had been mentioned here and there but I really had no idea who he was – he was Harry’s dead father and apparently Spidey’s enemy, but that’s it.
Then the Hobgoblin appeared – #238 is still one of my favorite Spidey issues. I remember finishing it thinking “This is something, this isn’t just some random villain that Spidey will fight and defeat yadda-yadda-yadda.” I could tell that something big was happening here. The Stern era of the Hobgoblin mystery (and even the first ~10 issues of the DeFalco era) was my golden age of Hobgoblin mystery.
The Hobgoblin was how I learned all about Norman – all his monologuing about the Goblin formula, hidden caches of equipment, how the formula had made Norman crazy (which is debatable). In a way my experience with the Goblins was kind of like the 90s show – Hobgoblin came first, then Green Goblin later.
People forget that for a while, Hobgoblin was Spider-Man’s archenemy, he really challenged him in a way that few other villains have before or since. It made it all the better when Spidey would step up his game. I think the general consensus is that Hobby is a bit redundant now that Norman’s back, but I’d argue that he still has his place, the recent Symbiote Spider-Man arc has kind of shown that to me, he’s a big enough villain that his presence can still feel like a big deal, but the rivalry isn’t so intense or personal that he can’t still get up to classic fun supervillain schemes that would feel out of place if Norman were to do them.
Wait … Crawl Space video podcast commenter Ron Frenz also draws comic books?