Spoilers. It's hard to write a review of this book; on one hand, it's a classic moment in comic book history that changed the way people looked at superheroes, but on the other hand the 35 year old writing is ridiculous. This trade has two stories, one awful story about Harry Osborn doing drugs (the way the dealers are portrayed is extremely laughable, forcing people to take their drugs after which the people become addicted instantly), and then the title story in which the Green Goblin kills Peter Parker's first girlfriend, Gwen Stacy. That story's pretty good I guess, but it could just be the iconic image of Spider-man's web catching Gwen Stacy's legs as she falls off the George Washington Bridge, causing her neck to snap... diabolical! But also the dialogue is terrible, so what can you do.RATING: 59%
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Gerry Conway was pretty dreadful. Those early 70s Marvels were horribly overwritten. Guys like Conway sound like high schoolers who just discovered purple prose. Well, I guess that's because that's what they were.
Guys like Englehart, Gerber, and Starlin were the exception.
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