The Amazing Spider-Man #17

(October 1964)

The Return of the Green Goblin! (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Job Number:

X-777

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; Liz Allan; Flash Thompson; Aunt May Parker; Mr. Brant (see notes); Dorrie Evans (Johnny Storm's girlfriend)

Synopsis:

Spider-Man attends a fan club meeting organized by Flash Thompson, but the Green Goblin crashes the meeting. Fortunately the Human Torch is in attendance to help Spider-Man. During the battle Spider-Man finds out that Aunt May is in the hospital and he leaves, causing everyone to believe that he is a coward.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #12 (January 1968)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #155 (September 1983)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #5 (1988)
• in Spider-Man Megazine (Marvel, 1994 series) #2 (November 1994)
• in Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin (Marvel, 1995 series) #[nn] ([August] 1995)
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 ([August] 2003)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 ([May] 2009)

Indexer Notes

The "Mr. Brant" in this issue is Liz Allan's father and owner of a nightclub, not Betty Brant's father. I assume that it was meant to be Mr. Allan. [Mike Nielsen]