Spider-Man 75

Spider-Man 75, Marvel Comics (Dec 1996)

“The Night of the Goblin!” Revelations Part 4 of 4. Double-sized issue. Story continues from Amazing Spider-Man 418. This is it! At long last the explosive conclusion to the 2-year clone saga! Shock follows shock as the Amazing Spider-Man battles the original Green Goblin in the skies over Manhattan! No one can believe that Norman Osborn is alive! But the evil mastermind is indeed back and trying to ruin Peter Parker’s life once and for all! With the fate of Ben Reilly, Mary Jane, and his newborn baby hanging in the balance; the Spectacular Spider-Man goes for broke to stop the sinister goblin! However even if the wall-crawler wins, he’s still going to lose almost everything. A heartbreaking ending for your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

Final appearance of Ben Reilly (aka the Spider-Clone). Cameo appearances by Anna Watson, Liz Osborn, Normie Osborn, Flash Thompson, Betty Brant, Glory Grant, Arthur Stacy, Joe Robertson, Foggy Nelson, Ben Urich, Ken Ellis, and J. Jonah Jameson. (Notes: Peter Parker becomes the web-slinger again in this issue. Spider-Man previously battled the original goblin in the classic Amazing Spider-Man 122. Further details of Norman Osborn’s scheme are revealed in Spider-Man: The Osborn Journal (1997). The title of the series changes to: Peter Parker Spider-Man.

This issue includes a 3-page preview of the new Deadpool (1997) series.

• Story: Howard Mackie
• Art: John Romita Jr. and Scott Hanna
• Wrap around cover: John Romita Jr. and Al Milgrom