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Marvel Comics   ·   Released Jul 9th, 1964

The Amazing Spider-Man #17

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THE RETURN OF THE GREEN GOBLIN!

Flash Thompson announces to his classmates that he's forming the Spider-Man Fan Club and everyone (except Peter Parker) is invited. As Peter is walking home, he notices three mysterious figures getting into a helicopter making some sort of getaway. As Spider-Man leaps up into the helicopter, the film's director is furious for him ruining the shot of the movie, and Spider-Man is ridiculed by The Daily Bugle and others for his mistake. While walking Betty Brant home, Liz Allan sees Peter and shows him an ad in the newspaper about the Spider-Man Fan Club and it promises an appearance by Spider-Man himself.  Flash figures that if he says it's so, Spider-Man won't disappoint his fans, and Peter realizes he ought to show, but doesn't know how. As the discussion continues, his Spider-Sense goes off from a mysterious figure in a purple hat whom he doesn't recognize. Finally, Spider-Man goes to the fan club meeting and as he swings in, his web line is snapped by an electronic frog. Johnny Storm sees this and realizes that the acrobatic maneuver Spider-Man just did to land to save his life wasn't part of the show. His suspicions are confirmed when Green Goblin enters on his new improved glider. The crowd, thinking it's part of the show goes along with it, cheering Spider-Man in the fight. Realizing it's not an act, Johnny becomes Human Torch and battles Green Goblin.  Spider-Man fights alongside Human Torch when he hears someone on the phone say Aunt May has suffered a heart attack. Panicked, Spider-Man flees the scene, leaving Human Torch to handle Green Goblin, but the Goblin flies away for another day. Spider-Man is ridiculed for being yellow and a coward for running away, and Peter is upset that, despite all his superpowers, he still can't protect Aunt May or do anything to help her.

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Page Count
32 pages
Cover Price
$0.12
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Creators

Stan Lee
Writer, Editor
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
Artist, Cover Artist
Steve Ditko
Stan Goldberg
Colorist
Stan Goldberg
Sam Rosen
Letterer
Sam Rosen

Characters

Betty Brant
Betty Brant
Earth-616
Charlie Murphy
Charlie Murphy
Earth-616
Doris Evans
Doris Evans
Earth-616
Flash Thompson
Flash Thompson
Earth-616
Green Goblin
Norman Osborn
Green Goblin
Earth-616
Human Torch
Johnny Storm
Human Torch
Earth-616
J. Jonah Jameson
J. Jonah Jameson
Earth-616
Liz Allan
Liz Allan
Earth-616
May Parker-Jameson
May Parker-Jameson
Earth-616
Seymour O'Reilly
Seymour O'Reilly
Earth-616
Spider-Man
Peter Parker
Spider-Man
Earth-616
Wilson Allan
Wilson Allan
Earth-616

Key Events

First Appearance
Wilson Allan Earth-616

Collected In

  • Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1
    Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1
    Essential Spider-Man
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 1 TP
    Essential Spider-Man Vol. 1 TP
    Essential Spider-Man
  • Marvel Comics Series: The Amazing Spider-Man #3
    Marvel Comics Series: The Amazing Spider-Man #3
    Marvel Comics Series (1977 - 1979)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 HC
    Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 HC
    Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (1987)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 TP
    Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 TP
    Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (1987)
  • Marvel Tales #155
    Marvel Tales #155
    Marvel Tales Vol. 2 (1964 - 1994)
  • Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 - The Sinister Six GN TP
    Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 - The Sinister Six GN TP
    Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2021)
  • Book 1: The Amazing Spider-Man HC
    Book 1: The Amazing Spider-Man HC
    Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Series (2022)
  • Book 1: The Amazing Spider-Man TP
    Book 1: The Amazing Spider-Man TP
    Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Series (2022)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
    The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
    The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 (1963 - 1998)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 HC 2016 Printing
    The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 HC 2016 Printing
    The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 (1963 - 1998)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Great Power TP
    The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Great Power TP
    The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)
  • The Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man Vol. 1: 1962-1964 HC
    The Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man Vol. 1: 1962-1964 HC
    The Marvel Comics Library (2022)

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