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Cover: Charles Vess

The Amazing Spider-Man #261

Feb 1985 · Marvel · 0.60 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
“The Sins of My Father!”
writer Tom DeFalco · artist Ron Frenz · inker Josef Rubinstein · colorist Bob Sharen · letterer Joe Rosen · cover Charles Vess

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artist Ron Frenz
colorist Bob Sharen
letterer Joe Rosen
cover pencils, inks Charles Vess

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The Rose and Hobgoblin have captured Liz and Mary Jane and Harry has to trade their lives for his dad's old Goblin journals. Hobby is mad at only getting one journal as he knocks Harry out and takes him back to the Rose's headquarters. Harry attacks the villain using his own weapons. A fire breaks out in the warehouse trapping Mary Jane and Liz; the latter goes into labor. Spidey takes over Harry's battle with the Hobgoblin. Hobgoblin gets away as Spider-Man gets his pals out of the building. Liz and Harry head for the hospital. Spidey's black alien costume escapes from the Baxter Building.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).

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