Since Gautum asked, and I know there are a few other true believers, a quick synopsis of ASM Vol. 1, #121, the death of Gwen Stacy.
A spoiler space, since some of these elements may appear in later movies: In the comics, Harry had a drug problem. He's at his father's place, attended by a doctor after a bad LSD trip. The doctor says Harry's in total psychosis, foreshadowing his eventual role as Gobby after his father. His dad kicks Peter Parker out, and yes he does indeed know that Pete is Spidey and he also has similar delusions to the movie. Peter is sick at the time, and is on his way home when he finds that the Green Goblin has kidnapped Gwen Stacy, his original gf before Mary Jane. Spidey follows his spider sense to the GWB, and confronts the Goblin who is standing over Gwen's unconscious form. They fight, and Spidey uses the same yo-yo web technique in the book they used in the burning house. He clocks the bad guy, but acknowledges that his sickness probably precludes a solid hit. Sadly, he's right; the Goblin recovers and as Spidey is reaching for Gwen, Gobby swoops down on his glider and knocks her from the bridge. (Slowed by his illness, the normally quick Spidey couldn't get there fast enough) Pete dives to the edge of the bridge and uses a webline to snag her. But she's clearly already moving to fast, and her neck breaks. (It's just a tiny "SNAP!" written near her head, but given that it's 1973 and a comic book, it was a pretty major thing, I thought.) He hauls her up, and finds that she's dead. Now, despite the contrary evidence, Gobby says she was probably already dead from the fall before Spidey's webbing even reached her. We as adults know that's probably a lot of hooey, but the editoer may have felt it necessary since comics were far more a kids' medium at the time than it is now. Spidey swears revenge for the killing of the woman he loves, and the issue ends. Of course, when the time comes, Peter/Spidey just can't kill him. It's not his way, and it's really never been the hero's way in comics until recently. But the Goblin does get it, and in almost the exact same way he did in the movie. Regards, Jim, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Fan. :-) ------------------------------------------------ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
