Stand Lee and Steve Ditko present the debut of the mysterious The Green Goblin! Who is he? His plan is just bonkers crazy and wacky. He wants to lure Spider-Man out to Hollywood, by way of the desert, with hopes and dreams of the big time of fame and fortune. The real scheme is that The Goblin and his gang, The Enforcers, will put the fatal smack-down on him! It's an incredibly contrived and complicated plot to maneuver Spider-Man into fighting The Hulk. That's the whole point of "The Grotesque Adventure of The Green Goblin"! Everything else is just minor details.
The story also seems to be a send-up and parody of Hollywood and the film industry. B. J. Kosmojian is such a simplified caricature of a movie producer. Followed around by three toady "Yes"-men. It's just hilarious.
Even funnier... one would think that since Peter Parker couldn't cash a check made out to "Spider-Man" why is he signing a big-deal movie contract as Spider-Man?! The whole story just lacks any and all common sense.
Still, it's wacky, off-beat and FUN. It's a brainless slugfest.
The selling point comes from the splash-page blurb of giving a full twelve cents worth of story and action. The Amazing Spider-Man 14, featuring the debut of The Green Goblin, leading The Enforcers toward a bombastic battle that includes The Incredible Hulk earns three stars!
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