Saturday, September 20, 2014

Sci Fi History: The Night Gwen Stacy Died (1973)

 
Norman Osborn suffers a mental breakdown when his son has to detox due to a drug addiction. He relapses as the Green Goblin, kidnaps Peter Parker's girlfriend Gwen Stacy, and obscons with her to a bridge. Spiderman and the Goblin brawl and Osborn tosses Stacy off the bridge. Spiderman uses his webshooters to break her fall, but snaps her neck. An enraged Spidey chases the Goblin to a warehouse where the Goblin tries to impale the hero with his glider. Spiderman dodges the glider, which kills Osborn. The story arc shocked comic fans and changed the game. Major characters could now die. No doubt this is the #1 moment in comic history. The Amazing Spiderman #121 and #122 are considered classics.

As seen in Amazing Spiderman 2 (2014):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaU9-QWslVI


As seen in Spiderman (2002):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DMkC6qMgWQ
 
 

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