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Events of 616

Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks Vol. 4

  • Issues 31-40 

  • Peter registers at Empire State University

  • Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy are introduced. Gwen takes a liking to Peter

  • Spiderman has Dr. Connors order a serum of Iso 36 which will help Aunt May from radioactive poisoning which was transferred through Peter’s blood

  • The Master Planner aka Doc Ock wants to get his hands on it for his atomic research

  • Spiderman follows Master Planner’s crooks who took the shipment containing the serum and eventually confronts Doc Ock in his underwater base

  • Doc Ock escapes as heavy machinery falls atop Spidey, too heavy for him to lift

  • Knowing he needs to save May’s life, he manages to push it off and grab the serum

  • His resolve stays resilient as he beats through Master Planner’s cronies

  • He gets the serum to Connors and has his own blood tested with it first for certainty it will work for May 

  • Aunt May is cured and Peter fully loses Betty 

  • Kraven pretends to be Spiderman to lure him out. He loses

  • Molten Man comes out of prison and tries crime again only to again be put back

  • A scientist named Norton G. Fester gains basic superpowers from a meteorite

  • Of course, Spiderman stops him

  • A Professor Stromm designs two robots to attack his former partner Norman Osborn who stole his inventions 

  • Stromm dies of a heart attack and Osborn sneakily knocks out Spidey intending for the robots to finish him

  • Osborn has nefarious plans and plans to get Spiderman out of his way

  • A suit makes a regular guy named Joe Smith go crazy who has a passion for boxing. Spidey sets him straight

  • Green Goblin follows Spiderman home and discovers he’s Peter Parker 

  • He abducts Peter, ties him up and reveals himself as Norman Osborn, Harry’s father

  • Taking one of Stromm’s formulas which blew in his face, it turned his mind sharper but also unstable and turned to crime

  • Donning the Green Goblin costume, he targeted Spiderman because he knew he’d earn the underworld’s respect 

  • Spidey escapes his bonds and knocks Goblin into an electrical charge making him lose any memories after his lab accident

  • Spiderman gets Osborn to safety where he lies in bed at home watched over by Harry