{"id":8206,"date":"2021-02-22T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T04:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=8206"},"modified":"2022-10-16T12:06:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T16:06:29","slug":"asm-245","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2021\/02\/22\/asm-245\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM 245"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It can\u2019t be that easy, can it? Dave Simons is back on inks this month. Has anyone inked more than 2 issues in a row of this run? I don\u2019t think so. What was happening here? Spider-Man has gone to see DA Tower, not seen in these parts in awhile.
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Tower says he would, because they have security clearance and actually cooperate. Then he asks Spider-Man to tell him everything he knows about Hobgoblin, but Spidey just leaves, rather proving Tower\u2019s point. But, as he swings away, he thinks to himself that he doesn\u2019t want the fact that Norman was The Green Goblin to come to light as part of all this, and it probably would if Hobgoblin\u2019s reason for all these robberies was known. But\u2026 if you catch him, surely that\u2019s a guarantee? He thinks Harry has suffered enough and doesn\u2019t want to do that to him. Then we get what may be the first real clue to the Hobgoblin\u2019s identity, as we cut to a \u201cplush mansion on Long Island\u2026\u201d
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Hm. Was that Hobgoblin\u2019s mansion, or was he just using it illegally? As we ponder that one, Spider-Man heads to The Daily Bugle, where Peter Parker searches their morgue files for info on Lefty Donovan. But he\u2019s interrupted by one Betty Leeds, who says he looks like he hasn\u2019t eaten all day, and insists he join her & Ned for dinner. On their way out, they see JJJ leaving with a gym bag, which sparks debate about why he would be exercising that lasts all the way to the restaurant. Y\u2019all are nosy. When they arrive, they find Ned seated with\u2026 Mary Jane Watson. The whole thing was a setup.
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So hard being everyman Peter Parker, hm? Our bandaged mystery man suddenly wakes up. He takes off his bandages and knocks out a hospital orderly, stealing his clothes to make an escape. He feels compelled to drive back to the site of the exploded mansion, tho he doesn\u2019t understand why. Then he feels compelled to look under the carpet, and seems almost surprised to find a hideout for The Hobgoblin hidden beneath the house.
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Interesting! Meanwhile, Spider-Man\u2019s gone to see his ol\u2019 pal Sgt. Snider to ask if maybe he can get him some info on Lefty Donovan. Snider has heard Tower said no and tells Spider-Man he absolutely cannot read the file on Lefty Donovan he\u2019s holding.
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Things are getting weird on the Goblin front, but Spidey takes the invitation. Hogboblin is in Times Square just causing chaos and blowing things up, waiting for Spider-Man to show. He almost kills a few people before our guy makes it to the scene.
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Spider-Man webs up his own chest for padding as the dumpster slams into him. He catches it, but he\u2019s in pretty bad shape now. The Goblin tosses a bomb at him, but even in his disoriented state, he\u2019s still Spider-Man, so he webs it and zips it right back at his foe.
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That\u2019s it for Lefty. Too bad for him. But The Hobgoblin lives to scheme some more. And the people are lovin\u2019 it! There\u2019s plenty more guesses in this issue\u2019s letters.
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Kraven the Hunter! That guy is nuts. Lance Bannon is getting a lot of votes, it seems. But is he The Hobgoblin? Who could it be? We\u2019ll get to the truth someday…
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