Green Goblin II (Harry Osborn)

 In: Characters
 Posted: 2002
 Staff: Dave Sippel (E-Mail)
 Staff: Jeanne Burch
 Staff: Keith Moore (E-Mail)
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Attributes
Eyes:

Blue

Features:

Apart from wearing a green latex outfit and jetting around on a goblin glider, none.

Hair:

Reddish Brown

Height:

5' 10"

Weight:

170 lbs

Powers
Abilities:

Harry ran his company efficiently

Equipment:

The vertical-thrust goblin glider, which was powered by a miniature turbo- fan. It could go up to 90 miles per hour and support 400 pounds.

Limitations:

Prone to crippling self-doubts and recriminations.

Powers:

Harry has been exposed to the Goblin Formula, so he has all that strength/agility/stamina that comes with the serum

Strength Level:

For most of his career, Harry had normal human strength. Near the end of his life, he was able to go toe-to-toe with Spider-Man without either winning a clear victory.

Weapons:

Concussive, smoke, gas and incendiary bombs. Gloves capable of conducting pulses of electricity upwards of 10,000 volts.

Summary
Citizenship:

U.S.

Created By:

Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Gerry Conway, Ross Andru, Frank Giacoia, David Hunt

Current Occupation:

Manages and owns the Coffee Bean, a Manhattan-base coffee house

Dual Identity:

Known at time of death; secret for many years before.

Education:

College graduate

Former Occupation:

Owner and president of Osborn Industries, Inc.

Known Allies:

Spider-Man, the Molten Man

Known Confidants:

Harry at times confided in his best friend, Peter Parker.

Known Relatives:

Norman Osborn (father); Emily Osborn (mother, deceased); Liz Allan Osborn (ex-wife); Norman 'Normie' Harold Osborn (son); Lily Hollister (mother of Harry's second son); Lily's child (to date un-named)(son)

Legal Status:

No known criminal record

Major Enemies:

Hobgoblin II, Spiderman, and himself

Marital Status:

Harry's been divorced three times (Liz and 'two 'others'), he proposed to Lily Hollister, but they have since split. Harry is currently single

Place of Birth:

New York City

Real Name:

Harold "Harry" Theopolis Osborn

Usual Bases:

New York City

Background

Harold "Harry" Osborn had a lot going against him from a young age. His mother, Emily Osborn, died shortly after he was born, which left him in the custody of his violent and mercurial father, Norman Osborn. Emily had been a stabilizing factor in Norman's life and in his grief over her death, took out his anger on Harry, sometimes beating the boy. Norman always regretted what he had done, and apologized to Harry, leading the boy to think that deep down, his father was a good and kind man.

He was part of the popular crowd in high school, and was friends with his schools "It" girl, Gwen Stacy. Harry and Gwen both attended Empire State University after high school, where they met Peter Parker. Peter, being the diligent student that he was, seemed distant and arrogant to Harry and Gwen and they enjoyed trying to bring him down a few notches. Despite feeling blown off by Peter, Gwen felt an attraction to him, even though Harry felt that he was a jerk. Harry didn't begin to feel differently about Peter until after he visited Norman Osborn in the hospital. Unknown to Harry, Peter Parker was the Amazing Spider-Man and Norman Osborn was the Green Goblin. Peter had finally managed to defeat Norman, whom had suffered from selective amnesia after their previous battle.

Appreciating the sympathy that Peter showed to his father, Harry became his best friend and they became room mates. Peter got to know Gwen better and through Peter, Harry met Mary Jane Watson. Harry was quite enamored with MJ, but she was really more interested in Peter. The pressure of keeping MJ as his girlfriend and keeping his father happy and healthy got to him, however, and he began taking drugs. It was a long, slow road to recovery, replete with backslides. It was during such a period that Harry witnessed the battle between his father, the original Green Goblin, and Spider-Man, that resulted in his father's death. The shock started to drive Harry towards insanity.

After discovering Spider-Man's costume in Peter Parker's room, Harry assumed the identity of the Green Goblin and tried to do in his roommate. Peter defeated Harry, only after Harry kidnapped Mary Jane, Flash Thompson and Aunt May. Harry wired one of them with a bomb and held them in different parts of the city, but didn't tell Spidey which one had the bomb. With only minutes until the bomb was set to explode, Spider-Man didn't have time to save all of them. Peter took a guess and went to Aunt May. Naturally, she was the one that was trapped with the bomb. The arriving authorities refused to believe that either Peter was Spider-Man, or that Harry himself was the Green Goblin, despite Harry's rantings. They handed Harry over to a psychiatrist, Dr. Barton Hamilton, who successfully treated Harry's insanity but who also learned everything Harry knew about the Green Goblin. Dr. Hamilton eventually went on to become the third Green Goblin after kidnapping Harry, who defeated Hamilton with the help of Spider-Man. Harry was hurt in the battle and lost parts of his memory.

Harry's life began to calm down after he married Liz Allan and had a son, Norman Osborn, Jr. He inherited OsCorp Industries from his father after Norman's "death" and lived a happy, wealthy life with his family and friends. This peace and calm began to erode when the original Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley, offered him proof that Norman Osborn was his father. Hobgoblin demanded access to more of Norman's journals of his criminal exploits and kidnapped a pregnant Liz and Mary Jane until Harry turned them over. Harry tried to use some of his father's weapons on the Hobgoblin, with dismal results. He was again saved by Spider-Man.

Harry stayed away from super-powered types for a while. During the Inferno crisis, he became the Green Goblin again and battled the second Hobgoblin, Jason Macendale. The new Hobgoblin also demanded to know about the secrets of the original Green Goblin, specifically the Goblin's strength enhancing formula. Harry barely managed to defeat the Hobgoblin. Unfortunately, the Osborn Chemical branch of OsCorp was destroyed by the demonic events of Inferno.

While at first Harry was too concerned about his wife and child to seriously think of becoming a crime fighter in his own right, he quickly began to miss the thrill and excitement that he experienced as the Green Goblin. He helped Spider-Man and his brother in law, Mark Raxton (aka the Molten Man) stop a robbery of an experimental plant preservative called DIOX-3 from Osborn Chemical. The chemical was sought after by Tombstone, who wanted it to preserve the drugs that he was smuggling from South America. Harry, emboldened by his success against Tombstone, began to put together plans to be New York's newest crime fighter, but was persuaded to change his mind by Spidey.

Harry and Peter remained close friends, and Harry became Peter and Mary Jane's land lord after they moved into his Soho apartment building. (They had been evicted by Jonathan Caesar after Mary Jane refused to marry him.)This living arrangement would later cause trouble for the Parkers, when Mary Jane became sick with "SoHo sickness," caused by Corona. Peter left Harry alone after convincing him to stay a non-superhero, but he was unaware that Harry's memory of Peter's secret ID had returned.

Harry began to imagine his father's spirit, goading him to revenge. Despite his best efforts to ignore Norman's "ghost" and put his violent history behind him, the fact that his best friend was involved in his father's death became too much for the emotionally fragile Harry to bear. During this 'haunting' from his father's ghost, Harry came to grips with the fact that his father had killed Gwen Stacy, however he could still not forgive Peter for killing his father. Harry succumbed to his internal pressure to don the Goblin costume and avenge his father's death against Peter. When Peter surrendered himself to Harry, Harry could not bring himself to kill Peter, leaving Peter unharmed. Harry warns Spider-Man that he won't stop hating him. He proves it by hiring the Rhino to attack Peter Parker.

Combined with years of abuse at his father's hand, the drug use from his youth and his all around stressful life, Harry suffered an emotional breakdown. He obtained and used a modified version of the original Green Goblin's strength formula. Harry taunted Peter and Mary Jane with his knowledge of Peter's secret identity and threatened to expose his secret to the world. He openly jetted about in his Goblin attire, even publicly confronting J. Jonah Jameson. His determination to extract vengeance caused him to try and blow up the Osborn Foundation with himself and Spider-Man inside. However, the presence of Mary Jane and his son, Normie, shocked him into a semblance of sanity. He got everyone out safely before collapsing. He died shortly thereafter, apparently from an unexpected side-effect of the modified Green Goblin formula.

Even death didn't stop Harry from tormenting Peter and his family. Just before his death, Harry created robotic duplicates of Peter's long dead parents with the help of the Chameleon. Their mission was to convince Peter that they were the real thing, gain his trust and then kill him. Peter stayed skeptical of them for a long time, but eventually he trusted them. The "father" robot went about its mission to kill Peter with a vengeance, but the "mother" robot considered Peter to be "such a positive human," that she refused to attack him and went so far as to destroy her "husband." Peter and the robot didnt have time to mourn his passing or to become a family, as the Vulture used the remaining robots artificial life to power his rejuvenator device and become young again.

Harry's final attack involved the kidnapping of his own son. He sent three robotic Goblin women to kidnap Normie and to expose him to the Green Goblin Formula, unaware that it was toxic. Spider-Man tracked Normie down with the help of Bugle reporter Ben Urich and the Molten Man, and the complex that held the computer containing Harry's final instructions was destroyed.

Spider-Man got to see Harry again, in a way. A rebel Scrier kidnapped Normie after Norman Osborn returned to America. Normie was kidnapped in order to draw Norman out and kill him. A hologram of Harry was created to keep Norman Jr calm and cooperative. After the Scrier was defeated, the hologram took Normie aside and told him that his grandfather was not to be trusted, that Spider-Man was his friend and had nothing to do with Harry Osborn's death. Before it disappeared, Spidey asked "Is it really you, Harry?" "As close as it comes, buddy" was the answer. They embraced and the hologram faded away.

Like a good comic book character, Harry didn't stay dead. He was found to be alive after Peter made a deal with the demon Mephisto to save Aunt May's life. Peter woke up one morning to find that May was out of a coma after being shot by a sniper hired by the Kingpin to kill the Parker family. He also was no longer married to Mary Jane and had no memory of ever having been so. Harry returned, claiming that he had been away in Europe. Peter accepted all of this without question. Later, Harry told Peter that he had been the Green Goblin and had been beaten by Spider-Man. He hadn't died however. That had been a trick put together by Norman and Mysterio.

Harry seems to not be married to Liz, as he is dating Lily Hollister, the daughter of New York's District Attorney. He no longer knows that Peter is Spider-Man and he has promised the D.A. that he wants nothing to do with his father.

His alter ego may be gone, but his temper isnt. After finally seeing his father again after years away, it was the clear that the relationship had not improved. Norman was on assignment in New York with the Thunderbolts to capture Spider-Man and he visited Harry at the Coffee Bean. Norman had left Harry in charge of OsCorp but was disappointed to see his son serving drinks instead. Harry intended to make the Coffee Bean into a franchise, which did nothing to impress his father. After Norman left in disgust, Harry took out his frustration on Lily.

Their relationship didnt improve when he and Peter went to visit Liz and Normie in New Jersey. Liz had divorced him the moment she knew he was alive and Normie was afraid of him. Harry had come to sign life insurance papers, but quickly got the chance to help Liz when her step brother, Mark Raxton, showed up. The Molten Man had been getting treatment for his worsening condition at the house and went into and got protective when he heard Liz and Harry arguing.

Peter got all three Osborns out of the house and Spider-Man distracted the Molten Man while Harry got a surprise out of the trunk of his car. He had meant to make things up to Liz by telling her he had been working on a cure for her step brother's molten powers. He had found a cure by doing experiments on Charlie Weiderman, the second Molten Man. In the end, Liz considered everything even.

After returning to New York, Harry proposed to Lily at the top of the Statue of Liberty, who declined. Harry nearly lost his temper again, but held it in check and let her go to her father, who was waiting for the election results to arrive. Later, he went to Lily's apartment to talk to her and saw her in her Menace costume. She then explained to him how she discovered the Osborn family's connection to the Green Goblin (she found one of Harry's journals) and the lair hidden in Norman's mansion. She then accepted his marriage proposal, all despite Harry's insistence that she was sick and needed medical help.

Harry went after Lily as the Goblin, determined to cure her of the enhanced Goblin Formula that transformed her into Menace. He found her at her father's home as Menace, trying to help a friend being arrested by the police. She grabbed the cure dart out of the air, but was cured by force by Spider-Man and arrested. In jail, she met Norman Osborn, who welcomed her to the family.

She was soon out of jail (escaped with help from Norman, I assume) and confronted Harry, revealing to be pregnant. Harry had just been offered a place on the Avengers, headed by his father. He had rejected Norman's offer but later accepted it to help pay for the expenses of having a new child. Harry joined the American Son program, created by Norman to make Harry in his own Iron Patriot image. (Norman had claimed all of Tony Stark's Iron Man equipment after Stark had been disgraced following the Secret Invasion. Norman had since taken the name of Iron Patriot.) Naturally, things didnt go as planned.

Before Harry could cure Lilly of the Goblin Formula, she had a bombshell for him. It wasnt his baby. (Quick! Call Maury Povich!) It was Norman's. (Call Jerry Springer!) She never loved Harry, but was much more impressed by Norman. Harry was enraged again by his father's betrayal and used the American Son armor against him.

A four way battle ensued between American Son, Iron Patriot, Spider-Man and Menace. Harry managed to hold his anger and not kill his father and walked away. The Osborns now consider each other to be dead.

Essentially homeless, Harry lives out of the Coffee Bean restaurant. He was soon targeted by the Chameleon, who was impersonating Peter Parker at the time. Chameleon knew of Harry's connection to the head of H.A.M.M.E.R and hoped to use that to his advantage. Harry had been happily at the May Parker home with Peter's attractive cousins, at Chameleon-as-Peter's instructions. Chameleon's code of "honor" demanded that he "help" the person he was currently impersonating. He considered Peter to be irresponsible to his friends, and thus told Harry to move in with May.

Harry took a liking to Peter's cousin and started dating her. He still had a soft spot for for Lily and was at her side as she gave birth to Norman's son. Of course, she flew through the restaurant window on a goblin glider, where Mary Jane, Peter and Carlie Cooper were meeting. She was trying to escape from Doctor Octopus and his gang, who wanted to experiment on her baby. Harry tried to protect her from Octavius, which didn't exactly work.

Spidey rescued the baby but was tricked into handing it over to the Chameleon, disguised as Harry. While en route to delivering the child to Octavius, baby Stanley was taken from Chameleon by the Lizard. Spidey caught up to the lizard-man, and deduced from the child's blood work that Harry, not Norman, was the father. Spidey returned the baby to Harry, telling him the news. Harry decided to go into hiding, to protect Stanley from Norman's goons. They also feared being found by any of Octopus's cronies. Before Harry and Stanley left, Peter threw them a going away party.

Vin Gonzalez (Peter Parker's former roommate who had recently spent time in jail) arrived at Harry's going away party. He had a Green Goblin tattoo on his arm, showing his allegiance to Norman and told Harry to take good care of Norman's grandson. After all, little Stanley was the heir to the Osborn name. Harry returned to the party later without Stan, and beat Vin to a pulp, telling him to pass the message on to Norman Osborn. Harry then left for parts unknown, taking his son with him.

"The Fall of Parker"

After being trapped with Liz during the Secret Empire catastrophe, they became a couple again. Harry had the unenviable task of dealing with the fallout of the collapse of Parker Industries and while he kept Peter out of prison, he did say that Parker was bankrupt. (Amazing Spider-Man #789) With Liz's help, Harry bought a bankrupt company called Humanitech and their robot intellectual property. At home, their nanny claimed that Stanley and Normie had gotten into a minor fight, explaining the bandages on their arms. She had actually taken blood samples from them. (Amazing Spider-Man #791)

Image Gallery

Appearances

Cover Date Appearance Information
Year 1994 FB: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) Annual #14 (Story 1)
  Flashback to Harry's childhood
Jun 2009 FB: Amazing Spider-Man: Extra #3 (Story 2)
  Flashback to Norman raising Harry
Dec 1995 App: Untold Tales of Spider-Man #4
Apr 1996 App: Untold Tales of Spider-Man #8
Sep 1997 App: Untold Tales of Spider-Man #25
Dec 1965 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #31
Mar 1966 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #34
Jun 1966 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #37
Jul 1966 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #38
Jan 1999 App: Webspinners Tales of Spider-Man #1 (Story 1)
Aug 1966 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #39
Sep 1966 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #40
Oct 1966 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #41
Nov 1966 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #42
Dec 1966 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #43
Jan 1967 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #44
Feb 1967 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #45
Mar 1967 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #46
  Harry & Peter agree to share an apartment.
Apr 1967 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #47
May 1967 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #48
Jun 1967 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #49
May 1968 App: Marvel Super Heroes #14
Jul 1967 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #50
  Appears in ASM #50-#59
Jul 1968 App: Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #1 (Story 1)
Apr 1968 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #59
  Appears in ASM #59-#62
Year 1968 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) Annual #5 (Story 1)
Aug 1968 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #63
Oct 1968 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #65
Nov 1968 App: Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #2
Nov 1968 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #66
Apr 1969 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #71
Jul 1969 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #74
Sep 1969 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #76
Nov 1969 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #78
Jan 1970 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #80
Mar 1970 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #82
Apr 1970 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #83
Jul 1970 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #86
Aug 1970 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #87
Nov 1970 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #90
Dec 1970 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #91
May 1971 App: Captain America (Vol. 1) #137
Jun 1971 App: Captain America (Vol. 1) #138
Apr 1971 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #95
  Appears in ASM #95-#98
Feb 1972 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #105
Sep 1972 App: Marvel Team-Up #4
Mar 1972 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #106
Apr 1972 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #107
Nov 1972 App: Marvel Team-Up #5
May 1972 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #108
Jul 1972 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #110
Sep 1972 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #112
Oct 1972 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #113
Jan 1973 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #116
Feb 1973 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #117
Mar 1973 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #118
May 1973 App: Marvel Team-Up #9
Apr 1973 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #119
Jun 1973 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #121
Jul 1973 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #122
  Sees father "die". Green Goblin II is born.
Aug 1973 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #123
Oct 1973 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #125
Nov 1973 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #126
Dec 1973 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #127
Feb 1974 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #129
Jul 1974 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #134
Aug 1974 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #135
  Discovers Peter is Spiderman
Sep 1974 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #136
  First becomes Green Goblin
Oct 1974 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #137
Dec 1975 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #151
Jan 1976 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #152
Feb 1976 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #153
May 1976 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #156
Jun 1976 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #157
Sep 1976 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #160
  Appears in ASM #160-#163
Mar 1977 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #166
Apr 1977 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #167
Jun 1977 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #169
Aug 1977 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #171
  Appears in ASM #171-#175
Feb 1978 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #177
  Appears in ASM #177-#180
Oct 1978 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #185 (Story 1)
Nov 1978 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #24
Jan 1979 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #188
Apr 1979 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #29
May 1979 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #192
Jul 1979 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #194
Aug 1979 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #195
Sep 1979 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #196
Dec 1979 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #199
Apr 1980 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #203
Feb 1982 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #63
Year 1982 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) Annual #16 (Story 1)
Apr 1983 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #239
May 1983 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #78
Sep 1983 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #244
Dec 1983 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #85
Year 1983 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) Annual #17
Feb 1984 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #249
Mar 1984 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #250
Apr 1984 App: Marvel Team-Up #140
Apr 1984 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #89
Apr 1984 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #251
Sep 1984 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #94
Oct 1984 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #95
Jan 1985 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #260
Feb 1985 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #261
Apr 1985 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #263
May 1985 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #2
May 1985 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #102
Jun 1985 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #265
Mar 1986 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #112
Oct 1986 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #119
May 1989 App: Spider-Man: Parallel Lives
Sep 1987 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #130
May 1988 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #38
Jan 1989 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #311
Jan 1989 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #146
Feb 1989 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #47
Feb 1989 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #312
  Fights Hobgoblin II
Feb 1989 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #147
Mar 1989 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #48
Aug 1989 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #318
Sep 1989 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #319
Jul 1989 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #152
Year 1989 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) Annual #9 (Story 1)
Sep 1989 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #320
Oct 1989 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #321
Oct 1989 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #155
Nov 1989 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #156
Nov 1989 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #56
Nov 1989 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #157
Dec 1989 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #326
Feb 1990 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #61
Mar 1990 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #62
Year 1990 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) Annual #10 (Story 1)
Year 1990 App: Web of Spider-Man Annual #6 (Story 1)
Apr 1990 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #63
May 1990 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #64
Jun 1990 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #65
Jul 1990 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #66
Aug 1990 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #67
Jun 1991 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #177
Jun 1991 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #77
Jul 1991 App: Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #78
Jul 1991 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #178
Aug 1991 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #179
Sep 1991 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #180
Oct 1991 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #181
Nov 1991 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #182
Dec 1991 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #183
Jan 1992 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #184
May 1992 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #188
Jun 1992 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #189 (Story 1)
  Holds his family hostage
May 1994 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #389
  Harry revealed as mastermind faking the return of Peter's parents
Jul 1992 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #190
Nov 1992 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #369 (Story 1)
May 1993 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #200
  'Dies'
Year 2000 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 2) Annual 2000 (Story 1)
  Rebel Scrier terrorizes Liz and Normie with Holographic Harry
Apr 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man Family #4 (Story 1)
  Harry and Peter meet for the first time since Harry 'died'
Nov 2007 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #545
Feb 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #546 (Story 1)
  Harry discusses politics with Bill Hollister
Mar 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #547
Mar 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #548
Apr 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #549
May 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #552
May 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #554
Jun 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #557
Jul 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #558
Jul 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #559
Jul 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #560
Aug 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #561
Sep 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man: Extra #1 (Story 2)
Oct 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #567
Oct 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #568 (Story 1)
Oct 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #569
Nov 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #571
  Harry hands Oscorp files over to Ben Urich
Nov 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #572
Dec 2008 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #573 (Story 1)
Oct 2008 App: Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #1
Nov 2008 App: Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #2
Dec 2008 App: Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #3
Jan 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #581
  Harry tells Peter the secrets behind his return from the dead
Mar 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #582
Mar 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #584
  Harry proposes to Lily
Apr 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #585
  Harry learns Lily's secret as Menace
Apr 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #586
May 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #587
May 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #588
  Harry and Spider-Man reveal Lily's alter ego publicly
Jun 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #590
  Harry relapses into alcoholism
Jun 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #591
Jun 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #595
  Harry finds out Lily is pregnant
Jun 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #596
  Harry joins Norman's Avengers as the American Son
Jun 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #597
Jun 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #598
Jul 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #599
  Harry uncovers the truth behind the American Son project
Oct 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #602
Oct 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #603
Nov 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #604
  Harry becomes involved with Peter's cousins (from Boston)
Nov 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #605 (Story 1)
Dec 2009 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #609
Jan 2010 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #610
Mar 2010 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #619
Apr 2010 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #621
Apr 2010 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #622 (Story 1)
  Harry moves in with MJ
Jul 2010 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #630
Aug 2010 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #636 (Story 1)
Jul 2010 App: American Son #1 (Story 1)
  Harry is shot by Gabriel Stacy
Aug 2010 App: American Son #2
Sep 2010 App: American Son #3
Oct 2010 App: American Son #4
  Harry commits to ridding himself of his pain-killer addictions
Dec 2012 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #697
  Shown living in Seattle, raising Stanley.

Thanks To

 The assistance of the Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.

 Some of the above information is extracted from the various versions of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe and the more recent Marvel Encyclopaedias.

 In: Characters
 Posted: 2002
 Staff: Dave Sippel (E-Mail)
 Staff: Jeanne Burch
 Staff: Keith Moore (E-Mail)