COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Amazing Spider-Man 599 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0947158002
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Owner:
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AlphaPrimeIan
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SET DETAILS
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Synopsis: "American Son, Part 5"
Spider-Man lies on the floor fading in and out of consciousness, as the Iron Patriot and the American Son do battle around him. His mind returns to a time in college when Harry got himself into a fight. It had been just after a visit from his father. Norman had made it perfectly clear that he would have preferred Peter was his son, and Harry felt he had to go and punch out his frustration on someone who wasn't Peter. Thing was that Harry agreed with his father. He wished he had Peter for a brother.
Part of Osborn cannot understand why Harry is so mad at him. Doesn't he want Spider-Man dead too? Hasn't the webspinner been a thorn in both their sides over the years? Peter is skulking in the shadows, wondering what to do now that the mask that Reed Richards gave him has disintegrated, when he hears Harry's revelation: that Norman is the father of Lily's child, and that he used her as a lever to bring Harry to him.
Now Norman understands. He still doesn't care of course. His moral compass is so off-base he just finds the whole thing rather funny. Harry uses the American Son armour to blast Norman out of Avengers Tower and dozens of stories straight down. Lily sees this and follows him.
Then Harry notices Spider-Man standing in the shadows. Spidey apologises for what had happened, he just didn't want to leave Harry alone in here with that monster. Harry is not moved. He says that he has deliberately shut off the sensors in his helmet so that he cannot see Spider-Man's true identity. He doesn't want to know. He hates Spider-Man, but this is nothing to do with him. This is between Harry and his father. He tells Spidey to go home, and stay out of his life.
Downstairs, the building is being evacuated. Norah says a quick good bye to the security guide she's been hornswoggling, she intends to head off and write up a story that will damn Norman Osborn. Of course, the story is still unfolding outside. Lily flies down to see if Norman is okay. Her concern is an irrelevance to him. He is pleased that the American Son armour was capable of throwing him this far.
Then Harry is on the scene, and the fight resumes this time with Lily as the bystander. Norman says that he had no choice. He has tried to mould Harry into the son he wanted, but Harry failed at every hurdle. The goblin serum in Norman's body prevented him from having any more children (although he tried). When Lily fell into his hands he thought that her unique physiology would make mating viable. According to Norman she was far from unwilling.
In brief: Harry is redundant. A chapter of Norman's life that is now closed. Norman stops holding back, and goes all out to kill Harry. One blow breaks the visor of the American Son armour, and Norman has his son by the throat. Enter Spider-Man. Despite being terribly weak from lack of blood, Spidey just manages to intervene and pull Norman away. He saves Harry, before he is carried out of fight by a protective Menace, who is guarding Norman like an attack dog.
Harry fights back. He was never Norman's son and never wanted to be. Menace throws the weakened Spider-Man aside and returns to help Norman. With the last vestige of his strength, Spidey webs Menace to her glider and the destroys its engine. The glider crashes taking Menace down with it. Spidey is not much better off as he lies prone on the ground. But he must see what happens next between Harry and his father.
Harry has the upper hand. Norman is helpless, and Harry can kill him with one blow. Spidey remembers Wolverine's words of wisdom from earlier in this arc - "if you have the chance to end it, then end it". What is Spider-Man to do. Stand back and watch his friend commit murder. You know that's not Peter's style. He speaks to Harry. He convinces him that if he kills Norman, then Harry will become the son that Norman has always wanted. Harry finally understands, and finally puts his father behind him. He walks away, leaving a furious and bloody Norman Osborn behind him.
Peter quickly goes and checks himself into hospital, where he visited by May and Jay Jameson. They've put off their trip to Boston, and Jay is covering all of Peter's medical expenses (from the "hit and run" that he suffered). He notices that Harry has sent him flowers. If only Peter knew where his friend was... at his doctor being prescribed opiates for severe pain. The first step on a slippery slope?
At her apartment, Norah is on the phone to Urich. She is watching video feed from Stark Tower, and is just telling her boss that she has the massive story that Peter wanted to break from the beginning. Then he sees what is happening. The security guard she stole the keycard from is being beaten to a pulp by Osborn. "I never forget people who mess in my affairs," Osborn says. Norah suddenly feels very frightened and very alone. Maybe the story isn't ready yet. Maybe she has to think about what she's going to do next. She'll let Urich know.
Over at Avengers Tower, Norman Osborn is speaking to his unborn son, telling him that his brother is dead to them now and that his little "goblin prince" is going to be worthy of Daddy's legacy. It isn't a pleasant and heart-warming scene. Lily looks down at Norman Osborn, his ear pressed to her belly and she is absolutely terrified.
Released: July 15, 2009
Est. Print Run: 72,364
Writer: Joe Kelly
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