With the (seeming) multitude of Green Goblins that run around the Spider-Man universe, it could be easy to forget there was, for a short time, a third person who donned the Goblin outfit back in the day.

"A New Goblin" collects that storyline together and it's full of all the things that made Spider-Man, well, Spider-Man. It's got angst with Aunt May, it has Peter struggling to balance his real identity with that of his secret identity, it's got villians in a power struggle and it's got an undercurrent of relationship angst for Parker. All these come to a boil when the Goblin decides he wants to be the crime boss of New York and will trade Spidey's secret identity for this. Meanwhile, Aunt May is in the hospital, waiting for Peter to arrive to give consent for a life-saving surgery.

In a lot of ways, this is a greatest hits of themes from Amazing Spider-Man days of old. It's enjoyable and fun to read and they to try to throw in a twist or two. But it's still not as strong as some of Spidey's original battles with Goblin back when Stan Lee was writing the book ( )