Posted By Dan Greenfield on Apr 25, 2020 | 2 comments

Spider-Man’s bete noire gets the spotlight…

OK, so a couple things: Lately, I’ve been leaning a lot more toward DC than Marvel and the main reason is that A) I’m a Batman fanatic and there have been a bunch of great anniversaries lately, and B) there’s more news coming out of the DC side of things right now.

But I don’t like tilting the balance too far in either direction, even if I grew up a DC kid. So given the four Batman #1 anniversary stories Friday, I wanted to make Saturday something of a Marvel day.

So, I decided that since we just celebrated the Joker and Catwoman‘s 80th birthdays, I’d give some air to their Marvel analogues — each of whom obviously is a great character in their own right.

I mean, the Green Goblin isn’t a Joker knockoff. He’s Spider-Man’s greatest adversary and he happens to laugh like a fiend.

And while Black Cat might be a Catwoman facsimile, she certainly has claws of her own.

Here, then, are 13 GREEN GOBLIN COVERS TO MAKE YOU CACKLE LIKE A MANIAC. (And you can click here for 13 BLACK CAT COVERS TO MAKE YOU PURR.)

John Romita

Steve Ditko

Romita. Buckle in, you’re going to see a bunch of variations of this one. Because I do love it so.

Gil Kane pencils, Frank Giacoia and Mike Esposito inks

Romita

Ross Andru pencils, Joe Sinnott inks

Romita

Alex Ross

Ditko Spidey, Romita Goblin. John Verpoorten likely did the background.

Romita

Romita

Ross

Romita

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MORE

— 13 BLACK CAT COVERS TO MAKE YOU PURR. Click here.

— The TOP 13 JOHN ROMITA SPIDER-MAN Covers — RANKED. Click here.

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Credits from the Grand Comics Database.