The Amazing Spider-Man No. 251

The Amazing Spider-Man #251 Date: April 1984 Publisher: Marvel Comics Group Cover Price: 60¢ 2013 Price Range: $2.00 - $16.00 Stats: 21 color pages plus ads, Bullpen Bulletins and "The Spider's Web" letters page. Writers: Roger Stern and Tom DeFalco Artists: Ron Frenz, Klaus Janson, Joe Rosen, Christie Scheele Notable Notes: Hobgoblin dies (or does he?) without his identity revealed! More Stringing Along... Spider-man is a great character, but he sure does have trouble with the roller-coaster quality of his series! Here is another issue that I place on the "down side" in terms of quality and customer satisfaction. You decide if I'm over-reacting or not... Synopsis: Last issue, in The Amazing Spider-man #250, we (the readers) did *not* learn the secret identity of the Hobgoblin, so I was hoping this issue would give us that insight. Alas, it was not to be. Instead we are treated to one, big, long fight scene. It begins in the exploded warehouse, where Spidey and the Hobgoblin are hurt…