On the night before Halloween,
Green Goblin gases and kidnaps
Hammerhead, taking him to a steel mill. The Goblin tries to convince him to join his ranks, but Hammerhead refuses as his loyalty lies solely with the "Big Man",
Tombstone. Later, Goblin confronts Tombstone and steals a
jump drive he is carrying, declaring that he can take it back from him later that night before he sails off on his glider.
Spider-Man spots him and they begin to juggle. Goblin reveals that he possesses the jump drive stolen from Tombstone and that he can have it later that night, before kicking him off his glider. Spider-Man tries to catch up with him and notices him sneaking into his friend
Harry's apartment. Sneaking in, he spots Harry's father
Norman coming out of a secret passageway and theorizes that Norman is the Goblin. Spider-Man is forced to slip out after Harry walks in, and misses Harry drinking an experimental, drug-like formula. A short while later, Peter Parker calls Harry and invites him to a
Bleecker Street Halloween carnival with
Gwen,
Mary Jane and
Liz Allan. Harry accepts the invitation. On his way to the carnival, Peter attempts to sell Spider-Man photographs to
Daily Bugle editor
J. Jonah Jameson, but he refuses and tells him to try selling them to the
Globe. Goblin breaks into
OsCorp when Norman is talking with investors and steals an inhibitor prototype. Peter arrives at the carnival, still dressed as Spider-Man, but everyone assumes it is just his costume and applauds him for it. Peter slips out after spotting fireworks caused by the Goblin erupting in the sky. He follows them to a steel mill, where he finds Tombstone. The two enter together, and find Goblin has Hammerhead suspended over a vat of molten metal. The Goblin reveals that the jump drive is fake. Goblin readjusts his focus on Tombstone and Spider-Man, who are forced to team up to fight the villain. While accusing Goblin of being Norman Osborn, Spider-Man uses his webs to reflect one of the villain's pumpkin bombs back at him. A limping Goblin escapes on his injured glider and Spider-Man follows him to the Osborn apartment. Spider-Man finds an amnesiac Harry in changing out of the costume, just as Norman arrives. It is revealed that Harry, in an effort to impress his father, has been drinking a prototype performance enhancer dubbed "Globulin Green". Harry, after lashing out at his father, collapses, and Norman comes to the conclusion that after overhearing his father's conversations with Tombstone, Harry's subconscious created the identity of the goblin to take Tombstone down. Initially intending to frame himself as the Goblin, Spider-Man instead tells Norman to take care of his son, and leave the identity of the Goblin an unsolved mystery. The next day, Peter learns that Mary Jane has transferred to his high school, and that Harry is taking an extended leave to get better. Meanwhile, while orbiting the Earth during a routine space mission with his crew,
John Jameson and his ship are hit by a
meteor shower. John struggles to return the ship to Earth, but eventually lands it at
Cape Canaveral. The next day, Jonah learns that the
Globe's cover story on the Goblin's rampage—featuring Peter's photos—is outselling the
Bugle's story on John's journey. An infuriated Jameson decides to meet with the public's demand by publishing a new cover story questioning if Spider-Man is a hero or a menace. Meanwhile, John is interviewed at the shuttle hangar when he spots
black goo on the bottom of the shuttle. ==Production==