Goblins Revenge

Marvel Berkley/Byron Preiss Productions Prose Novels

by Dean Wesley Smith

Carnage is back--and the serum has been stolen. But evan that pales in comparison to Spider-Man's latest revelation--the Green Goblin, thought to be dead twice over, has returned. Can Spider-Man recover the serum and defeat two of his deadliest enemies of all time?

Genres: Spider Man, Superheroes, Science Fiction, Comics

212 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Pen Names
Edward Taft
Dee W. Schofield
Sandy Schofield
Kathryn Wesley

Dean Wesley Smith is the bestselling author of over ninety novels under many names and well over 100 published short stories. He has over eight million copies of his books in print and has books published in nine different countries. He has written many original novels in science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, and romance as well as books for television, movies, games, and comics. He is also known for writing quality work very quickly and has written a large number of novels as a ghost writer or under house names.

With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. The following is a list of novels under the Dean Wesley Smith name, plus a number of pen names that are open knowledge. Many ghost and pen name books are not on this list because he is under contractual obligations not to disclose that he wrote them. Many of Dean’s original novels are also under hidden pen names for marketing reasons.

Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.

Over his career he has also been an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books.

Currently, he is writing thrillers and mystery novels under another name.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best Spidey book, but not bad. It's shorter than most, but pretty well action packed. I preferred Smith's earlier Carnage in New York. (Which may be why Goodreads has the unexplained "2" in the title listing.) It is quite nicely illustrated. A good casual afternoon read, but not especially memorable. Excelsior, M.M.M.S. members!

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 3 out of 5]

The good news about Goblin's Revenge is that it's largely free of offensive content, save for the expected violence, the writing style is quite readable, and that you can understand it just fine without having read the prequel Carnage in New York. The bad news? Goblin's Revenge is a bit too brief--212 pages, including some white space and one full-page illustration for each of the sixteen chapters and prologue and epilogue--the conclusion feels a bit rushed, and there wasn't as much action as most Spidey fans would probably want. Die-hard fans of the wall-crawler might like this, but there are plenty of better novels about Peter Parker and his arachnid alter ego than Goblin's Revenge.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is pretty good. It's a sequel to the novel "Carnage in New York" and takes place right after that one. Not only is Carnage back, but the Green Goblin shows up as well. Cool, action packed read. If you think you'll like this, you probably will.

[ShaddaShk · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh, this was an OK book. It's Spider-man, right? I've never liked Carnage and maybe that's what I didn't like about the book. The writing was good although I felt the writer wrote a weaker Spider-Man/Peter Parker compared to the writer of "Venom's Wrath". Also, with a title like Goblin's Revenge you would think there would be more of the Green Goblin - even a fake Gobby - in the book. But he was behind the scenes most of the time until the very last and then the type of method didn't seem to suit the villain behind the mask. It had more about Carnage going back after SpiderMan and not much intrigue. I would of loved to see more involvement of the folks with sonic rifles, that looked like it could of been an interesting development but instead they felt thrown in to fill in the holes.

Bottom line; if your bent on reading every Spider-Man book you will have a good read. If your looking for something a little more substantial, you can skip this and I'd recommend Venom's Wrath pr the Revenge of the Sinister Six instead

[bwain_twauma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty average Spidey story with prose that felt very repetitive and awkward. +1 star for Mary Jane characterization because modern comics have completely skewered her image and it's nice to read something with the old PeterMJ dynamic.

[Major · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another thrilling book featuring a deadly pair of villains and plenty of action and drama.

[Ekenedilichukwu Ikegwuani · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was actually insanely good

[Rob Vitagliano · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a relatively short and simple story that is actually a sequel to “Carnage in New York.” It feels and reads almost exactly the same as that story, and even a casual Spider-Man fan such as myself was not only able to follow along, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. This one has a few more villains in it, but it doesn’t feel convoluted. I’m familiar with Dean Wesley Smith’s work from Star Trek, and he brings a similar style to this.