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You're brilliant! You live a double life as a totem of something more, like me! You know Harry! He's useless! How can someone so weak follow in my footsteps? You're my heir! It's obvious!
~ Green Goblin to Spider-Man.

Norman Virgil Osborn is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Iron Man) of the 2019 comic miniseries Spider-Man: Life Story.

He is the highly intelligent and sadistic CEO of Oscorp, as well as super villain known as the Green Goblin. After becoming obsessed with the superhero Spider-Man, he sought to turn the vigilante to his side to become his heir.

History[]

Past[]

Norman's past parallels his 616 self, with him having a son named Harry and becoming the CEO of Oscorp. He also became obsessed with Harry's best friend, Peter Parker, whose intelligence made Norman see him as his only worthy successor. After taking the Goblin Serum, he became the supervillain Green Goblin. After uncovering more of Peter's life, he realized that Peter was Spider-Man, his own arch nemesis. Thus, he started working with Miles Warren to create a clone of both himself and Peter. He also implanted a fail safe to make it seem like the original Peter was the clone.

1960s[]

In 1966, Norman drove Harry to college after his car broke down, showing clear distain for his son. He also offered Peter Parker an internship at his company, though Parker had other commitments. Norman later accompanied his son to Flash Thompson's going away party, where he spoke with Peter at a bar. Here, he revealed he had planted explosive devices all around the building. He threatened to blow up the building and kill everyone inside unless Peter met him in the alley. After he did so, Norman fought Peter and attempted to force him to his side. The battle culminated in Norman getting crushed under a billboard. This left him with amnesia, forgetting his goblin persona entirely, though he soon remembered it. Norman was promptly put in prison, where he would encounter the disgraced J. Jonah Jameson.

1970s[]

In the 1970s, Norman attended therapy sessions with Jameson, and they made some progress on reforming him. When Harry came to visit him, he told his son the truth about the Green Goblin, as well as Spider-Man's real identity. He also told Harry about the Gemini Project and instructed him to retrieve the clones, prompting Harry to become the Black Goblin. Norman also attempted to escape at some point, though Spider-Man stopped him.

1990s[]

After he was released from prison and convincing the world that he was a senile old man, Norman laid low, unaware that Jessica Jones was keeping tabs on him as Peter requested. In 1995, Norman told Doctor Octopus that Peter Parker was Spider-Man and gave him access to Oscorp technology. After Doctor Octopus' failed attempt to create a clone body, Peter went to Norman's hideout to confront him about the fake results of the cloning. Norman threatened to have Harry relinquish his stock in Parker Industries to ruin Peter's life, and Peter revealed that Harry had been killed during the battle with Otto. Outraged, Norman tried to kill Peter with his glider, but failed. He then died of a heart attack.

Legacy[]

Jameson was informed of Norman's death shortly after it happened. Since Norman wasted his entire life obsessing over Spider-Man, Jameson wondered it he should really do the same.

In 2019, after Doctor Octopus transported Peter into his mind, Green Goblin was one of the many villains he summoned to aid him in battle.

Personality[]

The Green Goblin is a very brilliant individual, with him running a successful presumably creating his supervillainous technology himself. He is also manipulative, able to convince Harry to join him in evil. Norman does not seem to care about anything other than himself, with his attempts to have Peter as his heir likely being a manifestation of this fact. However, he was visibly shocked when he learned of Harry's death, implying a small part of him has some humanity and is capable of caring for others.

Trivia[]

  • Norman's story serves as a dark parallel of Peter's. Both pushed away the other people in their lives after they donned a superpowered persona; Norman neglected his son Harry while Peter often ignored his friends. The difference is that Peter eventually realized what the other people in his life meant to him, while Norman didn't. Had Peter continued to push his friends away, he would have ended up like Norman.
    • He also serves as a parallel of J. Jonah Jameson, as both were prison inmates who had a deep obsession with Spider-Man to the point where it consumed their lives and strained their relationships with their respective sons, and both unceremoniously died of a heart attack after a battle. However, Jameson overcame his hatred of Spider-Man and died a hero after stopping Scorpion, while Norman simply failed to kill Spider-Man and died full of hate.

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Spider-Man: Green Goblin | Dennis Carradine | Harry Osborn
Spider-Man 2: Doctor Octopus (His Tentacles) | Green Goblin | Harry Osborn
Spider-Man 3: Venom (Symbiote Suit) | Sandman | New Goblin | Green Goblin | Dennis Carradine

Reboot Duology
The Amazing Spider-Man: Lizard | Rajit Ratha | Gustav Fiers | Cash Register Thief | Norman Osborn
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Electro | Green Goblin | Donald Menken | Rhino | Alistair Smythe | Ashley Kafka | Felicia Hardy | Gustav Fiers | Norman Osborn

Marvel Cinematic Universe
Spider-Man: Homecoming: Bestman Salvage (Vulture, Tinkerer, Shocker #1, Shocker #2 & Randy Vale) | Mac Gargan | Aaron Davis
Spider-Man: Far From Home: Mysterio's Crew (Mysterio, William Ginter Riva, Victoria Snow, Gutes Guterman, Janice Lincoln, & Doug, Shanice) | Elementals (Molten Man, Hydro-Man, Sandman, Cyclone & Elemental Fusion) | Skrulls (Talos) | Obadiah Stane
Spider-Man: No Way Home: Earth-96283 (Green Goblin, Sandman & Doctor Octopus (His Tentacles) | Earth-120703 (Electro & Lizard) | Sadie Deever | Venom | Mysterio

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Kingpin | Doctor Octopus | Prowler | Tombstone | Scorpion | Green Goblin | Lizard | Jonathan Ohnn
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Spot | Lizard | Aaron Davis | Prowler | Anomalies (Vulture, Doctor Octopus, Typeface, Mysterio, Green Goblin, Rhino & Kraven the Hunter)

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Spider-Man (1967)
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Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six: Sinister Six (Doctor Octopus, Electro, Hobgoblin, Mysterio, Sandman and Vulture)
Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin: Kingpin | Doctor Octopus | Lizard | Electro | Sandman | Hobgoblin | Venom | Tinkerer | Mysterio | Vulture | Bullseye | Typhoid Mary
Spider-Man & X-Men: Arcade's Revenge: Arcade | Carnage | Rhino | Apocalypse | Juggernaut | Selene Gallio | Sentinels | Master Mold
Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage: Carnage | Shriek | Doppelganger | Demogoblin | Carrion
Spider-Man and Venom: Separation Anxiety: The Jury | Sentry | Ramshot | Screech | Bomblast | Firearm | Wysper | Life Foundation | Symbiotes (Carnage | Riot | Phage | Lasher | Agony | Scream)
Spider-Man (2000): Doctor Octopus | Symbiotes (Carnage and Venom) | Jade Syndicate | Scorpion | Rhino | Mysterio, J. Jonah Jameson, Lizard
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro: Electro | Beetle | Hammerhead | Lizard | Sandman | Shocker
Spider-Man (2002): Green Goblin | Shocker's Gang (Shocker and Vick) | Vulture | Hunter Killer Robots | Scorpion | Kraven the Hunter | Dr. Mendel Stromm | Skulls (Dennis Carradine) | Harry Osborn | Green Goblin (Green Goblin Mode)
Spider-Man 2: Doctor Octopus | Harry Osborn | Rhino | Mysterio | Shocker's Gang (Shocker) | Puma | Vulture | Calypso | Lizard | Rosa
Ultimate Spider-Man: Trask Industries (Bolivar Trask, Venom, Adrian Toomes and R.H.I.N.O.) | Wild Pack (Silver Sable) | Shocker | Electro | Beetle | Green Goblin | Boomerang | Sandman | Carnage | Yancy Street Gang
Spider-Man: Battle for New York: | Green Goblin | Kingpin | Silver Sable | Demogoblin | Simian Sentry
Spider-Man 3: | Venom (Symbiote Suit) | Sandman | New Goblin | Lizard | Kraven the Hunter | Calypso | Kingpin | Waste Tribe (Morbius and Shriek) | H-Bombers (Mad Bomber) | Electro | MechaBioCon (Dr. Stillwell, Scorpion, and Rhino) | Apocalypse Gang (Apocalypse Leader) | Arsenic Candy Gang (Priscilla) | Order of the Dragon Tail (Dragon Tail Leader) | Voodoo Gang | Dirty Cops
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe: | Mysterio | Perpetual Holographic Avatar / NanoTech Offensive Monsters | Venom | Green Goblin | Doctor Octopus | Sandman | Scorpion | Rhino | Carnage | Electro
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows: Spider-Man | Symbiotes (Venom) | Kingpin | Black Cat | Vulture | Electro | Tinkerer | Rhino
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions: Mysterio | Kraven the Hunter | Hammerhead | Hobgoblin | Electro | Sandman | Vulture | Scorpion | Deadpool | Juggernaut | Silver Sable | Goblin | Serena Patel | Carnage
Spider-Man: Edge of Time: Peter Parker | Atrocity | Walker Sloan | Anti-Venom | Doctor Octopus | Black Cat
The Amazing Spider-Man: S-Bots (Alistair Smythe) | Lizard | Rhino | Vermin | Scorpion | Black Cat | Iguana | Nattie | Sandman | Venom
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Carnage | Kingpin | Green Goblin | Shocker | Kraven the Hunter | Black Cat | Electro | Chameleon | Norman Osborn | Cash Register Thief | Rhino | Hammerhead | Venom | Screwball | Donald Menken | Mysterio
Heroes of Robloxia: Vulture | Bestman Salvage | Darkmatter | Dynamo | Atomic Waste | Cicada | Bug Thugs | Uranium Monsters | Mutated Laborers | Museum Robbers

See Also
Black Cat Villains | Cloak & Dagger Villains | Marvel Cinematic Universe Villains | Marvel's Spider-Man Villains | Morbius: The Living Vampire Villains | Prowler Villains | Punisher Villains | Scarlet Spider Villains | Silk Villains | Silver Sable Villains | Solo Villains | Sony's Spider-Man Universe Villains | Spider-Girl Villains | Spider-Gwen Villains | Spider-Man 2099 Villains | Spider-Man Noir Villains | Spider-Woman Villains | Toei's Spider-Man Villains | Venom Villains

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