Norman Osborn (Earth-21913)

Green Goblin
Name	Dr. Norman Osborn
Current Alias	Green Goblin
Affiliation and Relationships
Group Affiliation	Formerly Oscorp Industries (Founder)
Relatives	Children: Harry Osborn (son)
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human Mutated after exposure to Oscorp's experimental formula
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-21913
Place of Birth	Somewhere in America
Place of Death	Queensboro Bridge, New York City, New York
Cause of Death	Struck by his own glider in an attempt to kill Spider-Man
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Industrialist, scientist
Education	College graduate
Base of Operations	Oscorp Tower, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Creators and Appearances
First	Spider-Man (April 14, 2002)
First	Spider-Man (April 14, 2002)
Death	Spider-Man (April 14, 2002)
Death	Spider-Man (April 14, 2002)

History

Becoming the Goblin

Norman Osborn at the Oscorp labs.

Doctor Norman Osborn was a brilliant scientist and businessman/industrialist He was the head of Oscorp, a company that was contracted to create a new Super-Soldier. Osborn's colleague, Doctor Mendel Stromm, assisted in his efforts to acquire altered DNA, first from Spider-Man, then from the Scorpion, whose powers their Super Solider formula hoped to emulate. Despite their use of both Light Mech and Hunter Killer robots, their efforts ultimately failed.

Due to the slow pace of development, the company's board of directors threatened to remove Osborn from his company. In retaliation, Osborn used the experimental formula on himself and birthed the Green Goblin. Osborn gained superhuman strength and agility, but went insane in the process, leading him to kill Stromm and steal an exoskeleton suit and jet-powered glider.

Confrontation with Spider-Man

In an act of revenge, the Goblin attacked the Oscorp World Unity Fair in Times Square, and inadvertently almost killed Mary Jane Watson. The Goblin's appearance at the festival also marked the beginning of his animosity towards Spider-Man, although he initially viewed Spider-Man as a kindred spirit, and attempted to recruit him to his side. However, after his offers were continually rubutted, and following several aerial battles across the city, he concluded that Spider-Man was a threat and made plans to destroy him.

Final Confrontation and Death

Norman later learned of Spider-Man's compassion for Mary Jane, while viewing surveillance photos from a Hunter Killer robot. He then attacked and kidnapped Mary Jane from her apartment, and took her to the top of the Queensboro Bridge. Despite attacking Spider-Man upon his arrival, the Goblin failed to stop him swinging her to safety.

The Goblin pressed the attack, but Spider-Man gained the upper hand. After being defeated in their final battle, Norman removed his Goblin helmet to reveal himself to Spider-Man. While creating a distraction, he secretly directed his glider to strike Spider-Man from behind. Spider-Man sensed the attack with his Spider-Sense and dodged, but the glider killed the Green Goblin after hitting him. Just before he died, Norman pleaded with Peter to tell Harry he was sorry.

Attributes

Powers

Green Goblin
Goblin Formula: Norman decided to expose himself to a formula his company was developing that was specifically made to create Super Soldiers for the military.

• Superhuman Strength: After being exposed to his formula, Norman gained greater than human strength and was able to match Spider-Man.
• Superhuman Speed
• Superhuman Stamina
• Superhuman Durability
• Superhuman Agility
• Superhuman Reflexes

Abilities

• Gifted Intelligence
• Expert Engineer
• Expert Marksman
• Skilled Combatant
• Master Acrobat

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Goblin Armor: Norman steals an experimental Oscorp battle armor.

Weapons

• Pumpkin Bombs: The Green Goblin carried pumpkin-shaped explosives in his glider that he used on different occasions, including a flashbang variant.
• Razor Bat: The Green Goblin was equipped with a Pumpkin Bomb variant that sprouted wing-shaped razor blades when thrown, and were capable of independent flight and target-homing capabilities.

Transportation

• Goblin Glider: The Green Goblin piloted a high-tech Goblin Glider that was armed with heat-seeking missiles, machine guns and sharp blades.

Notes

• Willem Dafoe provides his voice and likeness for Norman Osborn in the 2002 video game Spider-Man, reprising his role from the Sam Raimi film on which it is based.

See Also

• 1 appearance(s) of Norman Osborn (Earth-21913)
• 1 mention(s) of Norman Osborn (Earth-21913)
• 2 image(s) of Norman Osborn (Earth-21913)
• 1 victim(s) killed by Norman Osborn (Earth-21913)