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Green Goblin: Spider-Man
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The first, current, and best-known Green Goblin is the alter ego of industrialist Norman Osborn. A serum that grants Osborn superhuman strength ... drives him insane. Osborn adopts a Halloween themed appearance, dressing in a goblin costume and using an arsenal of high-tech weapons, notably grenade-like "Pumpkin Bombs" and a bat-shaped "goblin glider" to terrorize New York City. Ironically, his troubled son Harry is a close friend of Peter Parker, who is secretly Spider-Man. Having much impact in Spider-Man's life, the Green Goblin becomes his greatest enemy.
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The Green Goblin is the greatest villain from the greatest era of Spider-Man comic books. And this mythic match-up has elevated the Goblin to a part of pop culture. After all, a hero is always measured by his nemesis. GG is on the verge of becoming an icon of evil. Across the world, people who don't even read comics know Lex Luthor, Joker, and Magneto. Soon, the Green Goblin will have his day.
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In "The Return of the Green Goblin", the Green Goblin chooses Harry Osborn as the new Green Goblin, because Norman wants to leave the other dimension in which he is stuck. Harry has difficulties being the new villain, but like the original Goblin, he wants Spider-Man dead because the original Goblin promises Harry that he will see his father again, if he kills Spider-Man. In reality the Goblin is Harry's father but, ironically, Harry doesn't know who he is. When Spider-Man tracks him down, the hero reveals to Harry his father is the Goblin and just when Harry thinks the hero is lying, the original Goblin reveals himself to his son. This event drives Harry insane and causes him to embrace his role as the new Green Goblin. The new villain battles Spider-Man and the Punisher at the George Washington Bridge where it ends with Spider-Man jumping on Harry and both of them fall into the New York City river. Harry is knocked unconscious and the Punisher takes his body, brings it to Peter Parker's house and realizes who Harry is. After the clone of Mary Jane appears, Spider-Man takes Harry to the Ravencroft mental hospital.
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Unlike recent retellings, Spider-Man and the Green Goblin did not share an origin of sorts, but they came to fruition each on their own. However, the Goblin would eventually become one of Spidey's greatest foes and arguably the one who hurt the wall-crawler the most. Yes, the loss of his Uncle Ben is what drives Peter Parker to become Spider-Man, but the Goblin took Peter's first great love, Gwen Stacy. After killing Gwen the goblin would taunt Spidey into a rage, one that almost drove a hero to murder.
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With every one of these defeats, the Green Goblin became more determined. In time, Osborn became totally obsessed with Spider-Man and finally began directing all of his efforts to finding a way to conquer his web-swinging adversary.
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The first, current, and best-known Green Goblin is the alter ego of industrialist Norman Osborn. A serum that grants Osborn superhuman strength ... drives him insane. Osborn adopts a Halloween themed appearance, dressing in a goblin costume and using an arsenal of high-tech weapons, notably grenade-like "Pumpkin Bombs and Razor Bats" and a bat-shaped "goblin glider" to terrorize New York City. He is one of Spider-Man's most recognizable foes and is widely regarded as his deadliest enemy, having much impact in Spider-Man's life, and posing a large threat to him and his loved ones. Wizard Magazine rated him the 19th greatest villain of all time.[1]
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