Norman Osborn (Earth-616)

Doctor **Norman Virgil Osborn** was a scientist and the CEO of Oscorp, who after he experimented on himself using an incomplete enhancement serum, transformed him into a huge, rage-fuelled, maniacal, primitive-minded creature known as the **Green Goblin**.

His attempts to terrorized New York City managing him to put him into conflict with the local superhero Spider-Man becoming one of the latters many nemeses the vigilante fought during his 22 years of crime fighting.

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Childhood

Norman Virgil Osborn grow up to became a child obsessed with gaining wealth and power. His father, a failed business inventor who claimed that he was swindled out of his inventions and personal fortune, took out his rage on Norman. Norman would not allow himself to become a failure like his father, he realized that he could not depend on him for financial security, thus began working after school.

#### Founding Oscorp

Norman Osborn studied chemistry and electrical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and finally graduated from MIT at the age of 18. Due to his genius, he earned a doctorate and founded Oscorp Industries posing himself as him the official CEO of Oscorp, a scientific research company which focused on making new inventions which were considered very revolutionary. He married his college sweetheart; Emily Lyman and they had a son Harold "Harry" Osborn. Norman and Harry often shared a strained relationship, and Norman would always continuously send him to another private school each time because he flunked out of them. Unfortunately, after his wife became ill their relationship become worse as he buried himself in his work and rarely had time for young Harry always treating him as a he was like a dissapointment.

#### Creating the Goblin Serum

During the early 1990s, Norman Osborn would began creating performance enhancers for the military. Osborn became able to successfully increase the user's strength to 800 percent more, however many negative side effects were tested, such as violence and aggression. The military did not approve of the serum and suggested they redo it. Alongside the performance enhancers, Norman would also created other things for the use of the military a glider alongside a set of armor, Explosive devices, Trident, and Razor drones. However, they were still not impressed.

#### Becoming the Green Goblin

At 1998, Norman Osborn stayed inside the Oscorp Labs to test an upgraded version performance enhancers being mainly inspired by the local superheroes such as Hulk. At the time, Oscorp was competing for a defense contract against its competitors who was building exoskeletons deemed superior to drugs for soldiers as well as the possible closure of the company. With little options, Osborn decided a test subject was needed immediately. After exposing himself to the experimental Oscorp performance-enhancing process, Norman underwent the same transformation as the earlier animal test subjects. He gained superhuman strength and durability as well as improved dexterity and agility however it comes with a price, the upgraded version not only give him more powers than the test subjects but also he became a flame-powered reptilian-like creature with a savage mind known as The Green Goblin.

#### Life as Green Goblin

As the Green Goblin, Norman would begin terrorizing the city as well as its inhabitants as a way to get the attention of the local superhero, Spider-Man. His plan would work for him as he would confront the masked watcher many times in his life as a villain. At some point in his life he would meet Harry's best friend at university, Peter Parker, gaining a deep affection and respect for his intelligence and comparing him with Harry most of the time.

After a battle against the friendly neighbor Spider-Man, Norman would discover that the best friend of his sons and Spider-Man are the same person, using this to his advantage to become one of the most formidable and dangerous villains that Spider-Man Man has faced. However, some time later Spider-Man himself would also make the discovery of his true identity with them fighting in several fights with Spider-Man always ending up defeating him in the end every time they fight.

A few years later, Harry and the rest of the world would discover Norman's true intentions as well as his identity as The Green Goblin. Eventually, after Spider-Man defeats him and finally puts him behind bars, his son Harry will be the one to take charge of his company as the new CEO of Oscorp until his eventually death. However, the rivalry between Spider-Man and Green Goblin continues to this day to the point that he sometimes returns to torment Spider-Man and everyone he loves.

## Relationships

### Family

* Emily Osborn † - Wife
* Harry Osborn † - Son

### Allies

* Oscorp
* Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus
* Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone
* Mac Gargan/Scorpion

### Enemies

* Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Archenemy and Attempted Victim

## Trivia

* Even though Peter B. Parker is mainly based of the Earth-616A version of the character, his green goblin appear to be the Ultimate Version. However we can supposed that he looked like his counterpart of earth-616A until he mutated into his monstrous ultimate counterpart form at some point.