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Norman Osborn

Part 1: The Dossier: An At-a-Glance Summary

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1)
Actually drawn as the Brooklyn Bridge, but labeled as the George Washington Bridge.
2)
The original identity of the Green Goblin was a point of contention between Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Ditko intended for him to be a random nobody, while Lee successfully lobbied for the more dramatic reveal of him being Norman Osborn, the father of Peter's best friend.
3)
In the original printing of Amazing Spider-Man #121, the “SNAP” sound effect near Gwen Stacy's head was added by the colorist and was not in the original script or art, but it has become the focal point of debate over her cause of death for decades.
4)
For a period in the comics, Norman Osborn bonded with the Carnage symbiote, becoming the “Red Goblin.” In this immensely powerful form, he gained all the powers of both the Green Goblin and carnage, making him one of the most dangerous threats Spider-Man has ever faced.
5)
Willem Dafoe's portrayal of Norman Osborn is one of the longest-running in superhero cinema history. He first appeared in Spider-Man (2002) and reprised the role in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), a span of 19 years, appearing in films released across three different decades.
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The Iron Patriot armor, while most famously used by Norman Osborn, was originally created in the comics by James “Rhodey” Rhodes, war_machine, in a different continuity before being adapted for Osborn in the main Earth-616 universe. The concept was later used for Rhodey in the MCU's Iron Man 3.
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In the “Clone Saga,” it was revealed that Norman Osborn had not died when he was impaled by his glider. Thanks to the Goblin Formula's healing factor, he recovered in secret and fled to Europe, where he orchestrated the entire saga from behind the scenes as a way to psychologically torture Peter Parker.