Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) Appreciation (2019)

[MajorHoy]

How can we not have an appreciation thread for Norman Osborn, the man responsible for the death of Gwen Stacy?!?


from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (1964)

first appearance = Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964)


and from the shocking ending to Amazing Spider-Man #121 (June 1973):

[Snoop Dogg]

When Dan writes that dummy thicc Norman--



When you realize Nick gon' write him eventually--

[SuperiorIronman]

Not sure if this is a joke on the nature of appreciation threads popping up constantly for who knows what, but I regularly post in the Doom thread so why stop now?

That's a Green gosh darn classic goblin right thar

[MajorHoy]

Not sure if this is a joke on the nature of appreciation threads popping up constantly for who knows what, . . .

What's wrong with appreciating the classic, ORIGINAL Spidey foes?

Spider-Man had a truly awesome rogues gallery back in the day, easily right up their with those of DC's The Flash and Batman villains.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

Did you guys know that until Bendis' THE PULSE, Norman Osborn/Green Goblin went 40 years real time publication history without going to jail. That's the longest any major comic villain has gone without a legit criminal record, or actual setback. Kingpin has gone in and out of jail, as has Dr. Octopus and other Spider-Man rogues, Dr. Doom has been deposed a few times, sometimes Doombot sometimes him.

He's far and away Spider-Man's greatest enemy, the most aerodynamic of all combatants, and the one guy who raises stakes like nothing else and he has this darkness and toxicity to him i.e. he ruins the lives of everyone in contact or associated with him, directly or indirectly.

I became a Goblin fan when I saw Willem Dafoe's Norman in Spider-Man 1. And to me Dafoe's performance, his vocal line deliveries, and jarring mood-shifts. And I will defend the Goblin suit in that movie. I think full body emerald green is better than the purple tunic/hat and moss green tights and face.

And The Grotestque Adventure of the Green Goblin, ASM #14 is one of my all-time favorite single issues, right up there with ASM#50 V.II

[SuperiorIronman]

Did you guys know that until Bendis' THE PULSE, Norman Osborn/Green Goblin went 40 years real time publication history without going to jail. That's the longest any major comic villain has gone without a legit criminal record, or actual setback. Kingpin has gone in and out of jail, as has Dr. Octopus and other Spider-Man rogues, Dr. Doom has been deposed a few times, sometimes Doombot sometimes him.

He's far and away Spider-Man's greatest enemy, the most aerodynamic of all combatants, and the one guy who raises stakes like nothing else and he has this darkness and toxicity to him i.e. he ruins the lives of everyone in contact or associated with him, directly or indirectly.

I became a Goblin fan when I saw Willem Dafoe's Norman in Spider-Man 1. And to me Dafoe's performance, his vocal line deliveries, and jarring mood-shifts. And I will defend the Goblin suit in that movie. I think full body emerald green is better than the purple tunic/hat and moss green tights and face.

And The Grotestque Adventure of the Green Goblin, ASM #14 is one of my all-time favorite single issues, right up there with ASM#50 V.II

Didn't know that.

You can also count me in as someone who genuinely liked the Raimi goblin suit. I think it works pretty well for what the movie had to offer. Since Green Goblin was touted to be a military exoskeleton and super soldier serum gone wrong, it does make more sense he looked the way he does instead of the rig they used in the VFX test videos. Especially when you consider that a mask really doesn't move that way in reality. There was damn good reason just the face required puppeteers. It just makes more sense and is far more practical to have done what they did.

[jetengine]

I suspect the campiness of the outfit as well is why most modern green goblins are a horrible mutant instead of "Crazy dude in larp outfit"