Green Goblin Appreciation Thread

[Jim Thompson]

Cause I'm pretty sure nothing will make you think the resurrection of Norman had a great outcome

That might be true.

On the other hand, while I didn't think bringing Aunt May back from the dead was a good idea, I loved what Stracynski did with the character. Same applies to what's been done with Bucky Barnes. And while I thought initially Morrison was a horrible choice to write Batman, I now think he's had one of the best runs ever done with the character.

[oldschool]

Not exactly -- it doesn't get any better than this two-page spread, period.

That is indeed a pretty sweet scene, both for it's writing and art----both really top-notch!!

I would agree that it is one of the best uses post-Norman resurrection; not everything about his return worked for me but much of Dark Reign did, even though he was portrayed a bit too much like Lex Luthor early on in the run.

[David Walton]

The trick is whether one appreciates the Green Goblin or Norman Osborn.

I like the Goblin, a nutjob with an inferiority complex whose legacy is more of a threat than the man ever was.

He's the anti-Uncle Ben, which made Harry the anti Peter Parker.

[Ramage]

I like dead Norman. Impaled by his own glider.

That naked monologue though might make me change my mind though.

[Evil-Spidey]

People don't be shy if one scene deserves to be in this topic as a whole then it's this one:

[Combustible Pumpkins]

I really cant wait for him to be back in that costume.

Here, Here! It's cool that when he does nowadays it becomes like a huge event or something. I'm lovin it.

I would agree that it is one of the best uses post-Norman resurrection; not everything about his return worked for me but much of Dark Reign did, even though he was portrayed a bit too much like Lex Luthor early on in the run.

Norman's return was awesome, I remember lovin that too, but it took Marvel awhile, imo, to make Norman interesting again. I remember liking this issue (but then it slowly went down hill for me, landing on The Gathering Of Five which I could barely read at the time, it just seemed so terrible back then):

[Combustible Pumpkins]

The trick is whether one appreciates the Green Goblin or Norman Osborn.

I like the Goblin, a nutjob with an inferiority complex whose legacy is more of a threat than the man ever was.

He's the anti-Uncle Ben, which made Harry the anti Peter Parker.

I enjoyed the legacy too, something weird about being obsessed once the threads are donned. I think that idea had run its course, however. Spidey pretty much beat almost a dozen incarnations of that (Hobgoblins included).

[Vakanai]

Love Norman Goblin, don't know why they kept him dead for so long. And the whole anti-Uncle Ben thing and dark legacy of evil?
Ack!
Then again, I just hate legacy crap in fiction in general. Why leave a legacy when we can just have the original? And in comics, where characters don't grow old and die, there's really no need for it.
So yeah, good on Norman coming back.

For those wishing he stayed dead: Haters gonna hate.

Not exactly -- it doesn't get any better than this two-page spread, period.

Love that version of the costume.

[sirvk]

I actually think his return was one of the worst things to come out of the Saga -- I thought Peter Parker: Spider-Man #75 was just a horrible issue all the way around.

And I thought Dark Reign was boring, personally.

I like Norman as a character that's sort of an anti-uncle Ben -- someone who died and left a legacy of evil that Spider-Man constantly has to overcome (a la Harry, the Hobgoblin, Bart Hamilton, etc.).

While I enjoyed Thunderbolts, Dark Avengers and the Peter Parker & Marvel Knights stuff that featured Norman, I do agree that I would have preferred him as an anti-uncle Ben as well.

I've never read PP75 or what came after (until Mackie reboot), but I do think that bringing back Norman and May was uncalled for - even though I liked how they have both been subsequently used.

At least until JMS left the book for May, current incarnation we could do without.

[FirestormTheNuclearMan]

The trick is whether one appreciates the Green Goblin or Norman Osborn.

I like the Goblin, a nutjob with an inferiority complex whose legacy is more of a threat than the man ever was.

He's the anti-Uncle Ben, which made Harry the anti Peter Parker.

Well it was Norman Osborn that got Gwen pregnant, but it was the Green Goblin who decided to kill her hoping Spider Man would want revenge, and murder him.

[Aziz Abbasi]

Love Norman Goblin, don't know why they kept him dead for so long. And the whole anti-Uncle Ben thing and dark legacy of evil?
Ack!
Then again, I just hate legacy crap in fiction in general. Why leave a legacy when we can just have the original? And in comics, where characters don't grow old and die, there's really no need for it.
So yeah, good on Norman coming back.

A badass fan of Norman

[whiteshark]

That is indeed a pretty sweet scene, both for it's writing and art----both really top-notch!!

I would agree that it is one of the best uses post-Norman resurrection; not everything about his return worked for me but much of Dark Reign did, even though he was portrayed a bit too much like Lex Luthor early on in the run.

Agreed.

Post resurection it was Waren Ellis that used best Norman Oborn in a great set of stories in Thunderbolts.

[Vakanai]

A badass fan of Norman

You know it.

[FirestormTheNuclearMan]

[Combustible Pumpkins]

Nice one! Keep these coming, folks, I'm lovin it.