In Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Norman Osborn returns to action, along with his son Harry Osborn, but who exactly is Norman?
After analyzing the Lethal Protector Venom and the King of Hunters Kraven, the time has come to analyze another central character of Insomniac’s sequel: Norman Osborn. In the first chapter the character was the one who created the main villain, i.e Otto Octaviuswhich because of Osborn became the Doctor Octopus. There was a deep friendship between the two which was destroyed when they realized they had different ideals, Octavius wanted helping peopleOsborn was more interested in the money. After being saved by Spider-Man, Osborn continued to work on the project dedicated to curing his son’s illness. But the character is much more than just a billionaire entrepreneur.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Who is Norman Osborn? | The creation
For those who saw Sam Raimi’s first Spider-Man films, they are aware of Norman’s secret identity, namely the Goblin. Initially, Goblin was supposed to be a demonic figure released from a sarcophagus, according to Stan Lee’s initial idea, but it was Steve Ditko who convinced him that he should be a common human. Lee, however, remained of the opinion that the Goblin must be someone related to Peter Parker, but the idea of revealing his identity arose only after the character found enormous success. Ditko was of the opinion that whoever was behind the mask had to be a new character, but Stan Lee remained with his ideas. There are conflicting opinions on who between the two created the character. In the background of The Amazing Spider-Man n. 23 Ditko had drawn a mysterious figure in elegant clothes who in issue no. #37 turned out to be Norman Osborn himself, but he left the series when it was revealed in issue #38 that Norman was Harry Osborn’s father, and shortly thereafter he was seen wearing the Goblin costume.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Who is Norman Osborn? | The origins
Norman Osborn nasce a New Haven, in Connecticutyes Amberson Osborn, a scientific genius and owner of a manufacturing company that failed. His father later became violent towards his family and Norman ever since hated him deeply and set himself the task of being a better head of the family. During his studies in chemistry, electrical engineering and business economics, he met the woman who later became his wife, from whom he was born Harry. With the help of his university professor Mendel Stromm, founded the chemical company Oscorp, thanks to which Norman managed to regain his wealth. But things took a turn for the worse when his wife died, leaving Norman alone to care for Harry who was only one year old. He focused completely on his work while neglecting his son, accused Mendel of embezzlement, had him arrested and sold his shares. Searching through his professor’s old possessions, he found a formula for a serum capable of increasing strength and intelligence. He used it, but the serum exploded in his face. His strength and intelligence increased, but there was a side effect that drove him crazy.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Who is Norman Osborn? | The Goblin
After the laboratory accident, Norman decides to become the leader of New York City’s organized crime by assuming the identity of Goblin and eliminating Spider-Man. At this point Peter’s life becomes hell, Goblin throws all the arsenal he has at him, but what distinguishes this villain from all the others is that he aims to ruin the hero’s life. He manages to discover his identity by nullifying his spider-sense, stalking him and then kidnapping him, taking him to a waterfront hideout. Peter manages to free himself and pushes Goblin into a mass of electrical wires, causing him to lose his memory. Feeling sorry for Norman, Peter decides to make the police believe that the businessman helped Spider-Man defeat Goblin and his fellow super-villains, and then burned his opponent’s costume. Norman manages to recover his memory and, first attacks Spidey’s friends and family, then comes to attack Gwen Stacy, killing her. Peter, in a rage, almost kills Norman, but spares him, the latter tries to take the opportunity to kill the hero with his glider, but the shot is dodged and hits its owner squarely, killing him.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Who is Norman Osborn? | Peter’s nightmare
Osborn’s serum is able to regenerate the wounds, he manages to recover after the battle and hides in Europe to devise other plans to ruin Peter’s life. He hires various super-villains to hunt him down, becoming the leader of the Scrier cabal and hiring Seward Trainer, Judas Traveler, the Jackal and the cyborg Gauntmaking Peter believe he is the clone of Ben Reilly. Despite everything, Peter continues his life, but Osborn decides to return to New York Halloween, tries to kill Spider-Man but Ben Reilly sacrifices himself to save Peter, proving that the latter was the original. Osborn causes apparent death to Peter’s daughter and his wife Mary Janethen purchasing the Daily Bugle and defaming the figure of Spider-Man, forcing him to become a fugitive, being framed for murder and for a while Osborn stops being Goblin.
A few months after dropping the accusations on Spidey, the entrepreneur takes on the role of a super-villain, but is exposed by Jessica Jonesdefeated by Peter e Luke Cage and arrested for the first time, only to then force the Spider to release him by sending Scorpion to kidnap Aunt May. Waiting for Spidey are twelve super-villains led by Goblin, but Mary Jane contacts SHIELD who sends the Avengers to help Spider-Man. Goblin kidnaps MJ and replicates the same scenario with Gwen, but Octopus intervenes and Peter saves his wife. Osborn sends a letter to Peter, thanking him for giving him purpose in his life.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: chi è Norman Osborn? | I Dark Avengers
Osborn is prescribed drugs for his mental instability. During the Civil WarNorman forms a team of criminals “seeking redemption” under the name of Thunderbolts, and hunt down heroes who refuse the government’s deals, ordering Spider-Man to be captured dead or alive. During the Secret Wars kills the queen of Skrull in plain sight and is acclaimed as a hero, he is then hired as director of HAMMER and takes advantage of this to create a team of heroes, the Dark Avengermade up of supervillains who pose as the Avengers: Moonstone/Ms. Marvel, Bullseye/Occhio di Falco, Gargan/Spider-Man, Daken/Wolverine, Noh-Varr/Capitan Marvel, While Ares e Sentry they are tricked by Osborn, who assumes the identity of Iron Man calling himself Iron Patriot.
Norman Osborn also turns out to be an enemy of ThorHe attacked Asgard when it was suspended on theOkhlaoma. Under the advice of Lokilaunch an attack against Volstaggblowing up a stadium, and that’s when he reunited the Dark Avengers, Sentry caused Asgard to fall to Earth, Norman began a fight against Captain AmericaTony Stark managed to deactivate the Iron Patriot armor and under the mask was hidden the face of Goblin, but Osborn manages to regain his senses, terrified as he is the only one capable of keeping the Sentry at bay. The latter, controlled by his dark side Voidit tears to pieces Ares in front of everyone, but the Avengers manage to stop him, Norman knocks out Steve Rogers and tries to escape, but is captured by Volstagg and thrown into prison.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Who is Norman Osborn? | Powers and weapons
Thanks to the effect of Professor Stromm’s serum, Norman manages to significantly increase his forza and his intelligence. While not at Wolverine levels, his healing factor allows him to recover from mortal wounds, plus his strength allows him to lift up to 9 tons and his intellect, already usually above average, makes him a true genius robotics, genetics, physics, chemistry and engineering. Under the green costume she wears a dressing gown bulletproofthe gloves contain electricity conductorshis bombs a pumpkin shape they are smoke bombs, hallucinogens or classic explosives, bat-shaped boomerangs they are equipped with blades capable of scratching the most resistant materials. As Iron Patriot, however, he possesses the same powers as Iron Man, although he is less powerful.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Who is Norman Osborn? | The nemesis of Spider-Man
What makes Norman Osborn Peter Parker’s greatest enemy are the numerous and serious mental problems he has, among them the narcissistic disorder of personality and the dissociative identity disorder. In some depictions, they show Norman having perpetual visual and auditory hallucinations, where the Goblin loathes the human side of him, which he deems a weakness, while Norman tries to look after his son Harry. The psychiatrist Leonard Samson believes that he suffers from disorders related to malignant narcissism, which makes him one of the most dangerous men on the planet. Norman Osborn is a sociopathic, incapable of feeling empathy for any kind of life. On one occasion at the head of HAMMER he ordered his men to attack a civilian plane to check if his opponent Pepper Potts was capable of saving the passengers.
He also suffers from a superiority complex, as he rarely admits his own faults, placing them on others and believes he has done something better than he actually did. The clear example is his relationship with his son Harry, as he believes he was a perfect father only because he always granted him every material good, but he was always absent. He considers everyone inferior to him, even when Spider-Man beat him several times, he always found excuses to justify his defeats, believing that the hero never defeated him alone but always helped by others. Norman has an intellect to be envied, and yet he is obsessed with Peter Parker and wanting to make his life hell. These characteristics prove what Goblin is Spider-Man’s most dangerous enemy, who knows if we will see all this in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 by Norman Osborn or perhaps in a possible third chapter. In the meantime, we invite you to read the spoiler-free review of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and continue to follow us on techgameworld.com.