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May 15, 2002
Green Goblin
Norman Orborn was just another highly-successful scientist looking to push the envelope and create the Next Big Thing for the government to eventually take over and control as their own. Through genetic testing and using himself as a guinea pig, Osborn ended up creating the Next Bad Thing instead: The Green Goblin.
As the Goblin, Osborn sought revenge on the company executives who forced him out of power, and one person got in the way: Spider-Man. The web-slinging hero was still getting used to his insect legs when the Goblin began attacking the city, and the two traded blows on multiple occasions, eventually ending up in battles inside a burning building and on top of a bridge with the fates of innocents - including the lovely Mary Jane Watson - hanging in the balance.
In the end, the Goblin's technological and physical advances were beaten by the side-effects of the radioactive bite young Peter Parker received on his hand. And the Goblin can be considered another villain who was done in by his over-reliance on technology, seeing how he was impaled by his Official Goblin Surfboard. But one has to wonder if we've seen the last of the Goblin because you never know: that Green mask may run in the family.
INTELLIGENCE - 8: An accomplished scientist, but not smart enough to make his experiments actually work successfully.
POWER - 8: His super-human strength provides a great challenge for the web-slinger.
VILENESS - 7: Attacked random innocents but only really went after key opponents. Bonus points for evaporating some of them.
SWAY - 5: He certainly knew how to whine like a villain ("We'll meet again, Spider-Man!"), but it wasn't really effective.
PURITY - 9: His darker side controlled the sympathetic, friendly father buried inside. Soon it was difficult to tell the Goblin from Osborn.
PHYSICAL - 6: That outfit's a bit goofy. Had his mouth actually moved when he spoke, that would've helped.
TOTAL: 43
Posted by Destro at May 15, 2002 11:14 PM