With the deal closed, Mephisto made Norman's business life immensely successful both financially and in status but made him relentless in the process - ultimately leading to his madness. Norman initially refused the deal, but after the devil explained to him that if he accepted, he would not even remember their encounter, he agreed. When he was about to go bankrupt on account of his debts and would eventually have his company taken over by his partner, Mephisto approached him in the guise of an "acquisitions" investor and offered Norman a deal to make his financial life more successful in exchange for his son's soul. After she seemingly died, he buried himself in his work and rarely had time for young Harry. He married his college sweetheart Emily Lyman and they had a son Harold "Harry" Osborn. Since Norman put up the bulk of the financing, they called their company Osborn Chemical, a.k.a. They became good friends and later formed a business partnership. One of his teachers was Professor Mendel Stromm. However, he had a cheating apparatus which was reported by one of his friends, Ned Tobolowski, causing him to lose his scholarship and nearly getting expelled. Norman studied chemistry and electrical engineering at Empire State University, and also took a number of courses in business administration. Norman would not allow himself to become a failure like his father, he realized that he could not depend on him for financial security, thus began working after school. His father, a failed business inventor who claimed that he was swindled out of his inventions and personal fortune, took out his rage on Norman. Īs a child, Norman Osborn became obsessed with gaining wealth and power. Osborn later bonded with the Carnage symbiote to become the Red Goblin, an even more dangerous and unhinged threat to Spider-Man and his loved ones. This event featured a high-stakes battle between him and the Superior Spider-Man. In " Goblin Nation", Osborn returned as the Goblin King to wreak havoc on New York. In what became known as "The Siege", Osborn's ambitions and actions came to a head, leading to a confrontation and defeat against several of Earth's heroes. He lead the team wearing armor calling himself the Iron Patriot. and established his own version of the Avengers, known as the " Dark Avengers". During his " Dark Reign" he formed H.A.M.M.E.R. When the President shut down S.H.I.E.L.D., Osborn was given the role of running the S.H.R.A. During the Skrull Invasion he was able to trick the world he was a heroic figure by shooting the Skrull Queen Veranke. His take down and arrest was short lived as he was recruited to join the Thunderbolts. ĭuring the " Clone Saga," Osborn returned, seemingly from the dead, and created havoc in Peter Parker's life. He tried to kill Spider-Man but he was able to dodge his glider which instead impaled him. One of his most notorious of crimes was when he kidnapped Gwen Stacy, and his confrontation with Spider-Man on a bridge ultimately led to her death. Sporting a distinctive Goblin-themed costume, riding a glider he became a notorious adversary to Spider-Man, often devising elaborate plans and wielding an array of gadgets such as his signature Pumpkin Bombs. His transformation into the Green Goblin, brought about by a risky experiment gone wrong, using a Serum that granted him enhanced physical abilities and a severely fractured psyche. Norman Osborn was a wealthy and brilliant scientist who founded one of the world's leading companies, Oscorp.
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