Sins Rising is a 2020 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics , starring the character Spider-Man and written by Nick Spencer . The storyline received generally positive reviews for its action, plot, dialogue and art. The storyline lasts from Amazing Spider-Man Vol 5 Issue 45–49, and Amazing Spider-Man: Sins of Norman Osborn #1.
144-444: A demon name Kindred revives Sin-Eater from the dead, vowing vengeance on Peter Parker . Meanwhile, Mary Jane Watson leaves Spider-Man to star in a movie for a while. Peter Parker is getting visions of a centipede going into his arm and has troubled dreams. While watching a play by himself and eating alone, his spider sense tells him that a car is driving frantically in the streets. The man says he can't slow down because someone
288-541: A back room he calls his inner sanctuary, where he claims to play a game of Go day by day against an unknown opponent who he has never seen, claiming that he has "learned that it's okay to enjoy the game". When he transforms into Mister Negative, Li's appearance resembles that of a photographic negative . Prior to his transformation, "Martin Li" was a member of the Snakehead gang, whose true name has not yet been revealed. Both
432-458: A bigger piece of an unfinished/still-ongoing work of art or maybe it's its own tapestry, it's shaping to be a fine design." According to Comic Book Roundup, Issue 47 received an average review of 7.6 out of 10 based on 6 reviews. Kevin Lainez from Comic Book Revolution wrote "Amazing Spider-Man #47 was an intense reading experience. The way Nick Spencer works real world events in the way Sin-Eater
576-430: A blow from Gabriel's Kindred body, he is fatally wounded. Collapsing into Peter's arms, Harry tells Peter this was always how it was "meant to be" and dies. Doctor Strange decides to gamble with Mephisto for the fate of Harry Osborn's soul and succeeds. His victory exorcises Mephisto from the twins, allowing them to degenerate and pass on for a final time, and Harry's soul is freed from Mephisto's grasp. Peter and MJ grieve
720-601: A bottle of oxycodone in Harry's things. Troubled by what she finds, Norah concludes that Harry has a drug problem and resolves to help him through it. After many near-encounters, Carlie Cooper and Peter Parker meet at the coffee shop. Harry and MJ are there and the four are talking when Lily bursts through the wall, followed by an attacking team of supervillains. MJ asks Harry to help Lily Hollister who has gone into labor, but they are held captive by Doctor Octopus . Spider-Man manages to save them and rescue Lily's newborn baby from
864-431: A confrontation with Spider-Man, whom Negative manages to touch. Although Peter exhibits an immunity to Negative's corruption power, Negative escapes to his Hong Kong headquarters and reverts to Li. Li later sees a video message from Negative that he is targeting a philanthropist named Shen Quinghao, the former leader of the criminal Snakehead Syndicate which controlled the slave ship where Li became Mister Negative, and makes
1008-485: A demon, going by the name of Kindred , rose through the ranks and ultimately hand picked Mysterio to assist him in carrying out a plan of retaliation against Peter Parker, whom Kindred held accountable for an unpardonable sin. When Kindred meets with Norman Osborn in Ravencroft, Norman's Cletus Kasady persona states to Kindred that he has a message for him from Norman, who states that he is "so proud of him". In
1152-518: A distraction by webbing the ceiling and slamming it down on Sin-Eater, but he is caught in the rubble. Green Goblin reveals that he hated Spider-Man because Peter rejected him, but decides to save him by lifting the rubble. They go to the underground waterway where Norman Osborn has an electromagnetic pulse that could cause a blackout the Eastern Seaboard, when Sin-Eater arrives and fights them once more. Spider-Man and Norman Osborn briefly gain
1296-488: A final battle with the Kindreds, Norman reveals the A.I. Harry had been influenced by Mephisto the entire time and apologizes to Harry for selling his soul. Harry then tells Peter he "made up" the twins and fights with his friend against them. During the battle Harry tells Norman to get to safety; Norman is shocked at this to which Harry replies "Guess the apple fell kinda far from the tree." When Harry steps between Norman and
1440-602: A fusion of Mister Negative and Dagger created by the Infinity Gems , appears in Infinity Wars . Mr. Negatiger , a funny animal variant of Mister Negative from Earth-8311 , appears in the graphic novel Hollywood May-ham . An alternate universe variant of Mister Negative from Earth-6160 appears in Ultimate Spider-Man (2024). This version is a lieutenant and associate of Wilson Fisk and
1584-419: A glider (filled with bombs and winged bombs), a pair of Goblin gloves, a sword, and a dart gun containing an unknown chemical. In the midst of a battle between Menace and Spider-Man, Harry confronts and shoots her with that chemical, which is a type of antidote that reverts her back to her human form. He saves Spider-Man from the crowd and leaves. Lily is incarcerated but later escapes, leaving Harry her ring and
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#17327799671681728-663: A graveyard planning his next scheme . According to the Review aggregator Comic Book Roundup website, Issue 45 received an Average review of 7.9 out of 10 based on 10 reviews. Kevin Kelein from Cosmic Crusaders wrote "I can't get enough of Peter Parker's Spiderman and this issue doesn't disappoint. It includes all the ingredients of a great Spiderman story." According to Comic Book roundup, Issue 46 received an average review of 8 out of 10 based on 9 reviews. wolfcypher from Weird Marvel Comics wrote "I really have no idea how any of this
1872-604: A great time reading this one!!" Harry Osborn#Kindred Harold Theopolis " Harry " Osborn is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , commonly in association with the superhero Spider-Man . Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko , the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #31 (December 1965). Harry is the best friend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man's alter ego) and Flash Thompson , one of
2016-673: A guard and Ashley Kafka 's clone using Mister Negative powers and frees open a vault that contained the Juggernaut . Norman Osborn explains that after he regained his memory for unknown reasons, he became the Director of Ravencroft and has been using his old cell to spy on the prisoners. Sin-Eater shoots the Juggernaut when he attacks and Norman Osborn and Spider-Man realizes this. Spider-Man gets angry at Norman Osborn, but Norman Osborn reveals he only kept Juggernaut because of Kindred and
2160-456: A hero in every respect, was corrupted into a spiteful and angry villain, despising every value he held dear (even his Uncle Ben 's memory) and no more above killing. Spider-Man is able to break the hold his malevolent side has over him when he is on the verge of killing Betty Brant , as he remembers the love he once had for her upon getting close. Negative's corrupting touch appears to be ineffective against beings with supernatural powers, as Hood
2304-436: A meeting with the other crime lords, Hammerhead hears about what happened between Mister Negative and Lady Yulan as he tells the crime lords that Count Nefaria and Silvermane are backing him. At the next crime lord meeting at Arthur Avenue, Negative and Yulan are still blaming each other for the attacks. It initially appears that Martin Li has no knowledge of his evil side. During "New Ways To Die", Li took Eddie Brock into
2448-585: A moment, then decides to save Norman Osborn. Meanwhile, Cindy Moon , Anya Corazon , Miles Morales and Ghost-Spider meet up with Julia Carpenter, and Julia decides they need to stop Spider-Man where they form the Order of the Web. The Order of the Web reveal that the reason they want to stop Spider-Man from saving Norman Osborn is because they all had a vision where they see Peter Parker being killed in various places ( Queens , Brooklyn Bridge , Empire State Building , and
2592-554: A mustache) with Peter, MJ and Gwen. However, he is later shown being eaten by a zombified Sinister Six , along with his friends. In the MC2 universe, Harry's death in Spectacular Spider-Man #200 also remains valid and he was allowed to rest in peace. His widow Liz continues her relationship with Franklyn Nelson and raises her and Normie (Harry's son), but she later succumbs to a fatal illness; her death sends Normie over
2736-530: A note. Harry is approached by Norman with the offer of a job within the Dark Avengers . Harry initially declines, but accepts his father's offer after learning that Lily Hollister is pregnant. Norman welcomes Harry into Avengers Tower, wanting to make his son into the American Son . Harry is shown to have an ulterior motive, however, based on his compulsion to protect Lily and his child. Disabling
2880-547: A package which contains evidence that his father was the original Green Goblin. When Hobgoblin learns he had raided all of Norman's hideouts, he leaves Harry alone, knowing he had nothing more to offer him. Later, Harry is forced to act as Green Goblin a few times, once to defeat the second Hobgoblin (Jason Macendale). This Hobgoblin is seeking the Goblin Formula that gave the Green Goblin superhuman strength; Harry
3024-525: A portion of Clayton's Clash soundwave tech on Parker Industries' webware, Harry manages to break free and contact Spider-Man again before the Empire Unlimited's guards capture him, until Spider-Man arrives and soon releases the other superhumans and Betty, surrounding Regent for good. Later in the storyline " Go Down Swinging ", Harry returns, using the Osborn name after his father again terrorizes
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#17327799671683168-466: A proposal to Li, which Li accepts. His plan fails, and after Cloak and Dagger are eventually freed from Negative's control, they vow to remain in Hong Kong to protect it from Negative's future efforts. During the "Sins Rising" arc, a revived Sin-Eater steals the powers of Mister Negative and uses it to corrupt the guards at Ravencroft when he targets Norman Osborn. He also uses the powers to corrupt
3312-418: A romance with Liz Allan after they meet at the wedding of Betty Brant and Ned Leeds . Not long after the two are married, and eventually they have their son Normie Osborn named in memory of the boy's grandfather. Harry also gives his blessing to the marriage of Peter and Mary Jane Watson. However, Harry starts regaining his memories when he is blackmailed by the original Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) with
3456-552: A significant amount of money before disappearing. In 1995, Otto Octavius breaks into Oscorp and threatens Harry into letting him use equipment to study Peter and his clone, Ben, to find a way to clone himself. Chaos erupts after he discovers that Peter is supposedly the clone while Ben is the original. When Otto attempts to kill them both, Harry sacrifices himself to save Peter. As he dies in Peter's arms, he apologizes for being weak with Otto and his father, though Peter reassures him that he
3600-568: A single blow. Negative also demonstrates superhuman reflexes during his battle with the Hood, dodging bullets or cutting them in half with his sword. He also has the power to charge up knives and swords with black electrical energy, a form of Darkforce energy, and he can corrupt people he touches in the same manner, bringing them under his control. A corrupted person's clothes change his colors to his photographic negatives, and all who are corrupted praise their new master with proclamations like "Mr. Negative
3744-522: A special election, losing to J. Jonah Jameson . Mister Negative later recruits Hammerhead and offers to put the man's brain in a new robotic adamantium skeleton after having been shot point blank in the head by Underworld. Hammerhead agrees to that and Mister Negative has his surgeon Doctor Tramma perform the procedure. Mister Negative eventually comes across Eddie Brock , giving a job at his soup kitchen. A touch from him causes Brock's cancerous cells to completely disappear and combines with remnants of
3888-576: A split personality similar to Norman's after his exposure to the Goblin Formula. This split personality explains to Gabriel that it represents all that is good in his soul and will use the American Son armor to undo each of Gabriel's crimes. After an intense psychological battle, Gabriel appears to gain the upper hand and proceeds with his plan. Still attempting to understand Gabriel's plans, Harry determines that, in order for Gabriel to truly hurt him, he will attempt to abduct an innocent person and lay
4032-524: A story in Free Comic Book Day: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (May 2007). The name "Mister Negative" is a reference to photographic negative , as the colors of his skin, hair, and costume are inverted when he transforms into his alter ego. Originally a Chinese gangster and human trafficker, whose real name was never revealed, the man who would become Mister Negative was captured by crime boss Silvermane to serve as
4176-707: A tape of him explaining his ideology and how he will cleanse everyone's sins and give them power. Spider-Man sneaks into Sin-Eater's headquarters at Union Square and fights against Sin-Eater, but is overwhelmed by his combined power. Sin-Eater explains that he will cleanse Norman Osborn sins before unleashing his minions on Spider-Man. Miles Morales saves Spider-Man while New York is in chaos. Sin-Eater's minions storm Ravencroft prison. Miles Morales tries persuading Spider-Man to let Norman Osborn be cleansed, stating that his Green Goblin killed his version of Peter Parker , but Spider-Man ignores Miles and goes to Ravencroft. He fights off minions while remembering how Norman Osborn got
4320-457: A test subject, alongside the future Cloak & Dagger, for an experimental procedure involving a synthetic drug created by Simon Marshall . The experiment gave the character control over both the Darkforce and Lightforce , and led to the creation of two polar opposite personalities: Mister Positive , posing as a benevolent and kind philanthropist named Martin Li , who would go on to found
4464-464: A trap. Harry then rushes to find Norah. Meanwhile, the police arrive at Gabriel's hideout, but are unable to rescue Norah because of the American Son's interference. Harry manages to sneak in through one of his father's secret tunnels and confronts his half-brother. As the police prepare to make another attempt to save Norah, Harry frees her and gets the young reporter to safety. With Norah out of harm's way Gabriel and Harry engage in an epic battle. During
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4608-539: A vial of pig blood so Mister Negative is unaware of his loss. Martin Li endorses Bill Hollister for mayor of New York City, putting him against Randall Crowne, adding him to a list of opponents (many of whom become targets of the villain Menace ). It also causes him to become the target of a smear campaign by Dexter Bennet, editor of The DB and supporter of Crowne. After Menace is revealed to be Hollister's daughter and Hollister resigns as mayor, Li unsuccessfully runs in
4752-407: A wall, and Norman Osborn says that if he keeps him here, he will kill and harm everyone Spider-Man loved. Miles Morales tells Spider-Man to calm down, and Norman Osborn tells Spider-Man to listen to Miles, after all Spider-Man would not want to snap. Fed up, Spider-Man makes the decision and throws Norman Osborn off the ship into the wet concrete before leaving on his ship. Meanwhile, Kindred arrives in
4896-515: A way of taking an advantage of the war between the Avengers and the Phoenix Five, but Hawkeye and Spider-Woman defeat them while having a discussion about their relationship. It is later revealed that they were informed about Mister Negative's plan by Madame Hydra who wanted to get rid of the competition. During the 2014 " Original Sin " storyline, Mister Negative is seen meeting with
5040-459: A weapon against his grandfather. This Harry, possessing all the memories of the original, refuses to entertain the idea of his son becoming a killer, and assists Spider-Man in defeating the leader of the group. He then explains to Normie that Spider-Man is not an enemy and thanks Peter for all his help over the years. As the hologram disappears the badly injured Scrier grabs Normie with the intent of killing him, but someone — implied to be Harry — grabs
5184-431: Is a breakdown of what makes Spider-Man tick, and perhaps one of the finest and most introspective looks at the Green Goblin and Spider-Man dynamic ever made." According to Comic Book Roundup, Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn received an average review of 7.8 out of 10 based on 9 reviews. Deron Generally from The Super Powered Fancast wrote "Federico Vicentini has some awesome, action-packed art that reflects
5328-417: Is able to defeat him by doubling back during an aerial chase and emptying his entire supply of pumpkin bombs onto Hobgoblin. Harry even wonders if he could use the Green Goblin persona for a career as a superhero, but Peter convinces him that Green Goblin had too much baggage for such a role. Harry buries the Green Goblin menace within his mind once more and focuses on his business and family. This tranquility
5472-419: Is able to stop the fight by showing Norman his son's emaciated condition, brought on by an accidental drug overdose. The sight shocks Norman so much that it brings him back to sanity. Harry is dumped by Mary Jane Watson due to being fed up with his self-destructive lifestyle. Disconsolate, Harry turns to drugs and overdoses on amphetamines. He recovers at home instead of at a hospital, as Norman wanted to keep
5616-402: Is also one of the leading suspects for the secret identity of a new Goblin. In the " New Ways to Die " story arc, Menace battles Norman Osborn and is infuriated when Norman states that all he cares about is killing Spider-Man. Norman dons the Green Goblin costume and mentions that Harry has been in the Green Goblin's lair. Norman calls Harry, who realizes from Norman's distorted voice that Norman
5760-485: Is also the creator of the clones Gabriel and Sarah, who are both later revealed to be operating as his demonic revenant Kindred under the Harry A.I.'s command. The character has appeared in many adaptations of Spider-Man outside of the comic books, including various cartoons and video games. James Franco portrayed the character in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy (2002–2007), and Dane DeHaan portrays
5904-478: Is among the crime lords that attend the wedding of Randy Robertson and Janice Lincoln . When Shotgun crashes the wedding and shoots Tombstone, Spider-Man goes after Shotgun as the crime lords blame each other for calling the hit. During the " Gang War " storyline, Mister Negative and Lady Yulan are at each other's throats as she claims that the Inner Demons used holy water on her vampire minions. During
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6048-713: Is brainwashed by Dr. Miles Warren to forget the previous events. During another battle with Spider-Man , the Sinister Six and the Ultimates in front of the White House , Harry stops his father and he is taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. He is later used as Nick Fury 's bargaining piece to negotiate with Norman. Harry begins to blame everyone around him for the situation, and his second personality Shaw (introduced by his father after many years of hypnotic therapy) begins to take control. Harry eventually turns into
6192-638: Is chasing him, and Spider-Man sees Sin-Eater aiming a gun at the car wheels. Sin-eater fires the shot, which causes the car to flip over and Spider-Man barely saves civilians. Spider-Man takes the driver to a safe house where he learns that the driver is a former criminal named Overdrive . Spider-Man tries fighting against Sin-Eater but Sin-Eater distracts Spider-Man and shoots a bullet that passes through Spider-Man and hits Overdrive, wounding him severely. Sin-Eater disappears in smoke, and Spider-Man takes Overdrive to his ex-girlfriend Carly Cooper, where Overdrive suddenly comes back to life. A few days later, Spider-Man
6336-706: Is fighting against the Lethal Legion (consisting of Count Nefaria , Grey Gargoyle , Living Laser , and Whirlwind ) during a public event when Sin-Eater arrives and shoots the Lethal Legion while absorbing their power. Sin-Eater turns Spider-Man into stone temporarily and shoots the rest of the Lethal Legion. Unexpectedly, the crowd cheers which shocks Spider-Man. Sin-Eater tells Spider-Man saying his methods for dealing with criminals does not work anymore before freeing him. One of Peter Parker's ex-colleagues, Norah Winters , interviews Director Norman Osborn who
6480-406: Is forced out of his penthouse apartment. He moves into Peter's old room at May Parker's. He also begins secretly dating Amy Reilly (Peter's cousin). After May returns and is corrupted by Mister Negative , she kicks Harry out of the house, forcing him to move in with Mary Jane Watson. After Norman's fall , the American Son armor is stolen and the police begin questioning Harry, as only someone of
6624-420: Is going to tie into Spencer's Kindred story anymore. This issue really cements the idea that this is just its own story, independent of whatever Spider-Man's bigger mystery villain has in store. I'm not seeing what it is that connects the two, besides Kindred being the one to revive Stan Carter and supercharge him with his supernatural enhancements. Even with that said, this issue has a lot going for it. Whether its
6768-465: Is indeed Norman's son. Trying to make sense of everything, Harry visits May Parker's work where he plans to volunteer. On his way, he realizes that he is being followed by the FBI. It is then revealed through FBI security footage that Gabriel is the one who stole the American Son armor and has been using the armor all along. Meanwhile, Gabriel confronts the American Son armor and is revealed to have developed
6912-418: Is possible that his healing touch is supposed to be the opposite of Negative's corrupting touch. It is revealed that Anti-Venom can be affected by Negative's energy because it negates his healing ability. Mister Negative also has access to advanced technology and secret laboratories, in which he is able to give his subjects medical care far more advanced than that available to the general public. Dagger Li ,
7056-493: Is rehabilitated (for unknown reasons) and in charge of the Ravencroft Prison about the rehabilitated Weather Gang. Spider-Man asks Carlie Cooper why is Overdrive alive and in life support, and Carly explains that a group of corrupt police officer came and nearly beat him to death. Norah Hunter gets ambushed by Sin-Eater in her own car and shoots Sin-Eater. Sin-Eater heals his wounds (thanks to Kindred) and gives Norah
7200-683: Is shattered when the aftereffects of the " Inferno " crisis sunder the barrier between Harry's conscious and subconscious minds. Once again, he remembers being Green Goblin—and his hatred of Spider-Man. Harry has now convinced himself that Peter Parker resents the Osborns' "stable family life" due to never having been wanted by his own parents or guardians, when in fact it was the complete opposite. He uses Peter's trust in him to capture him, and subjects him to hallucinogenic gases to psychologically torment him. He finds himself unsatisfied with this revenge, however, and decides to kill Spider-Man. However, given
7344-418: Is taking care of his father, Norman loses control and bites Harry, passing the curse to him. Harry becomes the new Goblin by Night and runs away, leaving Peter and a now cured Norman to vow to find a cure for him. In Marvel Zombies: Return #1, Zombie Spider-Man is taken to an alternate reality where it is the past and Peter is still in college, Harry and Gwen are alive, etc. Harry is shown hanging out (with
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#17327799671687488-514: Is the superhero Spider-Man , nor that his father became the supervillain Green Goblin in an accident while attempting to create a super-serum. Moreover, before he became friends with Harry, Spider-Man was unmasked and captured by Green Goblin. During the subsequent battle, an electric shock removed all memory of being Green Goblin from Norman's mind. Spider-Man then hid all evidence of Norman's double identity, to keep Harry from being hurt by
7632-453: Is the best friend and partner of Peter Spector (a fusion of Peter Parker and Marc Spector ), who operates as the vigilante Arachknight . When Peter tries to kill Norman as revenge for Norman killing Peter's family, Harry intervenes and saves his father. After Ben and May were killed by Norman, Harry discovered his father was cursed into an uncontrollable Goblin, and caused him into killing both Peter's uncle and aunt against his will. While Harry
7776-512: Is the lovely Gwen Stacy . Gwen is intrigued by a new student: bookish, studious and painfully-shy Peter Parker. Harry takes a dislike to Parker; he resents the attention Gwen pays to Peter, and he assumes that Peter's standoffishness is snobbery. After confronting Parker, Harry realizes that Peter is merely shy and is also worried about his ailing aunt May Parker . Despite this rocky start, Harry and Peter became best friends, eventually sharing an apartment. Harry does not realize that his best friend
7920-556: Is unaffected when Negative attempts to corrupt him; Negative claims that this is because the Hood's soul belongs to Dormammu , a being even darker than he is. It has since been revealed that while Negative can renew his influence on others, he cannot corrupt someone once that individual has broken free of his influence already, allowing Peter Parker to infiltrate his plan by using the fact that he had been corrupted by Negative as Spider-Man without his foe knowing his secret identity. Mister Negative's alternate Martin Li persona seems to have
8064-512: Is wearing the Green Goblin suit. This horrifies and disgusts Harry, who vows to stop his father. Harry angrily confronts his father, who wants Harry to follow his legacy and become a greater man. The confused Harry is saved by Spider-Man. Spider-Man, who wants to beat Norman senseless, stops when he sees an area for human testing. Harry is claimed to be the one responsible for the atrocious acts, although he attempts to plead innocence. Harry later states that he wants to talk to Peter, who moments earlier
8208-417: Is written gave weight to the character's direction that came across as distinct. How that challenges Spider-Man and furthers the greater Kindred storyline added to the interest in where the "Sins Rising" will end up when all things are said and done." According to Comic Book Roundup, Issue 48 received an Average review of 8.4 out of 10 based on 8 reviews. David Brooke from AIPT wrote "The Amazing Spider-Man #48
8352-624: The All-New, All-Different Marvel branding, Harry Osborn and his young son Stanley finally came out of hiding, following his father's, the Goblin King, defeat. Going back to his usual look, Harry started using his mother's maiden name of Lyman and has started working at Parker Industries where he is in charge of Parker Industries' New York office when revealed to the Human Torch by Spider-Man. His sons Normie and Stanley like Regent, until
8496-482: The Hobgoblin creature, gaining super strength, pyrokinesis and orange Goblin-like super skin. Harry tries to stop himself during a battle with Spider-Man, but Shaw takes over and is wounded by S.H.I.E.L.D. soldiers. He is once again used by S.H.I.E.L.D. to attract his father, but the two end up doing battle, which leaves Harry dead. Peter later makes a speech that honors his friend. It was eventually revealed that
8640-641: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #5. Harry is the only son of Norman Osborn and Emily Lyman . The circumstances of Harry's birth weakens Emily, and she dies after a long illness. Heartbroken, Norman becomes a cold and unloving father; Norman either contemptuously dismisses Harry or lashes out at him in fury. As a result, Harry spends much of his life trying desperately to earn his father's approval. Unbeknownst to him, however, Norman had traded his son's soul to
8784-445: The Avengers mansion). The Order of the Web believes that Norman Osborn is responsible. Miles and Silk are confused on why Spider-Man won't let Sin-Eater shoot him and Ghost-Spider tells them that if Spider-Man lets Norman Osborn die, he fears that he will pay the price and is making the deal with the devil. Meanwhile, Mister Negative asks Sin-Eater to cleanse his sins and Sin-Eater does. Sin-Eater arrives in Ravencroft where he corrupts
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#17327799671688928-522: The Carnage symbiote to terrorize him in the past year , killed Gwen Stacy and Flash Thompson , and hurt Harry Osborn . Ghost-Spider arrives and helps Spider-Man, and Spider man realizes Spider Gwen talked to Miles. Spider-Gwen tells Spider-Man that she won't stop him, but just tells him to do whats right. Spider-Man meets with Julia Carpenter who tells him to let Norman Osborn get shot by Sin-Eater, or else Norman will kill again. Spider-Man thinks for
9072-569: The Chameleon to construct Life Model Decoys of Peter's parents to play with his emotions. The plot ends with both constructs revealed as fakes when both "die", shattering Peter's mind. After nearly killing the Chameleon, Peter found a tape Harry had left before he died revealing his role in the plot and mocking Peter, demonstrating that Harry was as manipulative and cruel as his father when gripped by insanity. Peter goes temporarily insane from
9216-477: The OZ Formula , the Green Goblin kills Martha and attempts to kill Harry, because of which he initially goes missing but eventually shows up outside Midtown High following Spider-Man's battle with Green Goblin there which nearly destroyed the school and tells MJ, Flash Thompson and Kenny Kong that the monster is his dad. Harry is placed into a relative's custody, but he eventually returned to his father and
9360-457: The Venom symbiote to create Anti-Venom . After the F.E.A.S.T center is torn apart during the fight between the two, Li discovers from a group of sweatshop workers (from a shop owned by Crowne) that they were experimented on with drugs made at Oscorp . Later, Mister Negative and his Inner Demons encounter and battle Anti-Venom. In the aftermath, Brock watches Mister Negative turn into Li, becoming
9504-566: The "Origin of the Species" storyline, Mister Negative was among the supervillains assembled by Doctor Octopus to secure some items. During the "Big Time" storyline, Mister Negative is targeted by both Anti-Venom and the new Wraith . When they, along with Spider-Man, interrupt a heroin-smuggling operation, Wraith uses visual recognition software, linked to every television broadcast in New York, to publicly out Mister Negative as Martin Li. When
9648-470: The EMP, and the ground turns to liquid while Spider-Man holds off Sin-Eater. The plan is successful and Spider-Man slams Sin-Eater into the wet concrete. Just before Spider-Man sinks, he remembers Mary Jane Watson and briefly breaks free, trying to shoot webbing at a ceiling but Green Goblin cuts the webbing, telling him that his debt is already paid and tries drowning Spider-Man but Spider-Gwen saves him alongside
9792-588: The F.E.A.S.T. Project as a means to help homeless people; and the ruthless crime lord Mister Negative, who leads the Inner Demons gang in an attempt to take over New York's criminal underworld. Originally, the character was depicted as suffering from dissociative identity disorder , with one personality not maintaining the other's memories, but both personas were later shown to be fully aware of each other's existence. As Mister Negative, his powers include healing, mind-controlling others through "corruption", and charging regular weapons with his energy. Since his conception,
9936-612: The F.E.A.S.T. center with humility. Martin Li opens and operates a soup kitchen in Chinatown : the F.E.A.S.T. Project (Food, Emergency Aid, Shelter and Training), where Peter Parker 's Aunt May volunteers. Neither Peter nor May are aware of Li's dual identity as a Chinatown crime boss under the Mister Negative name. Despite being a crime lord, Li is a seemingly kind and generous man. The F.E.A.S.T. Project has displayed healing powers for people of various illnesses, although
10080-598: The Green Goblin costume. Prior to Mephisto's alterations, Harry's body was exhumed and tested, indicating he was dead. However, this is explained to have been a "genetic duplicate" provided by Mysterio to fool anyone who investigated later, indicating he was alive all along and Peter simply did not know. At some point, Harry is released from rehab and reunites with his friends. However, because Peter recruited Dr. Strange , Mister Fantastic , and Iron Man to help him wipe out all evidence and memory of Spider-Man's secret identity (save from Mary Jane), Harry recalls his actions as
10224-495: The Green Goblin costume. Blaming Spider-Man for his father's "murder", Harry, angry and mentally unbalanced, swears vengeance. Having inherited his father's company, Harry manages to get the business back in shape. One day, to his shock, he finds a Spider-Man costume in Peter Parker's apartment and realizes that his best friend is the man he blames for his father's death. Using his father's old equipment, Harry confronts Peter as
10368-481: The Green Goblin secrets from Harry through hypnosis , and buries the knowledge deep within Harry's mind. Hamilton then raids one of Harry's hideouts and becomes the third Green Goblin . Meanwhile, Harry is released and considered cured. He sustains a concussion that makes him forget his knowledge of Spider-Man's identity and he and Peter rekindle their friendship. For a while, Harry's life seems back on track; his company begins turning profits once more, and he develops
10512-490: The Green Goblin. His plans are thwarted when Kaine switches sides. The Norman clone, who is not insane due to not being exposed to the Goblin Formula, tries to convince Harry to stop before sacrificing himself by jumping in front of the moving Goblin Glider (akin to Ben Reilly's death in the main universe). The series concludes with an irate Harry swearing vengeance. Spider-Man: Life Story features an alternate continuity where
10656-509: The Kindred twins, the assistance of Mephisto bestowed the twins with the demonically-enhanced capabilities of immortality, super-strength, and control over the centipedes like the ones that can protrude out of them. In addition, they can perform magic and revive the dead. In the new universe created by the folding of reality in Infinity Wars , Harry's father Norman is fused with Jack Russel and becomes Goblin by Night . This version of Harry
10800-560: The Lizard serum to overpower the heroine, but runs away after discovering Spider-Woman is Gwen. He then goes on the run from S.H.I.E.L.D. and is pursued by ninjas belonging to the Hand , Wolverine , and Shadowcat before fully transforming into the Lizard. Figuring out that there is a connection with their powers and a mysterious substance given to her by Matt Murdock , Gwen manages to get the Lizard serum out of Harry's blood and combines it with
10944-578: The Maggia families' children alive, he takes a sample of Spider-Man's blood to use in a Devil's Breath formula. Mister Negative later tries to use the Devil's Breath formula to kill Spider-Man during a fight with the Maggia, but Spider-Man holds his breath long enough to escape alive. Spider-Man then recruits the Black Cat to help steal Spider-Man's remaining blood from Mister Negative and replace it with
11088-508: The Martin Li and Mister Negative personas are the result of experimental drug tests done by Maggia chemist Simon Marshall, the same tests that powered Cloak and Dagger (namely Cloak's association with the Darkforce ). Unlike the two heroes, who were each given a power over light and dark, the gang member was given both a light and dark side. As such, Negative considers himself an embodiment of black and wickedness and both of his personas view
11232-534: The Menace costume. She found a hidden door in his closet and one of his old journals. She begins giving him a hard time about whining so much about his father. Harry thinks her behavior is because she is sick. She continues to tell him she uncovered one of Norman's secret rooms described in the journal. This explains why she kissed Peter after the Thunderbolts attacked; he almost found the secret trigger to open
11376-560: The OZ formula gives Norman and Spider-Man immortality, making it possible that Harry is still alive somewhere. Mister Negative Mister Negative is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character is usually depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man , the Punisher , Shang-Chi , and Cloak and Dagger . The character was created by Dan Slott and Phil Jimenez , and first appeared in "Swing Shift",
11520-460: The Osborn bloodline can use the American Son armor. Harry is then shot in the chest by Gabriel Stacy , claiming that Norman gave Harry a better life. However, Harry is saved by American Son and taken to a hospital. After Harry recovers from his wounds, he is escorted home by police. Fearing the damage that could be done with the American Son armor and perplexed by his encounter with Gabriel, Harry decides to figure things out on his own. After enlisting
11664-457: The Scrier from out of the darkness and breaks his neck. After Mephisto 's manipulations of the timeline, details of Harry's death are seemingly retconned as being faked by Mysterio and his father who spirits his son away to Europe where he is held prisoner in several "rehab" clinics and believes that his son had relapsed into drug addiction, and this, in turn, led to his brief return to wearing
11808-537: The X-Men Rockslide and Anole in disguise, Mister Negative hired The Serpents, and devise a plan to lure them into their traps, then turning then into his pawn into attacking other X-Men as well. Although his plan foiled by Anole's strategy into using a temporary brainwashed Rockslide, Mister Negative releases the rock mutant hero and vow they will meet again on the other side. During the 2009 storyline " The Gauntlet ", Mister Negative corrupts May Parker when
11952-519: The advantage because they now have a common enemy, but are overwhelmed by Sin-Eater's versatile powers. Green Goblin asks Spider-Man how did he stop the Juggernaut, and Spider-Man reveals that he stopped the Juggernaut by trapping Juggernaut in wet concrete. Spider-Man reveals the EMP has a compression generator, and wants Green Goblin to aim the EMP toward the ground to turn concrete wet. Spider-Man tries telling Sin-Eater that he really wants him, but Sin-Eater does not listen and hits him. Green Goblin presses
12096-532: The baby named Stanley. At his going-away party, Harry encounters former NYPD officer Vin Gonzales reveals he has a Green Goblin tattoo . After Gonzales relays a message from Norman, Harry shocks the man with a taser and beats him. Months later, Harry is shown in Seattle, Washington living with his son. He is shown to have completely changed his appearance, having shaved his head and grown a beard. As part of
12240-547: The balance of good and evil as a necessary part of the universe. The two halves, while fully aware of one another's existence, take no steps to interfere with one another, with the Martin Li persona even taking such drastic steps as allowing his bad side to corrupt May Parker to keep it a secret. During an encounter in The Amazing Spider-Man #621, Negative displays a degree of superhuman strength high enough to send Spider-Man flying through two buildings with
12384-432: The battle, Mister Negative tries to corrupt Hood but fails. Norman Osborn ends the blockade H.A.M.M.E.R. has on Chinatown when Hammerhead hands papers implicating Oscorp in the aforementioned drug tests on immigrants. An irate Hood decides to kill Mister Negative anyway but he escapes. A later conversation that Osborn has with his own darker Green Goblin side reveals that he now has an alliance with Mister Negative similar to
12528-477: The battle, Norman declares that Harry is no longer his son, and that Norman has bred a better child to replace the 'failure' of Harry. After further taunts from Norman, Harry lashes out and defeats his father, declaring "I was never your son!". When Harry has the option of killing Norman, Spider-Man tells him to decapitate Norman, since his father's healing factor may repair a blow to the head. Spider-Man also cautions Harry that killing Norman will cause Harry to "become
12672-588: The camera in his room, Harry sneaks off. He finds a cure for Lily's condition that will be safe for both Lily and the baby, but Lily pushes him away. Lily reveals that it is a ruse to coerce Harry into taking on the American Son armor, whom Norman had plotted would die in a tragedy to increase sympathy for Norman and the Dark Avengers. Lily also reveals that the baby is not Harry's but, in fact, Norman's. In retaliation for this, Harry dons his American Son armor, and fights Norman in his Iron Patriot armor. During
12816-478: The captives alone to make a break for the New York shores. Li was the only survivor and spent the following years building a large fortune and dedicating himself to helping those less fortunate. The story is later revealed to be partially false, though only the Mister Negative persona appears aware of it. It is revealed that Mister Negative was actually one of the crew members of the Golden Mountain . When
12960-466: The cause of this healing has yet to be revealed. In the " Brand New Day " storyline, Mister Negative first comes into conflict with Spider-Man when he makes a power play toward taking control of New York 's criminal underworld by attempting to wipe out all existing members of the Karnelli and Maggia crime families using a DNA specific bioweapon called the "Devil's Breath". In exchange for leaving
13104-448: The character has been adapted into several forms of media outside of comics, including animated series and video games. Created by Dan Slott and Phil Jimenez , Mister Negative first appeared in "Swing Shift", a story in Free Comic Book Day: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (2007), which was set in the immediate aftermath of the " Spider-Man: One More Day " storyline. Mister Negative then appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #546 (Jan. 2008),
13248-495: The character in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). Harry Osborn first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #31 (December 1965), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko . In The Amazing Spider-Man #122 (July 1973), Harry's father, Norman , is killed off, and a subplot leading to Harry inheriting his father's identity as the Green Goblin is introduced. This subplot culminates in The Amazing Spider-Man #136 (September 1974). Writer Gerry Conway said that
13392-593: The character, and felt it was appropriate that writer J. M. DeMatteis chose not to add any dialogue to those pages. Several years later, the Spider-Man writers made plans to reveal that the mysterious villain Gaunt was Harry Osborn, who was still alive and had orchestrated the entire " Clone Saga ", but an editorial edict prevented this from coming to fruition. However, Harry was eventually revived in The Amazing Spider-Man #545 (December 2007). He received an entry in
13536-562: The characters naturally age after Peter Parker becomes Spider-Man in 1962. In 1966, Peter has Norman arrested to prevent the Green Goblin from hurting anyone, leaving Harry in charge of Oscorp. In 1977, Harry is engaged to Mary Jane, but shows signs of a drug addiction brought upon by the stress of his position and his father's imprisonment. Norman convinces Harry to attack Miles Warren as the Black Goblin to retrieve his clone, but Harry discovers that Miles also cloned Peter and Gwen Stacy in
13680-489: The city as the Red Goblin using the Carnage symbiote before being imprisoned once more, even after Emily Osborn turns up alive. He is determined to redeem his family's name from his father's villainous legacy and to be a responsible parent to his sons. It is revealed over the course of Nick Spencer 's run as writer on The Amazing Spider-Man that, upon dying, Harry's soul was transported to Hell , where he encountered
13824-526: The clone of Ashley Kafka into releasing Juggernaut . A man claiming to be "Martin Li" shows up at the FEAST building seeking help as the Inner Demons attack. This "Martin Li" later surrenders to the Inner Demons. Mister Negative meets with Mayor Wilson Fisk and informs him that they will need the sister counterpart of the Tablet of Life and Destiny called the Tablet of Death and Entropy. As Mister Negative has
13968-645: The computer system activates and abducts Normie Osborn with the intent of subjecting him to the Green Goblin Serum (the same one that had caused Harry's death) to make into the newest Green Goblin. This computer facsimile of Harry and its robotic drones (which resemble female versions of Green Goblin) were all destroyed by Spider-Man and the Molten Man who manage to save Normie from it. However, Harry had one last trick up his sleeve. Sometime before his final confrontation with Spider-Man, Harry had employed
14112-479: The demon Mephisto , who labels him as the Goblin Prince . The demon asks Harry why he never told Peter on his deathbed any of the schemes he had set in motion to torture him after his passing, with Harry confessing that there was no time, and that he was ashamed. Harry's soul is kept in hell tortured by demons while a clone version maintains a life on Earth revealed post- One More Day . Many years later,
14256-480: The demon Mephisto in exchange for wealth and power, and Harry would be cursed for the rest of his life while Norman forgot the deal. Upon graduating from high school, Harry enrolls in Empire State University. Among the wealthiest students in the school, Harry soon becomes one of the most popular as well, despite his aloof manner. He has a clique of rich, popular students around him; one of these
14400-563: The edge and, like his father and grandfather before him, takes up the Green Goblin mantle and vows revenge on Peter Parker. After several emotionally charged encounters with Spider-Girl , Normie eventually reclaims his sanity and the blood feud between the Parkers and the Osborns is finally brought to an end. In the simplified re-telling of the Clone Saga , Harry is revealed as the mastermind behind Peter and Ben Reilly's troubles throughout
14544-590: The ex-boyfriends of Mary Jane Watson , the son of Norman Osborn , the husband of Liz Allan and the father of Normie and Stanley Osborn. He is the second character to assume the Green Goblin alias while one of his clones was amongst the many users of the Iron Patriot armor as the superhero American Son . An artificial intelligence (A.I.) copy of Harry (which he created while the Green Goblin)
14688-481: The fight, Harry attempts to convince Gabriel that Norman is evil and that attempting to follow in his footsteps is madness. Gabriel refuses to listen and continues his attempts to kill Harry. Saddened by his brother's choice, Harry hacks the American Son armor and knocks Gabriel unconscious. The battle causes the warehouse to go up in flames, trapping Gabriel and Harry inside, but Spider-Man arrives and saves them. Afterward, Norah visits Harry in his coffee shop, and notices
14832-531: The first issue of the follow-up storyline " Brand New Day ". Martin Li is introduced with the backstory of a Chinese immigrant from Fujian province who attempted to travel to America to be with his wife. His mode of transportation, the Golden Mountain , was a slave ship operated by the Snakehead gang as a way to sell Fujian captives as overseas slaves in Kenya . During a storm, the ship's crew evacuated, leaving
14976-566: The first to be aware of his double identity. During the 2008–2009 " Dark Reign " storyline, Mister Negative refuses to submit to the Hood ’s rule of conquest over New York's criminal underworld. During a meeting with Hood's henchman White Dragon, Mister Negative corrupts White Dragon and sends the man to attack the Hood's headquarters. In retaliation, the Hood decides to attack and kill him. H.A.M.M.E.R. seals Chinatown on Hood's behalf and an all out fight breaks out around Li's estate. Hood's gang gets
15120-511: The fragile emotional state following the death of his father, and losing touch with reality, as a result. Besides, I never had any intention of getting rid of the Green Goblin as a concept forever, so it all came together". Harry dies in The Spectacular Spider-Man #200 (May 1993). Artist Sal Buscema said that drawing the final two pages of this issue was a deeply emotional experience for him due to how long he had drawn
15264-514: The goal of defeating Spider-Man. Following the 2015 " Secret Wars " storyline, Martin Li is arrested at some point. He is rescued by Cloak and Dagger who have been corrupted by his touch and are using patches of the drug known as "Shade" to stimulate the effects of Mister Negative's touch and "remain" loyal to him. After the two break Mister Negative out of the prison ship where Li is being held and revert him to his Negative form, he leads an assault on Parker Industries ' Japan branch, which leads to
15408-475: The help of a talented reporter named Norah from Frontline, Harry decides to visit Norman, as only he would know about Gabriel. Harry and Norah eventually visit the Raft where they find Norman in his cell, consumed by madness. Harry demands to know about Gabriel, but Norman is unresponsive. Frustrated, Harry and Norah begin to leave, but before they exit Norman briefly returns to his senses and tells Harry that Gabriel
15552-433: The help of two other experimental inmates and soon developed two personalities, the kind-hearted Martin Li and the villainous Mister Negative, the latter of the two developing the ability to generate a black electrical energy that could be used to heal, control others, or charge objects with his touch. The Mister Negative side dedicated himself to becoming Chinatown's Kingpin of Crime while the Martin Li side attempts to run
15696-513: The idea of Harry Osborn becoming the Green Goblin stemmed in part from a desire to deal with the consequences of the psychedelic drugs Harry began using in The Amazing Spider-Man #96 (May 1971). Conway said that he had had experience with such drugs himself, and that "with psychedelic drugs, hallucinogens, if they've been misused, there is a potential for additional hallucinogenic experiences that are completely beyond your control or volition. I could imagine Harry getting hit by something like that, in
15840-501: The item, he states to Mayor Fisk that their desired function can only be used when both items are together. Mayor Fisk allows Mister Negative to control Chinatown and the Lower East Side. Obtaining the Tablet of Life and Destiny from Spider-Man and Boomerang puts Mister Negative in completion with Black Mariah , Crime Master V, Diamondback , Hammerhead , Madame Masque , Owl , Silvermane , and Tombstone . Mister Negative
15984-482: The loss of their friend. For most of his life, Harry Osborn had no superhuman abilities. After exposing himself to his father's formula, he takes the reins of the second Green Goblin, causing him to become much stronger, cunning and agile. The glider he carries has swords, along with usual Goblin technology. Harry's clone also had temporary access to the American Son armor. When the Harry Osborn A.I. created
16128-578: The matter quiet, and a doctor diagnoses him with schizophrenia. This tragedy, compounded by imminent bankruptcy, drives Norman over the edge. The elder Osborn kidnaps Gwen as bait for Spider-Man, and then throws her off the George Washington Bridge (or Brooklyn Bridge ). In a vicious battle with Spider-Man, the Green Goblin accidentally impales himself on his own goblin glider . Harry Osborn secretly witnesses this. Wanting to protect his father's identity, he strips Norman Osborn's body of
16272-399: The new formula. When he spies Spider-Man investigating his townhouse, Harry loses his temper and attacks him as the Green Goblin. He injects Peter with a drug that leaves him immobile and, in a fit of depression, activates timed explosives that he had planted throughout the townhouse, planning to kill both himself and Peter. However, when he realizes that Mary Jane and his son Normie are also in
16416-503: The one with Hood. However, Spot slips in and steals back the evidence of Oscorp's tests, revealing being Mister Negative's mole in the Hood's gang under the promise that he will be cured once they get their revenge on the Maggia. In the X-Men storyline "Serve and Protect", Mister Negative and his Inner Demons are at San Francisco on attempting to murder a widowed woman who still have a child. When two unidentified heroes, then revealed to be
16560-564: The only way to stop Sin-Eater is by working together. Spider-Man reluctantly teams up with Norman Osborn (who ingested the Green Goblin Formula) and they fight off Sin Eater's minions. Sin-Eater grows into a hulking beast and attacks Spider-Man and Green Goblin who barely escape. Spider-Man realizes that teaming up with Green Goblin is difficult because they had never worked together. Julia Carpenter uses an astral projection for all
16704-440: The opening of Horizon University that Augustus is, in fact, Regent, thus sending Betty to meet Augustus to prove if he is Regent or not. As Harry realizes that, Augustus kidnaps Betty. Harry must do it himself to save Betty and the other captured superhumans, knowing that he may be captured soon enough, but manage to contact Spider-Man with Parker Industries' webware created by Clayton/Clash before Regent captures him immediately. With
16848-428: The opportunity he proves unwilling to kill his best friend. Harry investigates his father's old hideouts and notes, and finally uncovers and ingests the formula for the original Green Goblin's superhuman strength. He then kidnaps his wife, son, and brother-in-law Mark Raxton , terrorizing them in an old family mansion. Raxton manages to signal their location to Spider-Man who defeats the Green Goblin and turns him in to
16992-419: The police approach, Mister Negative and his men retreat. Li is later seen locked in a room by Mister Negative's men who wait for him to change back into their master. During the 2011 " Spider-Island " storyline, Mister Negative is told of a prophecy that he is destined to be killed by Dagger. During the 2012 " Avengers vs. X-Men " storyline, Mister Negative and his henchmen invade a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility as
17136-512: The police. Spider-Man pushes for Harry to get psychiatric treatment from Dr. Ashley Kafka , but he is ultimately transferred to the Vault . However, the state is unable to put together a sufficient case against Harry, and after just a few weeks in prison, he is released. Harry discovers that his father developed an advanced version of the Goblin Formula, but was unable to test it before his final battle with Spider-Man. After testing it, he ingests
17280-500: The power to cure others: in The Amazing Spider-Man #568, a simple touch from Li completely cures Eddie Brock of his cancer, and combines the remnants of the Venom symbiote in his blood with his white blood cells, creating a new symbiote named Anti-Venom that possesses similar healing powers. Aside from this, homeless people who have stayed at Martin Li's shelter have rapidly recovered from any illnesses or injuries they suffered from. It
17424-473: The process. Harry realizes Norman cloned Peter because Norman still considered Peter the more worthy heir and attacks him. After Peter convinces Harry of his father's manipulations, Harry blows up the facility, killing all the clones except Peter's. However, Miles reveals that the "Gwen" Peter was with was actually her clone while the real Gwen died in the explosion, leaving Harry wracked with guilt. By one year later, he has broken up with Mary Jane and left her with
17568-481: The prom, angering Peter. He witnesses Peter transform into the Lizard , fight Spider-Woman and die. At Peter's funeral, he feels guilty that he did not do anything to prevent Peter's death, and disappears from school for two years. He returns one night tells Gwen that he joined the army and S.H.I.E.L.D. after Peter's death and plans to avenge him by taking down Spider-Woman. During his fight with Spider-Woman, he takes
17712-444: The revelation. However, Norman's Green Goblin persona resurfaces from time to time. These are difficult times for Harry, as his father's periodic episodes are unexplainable. He had experimented with drugs in his teens; but he escalates his usage, as well as trying ever-harder substances. This affects his mental stability and his relationships with his friends. Spider-Man uses this to his advantage during one battle with Green Goblin; he
17856-421: The room. When she first entered the room, she found the Green Goblin's equipment and some experiments. Knocking over some chemicals, she absorbed them and is now able to transform at will. She explains that she discovered Menace's attacks against her father gives him more public support. She also tells him that she accepts his marriage proposal. After their talk, Harry enters one of his father's weapons caches, takes
18000-456: The second Green Goblin but no longer remembers that Peter Parker is the web-slinger. His marriage to Liz Allan disintegrates and the two divorce. Harry engages in a string of relationships, several of which result in Harry marrying and divorcing in rapid fashion. He is in a relationship with Lily Hollister. Harry tries to help Lily's father in the latter's bid for Mayor of New York by funding her father's campaign with his dwindling finances. Harry
18144-415: The second Green Goblin. Not wanting to hurt Harry, Peter avoids fighting his old friend. After Spider-Man is able to thwart Harry's initial attempt on his life, Harry is knocked unconscious and taken into police custody. There, he raves that he is the true Green Goblin and Peter Parker is Spider-Man, but is dismissed as a lunatic. He is put in the care of criminal psychologist Dr. Bart Hamilton to extract
18288-579: The self-proclaimed Goblin King ( Phil Urich ) who is now leading the Goblin Underground's remnants when it came to them awaiting for Eel II to help divide the criminal underground following the original Goblin King's defeat. Their meeting is crashed by Black Cat and Electro who demand their share of the plan. When Mister Negative and Urich refuse to listen to Black Cat, the woman reminds them that they were all outed by Spider-Man and will succeed in
18432-522: The ship nearly crashed onto the New York shores, he stole the identity of one of the deceased Fujian slaves (the real Martin Li) who was heading to America for the aforementioned reasons. This gang member was eventually captured by the Maggia Don Silvermane and experimented on with a synthetic drug created by Maggia chemist Simon Marshall that could be more potent than heroin. He escaped with
18576-405: The shock, even briefly rejecting his identity until the return of his clone Ben Reilly snaps him back to reality. Some time later Spider-Man encountered another digital version of Harry's mind, this one a hologram created by a group of rebel Scriers. This group had reconstructed Harry from all available information about him in the hope of using him to manipulate Normie, who they wished to use as
18720-417: The son Norman always wanted". Seeing what he may become with his actions, Harry instead backs down, and turns away from his father forever. Harry is next seen in a psychiatrist's office, claiming to be getting over the effects of a medical treatment he received. The doctor offers to prescribe him oxycodone but it is not revealed if Harry takes the prescription. Afterwards, Harry is cut off financially and
18864-455: The spider heroes to observe what Spider-Man is doing because they want to wait for the right moment, as well as Sin-Eater being an unpredictable factor. Spider-Gwen decides to side with Peter Parker because she trusts him as this is his fight, they could be making it worse and play it right into someone's hand. Meanwhile, Green Goblin reveals he has an underground waterway beneath Ravencroft, and Sin-Eater overwhelms them again. Spider-Man gives them
19008-472: The spider heroes. The spider heroes revealed they were about to stop Spider-Man from saving Norman Osborn but Spider-Gwen persuaded them not to. They get into a ship, but Green Goblin overhears Spider-Man calling Spider-Gwen "Gwen" and realizes her true identity. Norman Osborn starts harassing her, asking her if she's one of Jackal 's clones and alluding to the fact that he and Gwen Stacy of his earth had an affair . Spider-Man gets angry and slams Norman Osborn to
19152-514: The story. Having secretly survived his final battle with Spider-Man, and still unhinged due to the side-effects of the Goblin formula, Harry carries out a vengeful campaign against the Spider-Men with the aid of Kaine . His plans also include the cloning of his deceased father, who apparently was killed by his Goblin Glider in this reality. Harry soon heads out to attack Ben Reilly in the guise of
19296-470: The substance, which forms the Venom symbiote . During the " Spider-Geddon " storyline, there are different versions of Harry Osborn seen: The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Harry Osborn is the rich son of Norman Osborn and Martha Osborn as well as the best friend and tutoring subject of Peter Parker at Midtown High, who is one of Peter's few friends in high school and also briefly dates Mary Jane "MJ" Watson . After Norman eventually subjects himself to
19440-424: The supervillains. Harry and MJ take Lily to get medical care, but Carlie was too angry with Lily to accompany them. When Spider-Man secures the baby from Doctor Octopus he runs an analysis on a sample of the baby's DNA and finds it matches Harry's, and thus he is the child's true father. Spider-Man encourages Harry to raise his son on his own and start a new life. Soon thereafter, Harry prepares to leave New York with
19584-508: The tension and tone of the story. There is an emotional element to the art that Vicentini is able to bring out through the panels especially in the moments between Norman and Peter. The reveal of the prisoner being kept at the bottom of the institute is handled brilliantly as well." According to Comic book Roundup, Issue 49 received an Average review of 7.5 out of 10 based on 13 reviews. Jimmy Hayes from Comic Watch wrote "An issue that's truly worthy of its epic numbering (#850). You're gonna have
19728-453: The time when all superhumans are disappearing without a traces caused by a superhuman known as the Regent, while Harry is meeting with Mary Jane and Betty Brant , Harry stumbles upon seeing a same logo as the Regent's on Augustus Roman's Empire Unlimited company, and soon realizes, along with Mary Jane, that when he saw a logo beneath Augustus' ripped shirt during the time of Zodiac's attacks on
19872-413: The townhouse, he is shocked back to his normal self. Harry rescues Mary Jane, Normie, and Peter before he collapses. He belatedly realizes that he did not test the new formula diligently enough, and that it is, in fact, lethal before he dies holding Peter's hand. Sometime before his death, Harry created a computer system with copies of his and Norman Osborn's minds programmed into it; after Harry's death,
20016-498: The upper hand until Spider-Man arrives to rescue Martin. However, Spider-Man too is corrupted and sent into battle on Mister Negative's behalf. Spider-Man battles the members of Hood's gang who are attacking the villain's headquarters; Mister Negative then sends the web-slinger to kill Betty Brant who is interviewing the real Martin Li's widow and is coming close to finding out the truth. The Hood himself then confronts Mister Negative at his Chinatown headquarters and battles him. During
20160-485: The wedding ring, which she originally claimed she lost. Renting out all of Liberty Island , Harry takes Lily there and, at the top of the Statue of Liberty , he gets down on one knee and proposes to her. Lily rejects his proposal because she is not sure where their relationship will lead, which surprises Harry. He later goes to her place to check up on her, and as he enters the room he is surprised to discover Lily wearing
20304-612: The woman walks in on him punishing an Inner Demon. May manages to break free from Mister Negative's corruption when Peter went to May for moral support after the Lizard devoured Billy Connors and essentially 'killed' Curt Connors. During the 2010 " Shadowland " storyline, Mister Negative takes the advantage of the conflict against the Hand in a plot to set up a criminal establishment there, only for him and his Inner Demons to run afoul of Spider-Man and Shang-Chi . Mister Negative later has an encounter with Jackpot and Boomerang . During
20448-433: Was kissed by Lily, and is seen leaving with a mysterious canister labelled "Prometheus X-90". Prometheus X-90, it is revealed later, was developed as a successful cure for Mark Raxton's condition as Molten Man. The only human test subject was Charlie Weiderman, the short-lived second Molten Man, and the only person on whom the serum could be tested. After the cure is administered, Liz finally forgives Harry and gives him back
20592-399: Was never born, so he is ever living", or "He is attached to nothing, thus he is one with all." The effectiveness of his corruption varies depending on how good the affected person was before their conversion: White Dragon, a villain himself, gained vastly increased stamina and endurance, but was still easily dispatched (his clothes reverted to normal once he was killed). Conversely, Spider-Man,
20736-467: Was not. It is later revealed that Otto was allowed to enter Oscorp by an elderly Norman, who has a heart attack and dies after learning of Harry's death. In this version, Harry Osborn is a social outcast at high school who is constantly bullied due to a rumor that he tried to burn his old prep school down; Flash Thompson notably bullies him and nicknames him the "Green Goblin". Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker befriend him out of pity, and Harry asks Gwen out to
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