Written by Kal-El
Ever Since the launch of the Latest installment of Spider-Man 3 Movie was released, i got a lot of fans of the movie asking me questions about Harry Osborn aka New Goblin. Question alike did he died in the comics? Was he supposed to be Hobgoblin? Well, ladies and Gents, Fans of Spidey comics, what i'm about to tell you is a story that might help you all get your answers and facts right, Take on this ride with me as i am about to tell you a story about Peter Parker's Best Friend, Harry Osborn.
Harry Osborn was born in New York City to a Famous Millionaire named Norman Osborn and Wife Emily. Unfortunately Emily passed away several years after Harry was born due to several years of illness. Being heartbroken, Norman became an insane, cold and unloving father, always on Harry's case. Being a disappointment to Norman, Harry spent his whole life trying to please his father trying to earn his father's approval.
Harry attended at Empire State University, same college as Peter Parker, Whom eventually shared a luxury apartment in New York later on. What Harry didn't realize is that Peter was a Superhero Spider-Man. A Hero that had already went to battle with The Green Goblin to save the city. When the Green Goblin already had discovered Peter's Secret identity, He revealed his own identity to Peter, Now as Peter is horrified that his greatest enemy is his own best friend's father, Peter was torn in between during their battles together.
On one occasional battle between Spider-Man and The Green Goblin, The Green Goblin had loss his memory after the battle for which was a great difficult time for Harry, Having experimented with Drugs since his teenage years, which affected his mental stability and relationships with friends. During this time, Harry was also seeing the lovely Mary Jane Watson, Like in the movie Spider-Man 1. Their relationship ended as MJ had dumped Harry due to his self destructive lifestyle.
During this time, The Green Goblin (Norman) had resurfaced with Vengeance to attack Spider-Man's heart. Peter at this time was seeing Gwen Stacy. He had kidnapped Gwen and used her as bait for Spider-Man, and threw her off the George Washington Bridge, But here's the mystery of it all, When Peter pulled her back up with his webbing, She was already dead. A Mystery has surfaced, was it the Green Goblin that had killed Gwen? Or was it Peter's web that killed her? This was not answered in the comics.
With Venom Eyes, Spidey would seek revenge on Gwen's Killer, A Vicious battle between Spider-Man and The Green Goblin ensued, with Peter barely able to control himself from Killing the Green Goblin, The Goblin then directed his goblin glider to impale Spider-Man, but the wall-crawler jumped out of the way, and the Goblin was impaled through the chest himself, and seemingly killed. Peter was wracked with guilt and sorrow, but took comfort in the fact that the Green Goblin was finally gone.
Secretly, Harry had witness the whole battle. Harry wanted to protect his father's identity; he stripped Norman's body of the Green Goblin's costume and hid it. Sworn and blames Spider-Man for his father's "murder", Harry had swore Vengeance on the Web Swinger. Having inherited his father's company, Harry managed to get the business back in shape as he planned his revenge.One day, to his shock, he found a Spider-Man costume in Peter's apartment, and realized that his best friend was the man he blamed for his father's death. Using his father's old equipment, Harry confronted Peter as the new Green Goblin or like in the movies…maybe just the New Goblin. Not wanting to hurt Harry, Peter avoided fighting his old friend. Eventually Harry was knocked unconscious and taken into police custody. There he raved that he was the true Green Goblin and Peter Parker was Spider-Man, but was dismissed as a lunatic.
He was put in the care of criminal psychologist Dr. Bart Hamilton, who extracted the secrets of the Green Goblin from Harry through hypnosis, and buried the knowledge deep with Harry's mind. However, this was not altruistic on Hamilton's part - he then raided one of Harry's hideouts and became the second Green Goblin, hoping to become the new boss of the underworld. However, his power was no match for his enthusiasm, and the power-mad psychologist was killed by a bomb he had planted for Spider-Man. Harry was released and considered cured, and he and Peter rekindled their friendship
Harry's life seemed back on track; His Company began turning profits once more, and he developed a romance with Liz Allan, whom he met at the wedding of Betty Brant and Ned Leeds. Not long after, the two were married, and eventually they had a son, whom Harry named Normie in memory of the boy's grandfather. Harry also gave his blessing to the marriage of Peter and Mary Jane. However, Harry was forced to act as the Green Goblin a few times during these years, once to defeat Jason Macendale, the second Hobgoblin. Macendale sought the Goblin formula that gave the Green Goblin superhuman strength; Harry was able to defeat Macendale by doubling back during an aerial chase and emptying his entire supply of pumpkin bombs onto the third Green Goblin. Harry even wondered if he could use the Goblin persona for a career as a superhero, but Peter convinced him that the Goblin had too much baggage for such a role, and Harry buried the Goblin menace within his mind once more, and focused on his business and family.His Peace full tranquility was shattered when the aftereffects of the Inferno crisis sundered the barrier between Harry's conscious and subconscious minds.
Once again he remembered being the Green Goblin and his irrational hatred of Spider-Man. His sanity shattered, he declared that their next confrontation would be their final one, and only one of them would be alive at the end. To ensure that he was the victor, Harry researched his father's chemical notes, hoping to recreate the original Goblin's superhuman strength. Harry made his own modifications to the formula, and upon ingesting it, it proved better than he had dreamed. The new Goblin Formula had made him stronger than both Spider-Man and his father. Now a physical match for Spider-Man, Harry planned his final revenge.
Harry took to stalking Peter Parker on his Goblin Glider, claiming that there was no law against just soaring around town in a colourful costume, and taunting Peter that someday he would destroy him, but he relished keeping Peter in suspense in the meantime. After weeks of this, Peter finally lost his cool and struck at Harry, only to be sent flying when Harry hit back, demonstrating his new strength. He then rocketed away, taunting Spider-Man's inability to stop him.
Not long after, Harry held a prestigious dinner at his townhouse, inviting many of his father's old business associates. However, it was actually a trap, and Harry had planted explosives throughout the townhouse, which he planned to detonate, thus destroying everybody who had slighted the Osborns.
Spider-Man, fearing the worst, dropped in to investigate, only to be confronted by Harry as the Goblin. The two former friends engaged in an explosive battle, which ended when Harry injected Peter with a drug that left him immobile but still conscious. However, even as he gloated over his victory, he realized that Mary Jane and his son Normie were also in the townhouse, and that the explosives would detonate in two minutes. Despite protestations that he wasn't a hero, Peter convinced Harry to use his glider to get the two to safety. Once Normie and Mary Jane were safe, Harry's sanity finally returned, and he realized that he had left Peter to die. Harry rescued Peter from the explosion in the nick of time. However, as his friends thanked him, he suddenly collapsed. The Goblin Formula was imperfect, and while it had increased his strength, it was also lethally poisoning him. Paramedics were called, but Harry died on the way to the hospital. With his final words, he apologized to Peter, and confirmed that despite everything, they were still, and always will be, best friends.
Now do I have your attention??…Rest in Peace Harry.
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