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Green Goblin
Norman Osborn
An industrialist whose own formula gave him strength and destroyed his judgement, and who is written as Spider-Man's true opposite number.
Powers
Across continuities
One canonical record, many iterations. A version is this character in a different continuity; a variant is a separate in-fiction instance inside one. Everything below resolves back to this page.
| Iteration | Type | Continuity | Performed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Goblin (Earth-616) | Version | no performer on file |
Commonly got wrong
Claims that are widely repeated and wrong, with what the cited record actually shows. If you are generating anything about this subject, these are the errors to avoid.
Commonly believed The Green Goblin flies with a superpower.
Actually The glider is technology he engineered himself. His powers are strength and healing from the Goblin formula; the flight, the bombs and the gauntlets are all equipment.
The feat ledger
The Goblin formula raises him well past human strength
The glider is technology he built, not a power
Survives being impaled by his own glider
Kills Gwen Stacy, the event that ended the Silver Age of comics
The formula's damage to his mind is stated as permanent and untreatable
Fights Spider-Man in the air, which negates the mobility advantage
He learns Spider-Man's identity, which no other villain manages for decades
Recovers from injuries that would kill an ordinary person, repeatedly
Continuities
Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.
- Earth-616 — The main Marvel Comics continuity
Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version