Norman Osborn Archive

“This is the way the world ends: Not with a bang, but with a whimper.” For fans that were surprised by my effusiveness for Superior Spider-Man #30 in my last write-up, you’re probably going to think I’m either a hypocrite or schizophrenic for what I’m about to write. What

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In celebration of Superior Spider-Man’s “Goblin Nation” arc, over the next two months, I’m going to acknowledge what I consider to be the 10 best Green Goblin/Spider-Man storylines. I’m creating this list based on a full array of arbitrary, unscientific criteria: namely historical significance, artwork, creativity and my overall enjoyment of

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The three-part Spectacular Spider-Man “Goblins at the Gate” arc which ran in issues #259-261, is the comic book equivalent of the Wrestlemania 18 showdown between Hulk Hogan and The Rock. In these three issues – which also function as a postscript to the Roger Stern/Ron Frenz Hobgoblin Lives miniseries

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Come February, when “Goblin Nation” ramps up in Superior Spider-Man, I intend to feature a top 10 list of my all-time favorite Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin storylines. But while I make you all wait for this mysterious list, I thought over the next couple of weeks, I would periodically

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Episode 3 of the Superior Spider-Talk podcast is live and ready for you to download. Check it out on our Podomatic website or on iTunes (and if you haven’t yet, be sure to rate us and leave a review, which will read on air during the recording of Episode

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The first 12 issues of Marvel Knights” Spider-Man is exactly why I wanted to start doing a recurring column on many of the Spidey “B” titles that I’ve neglected to write about since launching Chasing Amazing in 2011. Here we have a fairly famous and popular arc, with a

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The mid-1990s were not a pleasant time for Marvel or its Amazing Spider-Man franchise. I’ve mentioned in the past that the Clone Saga really was a pivotal moment for me as a Spidey fan, in a negative sense. And when it was revealed, initially, that Ben Reilly was the

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Who here doesn’t love a great mystery? And going back and rereading the earlier years of Amazing Spider-Man has got my brain fixated on one of the most famous mystery-storylines ever told in the pages of ASM: the identity of the Green Goblin. The Goblin, who goes on to

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