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Norman OsbornNorman Osborn is a fictional businessman and costumed supervillain, best known for his role of the Green Goblin in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a primary adversary of Spider-Man, and has made numerous appearances in related comic titles over the years. The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko and first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man, Volume 1 #14 in July, 1964. As the Green Goblin, Norman Osborn fought up against Spider-Man on many occasions, but was seemingly killed in battle shortly following the tragic murder of Peter Parker's girlfriend, Gwen Stacy. Osborn disappeared from comics for many years, until making a surprise return in the mid 1990s when it was revealed that he had actually survived the previous battle and had been operating from behind-the-scenes to make trouble for Spider-Man ever since. In the mid-2000s, Norman Osborn took on a larger role in the internal continuity of the Marvel Universe when he became the head of a super national defense agency known as H.A.M.M.E.R. and began wearing a suit of hi-tech power armor under the guise of the Iron Patriot. |