 This page documents all the appearances of the Green Goblin/Norman Osborn that do NOT occur within the 616 Universe. The list below will contain the first appearance of the Green Goblin/Norman Osborn, but will NOT list all the subsequent appearances (for instance, all the appearances of the Green Goblin/Norman Osborn in the Ultimate Universe). The list below is annotated in chronological order of their publication date. Also, any appearances of the Green Goblin in which the character behind the mask is not specifically identified, we're including it in this list for completeness sake. Lo and behold the kingdom of Alternate Universe appearances of the Green Goblin and Norman Osborn!!  So let's get started...   Title: Not Brand Echh #6 (Feb 1968) Character That Appears: The Green Globule Comments: Not long after the birth of the Marvel Universe, an alternate (albeit satirical) universe was born as well. This off-beat take on both the Marvel and DC super heroes also featured satirical takes on the super villains. Which brings us to a confrontation between Spidey-Man and The Green Globule, in which Spidey-Man forcefully recruited villains to attend his wedding. The villains, including The Green Globule, reluctantly obliged. As an interesting aside, in the 2008 Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon series the formula that converted Harry and Norman into the Green Goblin was called Globulin Green. Probably not a homage to our villain from Not Brand Echh...but still worth mentioning.    Title: Amazing Spider-Man AIM toothpaste exclusive (1980) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: Not 100% certain that it is Norman Osborn behind the mask, but its not stated who actually is...so for this goofy one-shot we'll keep it on the list for completeness sake.    Title: What if (Vol. 1) #24 (Dec 1980) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments:    Title: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends #1 (Dec 1981) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments:    Title: What if (Vol. 1) #46 (Aug 1984) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments:    Title: What if (Vol. 2) #42 (Oct 1992) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments:   Title: Spider-Man Adventures #3 (Feb 1995) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments: Comic book debut of Oscorp! Series eventually carried on as "The Adventures of Spider-Man". The panel below is from The Adventures of Spider-Man #4.    Title: X-Universe #1 (May 1995) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments:    Title: Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe #1 (Nov 1995) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: The Green Goblin makes a single panel cameo when he, along with others, is depicted as a victim of the Punisher's kill spree. It is not clear who is behind the Goblin mask, but for completeness sake we'll assume it is Norman. Peter's death at the hands of the Punisher is depicted in the story (below), but we'll never know the exact circumstances of Castle's murder of the Green Goblin.    Title: What if (Vol. 2) #86 (June 1996) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments:    Title: What if (Vol. 2) #105 (Feb 1998) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments:       Title: Character That AppearsSpider-Man Chapter One #2 (Dec 1998) Comments: Green Goblin doesn't debut until Spider-Man: Chapter One #8. This was originally considered part of the 616 Universe but is now considered to be non-canon.    Title: Mutant-X #5 (Feb 1999) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments: Norman Osborn and a Man-Spider clone (in this universe Spider-Man is called "Man-Spider") are murdered by the Goblin Queen in this alternate universe appearance. The Green Goblin pops up again during a flashback cameo featured in Mutant-X #12. The flashback depicts the real Man-Spider (not the clone killed in Mutant-X #5) saving Gwen Stacy from the Green Goblin at the Brooklyn Bridge. Interestingly, it is the Green Goblin's neck that is depicted with the infamous 'snap.' It is never made clear in the story but it is possible that in this universe the Green Goblin 'died' that day, and perhaps he was healed by the Goblin Formula, just like his 616 counterpart.     Title: Earth X #6 (Sep 1999) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments: Below from Earth X #9. Note that the mask is that of Norman Osborn and his true face is the Green Goblin (this theme will be repeated throughout the appearances below).    Title: Avataars Covenant of the Shield #2 (Oct 2000) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments:   Title: Ultimate Spider-Man #1 (Oct 2000) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments: The Green Goblin would not make his debut until Ultimate Spider-Man #5, the panel below is from Ultimate Spider-Man #6. To date, this is the most popular Alternate Universe Green Goblin/Norman Osborn.   Title: Marvel Universe 2001 Millennial Visions (Feb 2002) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments:   Title: Giant Size Mini Marvels Starring Spidey #1 (Feb 2002) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments:   Title: Exiles #9 (Apr 2002) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments: It is worth noting that its not clear that this is indeed Norman Osborn (could be Flint Marko). We're including since its ambiguous, the only evidence being the beloved cornrows!  Title: Spider-Man The Official Movie Adapation #1 (Jun 2002) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments: Despite a true first appearance on the silver screen, this universe eventually made its way to the comics and, thus, to our list.   Title: Startling Stories The Megalomaniacal Spider-Man #1 (June 2002) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments:   Title: Spider-Man Legend of the Spider-Clan #1 (Dec 2002) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments:   Title: Exiles #20 (Feb 2003) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments:Title: Marvel Europa Trade Paperback (2003) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: Spider-Man in Venice listed as the original source material, although I cannot identify that material.   Title: Exiles #44 (May 2004) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments:  Title: Powerless #1 (Aug 2004) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments:   Title: Spider-Man India #1 (Jan 2005) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments:   Title: What if Aunt May had died instead of Uncle Ben? (Feb 2005) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments:   Title: Mary Jane Homecoming #1 (May 2005) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: Dream?  Title: Spider-Man House of M #1 (Aug 2005) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments: In this universe, it was Peter Parker who donned the Green Goblin attire!   Title: Marvel 1602: New World #2 (Oct 2005) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments:   Title: Marvel Zombies #4 (May 2006) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments:   Title: Spider-Man loves Mary Jane #7 (Aug 2006) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments:   Title: Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #22 (Feb 2007) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments:    Title: Bullet Points #5 (May 2007) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments:   Title: Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #28 (Aug 2007) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: Its not clear that this Green Goblin is the same or not from Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #22 (listed earlier). We're including it on the list just in case.   Title: Spider-Man Fairy Tales #4 (Oct 2007) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments:   Title: What if Civil War #1 (Feb 2008) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: Note, the picture below is of Steve Rogers wearing 'patriotized' Iron Man armor. I've included this picture because its worth showing the progenitor of Norman's Iron Patriot persona debuting here.    Title: Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #34 (Feb 2008) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments: Once again, it is not clear if this is a different Norman Osborn/Green Goblin as compared to the earlier issues of Marvel Adventures Spider-Man. Including for completeness sake.   Title: Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #36 (Apr 2008) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments: Once again, it is not clear if this is a different Norman Osborn as compared to the earlier issues of Marvel Adventures Spider-Man. Including for completeness sake. In this story, Harry debuts as the Green Goblin.   Title: Ms. Marvel Storyteller #1 (Jan 2009) Character That Appears: Green Goblin Comments: The Green Goblin makes a single panel cameo appearing alongside other villains...   Title: New Exiles Annual #1 (Feb 2009) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Gold Goblin Comments:    Title: Spider-Man Noir #1 (Feb 2009) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments: Another example where the Norman Osborn face is the mask   Title: Amazing Spider-Man Family #4 (Apr 2009) Character That Appears: Norman Osbird/The Green Gobler Comments:    Title: Spider-Man 1602 #1 (Dec 2009) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments: Unsure if this is new universe, unlikely not, but since the Green Goblin debuts in this mini series its worth including on the list. Sort of a Man-Bat hybrid, no need for glider if you have wings.   Title: What If Secret Invasion #1 (story 1)(Feb 2010) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments:  Title: What If Secret Invasion #1 (story 2)(Feb 2010) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments:  Title: What If Secret Invasion #1 (story 3)(Feb 2010) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments:  Title: Spider-Man Clone Saga #4 (Apr 2010) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments:    Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments:    Title: Marvel Universe vs The Punisher #1 (Oct 2010) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: This appearance is short and sweet, just a head on a pike.  Title: Strange Tales II #2 (Jan 2011) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: The Goblin does not appear in the interior pages, but he does appear on the cover and is clearly an alternate universe Gobby...and, hey, he's shirtless!!  Title: Strange Tales II #3 (Feb 2011) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: The Goblin does not appear in the interior pages, but he does appear on the cover and is clearly an alternate universe Gobby.   Title: What if Spider-Man #1 (Feb 2011) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments:    Title: What if #200 (Feb 2011) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Iron Patriot Comments:    Title: What if Dark Reign #1 (Feb 2011) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments:    Title: Spider-Man Marvel Adventures #18 (Nov 2011) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments:    Title: Spider-Man Spectacular (Aug 2014) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments:    Title: Spider-Verse #1 (Jan 2015) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments:    Title: Spider-Verse #2 (Mar 2015) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments:    Title: Secret Wars: Spider-Verse #1 (July 2015) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments:    Title: Secret Wars II: Civil War (Sep 2015) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments:  Title: What if Infinity Dark Reign #1 (Dec 2015) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Goblin King Comments:      Title: Web Warriors #1 (Jan 2016) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments:   Title: Spidey #1 (Feb 2016) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments:    Title: Spectacular Spider-Man #301 (May 2018) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Comments:    Title: Edge of Spider-Geddon #4 (Nov 2018) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/Spider-Man (yeah, that's right!) Comments: In this universe, Norman Osborn was bitten by a radioactive spider and he's responsible for the death of Peter Parker. No doubt we'll see a lot more of him during Spider-Geddon.    Title: What if? Peter Parker Became The Punisher #1 (Dec 2018) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/Green Goblin Comments: Peter, as the Punisher, kills Norman Osborn and saves Gwen Stacy in this alternate universe story    Title: Infinity Wars Arach-Knight #1 (Dec 2018) Character That Appears: Norman Russell/Goblin-by-Night (aka, The Green Goblin) Comments: In this alternate universe it is Norman and Harry Russell, not Osborn, but I think we can all agree that this is a Osborn-family homage. Interestingly, in this universe Harry appears to have the cornrow hairstyle whilst Norman does not, perhaps Mrs. Russell had cornrows??    Title: Vault of Spiders #2 (Jan 2019) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: The Green Goblin featured in this story is a resident of the universe in which Spiders-Man operates. The Goblin fights alongside of his other Goblin comrades creating the Goblin Night! They operate in service of the Queen but are quickly thwarted by the mysterious Spiders-Man. It is unclear if it is Norman Osborn behind the mask.   Title: Spider-Force #3 (Feb 2019) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: The Green Goblin featured in this story is a resident of the radioactive universe that the Inheritors were trapped in after the original Spider-Verse storyline. This Green Goblin works for Verna (one of the Inheritors) and it is unclear if it is Norman Osborn behind the mask.   Title: Marvel Super Hero Adventures Spider-Man Web of Intrigue #1 (Apr 2019) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: The Green Goblin    Title: Spider-Man/Deadpool #47 (May 2019) Character That Appears: The Red Goblin Comments: First alternate universe appearance of The Red Goblin!   Title: Spider-Man: Life Story #1 (May 2019) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Comments: The     Title: Spider-Man City at War #2 (Gamerverse)(Jun 2019) Character That Appears: Norman Osborn Comments: This Spider-verse storyline is based on the 2018 Spider-Man video game (by Insomniac Games) in which Norman Osborn is the Mayor of New York City. Although billboards featuring his campaign are visible in issue #1, he makes his first official in-person appearance in issue #2.    Title: Spider-Man & Venom: Double Trouble #1 (Dec 2019) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: An all-too-brief appearance of the Green Goblin, who is quickly disposed by Venom.    Title: Avengers of the Wastelands #4 (June 2020) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin Comments: When the alternate universe Avengers make their way to Osborn City, they're greeted by the Green Goblin and his crew (Absorbing Man, Wild Child, Shocker and Enchantress). Apparently this group of villains is responsible for the murder of all the other heroes of this world. After a few taunts and blows are exchanged between the groups, Ant-Man summons locusts that obliterate the villains...see results below.  ______________________________________________________________________________ HONORABLE MENTIONS   Title: Spidey Super Stories #10 (July 1975) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Harry Osborn Comments: This Green Goblin featured in the Spidey Super Stories series was actually Harry Osborn, so that's why they're listed in the honorable mentions. But this Green Goblin is worth including for his knack of stealing kid's toys from toy stores (as featured in Spidey Super Stories #10). Or the time he sabotaged a race in order to get the prize money using a mud-maker (as shown below from Spidey Super Stories #45).  Or the time he stole halloween candy through a window of house party (as shown below from Spidey Super Stories #56).    Title: Spider-Man 2099 #40 (Feb 1996) Character That Appears: The Goblin/Father Jennifer D'Angelo? Comments: There's a lot of controversy over the identity of this character, for a period of time is was implied that Miguel's brother, Gabriel O'Hara, was the one behind the mask. Eventually that was retconned and Father Jennifer D'Angelo was suggested as the original Goblin. I'm sure there will be more to this mystery in the future...    Title: Spider-Man Unlimited (Vol. 2) #2 (Jan 2000) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Hector Jones Comments: This universe debuted as a cartoon and eventually a comic book. This Counter Earth did not have Norman Osborn as The Green Goblin, but check out those boxer briefs that Hector sports!!    Title: Secret Wars: Spider-Island #2 (Oct 2015) Character That Appears: The Iron Goblin Comments: This is an honorable mention since its Tony Stark and not Norman Osborn, but since this story involves the debut of the Iron Goblin, its worth including. Also, considering the Stark/Osborn history, this is a perfect fit.    Title: Web Warriors #10 (Oct 2016) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Harry Osborn Comments: Couple reasons to include this Harry Osborn-version of an alternate universe Green Goblin. First, his true face is the Green Goblin and Harry's is the mask, something similar to both the Earth-X and Spider-Man: Noir iterations of the Green Goblin. Also, since we're not tracking 616 Harry Osborn Goblin appearances on this thread, his AltU appearances as a Green Goblin are still game.   Title: Web Warriors #10 (Oct 2016) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/??? Comments: It is not clear who this Goblin was, it most likely not Norman Osborn, so we're putting it in the Honorable Mentions section.   Title: Ghost Spider #2 (Jan 2019) Character That Appears: The Green Goblin/Gwen Stacy Comments: In this universe Gwen Stacy worked as hero alongside Spider-Man (aka Harry Osborn) but became a villain after accidentally killing her own father.    Title: Infinity Wars Arach-Knight #2 (Jan 2019) Character That Appears: Goblin-by-Night (aka, The Green Goblin)/Harry Russell Comments: After the Arach-Knight helps to end his father's run as the Goblin-by-Night, Harry takes on the mantle, ironically freeing Norman from the burden of the Goblin.     |
