Goblin (Marvel Comics)
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Two of the most recurring Goblins, Green Goblin and Hobgoblin, battling each other in the cover photo of The Superior Spider-Man #26. Art by Ryan Stegman and Jason Howard
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964) |
| Created by |
Stan Lee Steve Ditko |
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Green Goblin Hobgoblin Demogoblin Proto-Goblin Grey Goblin |
Goblins are goblin-themed fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are usually depicted as supervillains and enemies of Spider-Man.
They all started with the Green Goblin (Norman Osborn). They are usually people in a goblin costume terrorizing New York City with pumpkin bombs and a glider or have been transformed by using the Goblin Formula developed by Osborn and his former professor and business partner Mendel Stromm.
In a retcon, it was revealed that after Norman Osborn had Mendel Stromm arrested for embezzlement. He had found only a portion of the notes detailing his partner's serum. Norman tests the incomplete version of the serum on Oscorp employee Nels Van Adder, driving Van Adder insane and causing him to transform into a red, demon-like being known as the "Proto-Goblin". Killing several people and blaming Norman for his condition, Adder harasses and later attempts to kill him before being knocked out an Oscorp window by Chief of Security Arthur Stacy and his brother Detective George Stacy. In order to escape conviction for what he had done to Van Adder, Norman convinces the police that Van Adder had been experimenting on himself and that he had been trying to help him. Van Adder was last seen fleeing into the wilderness and his current fate is unknown. As well as endowing Adder with super strength and agility, the prototypical Goblin Serum gave him claws, talons, fangs, glowing green eyes, and near impenetrable red skin that is capable of withstanding several close range bullet shots.
The Grey Goblin is the alias of two fictional characters that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics that are enemies of Spider-Man. The overall persona's concept resembles the Green Goblin.
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